We threw in all the shapes this week in preparation for Valentine's day and hearts! We discussed shapes, played games with shapes, and recited poems about shapes. During our Valentines week, we sorted, weighed and patterned conversation hearts. Our dramatic play area turned into a post office in which the students wrote and colored pictures for their classmates then mailed them in the mailboxes. Boxes were also weighed and delivered! In addition, we also watched a short video on what happens to mail once it gets to the post office.
During gym we jumped over hearts on the floor numbered 0-10. We also looked at playing cards that had hearts on them. If we picked a 4 of hearts, for example, we did 4 jumping jacks and so on. We signed in by answering what was our favorite shape. We counted and compared the numbers. Other activities included making a mail truck, playing a heart number matching game and making a special Valentine present for you!
Learning goals: shapes, numbers, sensory, resolving conflicts if they arise, gross and fine motor, following directions, respectful behavior and letters.
We also sang some fun songs to go with our theme. We showed what roses and violets looked like as they recited the "Roses are Red" poem. Using the tune of "Bingo", we sang about hearts. (There is a shape that means love, and heart is its name-o, H-E-A-R-T, H-E-A-R-T, H-E-A-R-T, and heart is its name-o). Our shape poems are as follows:
Suzy Circle, Big and Round. All I do is roll around!
Tommy Triangle, Proud as can be. Count my sides 1, 2, 3.
Sandy Square, Is my name. My four sides are all the same.
Ricky Rectangle, Don't get me wrong. 2 sides short and 2 sides long.
Please practice these at home. It is a fun way to help the students learn the shapes!!
**We encourage you to have fun with your child while driving around, pointing out objects/signs in the environment and asking your child what shape they are.
Questions to ask your child:
1. What shapes did we learn this week?
2. What is your favorite shape?
3. What job did you have this week?
4. From our shape poems, what is Ricky's whole name? (Ricky Rectangle)
4. From our shape poems, what is Ricky's whole name? (Ricky Rectangle)
5. Sandy has fours sides that are all the same. What shape is she? (square)
**We encourage you to have fun with your child while driving around, pointing out objects/signs in the environment and asking your child what shape they are.
Books we read:
What is Valentine's Day?
It Came In The Mail
Reminders
2/17 Send in a picture of your assigned dinosaur with 2 facts. Please put your child's name on the sheet.
2/27 Bring a small box (shoe box or smaller) with 4-5 rocks for our rock unit.
Enjoy the pictures!!
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| Thank you for reading the book!! |
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| Jumping over numbered hearts in gym class! |
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| We passed out valentines to our friends. |
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| What is your favorite shape? |
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| We finished our crowns during art class. |
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| Our post office was up and running. |
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| We practiced recognizing numbers on this heart board. |
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| Can I help you? |
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| We used tongs to place hearts in ice cube containers. |
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| We practiced patterning with candy hearts! |
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| Everyone enjoyed decorating their valentine boxes. |
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| Ms. Elise is our student helper from the high school. She will be with us on Tuesday mornings until the end of the school year. |
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| We practiced cutting and following 2 step directions when making a mail truck. |
