This week we talked about our body and movement. We read the book "From Head to Toe" several times and would act like the different animals in the story. We sang and danced to the "Hokey Pokey," and played body part musical squares. We did several fingerplays that would have us touching our chins, knees, shoulders, heads, etc. We read the story "I Ain't Gonna Paint No More," and then we traced our bodies and got to color them. We also made funny faces on paper plates.
We talked about the letter H and met the puppet Harry the Hippo and read his story. We talked about words we know that start with H and practiced the sound that the letter makes. We also learned about the rectangle. We talked about how it's different from a square and met Ricky the Rectangle. We made rectangle collages and practiced sorting shapes.
We are continuing to work on our scissor skills, writing our name, and recognizing the numbers 0-10. I've recently added some new materials to our centers- some that work on our fine motor skills and also ones that require matching and sorting. The students are really enjoying playing with them!
Next week we'll be talking about Kings and Queens, the letter Q, purple, and diamonds.
Also, we have some new Spanish words that the kids are working on. They all seem to really be enjoying Spanish and it's fun to hear them use the words in class, so if you would continue to review with them, that would be great!
Song: "Los Colores" (The Colors)
Red is ROJO, red es ROJO
Blue es AZUL, blue es AZUL
Yellow es AMARILLO, yellow es AMARILLO
VERDE green, VERDE green.
Black es NEGRO, black es NEGRO
BLANCO es white, BLANCO es white
Purple es MORADO, purple es MORADO
Brown CAFE, brown CAFE.
Pink es ROSA, pink es ROSA
GRIS es gray, GRIS es gray
ANARANJADO es orange, ANARANJADO es orange
Shout Hooray, Shout Hooray!
*I've heard them sing this song when they're playing in the centers sometimes, so I'm sure if you asked them about it, they would be able to sing it, or at least part of it.
"Partes de el Cuerpo" (Parts of the Body)
Brazos- arms
Nariz- nose
Ojos- eyes
Orejas- ears
Boca- mouth
Mano- hand
Manos- hands
Pie- foot
Pies- feet
Dedos de las manos- fingers
Dedos de los pies- toes
"Numeros" (Numbers)
Once- eleven
Doce- twelve
Trece- thirteen
Catorce- fourteen
Quince- fifteen