We Got Our Own Ladybugs!

Today we got our own real life ladybugs for our classroom. We get to watch them for a couple of days before we set them free outside. Before we met our real spotted friends, we made our own 3-d ladybugs. We worked our counting, color and shape recognition, as well as fine motor control to make our ladybugs.

We will take care of our real ladybugs for a few days before we set them free.

Although it was finally warm, it was a rainy day! But that's ok, we made the most of our recess and had it in the gym!

Social Intelligence

I thought today would be a great day to talk about some of our Social Intelligence lessons and themes we have been working on for the past few months. You probably have already seen Elmo, Common, and Colbie Caillat teach all of us how to control our anger; but it's one of our favorites and worth a revisit!

We use Belly Breathing whenever we become overwhelmed! This song teaches us just how to do it! Put your hands on your belly...!

We have also been working on having patience! It's a hard concept to learn but Elmo and Mr. Zach do a great job at explaining it. Having patience means to wait in a calm way.

One more fun song we have been singing along to is all about trying our best and never giving up!

Papa, can you please get me the moon?

We had a new friend visit with us today! It was a blast getting to know him and we hope to see him again soon. Thanks for visiting, M! 

Today we read the book Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle. Afterwards we used rectangles and circles to make a scene from the story. Other skills we worked on were; shape identification, color mixing (grey and white), the moon, following directions, fine motor, and even gross motor! After we made our ladder and moon, just like in the story, we posed on the playground as if we were climbing to the moon!  Enjoy!