November Week 2: Yummy Yucky

phoneme: /t/

Transition Song: Gobble Gobble (The Thanksgiving Song) by Nooshi (first two verses)


Materials: Laminated Letter T, Yummy Yucky By Leslie Patricelli

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts:  yummy/yucky, like/don't like, hot/cold, spaghetti, worms, blueberries, crayons, soup, soap, sandwich, sand, cookies, coffee, chocolate sauce, hot sauce, apple pie, mud pie, hamburgers, boogers (oh, yes, we went there!), eggs, ear wax, fish sticks, fish food, ice cream, too much, at home, Mom likes, Dad likes, What questions, Where questions, Who questions.

Pre-Literacy:  Let's draw the letter T.  Draw top to bottom.  Now back to the top.  Draw left to right and now we stop.  What words have the /t/ sound?  Turkey, turtle, toys, taco, tongue, tiger, tape, tomatoes, table, tree.

This week we are reading the book Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli.  Miss Carrie loves Leslie Patricelli books!

Babies put everything in their mouths.  They don't know what is yummy and what is yucky!  We read the book together and talked about what we can eat and what we can't eat.  We discovered that some friends like foods we don't.  We heard a story about one of our classmates who went camping at the sand dunes and got sand in her mouth.  Sand is yucky!  Fun to play in, but not to eat.  Baby even tried to eat boogers!  EW!  We've been talking about boogers earlier in the year so everyone knows that we don't put them in out mouths.  If you put your fingers in your nose, the teachers will ask you to wash your hands.  We don't want to get sick.

This book brought out a lot of conversation and a lot of laughter among the kids. Everyone was eager to share what they liked and did not like. What do you like to eat? Who likes pie?  Where  did you eat hamburgers?

DO THIS AT HOME:  What do you think is yummy/yucky?  What things should you NEVER put in our mouths?  What foods do you like or don't like?

Other things that happened in school this week:

We had a drill this week.  The alarms were loud!  We had to go outside until the drill was all done.

November Week 1: FOOD!

phoneme: /t/

Transition Song:  Gobble Gobble (The Thanksgiving Song) by Nooshi

We're learning this song without the music first so we can take it slower than the recording.  Also, we are only learning the first two verses.  This is a song that will get stuck in your head!

Materials: pictures of foods and classroom items, laminated letter T, pictures of turkey, pilgrim, and traditional Thanksgiving foods.

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: familiar and unfamiliar food items (pizza, apples, carrots, tomatoes, doughnuts, spaghetti, play dough, blocks, crayons, paint, not, like/don’t like, food/not food.

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."  Let's make the sound /t,t,t,t,t,t,t/.  Who has a /t/ sound in their name? What else has the /t/ sound?  Top, bottom, left, right, time, table.

This month we are talking about about food and Thanksgiving.  Miss Carrie brought out a lot of pictures of foods and items around the classroom (paint, playdough, crayons, blocks) and things from outside (rocks).  We talked with our teachers and friends and Miss Carrie about the pictures.  Was the picture was food or not food?  Do you like it?  Miss Carrie likes tomatoes, broccoli, peaches, spaghetti, and fries.  Miss Carrie does not like peas.  What happens if we put Miss Jen's or Miss Jeana's blocks or crayons or playdough in our mouths?  We would have to wash the blocks.  We would have to throw away the playdough.

DO THIS AT HOME:  Talk about the foods you are eating at mealtimes together.  Do you like it?  What foods do you not like?

Miss Jen is signing 'milk'.

Other things that happened in the classroom:

We're signing a cast!

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".