Y do we get sick?

Theme:  Letter Y
We met Yolanda Yak and practiced making the Y sound.  We practiced writing Y/y.  We noticed that Y looks like a V standing on one foot.  We had fun spelling "YOU" even though it sounds like U.  Some of our focus words included you, yellow, yeast, yawn, yes, yogurt, yarn, and yak.

Choosing Time:  bead stringing, painting, ponies, cars...

Snack:  Bread Sticks

Art:  Yellow flowered cards--still working on a surprise!

Science & Cooking:  Yeast Magic (All had fun watching the yeast in H2O and sugar, mixing up the dough, and then rolling out some Yummy bread sticks!)

Music & Movement:

• Hokey Pokey
• Oh, What a Miracle
• Yellow Ducks
• Make Y with body

Books:  The Little Red Hen
We enjoyed a great discussion about how we feel when people help us and when they don't.

MY APOLOGY--  I am so terribly sorry for canceling 2 days of school this week!  I haven't been this sick for a long time.  Thank you for your understanding and well wishes!

X marks the spot!

Theme:  Letter X
X is mostly featured in the middle and at the end of words.  We had lots of fun with X words that we pulled out of a box.

Choosing Time:  eXtra fun toys


Snacks:

• Frosting X's on Graham Crackers
• Fruit Snacks, Grapes, & Ritz Crackers
• Mini mint chocolate chip Ice Cream Cones

Happy Birthday Guy!  Thanks for sharing a fun birthday treat!

Music & Movement:

• X's with our legs, arms, hands, feet,...
• X marks the Spot
• Six Little Ducks
• Oh a Hunting We Will Go
• What Does a Fox Say?
• I'm Mixing

Science:  We learned about X-ray fish and saw several pictures.  We also looked at real x-rays of peoples teeth.
 
Questions of the Week:

1. Have you seen a fox?
2. Have you seen an X-ray Fish?

Art:

• X-ray Fish
• X & O Foam Painting
• Tic Tac Toe Games (The kiddos rolled out the dough, cut the squares, and wrote the X's)

Books:

Wild Thing?

Theme:  Letter W
We practiced writing and sounding out W and W words.  We think W should have been named double V.  :)  We enjoyed playing games with a World ball. We focused on W words such as: whale, water, world, we, wagon, whisper, wash, wild, watermelon,...

Choosing Time:  Wedgits, Wild Animal ABC sorting, What to Wear, World Puzzles,....

Questions of the Week:

1. Do you like Watermelon?
2. Do you like Water?  (You'd be surprised by all the answers to this....it was quite funny.  Some kiddos immediately said, "No," until I suggested that it could be the water we swim in or bathe in (and then some still said, "No.")  :)
3. Are you a Wild thing?  (Also very funny answers)

Snacks:

• Watermelon & Welch's Fruit Snacks
• Mini Donuts & Strawberries
• Cheez-its, Cheese Sticks, & Cuties

Happy Birthday to a fun and energetic Girl!

Science:

• What happens to a water balloon if I put a lighter flame on it? What happens to a regular balloon when I light it?  Why?
• And, finally our last 2 plants are starting to grow!  Hurray!

Music & Movement:  We had a lot of fun with a World Ball

• I've got the Whole World In my Hands
• It's a Small World After All
• Beautiful World
• Make W with body
• Whisper, waddle, walk, wash,...
• Birthday song

Art:

• Watercolor Initials
• Washable Marker with Water Creations
• Wild Things
• World Mosaics 

Books: