Hand washing Lesson

We had some special visitors to help us learn about hand washing today!  We used a special light to help us see the germs on our hands before and after washing our hands. 

We learned you should sing the ABC song when washing your hands to make sure you are scrubbing long enough. 

New Garage

The children worked cooperatively to build a garage for some new vehicles. 

Books!

Snuggling up to read on our new chair at the reading nook. 

Please Help!

Families, we are hoping to set up a 'run' centre and are in need of all kinds of pipes and tubes - paper, plastic, or metal. If you have any scraps around your house that you would be willing to donate to our program it would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks!

Invisible Writing

Our spy center has been a big hit! To celebrate and also to encourage some authentic writing, we placed 'invisible writing' tools at our writing center today.

 

The children were encouraged to write a secret message to a friend using a white crayon on white paper...

 

...and then to decode the message the children had to paint over the writing using watercolours!

 

It was a bit hit with the children and so much fun!

Teach Your Monster to Read

A new website was shared with me that looks promising for helping children learn their letters and sounds and then translate these skills into emergent reading. "Teach Your Monster to Read' can be found at http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ If you use this website, please let me know what you and your child think!

Spy Center

Could you hear the buzz of excitement coming from our room? The children have decided to turn our drama center into a spy headquarters! They came up with a plan for how to set the center up. 

This center will open next week. If you have any 'spy gear' we can have it would be most appreciated (e.g., old phones, cameras, sunglasses, notepads).

GAK!

Who doesn't love Gak? The squishy material acts as a solid and liquid and is so much fun to manipulate!

We made three different colours - blue, yellow, and white. 

It was interesting to see the colours mix into different shades of green!

Gak is an alternative to Playdough and is great for strengthening fine motor skills. Gak is so easy to make. Here is the recipe we followed. http://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-for-kids/gak-attack/

Number Hunt

On a chilly day it is fun to go on a number hunt around the school to search for numbers. We used tallies to record how many of each number we found.