see you back in August!

We finished up an exciting theme exploring water/oceans and change.

Thank you parents for allowing me to be your child's teacher. It was a joy to watch their wonder when the blue bead floated in the salt water, or to see them filled with amazement when their sea creatures grew in the water. In science, they learned about states of matter, reversible change and buoyancy. In art, they practiced using the whole canvas, painting with paint brushes on an easel and stamping. In Math, we practice one to one number correspondence (1-6), writing the numbers, working on a variety of puzzles, and even geometric tangrams. In Reading we learned phonics s, a, m, p, t, n. We also started BOB books pre-readers. We read many stories including Commotion in the Ocean, Rainbow Fish, Max the Minnow and a nonfiction kids Ocean book. We sang the Slippery Fish song, Row your Boat and clapped in the Sailor Went to Sea song. In writing, we worked on stencils, tracing letters and even writing in the sand and pouring beans. We also worked on days of the week, saying the date and a morning message. We sang in Spanish our Hola Amigo song. We practiced our ABC / ASL phonic chant. We practiced, balancing, catching, landing and jumping on 2 feet and other motor skills.

We practiced raising our hands, lining up in a straight line, washing our hands before we eat, serving ourself our own snack and pouring our own drink (and even clearing our place!).

I look forward to our year starting back up in August!!!