Life Cycles!

Week of April 27-30

• At Large Group: 
• We read stories about life cycles of a variety of animals and insects including: frogs, sharks, and butterflies. 

• We read a story called Clara the Caterpillar and worked on identifying the alliteration in the story. There were many ‘c’ words like: cute, cranky, comfy, cozy, etc. 

• We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and used cutouts from the story to tell/act out the story while we read. 

• We put on music and acted out the life cycles of chickens, butterflies, frogs, and sharks. 
• Our numbers of the week were: 1, 2, 3, & 4.  We
  identify the number, write out how to spell the
  number, write the number, count to the number while doing various movements, name things that are
  associated with the number (like 1 nose, 2 hands, 3 little pigs, 4 leafed clover). 
• At Small Group: 
• Miss Kendra’s group used picture cards and blocks to sound out words and then build the number of syllables. 
• We used pipe cleaners (caterpillars) and leaf cutouts with holes in them to play a positional word game. We gave the kiddos directions like “put the caterpillar through the middle of the leaf then have it crawl up to the top.” 
• We used a quinoa, rotini, shells, and elbow pasta to create the life cycle of a butterfly. The kiddos also cut out leaves to put the “eggs” on. 
• Miss Katelynn’s group used frog counters to do simple addition. 
• Miss Kendra’s group used various sizes and colors of pom poms to create caterpillar patterns. 
• Miss Katelynn’s group worked on practicing their writing on lined paper like they will use next year in kindergarten. 
• Outside: 
• We have been doing lots of artwork outside this week thanks to the beautiful weather! 
• We found a baby bunny outside near our planter boxes. With the help of Miss Crystal we got it safely back to its home. 
• We also went searching for bugs. 
• At choice time this week the kiddos have been really into: 
• Playing, acting like, & drawing Pokémon. 
• Building homes for animals with the magnatiles.
• Playing "house" and "family" in the dramatic play area. 

After this they worked together to set the table, cook food, and eat together.

• Decorating our “cars” made of out of boxes.

They push each other around the room in the box "cars".

• Building with a variety of blocks. 

• Fishing for numbers in the water table. 

• Creating a variety of artwork.
• Miss Christi brought in her baby chicks for us to check out.