Posted: October 27, 2014
Check out the fangs on our Vincent the Vampire Bat headbands - they're the Letter V!
Mrs. Hendry - Archived - 09/2015
Welcome To Our Page
Posted: October 27, 2014
Halloween is a great time to learn about the letter V too! There was a cute vampire on our door the children could read his speeech bubble as they walked in...."I am a vampire". Mrs. Hendry and Mrs.Munn were wearing a vest. The children all had velcro on their sneakers. Very cool!
We read about bats and vampire bats. We found out they are not as scary as we thought! Can your child tell you how vampire bats get their food?
We found lots of other words that start with /v/ too. Grover has lots in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQb6gTJD7zA
Check out this V Video - a volcano !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAiLobOIUTw
And we can't forget the Story Bots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNnVgNuagWM
Posted: October 21, 2014
Mrs. Hendry's W Wand could not help pointing to things in the classroom that started with the /w/ sound today! It went to a whale, a walkie-talkie, water (in the tap), the wall, pictures of a witch and a wizard, my watch and our leftover gummy worms! Wow!
Our Zoophonics animal is Willie Weasel but since it is so close to Halloween we had to talk about Wanda Witch too! Check ou this video; did you notice the weasel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJ0a_g-weU
The children laughed at the antics of the letter W with Kermit The Frog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_0HDXCyNs
The Letter W was tricky getting away from the Detective. How did he get away?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0iLTufp_bk
Posted: October 21, 2014
Gordo Gorilla was hiding in the fancy G g bag! Ask your child what else was in there. Did they remember the gum? the Groovy girl with the gold necklace? the garbage can? the ghost with a guitar wearing glasses? Good for them!
Check out the gorilla song that taught us interesting gorilla facts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QkwLkkgUY
We also learned the word go and watched this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaKQ9dVk1U
Don't feed them too many Gummy Bears or you may need to do this dance to wear it off!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hn61z3FlMQ
I also read them a few stories with a ghost - Halloween is coming!
Posted: October 21, 2014
We have been comparing amounts (dogs/balls; jack-o-lanterns/candles...) and using the terms more, fewer and the same amount. Check out this link with your child to have some fun with the terms at home:
http://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/fewer-and-more-comparing-groups
Posted: October 15, 2014
We are learning about the hard-working letter I! It makes 2 sounds - /i/ like in "Inny Inchworm" and /i/ like in "ice cream". I is also a word - we have been writing it and have it on our word wall now.
You may enjoy watching these Ii clips with your child. How many /i/ sounding words can they remember? They may show you how smart they are by saying words with the /i/ sound in the middle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phqQO-istAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcWNz4YXlA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG1nCrnUim4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHr9LqADJ1Q
Posted: October 14, 2014
We had a terrific time tapping our teeth with our tongue for the letter t! We ate Teddy Grahams and Tic Tacs. We sang our T-shirt song. Look for their paper T-shirts with a pattern in their bookbags today. I hope your child could explain about the masking tape T when they got home! The children are even able to hear the /t/ sound in the middle and at the end of words! Great ears!You may want to make time for T with these videos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABaWlQgzh90http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Posted: October 8, 2014
We ate turkey dinner, sang turkey songs and wore our turkey headbands today. Look at how cute they are!
Posted: October 1, 2014
What a lot of words begin with the letter B b! We heard lots when we read about bears, blew bubbles and chewed bubblegum (don't tell Mr. Henderson!)Here is the author, Bill Martin, reading the book, Brown Bear:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHCYgO9zh8The Dixie Chicks think there is no better letter:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPRgPrZCLmsYou may want to Boogie with the Story Bots:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hGFJW3LZ98Lots of B words in the B b Song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hGFJW3LZ98
Posted: October 1, 2014
We learned lots about kangaroos when we talked about the "k" sound!You can learn interesting facts from this cute video:I'm a Kangaroo:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Adbj16Dq4sCheck out these videos of real kangaroos:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qBgMmRMpOohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v... action for Kayo Kangaroo is a kick! Be careful not to kick anyone when you listen to the StoryBots sing their K song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyFJHdBDVfkWe were polite for the letter p and now we are kind for the letter k. No wonder everyone thinks we are great kindergarten kids!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZukLiEsIv0E
