Week 10 - Monday

Circle time:
As described in earlier circle time post
Letter of the week: J
Theme of the week: Jobs

Arts & crafts:
The kids made paper firefighter dolls using cutouts of people along with firefighter uniforms and tools which they glued together and then coloured.




Free play at stations:
None.

Story time:
Dr. Daisy, M.D. by Feldman/Loter Inc.
Arthur's Teacher Trouble by Brown
When I Grow Up by Mercer Mayer
I Want to be an Astronaut by Muntean/Ewers
Henry Goes Overboard by Warren/Nunn

Cooperative game:
Clue Jr.

Science experiment:
Since the weather this week was forecasted as being sunny and warm, I decided the theme for this week's experiments would be "Outdoor Fun!"

Bubble Mix
Today the kids did a little chemistry and created their own homemade bubble mix using dish soap, water and sugar. They then of course experimented with blowing bubbles!!



Physical activity:
Outdoor play in the backyard.



Outing/social time:
Library visit.
9 of our 15 selections were theme related books:

Who Are You, Sue Snue? by Rabe/Ryan/Brannon
I Want to be a Mechanic by Liebman
I Want to be a Police Officer by Liebman
I Want to be an Astronuat by Maze/Grace/Smith
Community Workers - Librarians by Flannagan
People in the Community - Vets by Leake
People in the Community - Teachers by Leake
People in the Community - Doctors by Leake
People in the Community - Firefighters by Leake

Worksheets:
Coloring J word pictures, tracing letter J, tracing J words, writing name, matching uppercase and lowercase letters H-K, counting and finding numeral, spring picture matching, finding shortest in a group, finding item that doesn't belong in group, cutting straight lines.

Hands on math:
Today we took the measuring tape outside to the backyard and the kids took turns measuring various items and reading both centimeters and inches on the measuring tape. They also compared the height of the items to each other (i.e. the basketball hoop is taller than the playhouse, the wagon is shorter than the structure).




Computers:
Job games on the iPad (Swapsies, Great Jobs for Kids, Occupations puzzles).

Music:
None.

French:
French is emphasized throughout the entire day; especially theme related words. Today we practiced saying "Est-ce que je peux aller dehors s'il-vous-plait?" when they want to go outside and also continued to reinforce all of the notions that we covered in previous weeks. We will continue to practice these sentences all week.