On Monday, we read The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. This is the the delightful story that Mrs. Gootson read at the parent orientation. We created a "kissing hand suncatcher" for you to hang up at home. Please send back the kissing hand that you decorated with your child for their cubbie. You will pick up the suncatcher at Back to School Night on Thursday. This story helps the children transition to a new school and demonstrates that love is a two way street!!
On Tuesday, we met the Physical education coaches (Coach Pope, Coach Cameron, and Coach Every) and had great fun playing the "freeze Game" which incorporates listening and following directions.
Fingerpainting is so much fun!! This gives the children a sensory experience and we talked about red, which is called "rojo" in Spanish.
We read Those Mean Nasty Dirty Downright Disgusting, but INViSIBLE Germs by Judith Rice. We talked about the the importance of washing our hands thoroughly. Then we made VISIBLE germs by folding a paper in half and dropping "little dots of paint" onto it. The children folded the paint together
The Charger Cheerleaders visited our classroom early on Friday morning.
Make new friends, but keep the old! One is silver and the other is gold. Our class has added a new friend and he stopped by with his parents for an orientation visit.
We read many more books, and walked to the library to meet Mrs. Smay. The Fantastic Fish listened to Mrs. Gootson read, Will I Have a Friend by Miriam Cohen. Whew!! It was a busy week and we are just getting started. Buckle up your seat belts for a year filled with hands on learning!!
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT - THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1st
JANET ROOT THEATRE
7:00 p.m.
