Week 15 - Monday

Circle time:
As described in earlier circle time post
Letters of the week: Q and R
Theme of the week: Questions and Rhymes

Arts & crafts:
Because Daddy is celebrating his birthday next week and Father's Day is this weekend, we decided to stray from our usual weekly theme related crafts and secretly make him gifts all week long! Today the kids made cards for both occasions using stickers, pompoms, feathers, googly eyes, buttons and fake flower petals.





Free play at stations:
None.

Story time:
Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad by Allen/Brannon
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
Never Tease a Weasel by Soule/Hampson

Cooperative game:
Today we played a rhyming game where one person would come up with a word and then each of the other people would take turns finding a word that rhymes with it. We kept on going until we couldn't think of any more rhyming words and then the next person came up with a new word. The game was a huge hit and will probably come in handy the next time we have to wait in line somewhere!

Science experiment:

R is for Ramps!
Today the kids created ramps of various inclines using items from around the house. They then experimented with rolling objects down the different ramps and made observations as to the varying speed and distances attained using different inclines. When we got out the measuring tape to record the distances their objects traveled, an impromptu ramp was actually created using the measuring tape itself after a marble was accidentally dropped and rolled across the room on the tape!






Physical activity:
None.

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

Questions theme:
How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud? by Yolen/Teague
Where's My Sneaker? by Mayer
What Am I? by Granfield/Herbert
Is There Room on the Feather Bed? by Gray/Westcott

Rhymes theme:
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash by Weeks/Westcott
A Perfect Picnic by Albee/Brannon
Super Duck by Alborough
Sheep in a Jeep by Shaw/Apple

Worksheets:
Coloring Q and R word pictures, tracing letters Q and R, tracing Q and R words, writing name, counting and finding numeral, tracing the numeral 1, matching rhyming pictures, matching rhyming words, cutting straight lines.

Hands on math:
Today we incorporated math in with our science activity, measuring and comparing the distances that the items went after rolling down the ramps.

Computers:
Questions and Rhymes games on the iPad (Bluster, Fun Rhyming Lite, Fun Phonics Lite, Green Eggs and Ham Lite, What Am I Riddles For Kids).

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

French:
French is emphasized throughout the entire day; especially theme related words. Today we practiced saying "J'ai chaud" when they feel hot and "J'ai froid" when they feel cold, and also continued to reinforce all of the notions that we covered in previous weeks. We will continue to practice these sentences all week.