November 17th

Circle Time: Sang Good morning song. Put the date on the calendar. Said the Pledge of Allegiance. Introduced letter of the week as L. Laugh was the word of the day and Leer, which means to read in Spanish. We also talked about the Mayflower coming to America and their first Thanksgiving. I brought pictures I found online so Lorien and Darius listened intently while studying them.


Reading and Writing: Practiced writing the letter L and colored a picture of a Lamb. I had the kids read and write the following words: Lab, Lad, Lady, Lag, Lap, Lay, Lamp, Land. And for homework I gave them the following words: Lard, Lass, Last, Lava, Law, Lazy, Led, Lee. Darius had so much fun getting his homework out at the library at Cyrus' school the next day.


Free Craft time: Hermit Crab observation, Painting, playdough was put out. I also had a craft for them to do. Since Thanksgiving is next week we made Turkey Lurkey. He was made out of big feathers cut out of 12x12 paper. Lorien and Darius both told me what they were greatful for (mainly their families) and I wrote it down on the feathers they cut out. Then they decorated with macaroni, glitter and stickers. Darius helped made the body, which we glued onto a milk carton. He also helped cut out feet and a beek and a gobbler. He glued them on and put googly eyes on as well. The finished product was awesome! They really had fun with this one.


Snack Time: They were getting hungry so we decided to do snack early. They only had a couple minutes for free play time.


Reading Time: Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela by Cristina Kessler illustrated by Leonard Jenkins.


Science: We studied fire. We talked about how to put out a fire. Just a regular one, not a greace fire. So I lit the candle and they blew it out. That was one way. Then I lit it again and put the lid on it. And it went out! They learned that fire needs air to "live" just like plants and humans need air. Lorien and Darius both took turns putting the lid on the candle. Oh, and we also learned that if you see smoke coming out of a bedroom that has it's door closed, you aren't supposed to open it. That would give the smoke air, which would make the fire ignite and could hurt you really bad.


Closing Circle: We finished up the Nursery rhymes