Week of October 29

Now that the cooler weather has arrived, it has reminded me of some life skills that are important for Kindergarteners to practice.  Accomplishing these skills will let your child be responsible and feel prepared for their day at school.  At home, you can practice the following things with your child if they are unable to do them independently. 
-Put on a jacket and zip/unzip it.  I help them by telling them to put the hood on their head, then they can find where their arms need to go and put them in.
-Tying their shoes.
-Buttoning/unbuttoning, and zipping pants.
-Putting their folder in their backpack and zipping their own backpack.

Puppet E Time

 On Thursday, October 18, Dennis Lee visited our school!

We enjoyed his performance of "Banana Soup" with his Funky Monkeys!

Dennis Lee is a fabulous ventriloquist!

 We loved Dennis Lee so much, that our E Time the next day was all about puppets! 

We created sack puppets, stick puppets, and shadow puppets.  

We even put on shows for each other in our own puppet theatre!

We had so much fun and learned valuable lessons about Red Ribbon Week from Dennis Lee's show.

To find out more about Dennis Lee, you can visit his website:

www.dennisleeproductions.com

Week of October 15

This week, we will be talking all about the characteristics of the four seasons.  There are so many fun things to do outside in the fall!
-Take a fall nature walk with your child and collect fall leaves, acorns, rocks, and anything else your learner might find along the way.  Have your child sort and count the objects they found when you return home.
-Ask your child questions about their five sense during your walk.  What do the leaves feel like when you step on them or touch them?  What does a leaf sound like when you crinkle it next to your ear?  How does the bottom part of an acorn feel different than the top part?  What does the wind feel like when it brushes against your hair or face?

We will be reviewing our Word Wall Words this week.  You can review these words at home with your child by having them practice writing them and reading them with you.

-am

-a

-have

-I

-is

-little

-the

-to

-one

-two

-three

-four

-five

-six
In the book coming home in your child's yellow folder today, they will be able to practice reading these number words.

Don't forget that our Fall Walk is this Wednesday!  Please have your child dress in comfortable clothes, especially shoes.

Week of October 9th

This week, we will be talking all about Fire Safety!  Here are some things to talk about and discuss at home this week.
-Does your child know their full name, telephone number, and address?
-Does your family have a plan of what to do in the event of a fire in your home?
-Do you have a safe meeting place identified outside of your house in the case of a fire?

-We have been working on proper formation of the capital letters D, E, F, P, B.  Have your child show you how they can write these letters.  Can they tell you a word that begins with each letter?  These are all called Frog Jump Capitals!  See if your student can explain why.  They might even sing you a song!

Exploring our Five Sense During E Time

On Friday, October 5 during E Time, we explored our Five Senses!

We explored our sense of taste by tasting salty, sweet, and sour items.

We explored our sense of smell by smelling mystery baggies and trying to see if we could identify each smell.

We explored our sense of touch by feeling inside mystery sacks and naming what we felt without peeking inside the sack.

 We also explored our sense of sight with all sorts of fun things to look at as well as things to look through!

We also explored with I pods to record our voices as we talked, laughed and sang.  Then we listened back to our recordings as we explored our sense of hearing.



We have so much fun on Friday mornings during E Time!

Did you know that E stands for enrichment?