November Week 2: Yummy Yucky

Phoneme: /t/

Transition Song: What Does The Turkey Say (Gobble, Gobble) by Nooshi

Materials:  Laminated Letter T, binder with pictures for What Does The Turkey Say song.  Book Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli.

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts:  top/bottom, left/right, yummy/yucky, food/not food.

We're learning a song about Thanksgiving and the food we might eat.  We talked about stuffing, pumpkin pie, rolls, and mashed potatoes.  Do you eat these foods?  What do you eat at home.  We talked about favorite foods.  Some of us like mashed potatoes and pizza.  Some like curry and rice.  Some of us like tacos.  Some of us like peanut butter sandwiches (but not Miss Carrie, she HATES peanut butter.  Miss Carrie loves to eat sushi). We're also talking about family and who we might see during Thanksgiving this year.  Miss Carrie is having dinner with her side of the family.  Grandmas, moms and dads, aunts and uncles, and cousins. We looked at a picture of Miss Carrie's family.  Her dog was in the picture, too!

Pre-Literacy:  Let's draw the letter T.  

"Draw top to bottom.  Now back to the top.  Draw left to right and then we stop."

Make the /t/ sound.  Who has a name with that sound?  What other words have that sound?  turkey, toes, tickle, little, top, bottom.

Activity:  This week we are reading the book Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli.  This is one of my favorite books because it covers a lot of items.  Last week (I was there Monday before I had to stay home sick), we were discussing what is food (corn, grapes, spaghetti, potatoes, chips, soup, french fries) and  not food (playground covering, toys, paper, glue, marbles).  This week we ready about the baby who keeps eating things that are yummy (cookies, chocolate sauce, ice cream, soup, sandwiches) and things that are yucky (worms, sand, mud pies, boogers - oh yes, we went there!)  This was a great opportunity to talk about what we liked to eat and what we shouldn't eat.  

DO THIS AT HOME:  talk about what is good to eat, what you like to eat, and what you do not like to eat. Talk about what you like to eat on special occasions.  What foods are traditional for your family celebrations?  This is a great way to get the entire family talking together, especially around the dinner table.

And some pictures of what happened in class.  I'm sorry I wasn't able to get all of the classes this week.  I've been making up the treatment time I missed when I was sick.

Miss Jeana's classroom is discussing the book Rosie's Walk this week.

They also learned the vocabulary words "flip" and "turn" and they discussed ways to manipulate objects and look at them from a different angle.

One of our birthday kids brought Birthday Oreos to share for snack time in Miss Jeana's classroom.

Miss Jen's class has been learning all about the concept of under and they hid under the box with flashlights and then popped out.  The kids loved this and requested it over and over while Miss Jen sang "Who is under the box".

October Week 5: HALLOWEEN

We had so much fun with our Halloween parties this week!  My apologies that I didn't get pictures of all the cute costumes.  I still had to do therapy so I couldn't wait around with my camera for shots.

Look at what the teachers dressed up to be:

Miss Carrie was a witch.

Miss Suzanne was a witch, too.

Miss Jeana was a witch.  We have a theme going here.

Miss Pam was a soccer referee.

Miss Shirley was a Disney witch!

Miss Debbie was a football player...or energetic football fan.

Miss Jen was the house from the movie UP.

Our Principal came into the room looking for a frog to kiss.

In Miss Jeana's room, we played Halloween games and sang Spooky Walk.  In Miss Jen's room, we decorated sugar cookies with frosting (or just ate the frosting), made treat bags and watched Scholastic movies.  Each class had a Halloween parade to the other classroom. We paraded around the room twice, waving to friends and calling each other by our costumes.  "Hello, Link!"  "Hi, Mario!"  "Hi, Rapunzel!"  "Hey, Auna/Elsa/Cinderella/Ariel!" "Hi, Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman!"  "S'up, Darth Vader?"

As much as we talk about upcoming holidays, the best time to talk about them is AFTER the child has experienced the holiday.  Then all the new vocabulary and language concepts come into play and the child has increased comprehension.  So, keep reading Halloween books and talking about what your family did on Halloween as well as what your child experienced in the classroom.  You can also start talking about Thanksgiving.  We'll be talking about experiencing new foods, singing a Thanksgiving song (What Does The Turkey Say? Gobble-Gobble-Gobble!") and talking about families and who your children will see during Thanksgiving.