Week of October 13

We had a short week, but that didn't stop us from packing in lots of new learning activities. I am working hard to build up choices in Work Board stations now that we are deep into each curriculum. I typically try to create games and materials that extend and "piggyback" on lessons from Bridges, Number Corner, and FUNdations.

This 123 activity encourages children to practice recognizing numbers 1-20 and then sequencing the numerals into counting order. A challenge would be for a child to count backwards from 20.

This is another 123 activity that involves putting numbers 1-10 into counting order and then placing the corresponding amount of apples (marbles) onto the tree. 

This reinforces 1:1 correspondence skills.

More 123 fun: a child works to identify how many dots on a 10 frame, put them into counting order, identify numerals 1-10, and finally matching the 10 frames and corresponding numerals.

We practiced writing lower case 'e' this week.

We also learned how to write 'r' during FUNdations.

We added the sight word 'the' to our word wall this week. This is a literacy/theme activity where children practice writing 'the' in the blank spaces. Then they use their fine motor skills to rip bits of paper to create a colorful fall tree.

Hard at work in the theme area.

In the book making 123 station, children identified and highlighted the 'location words' in this mini book. Next, the drew Wiggle the worm according to the location.

123 Book making station. These books stay in the children's book bins for them to access and read anytime they want to.

Book making.

The children are really excited about the pattern emerging on October's calendar. They are excited to make predictions about what the following day's pattern might be. The important words this month that we use to describe the leaves on the calendar card are: to the left, to the right, up, and down.