Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: high/low, fast/slow, same/different, big/little, in front/behind, next to, throw, roll, leaves, autumn, fall, trees, labeling colors, What/Where/Who, abstract conversation (talking about things and people outside of the classroom), -ing, plural -s.
It's October! Miss Carrie introduced a new song that is always a favorite before the end of the year. It's called Five Little Ghosts by The Kiboomers.
We practiced counting backwards from 5 to 0. Then we practiced counting forwards from 1 to 5.
We read a book called Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert.
Leaf Man was made from a pile of leaves. He blew away and saw a lot of animals. We practiced all sorts of animal sounds. We made guesses on what picture the leaves made.
Miss Carrie has a lot of trees at her house. But the leaves haven't turned colors yet, so she brought fake leaves to class. We talked about what they looked like when they fell from the trees. Did they fall fast or slow? Who has trees at their house? Where are the trees? What do you like to do with the leaves?
Miss Carrie brought leaves to class! They were real leaves. There were a lot of different colors. Miss Carrie talked about how the leaves fell slowly from the trees at her house. She has so many trees, she has to use a tractor to suck up all the leaves. She likes to throw the leaves. Her dog likes to jump in the leaves.
Look at what we did with the leaves.
