"A" in APPLE class!!!

Friday in APPLE (****this is the class on Fridays with Ms. Hope and Ms. Nicole)  we learned about the letter "A"!  Here are the activities we did.  Please ask your child about the different activities, and stress that they all started with "A"
Book:

Songs/Finger Plays:

We did several finger plays we did with apples.  You can find several finger plays here!  We also sang the song "The Ants go Marching!"

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two,
The little one stops to tie his shoe
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching three by three,
The little one stops to climb a tree
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching four by four,
The little one stops to shut the door
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching five by five,
The little one stops to see a bee hive
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching six by six,
The little one stops to pick up sticks
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Question of the Day

Ask your child about which apple they prefer!

Outside: (Notes: this was only in the morning class.  It was too hot in the afternoon!)

We painted cars and used shape sponges!

We made painted letters on the ground with paint brushes!  We all worked on painting the letter A.

Sensory:

We played in a bin that had shiny rocks, spoons, cups, and apple cinnamon oatmeal!

Centers:

Ants in my pants game! This game is pretty hard, but it's still lots of fun!

We cooked apples and other foods in the kitchen area.

We put food on our placemats during speech therapy.

Snack 

We tried red and green apples at snack today!  The students had to tell us where they wanted us to put their apples and water.  We have placemats that we use with either /k/, /s/, or /g/ sounds.  Let me know if you want some for your house!

Phonology Activity: 

The students had and an angry bird that they had to feed!  The catch was that the angry bird only wanted to eat things that started with "A"!

"N" Day in APPLE!

Today was "N" day in APPLE!  Talk to your child about the following activities they did today in school!

Book












"The Napping House" is a great book to read for sequencing, predicting, and action words!  It also has tons of /s/ blends to practice.  Read this book with your child and have them say "In the napping house, where everyone is sleeping" with you.

Sensory Activity

In our sensory bin today we had Nightcrawlers, which were real live worms in the soil! We talked about the correct way to hold the worms so that they didn't get hurt.  Only a couple of the kids actually touched the worms, but a lot of them watched the worms!

Centers

Ned's Head  is a hilarious game where you have to find all sorts of strange items in the big head!  Ask your child about what they found in his head (there are some pretty disgusting things in there)!

 This was a fun activity where a hidden "N" was found by coloring the big N's and little n's different colors!

 

The! students practiced requesting for big stars, little stars, or shooting stars by using their "good s" sounds!  Together they all made a beautiful night sky!


Phonological Awareness Activity

The students all helped the SLP figure out if words started with /n/.  Some of the words did, but some started with /s/, /k/, or /g/.  If it started with /n/ they circled the object, but if it started with one of the other sounds they crossed it out.  They then cut out the pictures that were circled and glued it on their big "N."

Dramatic Play

In our dramatic play area, we had different grocery items, bags, and receipts for the children to use. They all had environmental print for the students to "read."

Art

The students made Noodle Necklaces today in art.  Some of them made it for themselves, but several made it for their moms!

Homework

Friday viernes 9/11/15	Saturday sábado 9/12/15	Sunday domingo 9/13/15	Monday lunes 9/14/15	Tuesday martes 9/15/15	Wednesday miércoles 9/16/15	Thursday jueves 9/17/15
Tell your family what you did today in APPLE! Tell them about the book we read. ¡Dile a tu familia lo que hiciste hoy en APPLE! Hábleles acerca del libro:	We made a night sky with stars in class today.  Go outside and see what you can see in the sky.  Tell your family “I see ______in the sky!”-Use your good /s/ sound.	Practice the song “I Spy a Nest” to the tune of Old MacDonald Had a Farm like we sang in class.   (Song on the top of next page) Practiquen el cancion que aprendimos “I Spy a Nest”  en APPLE.  (Adjunto están los poemas.)	See if anyone in your family has nickels.  Count how many you can find!	Do the attached worksheets about words that start and end with the letter N. Hagan las hojas adjuntas que tienen las palabras que empiezan y terminan en P.	The letter “N” is made from 3 straight lines.  Practice making the letter N with 3 sticks, pencils, pens or anything else that is long and skinny.  Practica hacer la letra N.                 N           N    N        N	Find something in your house that begins with the letter A.  Put it in your backpack and bring it for show and tell tomorrow at APPLE. Busca algo en tu casa que empieza con la letra A.  Ponlo en tu mochila y tráelo para enseñárselo a tus amigos mañana en APPLE.

Playing with Recycled Items/Jugando con Objetos Reciclados

Playing with recycled objects is great for children!  
1. It's a cheap way to add new "toys" for the students to play with
2. They begin to learn environmental print
3. They learn how to use objects that they see everyday in a functional way (e.x. reading receipts, putting grocery items in bags, etc.)
4. They have lots of fun pretending to be grownups and learning!


Jugando con objetos reciclados es excelente para ninos!
1. Es una forma barata para tener "juegetes nuevos" para los estudiantes
2. Ellos pueden aprender letra ambiental
3. Ellos aprenden como usar los objetos que ellos ven todos los dias (ej. leer recibo, poner groceries en las bolsas)
4. Ellos pueden jugar como son adultos

Apples, Apples, Apples!

For the next two weeks in Ms. Abby and Ms. Mary's classes we will be learning all about Apples.  We will be reading the following books and learning two vocabulary words with each book.  The vocabulary words were also sent home, so please work on them with your child at home!

