Friday Update September 30

Another great week was had by all! J

This week some of our learning included…

*reading We Are All The Same, We are All Different (an AMAZING BOOK!) and had a lot of discussion around how we are the same (we are all people, we have families, we eat food, we have homes) and how we are different (we have different colored eyes, different colored skin, we like to eat different things, our homes look different, we have different people in our family….etc).  We know that although some things between us are the same and some are different, we can be friends and appreciate those things about each other. We also read All Kinds of Children, The Family Book, Whoever You Are and many more!

*discussions about family resurfaced this week! We are learning a lot about each other in these discussions! Pets, our aunties, grandparents, as well as mom, dad and siblings…many important people have been part of our conversations!

*we decided to draw and paint pictures of our families to share with the class. Many of the students are trying to write names on these as well!

*transferring some of our learning about families over to animals! Several students brought out the animals in our classroom…pets, wild, farm animals... Some students made a zoo, some made homes out in the wild, but themes that kept coming up were that the animals were in their families and their homes (being cared for,) that they needed water and food, and they belonged somewhere. There were also some side conversations that included counting and sorting the animals, writing the names of the animals, making a zoo like we have in Singapore that is beautiful but taking care of the animals, and cutting out and drawing places for them to live and eat.

*making SLIME!! (It is very messy, but don’t worry, it comes out of clothes!)

*sponge/stamp painting

*playing number monkeys and the peanut counting game

*by popular demand, color and shape bingo again!

*using different art supplies such as watercolors, puff paints, pastels (to make secret messages that show up when you paint over them) and pencils that smear when water is brushed across them

*using clay and moon sand to explore

*sharing our names, looking at the letters in our names again, writing our names, and decorating them if we wanted to.  Several students also used their names and names of classmates in stories they were writing.

*building an apartment complex with different levels and rooms.

*having a tea party with magical crystal tea that was served to Mango. (She enjoyed being a part of this.)

*reading to each other and playing “classroom” (this was fun to observe J I love to see the kiddos imitate me and my reading!) There were a lot of other Ms. Lynsey and Ms. Aidah’s! Ask your child about this! It made my day!

*started talking about what we WONDER about…many creative ideas started flowing from the cuties!

*..and much, much more!

REMINDERS / UPCOMING DATES

*Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7: Parent Teacher Conferences

Students do not attend these conferences.

*October 8^th to October 16^th: FALL BREAK-NO SCHOOL

*Friday, October 28^th:  HALLOWEEN PARTY: 8:00-9:00am-Details to come.

*October 31^st: NO SCHOOL (Deepavali)

*November 1^st: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS (Faculty Inservice Day)

Week 8 Sept 26 to 30