Week 13 - Thursday

Circle time:
As described in earlier circle time post
Letter of the week: M and N
Theme of the week: Money and Numbers

Arts & crafts:
Today the kids made their own play money by cutting out rectangles of green construction paper and gluing on numbers for the dollar value. We later used their creations to play a game of "cashier".





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

Station 1: colouring money and numbers theme related pictures, drawing and cutting
Station 2: various puzzles (foam numbers puzzle, number train puzzle, math puzzle)
Station 3: Play-Doh, stringing beads, dry erase number activities
Station 4: free play with cash register and real coins, toy piggy bank, number blocks, numbered shape sorter, calculators, numbers pop-up toy
Station 5: Sesame Street K'nex, magnet toys (to relate to science theme)
Station 6: basket of theme related books




Story time:
Little Critter Numbers by Mayer
Touch and Learn 1 2 3 by Make Believe Ideas ltd.
Numbers by Smalley
Arthur's Pet Business by Brown
Ten Apples Up On Top by LeSieg/McKie


Cooperative game:
Traditional dominoes.

Science experiment:
This week's science theme: M is for Magnets.

Invisible Force
Today the kids tried to move a magnetic car across a table using only another magnet (without touching it of course!) They came up with a couple of different alternatives: one was the put the magnet in front of the car and try to "attract" it across the table and the other was to have the magnet repel against the car's magnet and "push" it forward across the table. Both methods worked well!



Physical activity:
Outdoor play in the backyard.

Outing/social time:
None.

Worksheets:
Coloring M and N word pictures, tracing letters M and N, tracing M and N words, matching picture to beginning letter, counting and finding numeral, tracing numeral 8, matching dollar bills to value name, cutting various curved lines.



Hands on math:
Play with coins - counting, patterns, estimating who has most, sorting by denomination, adding coin values.




Computers:
Money and numbers games on the iPad.
Money: Money Swipe, Money & Change Game HD Lite, Coin Loot HD, Coins Sports Free, Flickochet Lite.
Numbers: 123 Numbers, 1 to 10 Lite, Mathaliens, Kidpedia, IWW Lite, as well as the number components of ABC Letters and Alphabet Tracing.


Music:
Danced and sang to our Money and Numbers theme compilation cd.

French:
French is emphasized throughout the entire day; especially theme related words. Today we practiced answering two questions: "C'est quoi ton nom?" when someone asks them their name and "Quel age as-tu?" when someone asks how old they are. We also continued to reinforce all of the notions that we covered in previous weeks and will continue to practice these sentences all week.