Many of our activities incorporated fine motor skills, letters, numbers, language, sensory, rhyming, patterning, following two step directions, strengthening finger muscles and sequencing.
* decorating a telescope and painting planets on foil
* playing with moon sand using milk lids (the moon) and cookie cutters.
* sensory table with small colored rocks, tongs and letters
* connecting stars with crayons and naming our constellation
* practicing writing/tracing our names
* creating rocket ships with legos, blocks and magnatiles
* practicing cutting- making rays out of our sun
* using a extra large push pin to make stars
* painting a moon using foil instead of a paint brush
* recognizing the number 8 for 8 planets
* recognizing the number 8 for 8 planets
* building and recognizing the letter I
* using white milk lids (representing a full moon) to find our HWOT letters
* patterning with space
* sequencing planets
* answering questions about our books read in class
* signing in by picking out their favorite planet and comparing the answers/numbers
* making rockets using the letters in our name
* observing rocks with magnifying glasses
* counting planets and using a clothespin to fine the correct number
* Journal-If I were an astronaut I would.....
* Using a flashlight, a picture of Saba and I and the globe to show day and night.
We used our fine motor skills to pick up moon rocks with grabbers, counted backwards from 10 to blast off like a rocket, spun around on sit and spins, sat on wobbly boards and ran, rode and played on the playground. During gym we sequenced the planets.
Questions to ask your child:
*What is your favorite planet?
Books We Read:
On The Moon
Peppa In Space
We used our fine motor skills to pick up moon rocks with grabbers, counted backwards from 10 to blast off like a rocket, spun around on sit and spins, sat on wobbly boards and ran, rode and played on the playground. During gym we sequenced the planets.
Our letter this week was the letter I. We practiced building it and naming pictures that begin with this letter. During our 2nd Steps lesson we learned to ask for help using a strong, respecful voice.
Questions to ask your child:
*What is your favorite planet?
* What did we make to see the moon and stars at night? (telescopes)
* Are there plants and animals on the moon?
* What rhymes with moon? star? sun? (give 2 words and ask if they rhyme.... i.e. moon-soon, moon-dog)
* Are there plants and animals on the moon?
* What rhymes with moon? star? sun? (give 2 words and ask if they rhyme.... i.e. moon-soon, moon-dog)
* Is the moon made up of water or rock?
*Does it take 4 days or 10 days to get to the moon? (4)
Books We Read:
On The Moon
Peppa In Space
If I Were an Astronaut
Star In A Jar
Video-"Time to Shine" and "I'm a Star" by the Storybots
What to practice at home:
Use the students telescope (paper towel roll decorated with stickers) to observe the moon and stars at night. We discussed how the moon doesn't always look the same each night.
Video-"Time to Shine" and "I'm a Star" by the Storybots
What to practice at home:
Use the students telescope (paper towel roll decorated with stickers) to observe the moon and stars at night. We discussed how the moon doesn't always look the same each night.
Practice putting on backpack, placing school snacks in the backpack, and zipping the backpack independently. We continue working on how to get school papers into backpacks. We encourage the students to roll or fold their papers up and place them in the backpacks. Please practice this skill at home.
Next week:
Bats, pumpkins, and spiders!
Reminders:
Next week:
Bats, pumpkins, and spiders!
Reminders:
1. Parent Teacher Conferences-Monday, Oct. 19th and Tuesday, Oct. 20th Please sign up if you have not done so.
2. Magic House-Friday, Oct. 23rd from 6:00-8:00. It is free and only open to LECC. No need to RSVP.
3. Theis Pumpkin Farm field trip Wednesday Oct. 28th from 9:30-11:30- An adult must accompany your child. We will meet at the pumpkin patch not at school.
Enjoy the pictures!
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| Art fun with paint daubers, oil pastels and paint sticks. |
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| Matching planets |
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| Look what I made. |
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| We practiced writing a letter in our name, counted the planets and traced the number 8 for 8 planets. |
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| We watercolored an astronaut in outer space. |
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| It was fun to paint planets on foil. |
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| Look what I made. |
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| We placed the moon on the letters named from our HWOT program. |
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| The hippos counted outer space pictures and matched the number using a clothespin. |
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| Here is our solar system. |
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| We colored in an astronaut. |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Show and Tell |
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| We made constellations with star stickers and crayons. We then named our constellation. |
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| The hippos made planets on butcher paper. |
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| Here we used a large stick pin to push through the black dots which made the letter S for star. |
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| We recognized our names, counted and compared numbers. |
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| Music Fun! |
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| After we made our name rocket we added fire and star stickers. |
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| Name Practice |
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| The hippos practiced scissor skills by cutting sun rays. |
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| Garden Fun |
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| We investigated rocks. The moon is made of rock. |
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| It was fun to use stickers to decorate our telescope. |
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| Moon sand, planets and cookie cutters |
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| Everyone loved using the grabbers to pick up moon rocks. |
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| The students used foil to resemble rocks on the moon. They picked their favorite phase of the moon. |
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| We watched a video on Sparky the dog. He taught us about fire safety. Afterwards, we had a visit from the fire department. |
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| We have the same snack. |
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| Everyone helped put the space puzzle together. |
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| We made 8 dots representing the 8 planets. |
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| As a class, we patterned different space pictures. |
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| Look at my rocket! |
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| Wobbly boards |
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| If I were an astronaut I would...... Journal entry |
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| Each student crunched and glued paper to make our sun. |
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| Here we used oil pastels to make our solar system. |
