Week 13 - Tuesday

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 put together this pig craft but modified it by gluing real coins to the body to make it a piggy bank craft!




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:
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Christelow
Arthur's Pet Business by Brown
Hippos Go Berserk! by Boynton
My First Book of Counting Friends by Stortz/Couri
Franklin and the Big Kid by Boynton

Cooperative game:
Mille Bornes (yet again). This is Gabe's new favourite game and fit in nicely with our numbers theme!

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

Magnetism Game - Fishing for Treasures
Today the kids put their skills to the test and watched magnetism in action by trying to "fish for treasure" - they used magnets tied to strings to pick up "gold bars" made of yellow construction paper and a paper clip!




Physical activity:
Outdoor play at the park.



Outing/social time:
Made new friends at the park.


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 6, matching dollar bills to number value, cutting various curved lines.

Hands on math:
Today we played a game similar to Bingo. Each player had a sheet with 29 little piggy banks and took turns rolling a die. They then covered with pennies the number of piggy banks that corresponded to their die roll. The first person to cover their entire sheet was the winner!


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.