Week 20 - Tuesday

Circle time:
As described in earlier circle time post
Letters of the week: Y and Z
Theme of the week: Yikes and Zoinks! (Scooby Doo)

Arts & crafts:
Today the kids made puppets of the whole Scooby Doo gang by colouring pictures of them and then gluing them to Popsicle sticks with masking tape.



Free play at stations:
As described in earlier free play post

Station 1: colouring Scooby Doo themed pictures, drawing and cutting
Station 2: various puzzles (Dora & Boots, prince and princess)
Station 3: Mr Potato Head, lacing toys, Geoforme game
Station 4: free play with theme related toys: Scooby Doo puppets from arts & crafts time, Scooby Doo jammies and bag for dress-up, Scooby Doo number cards
Station 5: Imaginarium wooden blocks
Station 6: basket of theme related books


Story time:
Scooby Doo! And the Phony Fortune Teller by Gelsey - Chapters 1 and 2
Scooby Doo! The Haunted Road Trip by Herman/del Sur
Scooby Doo! Look n' Find by Animagination Inc/Caveman Productions

Cooperative game:
Mille Bornes (again).

Science experiment:
None.

Physical activity:
Outdoor play at the park, soccer and baseball.




Outing/social time:
Outdoor play at the park, soccer and baseball.

Worksheets:
Coloring Y and Z word pictures, tracing and writing letters Y and Z, tracing Y and Z words, finding Scooby Doo imposter, Scooby Doo shadow matching, cutting various shaped curved lines.

Hands on math:
Play with buttons - estimating, counting, sorting by shape, sorting by colour, easy addition and subtraction, patterns.


Computers:
Various reading, spelling, number and matching games on the iPad.

Music:
Danced and sang along to our Scooby Doo and The Alien Invaders CD.

French:
French is emphasized throughout the entire day; especially theme related words. Today we practiced saying "J'ai hâte!" when they are looking forward to something and also continued to reinforce all of the notions that we covered in previous weeks. We will continue to practice these sentences all week.