A g-g-g-g-great week in Kindergarten!

This week we learned about letter Gg. We had some really great items to add to our alphabet book- I really love seeing each week what everyone comes up with! I can tell that the children and their parents are putting a lot of effort into this project and I love it. I love it because it makes our book really cool, but I also love it because it means that the kids and their parents are spending time together looking for them. This type of home-school connection is absolutely necessary to keep children motivated and doing their best!

Since it was a short week, we had to combine our math with our five senses. I think the kids had a lot of fun with it and it was a great way to integrate the curriculum :)

To do this, we made a gummy bear graph. We each took turns putting gummy bears we picked out of a bag onto a big graph in the middle of our circle. Then we each picked our favorite two and used our five senses to describe them. The children used great descriptive words like squishy and mushy when they tested them out with their sense of touch. They also noticed with their eyes the different colors, with their noses the fruity smells, and with their mouths the sweet taste!

This week we began working on AB patterns. We have been doing an AB pattern every morning when we do our calendar on the Smartboard, but I have never really called it that. We just put up red and green circles alternating. This week we finally put a name to it. We made patterns using our teddy bears in our regular math time and then at centers the kids had a chance to copy a teddy bear pattern card and then figure out what came next. We will continue to work on this throughout the year.

We also played a neat game this week. We have been learning the sign language letters each week when we learn our letter and so this week we played a silent sound game where I would say a word and the kids would hold up their letter for what the word started with. This is a great tool for us because it is giving children a hands on experience with the letters. It is also neat because it is teaching the kids tolerance of people with differences at the same time.

Next week we are beginning to learn about fall. My favorite time of year! We will be doing all kinds of stuff like learning about bats, spiders, and apples and also going on a field trip to the pumpkin patch at Carrigan Farms! Get excited! It is going to be awesome!