Discussion: Letter of the week: E. We read the book My “e” Sound Box. Found the letter D in name tags.Kids brought things from home that begin with the letter E. Van-excavator, Avery-rabbit ears, Eden-Egg (Eden, Elsa on her shirt), Jett-excavator, Teagan-envelope, and Rylan-elephant.
We looked at the pictures of Asian and African elephants in the book
Book:
Just a Little Bit – Tompert
Activity/Magnet Board: Animal Escape
I stuck cutouts of animals on the walls around the room. Each child picked an animal and we all discussed the animal (where they live, how big they are/are not, what they eat, etc.). Then we sat in a circle and tried to play a memory game of who "rescued" which animal.
Action Rhyme: Three Little Elephants – Mailbox April/May 2010
Book:
Seven Blind Mice – Young
Activity: Feed the elephants (oatmeal canisters with paper towel rolls and packing peanuts).
Kids fed the elephants packing peanuts. We used pencils like chopsticks/tweezers to pick up the peanuts and counted peanuts as they put them in the tubes. When all of the peanuts were picked up I opened up the elephants and we did it over and over again.
What I Learned: We used our new carpet squares today instead of using chairs and I think they liked them. The kids didn’t really understand how to keep the name of their animals secret in the Animal Escape memory game, but we all had a laugh. I will definitely be purchasing some large plastic tweezers.
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