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Posted: November 6, 2012

It's Time for Incredible Letter I

Hard-working Innie Inchworm helped us learn about the two sounds for letter I this week. The children are getting good at hearing the i sound in the middle of words too. We had to use our sharp eyes and brains to find the tricky letter I that looks just like a lower case L! Ask your child to tell you the Ice Cream rhyme and to sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider".  Here is the link to the StoryBots Letter I song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phqQO-istAI&feature=fvsr And Sheryl Crow went to Sesame Street to sing with her friend the Letter I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcWNz4YXlA  

Posted: November 3, 2012

Lovely Letter L

The children loved licking their lollipop when we heard and made words with the letter L. They heard lots of L's in the middle of words too! We also learned about lizards and lions. Ask your child about what a lizard can do with his tail. They may also tell you what a lion family is called. The Story Bots' L song was popular again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sjAOnowKM&list=ECD9908AF19A9D352A&index... We laughed at Ernie and Bert singing the La La La song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNFiZXByjpA  

Posted: October 31, 2012

Book Order Extension

With all the excitement around Halloween, I have decided to extend the deadline for the book order until Monday, Nov. 5th. Each order helps us earn books for our classroom - so thank you very much in advance!

Halloween Day Fun!

Posted: October 31, 2012

We had a great time today - a costume parade, treats for snack, Halloween songs, stories and crafts! I hope the children are not too tired to go Trick-or-Treating! Ask them to retell the story of the Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat with their bag of pictures. Imagine that - she swallowed a bat!

Posted: October 30, 2012

Halloween Story Time - Big Pumpkin

Some of you parents make recognize this story from when you were in kindergarten with Mrs. Hendry! It is the Halloween version of the traditional Big Turnip (or carrot, or potato...) story. Children continue to love it especailly with the musical background. I bet some of them know it by heart because we enjoyed acting it out so often. Of course, we were gentle with the kick! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHkuZKAW7bs

Posted: October 30, 2012

Who Let the Letters Out? Another fun song for learning our letter names and sounds!

We love doing this song with our Zoophonics actions! There is just enough time between the letters to make our action and repeat the sound for each letter three times. When it is your child's turn to be leader of the day, they get to lead the class with the actions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1H-LTV4pkU

Vincent the Vampire Bat

Posted: October 30, 2012

Of course we had to let Vincent come visit so close to Halloween! If you look closely at our headbands you will see that Vincent's fangs are actually letter V's. Did you notice the children using their fingers to make the fangs while making the V sound? We felt our lips vibrate! Here is the link to...

Posted: October 28, 2012

Willie Weasel and Wanda Witch

You guessed it! Letter W wowed us this week. The children wanted to listen to this song over and over! Great for rhyming too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3foTIHscfzs Our old friend Kermit the Frog had some trouble with W: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_0HDXCyNs  

Posted: October 24, 2012

Do you know your alphabet?

The children are picking up the letter sounds well - thank you for all your support at home! Some children could use extra practice with letter names too. They should soon be able to name each letter and make its sound quickly. Here is a  fun video that will reinforce the letter names for capital, or upper case, letters and lower case letters too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RafnYeg2lIQ

Posted: October 23, 2012

Perfect Patterns

The children have been noticing patterns everywhere! On their clothes, in books, on the road and even when we eat food. Today we made patterns with our fruit cereal. Yum! Your child may want to make food patterns at home as well.  Gummies, since they start with g, would be a perfect choice this week. Keep this idea in mind when all those Halloween treats arrive!      

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