Writing centre!

Braelin created a picture using some shapes that were at the writing centre!  It's a Christmas tree in someone's house and there are presents under the tree she says!

Marble painting!

Here Rhainnon is using spheres to roll around to paint her tree.   She explains that it can roll because it is a sphere and it is all round.  There are no flat ends or corners so it can roll she says.  

Our Light Table!

A few of the students are decorating the Christmas tree at the light table today!  

There are some 3-D shapes on it!  Spheres and cubes! 

The Napping House!

The listening centre is a busy spot today.  We have been reading the story The Napping House this week and here they are listening to the story on a cd and retelling it by using stacking blocks!

Shapes are Everywhere!

Many friends brought shapes for home today and we created shape books.  We are discovering that shapes are everywhere!  Look around to see if you an find any more shapes in your house!  

Beginning Sounds

In our class we are working on identifying beginning sounds. Hearing and identifying the beginning sound of words is an important first step in learning to read.  At home help your son/daughter practice skills by identifying the sound they here at the start of a word.  

We also use Jolly Phonics to help the children learn to identify sounds that go with letters. With Jolly Phonics, the children learn to match the sound of the letter with an action.  Here is a link:

Jolly Phonics Song

The Jolly Phonics Letters

Here the group is playing a matching game.  Matching the pictures that have the same sound at the beginning of each word.

Here Jazman has matched the word pie with the word pumpkin.

When saying the word we often over emphasize the beginning sound.  Here Kaitlyn is saying "t-t-tiger, t-t-turtle".

Electricity!

Our Electricity Game!

Jack was chosen to be the electricity.  He had to walk around the circle and when the electricity walked past you your hands joined with the person beside you to close the circuit.  If Jack walked around and everyone helped to close the circuit the flashlight went on at the end!  We were able to close the circuit and the flashlight did come on!

Our vocabulary words at the science table! 

 As the teachers and other adults in the room circulate to each centre we have posted vocabulary words for the adults to use and model at that centre.  The idea is to allow the children to hear these words a lot so they start to use them in their observations and when sharing their thoughts.  Here are 

the words posted at the science centre!  

Below some are testing out the batteries to see if they can make the lights twinkle!