This month we're singing Five Little Ghosts by the Kiboomers. The children will have a lot of practice counting from 1-5 and backwards from 5-1. It also gives a lot of practices for the /g/ sound which is our phoneme we are focusing on this month.
In Miss Jeana's classroom we learned about Fall, leaves changing color, and read the book Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. high/low, same/different, big/little, in front/behind, next to, throw, roll, leaves, autumn, fall, trees, labeling colors, What/Where/Who, abstract convo, -ing, plural -s EX: I have red leaves on my tree.
Leaf Man is blowing all over the place. he sees a lot of animals and other things. We tried to guess what he was seeing because all fo the pictures are made from fall leaves. The children were excited when they recognized cows, chickens, and gardens. We talked about if the leaves on trees at their houses were changing yet.
Then Miss Carrie talked about what she liked to do the most with fall leaves - play with them! She brought fall leaves for everyone to play with.
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| Ms Jeana had leaves in her hair! |
DO THIS AT HOME: Go on a fall walk to look at leaves. Talk about shape, color, size, same/different. Take some home.
In Miss Jen's class we went on a Jungle Hunt. Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: jungle, animals, birds, bugs, loud/quiet, gopher, grasshopper, seagull, eagle, penguin, dog, goat, goldfish, gecko, glow worm, gazelle, grouse, earwig, grison, sea slug, wart hog, gorilla, pig, frog, flamingo, jungle, I like/don’t like, Where questions, What questions
Miss Carrie taught us to say:
Binoculars up!
Out in the jungle-
What do I see?
I.....see..... a.....
Miss Carrie put pictures around the room of animals, birds, and bugs that all had a /g/ sound somewhere in their name. We looked for them with our hands up to be pretend binoculars. When we found a picture, we told our friends about it, if we knew what it was, and where we might find it.
We came back to the rug so we could tell the rest of our friends what we found and where we might see it (in the sky, on the farm, at the zoo, in the water).
DO THIS AT HOME: Go to the zoo, a farm, or other places to see animals, birds, or bugs. Talk about if you like them or don't like them, are they big/small, tall/short, and their colors.
