"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"!