Para las dos proximas semanas en las clases de Ms. Abby y Ms. Mary vamos a aprender todo sobre manzanas!  Vamos a leer estos libros y aprender dos palabras de vocabulario para cada libro.  Uds. recibieron las palabras, por favor trabajo con sus ninos en la casa!

Activities for Home:

Actividades para la Casa:

Show your child the picture and talk about the definition of "shiny."  Make a sign that says "yes" and "no."  Look around your house with your child and find things that are shiny, and things that are not shiny!

Muestra la foto y la definition de "brillante." Haga un papel que dice "si" y "no." Busque en su casa con su nino para cosas que son brillantes y cosas que no son brillantes!

Show your child the picture of and talk about "carving."  Talk about other things that you can carve, what you can use, and what you can carve!  At school we carved faces into playdough with sticks.

Muestra y habla de la definition de "tallar."  Habla sobre las cosas que pueden tallar, que puede usar para tallar, y que puede tallar!  En la escuela los estudiantes tallaron plastacina con palos.

Activities for Home:

Actividades para la Casa:

Show your child the picture and talk about the definition of "delicious."  Make a sign that says "yes" and "no."  Look around for real or pretend foods, and decide if they are delicious or not!

Muestra la foto y la definition de "delicioso." Haga un papel que dice "si" y "no." Busque en su casa con su nino para comida real o falsa, y habla si la comida es delicioso o no es delicoso!

Show your child the picture and talk about the definition of "blossoms."  Trace your child's hand and make leaves to make a tree!  Then use a bingo marker, paint, or markers to make blossoms!

Muestra la foto y la definition de "florecimiento." Traza la mano de su hijo y hagan hojas para hacer un arbol!  Luego use un marcador del bingo, pintura, o marcadores para hacer florecimientos!

"P" Day in APPLE

Friday was /p/ day in APPLE!  Please ask your child about all of the different activities they did that started with the letter "P"!

Book:

This is a great book to pick up from the library if you have the chance!  There are multiple chances to use the /p/ sound in the book.  You can also talk about how the boy is pretending to be a pizza, but he's not really a pizza!

Circle Time Group Activity:

We did a super cute activity with the song "I am a Pizza"  We had the students request to put different toppings on the pizza, then in the middle of the song we dropped he pizza all over the floor! Ask your child about what happened when the pizza fell!

 Dress Up/Imaginary Play:

Today was all about being a princess!  We also had super hero costumes for the boys, and talked about the /p/ in the middle of the word!

Sensory Play:

The students all played in pancake flour! 

Centers:

We used this park scene to request and practice saying all of our speech sounds!

"P" is for playdough!

Snack:

Everyone helped make pancakes for snack!

Homework:

Friday viernes 9/4/15	Saturday sábado 9/5/15	Sunday domingo 9/6/15	Monday lunes 9/7/15	Tuesday martes 9/8/15	Wednesday miércoles 9/9/15	Thursday jueves 9/10/15
Tell your family what you did today in APPLE! Tell them about the book we read. ¡Dile a tu familia lo que hiciste hoy en APPLE! Hábleles acerca del libro:	We talked about pizza and made pancakes in APPLE yesterday.  What other foods start with P?  Make a list. Maybe you can eat some pineapple for snack?  Popcorn? Hablamos de pizza e hicimos panqueques en APPLE ayer.  ¿Cuáles otras comidas empiezan con P?  Hagan una lista.  A lo mejor ustedes pueden comer un poco de piña o palomitas.	Practice some of the poems we learned in APPLE.   (Poems attached) Practiquen los poemas que aprendimos en APPLE.  (Adjunto están los poemas.)	Did you already make playdough?  Can you pound it?  Push it?  Poke holes in it?  Roll it into a p shape? ¿Ya hiceron plastilina?  ¿Puedes palmitarla?  ¿Golpearla?  ¿Formarla en la letra p?	Do the attached worksheets about words that start and end with the letter P. Hagan las hojas adjuntas que tienen las palabras que empiezan y terminan en P.	Practice making the letter P.  Use a pencil, or pen, or paint! Practica hacer la letra P.  ¡Usa un lápiz, o una pluma o pintura! P                P   P           P    P        P	Find something in your house that begins with the letter N.  Put it in your backpack and bring it for show and tell tomorrow at APPLE. Busca algo en tu casa que empieza con la letra N.  Ponlo en tu mochila y tráelo para enseñárselo a tus amigos mañana en APPLE.

APPLE M Day!

Friday was "M" day in Apple!! We had tons of fun activities that started with M! Please ask your students about what they did! 

Book:

Our book was "Mouse Paint"! The students loved talking about all of the different colors! We worked on saying the /m/ in "mouse" on every page! 

Here are the books we had out for free reading:

Art:

Our activity was painting things that started with the letter m! We painted mountains, monkeys, and moose. We used cue tips to paint, and we used the primary colors red, yellow, and green. We encouraged the students to mix the colors like in "Mouse Paint"!

Center Activities:

Marble maze!

Matchbox Cars!

Magnets!

Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game!

Memory!

Language Activity:We did a "About Me" interview to find out more about our students! It was also a great way to talk about things that weren't present!

Sensory:

Magic sand is always fun!