Super Friend Week This month we have been working on how to Make Friends. We used the Little Red Hen to show children how it is nice to help our friends. Then we finished off with what makes a Super Friend. Group Time We enjoyed a puppet show where some of our friends acted out The Little Red Hen using their puppets that they created from the week before.  Children sorted cards showing what makes a super buddy and what is not. Work Time (Learning Centers)
Children laced, glued and created their on personalized super capes.  Lets not forget our super masks.  The art center was humming with activity as they created super friend scenes.  POW... We now have some super art.  Children discovered that magnetics have a positive and negative side to them. Using that knowledge they found out that they could push their super friends and have super friend flying races. Small Group Activities Children continued to work on shapes with these Super Friend shape soring mats.
Super Friend ParadeWe finished our week off with a Super Friend parade. Children made their own musical instruments as a family project and they wore their super friend capes and masks that they made during worktime.   Super Friend WeekWe took our parade to the neighborhood where parents and neighbors came out to cheers us on. Here's what we worked on... What makes a Super Friend Social Emotional - Following Directions Letter M and F for Friend and S for Super Science - Magnet pushing power Book - How to be a Friend Color blue Shape Review - 3-D shapes Making Numbers 1 to 10 My Plans Monday
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Apple Week Two Apple week mixed in with a little bit of The Little Red Hen. Morning Work TimeMorning work time is something that is new to me this year and all I have to say about it is what was I waiting for.
Group Time Our Morning Messages are in full swing now that the school year is moving along. With a large group of children and a very mixed age group (2yrs 9mo to 5yrs) we have to take baby steps in the duration of our group meetings. Adding more elements as we go. For example we sang the ABC song for days and weeks before we started talking about letters at group time. Extending the duration of group time a little bit at a time until we reached our goal of a 15 min to 20 min group meeting time.  We added our apple graphing to our work time learning centers, but before we placed it in the environment we had a group discussion on the smart board about the purpose and reasoning behind graphs. Work Time (Learning Centers) Children worked and collaborated together as they sorted real apples on life size floor graph. They recorded their findings on a graph sheet.
  Children cut and sliced apples one day and made apple sauce with all of the cut up apples. The following day children used the left over apple to create apple crisp pies. Each child followed simple recipe cards to make their own pies.  I was so excited to capture this little learning working on making the letter A in the art studio. It makes my heart sing when they discover all on their own the importance of letters.  Our a apple art and coffee filter art has found it's way to the apple tree. It make a stunning display hanging all together. Small Group Activities Children worked on syllables with this fun Say It, Clap It, Snap It activity. Children worked together identifying picture cards and clapped together to find which chicken coop the chick belonged in.
Counting apples 1 2 3 with these fun apple counting mats.  Children used dot stickers with the Capital letter written on them to peel, stick and match. (sorry no picture)
Picking Apples 1 2 3 Week twoHere's what we worked on... Apples- the cycle of an apple from seed to pie Social Emotional - Self Talk and Helping One Another Letter W is for Worm and Review A is for Apple Science - Life Cycle of an apple Book - Little Red Hen (how could we of helped the Little Red Hen) Color Green and Review Red Shape Review - Circle and Oval Making Numbers 1 to 10 My Plans Monday
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Main Resource Picking Apples 1 2 3 Morning Work TimeThis year I add to my plans a morning work time. I have to say that it has been a great addition to our morning routine. More on that later.  We have been introducing our younger friends to letters with these fun race track letter mats. Children get to use a small toy car to drive on the letter and then sorts car letters under each letter.  Our older friends have been mastering their number skills with apple sorting number mats. These mats have several different activities that can be done.
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During work time children strung beads, drift wood, buttons, red bottle tops and silk leaves. We used their stringing's to create a child created apple tree.  This potted tree is out all year long and changes with the seasons.  Children used their fine motor skills to make lower case a apples.  Children had a good time exploring weights with the activity, What Weighs More than an apple. We took the opportunity to do some of our assessments for the DRDP with this activity.  Free Download
Small Group Activities Sorting beginning sounds A for apple and W for worm.  Making patterns with red, yellow and green color tiles. Picking Apples 1 2 3 Week oneHere's what we worked on... Apples- the cycle of an apple from seed to pie Social Emotional - How to be a Friend Letter A is for Apple Science - Life Cycle of an apple Poem - Jack and Jill Color Red Shape Review - Circle and Oval Making Numbers 1 to 5 My Plans Tuesday
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