Week 5 - Monday

Circle time:
As described in earlier circle time post
Letter of the week: E
Theme of the week: Eating

Arts & crafts:
The kids made macaroni necklaces using noodles tinted with food colouring.






Free play at stations:
None.

Story time:
A Picnic in the Woods by Walt Disney Productions
Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree by Korr/Mathieu
Eats by Jocelyn/Slaughter
Let's Eat by Garton
Don't Forget the Oatmeal by Ford/Chandler

Cooperative game:
Today we played a game where each kid took a turn choosing the name of a fruit or vegetable out of a hat. They were to read read the word (I read Roxy's to her) and then race to the living room to find a card on the table with a picture of that food and race back with it. If they got it right, they got to choose another one, but if they were wrong they had to race back and try again!

Science experiment:
The theme this week is food. All of our experiments, although inedible, will incorporate food in some way.

Invisible Ink
The kids used Q-tips to paint with a mixture of water and baking soda which we then let dry. Their secret drawings were revealed when they then painted over them with grape juice! We then discussed the how the reaction between the baking soda and the acid in the juice is what makes the different colour appear.

Physical activity:
None.

Outing/social time:
Library visit.
8 of our 15 selections were theme related books:
Je Mange by Héritage Jeunesse
Vegetable Soup by Appleby
Le Monde de Bébé by Pernot
My Very First Book of Food by Carle
Does Cheese Grow On Trees? by Teitelbaum/Ewers/Carrozza
Teach Me About Mealtime by Berry/Bartholomew
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food by Berenstain
What We Eat - A First Look at Food by Lynn/James/Wright

Worksheets:
Coloring E word pictures, tracing letter E, tracing E words, writing name, completing shape patterns, finding different, counting and finding numeral, writing 2, finding 2 in larger group, cutting straight lines.

Hands on math:
None.

Computers:
Food games on the iPad in English and French (eFlash French, Play 2 Learn French, Food Festival, Breakfast Bash).

Music:
Danced and sang along to our eating theme compilation cd.

French:
French is emphasized throughout the entire day; especially theme related words. Today we practiced asking "Est-ce que je peux boire de l'eau s'il-vous-plait?" when they are thirsty and continued to reinforce all the notions we covered in previous weeks. We will continue to practice these sentences all week.