Dr. Seuss, Pet Vet, Choice Time, and the Letter R!

This week was Dr. Seuss' birthday, so naturally we read books written by Dr. Seuss.

· At Large Group:

· We used our new Dr. Seuss puzzle to review our letters and letter sounds.

· We retold several familiar stories (Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs) using masks and props.

· At Small Group:

· We made friendship bracelets in an AB pattern.

· We measured out the ingredients and made Oobleck which is a substance made of cornstarch and water. The kiddos were amazed at how it seemed to be play dough and water all at the same time. 

 

•  We made regular eggs and green eggs with the kiddos and had them predict if they would taste different. 

· We were inspired by Dr. Seuss’s “Foot Book” and decided to measure things with our feet, linking chains, and unifix cubes. 

· At Choice Time:

· We changed out our post office dramatic play area for a pet store/vet dramatic play area. The kiddos have tiny scrubs to wear, vet exam tools, pet food and medicine, a wash tub, books about pets and vets, and of course plenty of stuffed
animals to play with. We are even planning to have an actual veterinarian visit our school next Thursday in the morning.

We hatched a dinosaur egg this week. They loved watching him hatch. We also watched an eagle's nest with one hatched baby eagle and one still unhatched. You can see the nest here!

•  At Choice Time:

 

Taste Testing Seaweed

 · Our letter of the week this week was R. Some of our activities include:

· Practicing saying the sound the letter makes.

· Seeing who has the letter in their name.

· Using white boards to practice writing the letter at large group.

· Searching the room for things that start with the letter of the week and feeding them to the “letter monster”.

· Making our alphabet book page for each letter at small group.

· Identifying the letter in the dry erase board sentence.