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Back to School BBQ

9/15/2016

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Wow, what a GREAT turn out.
A BIG thank you to everyone who made it to the BBQ!

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Apples

9/14/2016

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We listened to this story at the beginning of our week.
This version is super cute and sung by Jason Mraz.

Our activity to go along with our book.

FOCUS: the letters in our name, patterns, and colors.

The students brainstormed everything they knew about apples. They will know much more by the end of the 2nd week.

Letter of the Week= Aa

FOCUS: fine motor skills, colors, and letter recognition

Graphing our Favorite Apple Color

Sorting Apples By Color

Apple Puzzles

The 4 year olds are really working on name recognition, the letters in their name, and writing their name. A couple of them have very long names so it is much more difficult for them.

Apple Tree Paint

Alexander counted to 14 so he put 14 apples on his tree!!

Measuring Ourselves with Apples

The 4 year old class measured themselves with apples.
Some of them really grew over the Summer.
Makes me very sad that they'll be in Kindergarten before we know it.

Sorting Apples by Size

FOCUS: differentiating size, matching skills, and counting.

Apple Stamping

We predicted what the inside of an apple would look like and how many seeds would be inside. Then we cut it open to find out. The kiddos thought the star in the middle of the apple was cool. They all wanted to keep the seeds and grow their own apple trees at home. Sorry parents I kept all the seeds. :-)

FOCUS: following directions, colors, and counting.

The Bad Apple

This is a short and sweet story about an apple that gets teased. It's great for teaching bullying and how to be nice to friends. We watched it several days the last 2 weeks as a great reminder.

Apple Tasting

The students got to try all 3 different colors of apples and decide which
was their favorite. Some had a tough time deciding.

Counting Apples

The kiddos showed off their listening skills while following directions.
FOCUS: collaborating with a friend, counting apples, and identifying colors.

Making Apple Sauce

The kiddos had such a fun time making applesauce. First we peeled the apples. They were very surprised by how much strength it took. Next we placed the apples in a crock pot and added water and Red Hot Candies. It cooked all day in our classroom and smelled wonderful. Then we stirred the warm apples up to complete our apple sauce.

I went home and made an Apple Dump Cake for the kiddos to try. We had a day of apple eating in our classroom.

Finger Painting

We ended our fun filled week with finger painting.

A few books that we read this week...

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

9/9/2016

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What a FABULOUS book to introduce letters!!

We stamped our names and counted how many letters we had
in our names.

FOCUS: the 1st letter in our name

COCONUTS!!!!

We dissected a real coconut.
The kiddos were amazed!

Uh oh, we got a bad coconut.

We managed to get a good coconut and try it. About half of the kiddos liked coconuts, the other half did not.

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear

9/8/2016

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"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" is a fantastic book for 3 year olds.

FOCUS: colors, animals, sequencing

TEAMWORK

Sorting bears by color.

Sorting M&M's by color and matching them to the
story animal.

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Pete the Cat

9/8/2016

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Pete the Cat sure does love his white shoes. Our 3 year olds focused on colors this week. We chose our favorite and graphed them.

We even made our very own Pete the Cat!!
FOCUS: listening skills, shapes, & colors.

This is my FAVORITE Pete the Cat book. Pete has buttons that keep popping off his shirt. The kiddos learned how to count backwards. They also discovered their belly buttons. :-)