It has been such a Wonderful first week of school!  It has been so great to have some of our "old" friends back and to welcome in so many great new friends too! 

We have enjoyed using this theme to get to know more about each other by talking about the things we enjoy, things we can do and what we like about ourselves   For example, Lou likes his nose and his teeth)

 

Letter of the week:  A   (for Ashton, Andy, Ann, Ashleigh and Aaren. Shea likes to make sure we know his name has an a in it also).   We made Apple trees using A's for trunks, painted A's with Apples and spent a lot of time making the same sound an A makes. 

 

Creative Art:  We made Faces using facial features cut out of magazines, and we made "Our Houses" adding doors and windows to envelopes.   L.J. included a beautiful grassy front lawn.  Ms. Angie wishes her front lawn was so lush.

 

Science:  We have many objects from outside to look at and touch, including various pinecones and sea shells and an incredible bird's nest brought in to us by Dylan M.  It's so neat to be able to talk about our homes and then to see such a wonderful home that a bird has made.

 

Stories We Read:  "Biscuit's Day at School," "Mouse's first day of School,"  "What I like about Me," and "Up, Up, Up in an Apple Tree."

 

Songs We Sang:   "The Hello Song",  "Aligator Pie", "Eyes, Ears, Mouth and Nose", and "If your wearing (blue) today."

 

Math:  We measured how tall we are using yarn,  and we counted animals.

 

Language:  We will be doing lots of activities this month  to help us be able to recognize our names and the names of our friends in print.  This week we found apples with our names on them and we painted pictures of our names.