Tuesday, March 8, 2016

The Start of our "Discover the Desert" Unit: Cowboy Boots...

On Tuesday of last week we started our new Mother Goose Time theme for the month of March!
Tuesday was all about cowboy/girl boots!
Our Mother Goose parent newsletter for the month...
The weekly breakdown of the unit...
We started circle time going over our new shape for the month of March.
Because we were learning about boots, I had the kids make a square with their feet...
We sang, "The Cowboy Wears Some _____." to the tune of "Farmer in the Dell."
What sounds do you hear when someone is walking?  Can you stomp the syllables in your name?  
The kids practiced writing their name on new name tags...


Stomping the syllables in their names as they drew one name tag at a time...
We discussed why cowboy/girls wear boots while we completed the following Mother Goose craft...










Why size shoe/boot do you wear?  We measured our winter boots with these new measuring cubes that Mother Goose provided for us this month.





Then the kids practiced tossing the cubes into their boots..







What else can we use the measuring cubes for?
Balancing...
Making letters...
Our book for the day...
Working in our workbooks...

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Rest...

On Monday we ended our Mother Goose unit on Food & Fitness.  We talked a lot about the importance of rest...
 The kids worked on another postcard writing activity.  They drew about a dream they once had or wish to have...
 I kid you not...these kids DID NOT have my help with this activity!  I am so AMAZED by their writing abilities!  It makes me feel so proud to be their teacher!




 Our book for the day...



Then the kids opted to just do free-art with glitter paint!