Week 19 - Wednesday

Circle time:
As described in earlier circle time post
Letter of the week: X
Theme of the week: X Marks the Spot

Arts & crafts:
Due to a lack of materials today we did not do any arts and crafts. We will double up tomorrow instead after a trip to the $ store!

Free play at stations:
None.

Story time:
Captain and Matey Set Sail by Laurence/Munoz
Small Saul by Spires

Cooperative game:
Today we played a game where the kids were to close their eyes and pick a lowercase letter sticker from a bag and then race to the living room to match it to one of the pictures that were placed around the floor. Each item pictured began with a different letter and they were all in treasure chests to tie in with our theme. Once they found the correct match, they stuck the sticker on the picture and came back to choose a new letter. The person who made the most matches was the winner!

Science experiment:
Today we continued our big review of all of the concepts we covered so far this year. We did this in a quiz show format with the kids yelling "Arrrrrr!" like pirates to buzz in. Each correct answer earned them a "jewel" for the team and with 10 jewels they are able to buy one piece of a treasure map that I made and cut into 5 pieces. By Friday they will have earned all of the treasure map pieces and will go on a hunt for the treasure that is hidden somewhere in the house!

Physical activity:
Today we spent the afternoon at the splash park!





Outing/social time:
Today we spent the afternoon at the splash park!

Worksheets:
Coloring X word pictures, tracing letter X, tracing X words, counting and finding numeral, writing numbers 6 and 7, tracing numbers 1 to 20, cutting zigzag lines.

Hands on math:
None.

Computers:
Pirate related games on the iPad: L'il Pirates, Treasure Story, My First Find the Differences Game: Pirates, Coin Pirates, Jewel Adventures, Pirate Treasure Hunt, Pirate Tales Books.

Music:
Danced and sang along to our X Marks the Spot theme compilation cd.

French:
French is emphasized throughout the entire day; especially theme related words. Today we practiced saying "Arrête, je n'aime pas ça!" to tell someone to stop bothering them (one of the first sentences Nicki's kindergarten teacher taught the class!) and also continued to reinforce all of the notions that we covered in previous weeks. We will continue to practice these sentences all week.