Yee Haw!

Boy did we have fun with the Wild, Wild West theme! Today the kids made cowboy and cowgirl vests and cowboy hats. The hats gave us an opportunity to practice with our scissors. The vests were just fun!

We did some work with shapes. Looks like everyone knows their shapes. Great work. The kids picked out a card from the circle on the rug. Then, they needed to go to the table and put the card in the appropriate tin pail with the matching shapes.

We also worked on beginning sounds with the letter F, of course. Most everyone did well with this. But, beginning and ending sounds are a little tricky at this age. Everyone develops at a different pace. We will continue with this and by the end of the year they will all have it down. The kids found a card (again, from the circle on the rug) and put it in Mrs. Eastman's "F" monster trash can. The cards were tricky as she included some non-F words, too.

Our number recognition was smooth going, too. The kids had a cowboy shirt "playing card" and the teacher had cards with the numbers 1 through 9 on it. Mrs. Eastman took 9 kids and Mrs. Sapp had 9 kids. As the teacher turned over a card with a number, the kids had to identify the number and place that many buttons on their shirt.

There were little firemen in the room as the kids worked on a fun craft for the letter F. These will be put in their end-of-year binder. Just lots of fun and reiteration of the letter F. Oh, and while working on this craft a firetruck siren sounded so we all ran to the window to check it out. Mrs. E had just finished an F tongue twister about four fire fighters. The kids were cute as they looked to see if there were four engines! (naturally, we arranged this ... lol).

The sight word can popped up again today. Today we had a little worksheet where the word was easily traceable and some places for them to write themselves. I will tell you most are doing so well with the grip. The first time we put pencils in their hands, nearly all were struggling. They now are checking themselves and doing it! Yeah! The letters themselves continue to give several kiddos some grief. Tell em not to worry. We don't expect perfection AND we will keep working on writing.

We also made up a story using some word-starters (naturally, they all started with the letter F). The story was quite silly and all enjoyed it.

On October 19th we will go to the pumpkin patch as a class field trip. All children must have an adult with them throughout the trip. We will meet at Miller's in Delaware at 10:15. The fun will begin at 10:30. The kids will get a pumpkin to take home and we will go on a hay ride. The cost is $3 per person. Siblings are welcome at that same rate (I think there is no charge for under 2).

BTW, we say the Pledge of Alliegance every morning. The kids are so smart they are picking up right away. We do have a week were we discuss this in detail. And, we have also given them a little information on this. Perhaps you can discuss with them at greater length at home?

Finally, if you have some clear, plastic lids (like the kind on a cool whip tub) we would like them for an upcoming craft. Consider washing them and sending them in ... will you?

Have a great weekend everyone.