THE LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY

Using the photo cards below, we told the story of the life cycle of a butterfly. Ask your child to describe/explain to you what is happening in each photo. This marks the beginning of our study of the butterfly life cycle.

FREE CHOICE FUN!

The Dramatic Play area has transformed into a "Butterfly Garden".

Robert using magnetic parts to construct a butterfly.

Georgia practicing writing numbers and letters in the sand.

Ethan and Claire digging in the sand as they make a discovery!

IS IT YUCKY OR YUMMY?!

In our letter story this week, a young yak learns that you should taste a new food first, before you decide if it's yummy or yucky. So, we provided the children with some foods today that many of them had never tried to encourage them to taste something before they decide if it's yucky or yummy. The children tasted starfruit, matzoh, a hard-boiled egg, avocado, and craisins. After tasting each food, the children colored a happy face if they thought the particular food was yummy or a sad face if they thought the particular food was yucky. Be sure to ask your child to see his/her chart.

TODAY'S SPANISH CLASS

Today's Spanish class was a great hands-on activity!

STAR OF THE WEEK--MILES

Today we learned more about our friend, Miles. He told us about some of his favorite things--including eating his Mom's chocolate mousse--and shared some fun photographs with us.

NEW LEARNING CENTERS

We introduced new learning centers today. Below are photos and descriptions of the new learning centers...


~RHYMING~
Children match together the rhymes using the picture clues or the words.
~PRODUCING AND RECOGNIZING NUMBERS~
Using magnetic numbers, children produce and recognize 2 or 3-digit numbers depending on their knowledge and skill.

~MATCHING/IDENTIFYING LOWER CASE LETTERS~
Children match the lower case letter to the upper case letter and are then asked to identify the lower case letters in random order.

~SYLLABLE SEGMENTATION~
Children determine how many claps (syllables) are in the words below. They then put the corresponding number of "chips" on the card to represent how many claps (syllables) the word has.

~ENDING SOUNDS~
Children are asked to hear and identify the ending sound of the word and put the corresponding letter on the card.

~GRAPHING~
Children sort vehicles into groups; count the number of vehicles in each group; and then graph their results. Children are asked to "read" the graph by indicating which type of vehicle has the most and which type has the least. They are also asked if any of the groups or vehicles are equal.

~TANGRAMS~
Children practice and develop spatial reasoning skills using the math manipulative, tangrams.

~GEOBOARDS~
Children practice and develop spatial reasoning skills using the math manipulative, geoboards.

MR. YAKSCOE READS TO PRE-K!

Today, Mr. Yakscoe visited our class to read a story since his last name begins with the letter, "Y". He read us the book, Froggy Goes To School, which is a story about school and swimming. Mr. Yakscoe teaches swimming to Lower School students.