preschool: green eggs and ham

For the month (3 weeks) of December, I decided that everyone would have a winter theme on Monday and then can pick their favorite book on Wednesday.

The book I picked was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. We talked about what an author is and showed them all the books that we have that are by Dr. Seuss. Then I read Green Eggs and Ham. Occasionally I stopped and we talked about the rhyming words in the story.

Then the kids helped my make green eggs. Everyone had a turn breaking an egg and mixing. We added blue food dye and talk about yellow + blue = green. For the ham part, I just tore up deli ham slices for them.

 Chelsie loved it and had 3 plates full while Robert wouldn't touch it at all. That's not too surprising since he doesn't eat eggs.

 Then we played a fun Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham board game that I picked up at the WaldenBook's closing sale.  Someone is the chef and calls out which on the three animals what a certain food.  The game was a big hit! Everyone got into it. They also did a nice job of taking turns.

http://www.amazon.com/Green-Eggs-Speedy-Diner-Game/dp/0979712386

preschool: snowmen

I did a fun unit about snowmen. First we read "The Biggest Snowman Ever." Then we made circle snowmen.

 Robert added a face to each circle.

 Then they could decorate a snowman cookie (oreos dipped in candy coating).

 Then we did a math activity were I rolled a dice and then they covered up the number with a marshmallow. I was surprised to find that everyone but Robert had a tough time recognizing the numbers. Since there was marshmallows involved everyone had fun though.

Preschool: Farm Animals

For the last week of November, Laura finished off the section of animals.

On Monday they made a farm scene. However, Robert was having a bad morning and ended up not going to preschool. He didn't sleep well because he was coughing a lot. By the time preschool was over, Robert was feeling much better. We went to the house, so I could drop off the new school for January. Laura gave us the activity sheets they used.

 On Wednesday, they made a sheep out of their hand print and painted farm animals with water colors which they all loved to do.

Kindergarten: week 13 and Thanksgiving

Here are some of the things Hailey did at school close to Thanksgiving time.

The picture says "Birthday Surprise"

I love how everything has a face. Maybe we have been watching too much VeggieTales.

The letter G was a little tough for her.

I love how her handwriting is improving.

They created some patterns

Here's one cool turkey that stood up by itself.

This turkey was pretty big. On it's feathers is has Hannah, Mom, School, and Dad as the things she is thankful for.

Kindergarten: Week 12

Not much happened this week for Hailey.

On this one, Hailey wrote 2 days. It could be about how long to took Christopher Columbus to come to America.

Here's her hand turkey.

I think her handwriting is getting a lot better.

Kindergarten: Week 11

Hailey was assessed this week.
Math:
Count 10 objects
Count to 20
Identifies numerals 0-10
Make a repeating pattern
Name a triangle and rectangle
~She scored perfect on these.

Reading
Count number of syllables in word (she has been practicing this at home which is very annoying)
Guided reading a level one -possible points is 1 and Hailey scored a 5
Match 10 upper/lower case letters to sound -possible points is 10 and Hailey scored 24
name 26 upper/lowercase letters out of order -possible points is 26, Hailey score 54
read 5 sight words -possible points is 5, Hailey scored 34
~Hailey is pretty advance in reading

Penmanship
Use correct form and neatness
Writes first name
got all points possible in each section

Writing
Help my class write a story
writes words using letters I know
writes first name
got all point possible in each section

Social Studies
score 100 out of 100

Science
score 100 out of 100

She brought home art work or free handed papers this week.

On this paper they cut out numbers from a magazine. Numbers 1-4 were on the front and numbers 5-8 were on the back. She did great with number 3 but didn't have anything for the other numbers.

She wrote No Horace, Mom and Dad. I wonder if she meant horse instead of horace.

Wednesday Preschool: Indians and Pilgrims

At Jenna's house they talked about Indians and Pilgrims.  When I asked Robert what preschool was about he said "dogs and cats and Indians and Temples.

 They also played on bongos and a small guitar and sang songs. So I asked Robert what songs the sang and he started saying a lot of numbers. I'm guessing they sang 10 Little Indians.