On Thursday our very orange Alphabet Friend Omar got his eyes and name tag and helped find orange things all over with the other Alphabet Friends. We are exploring the difference between ovals and circles and noticing similarities between zeros and the letter O. We have an O shaped balance beam in our Big Body corner and rainbow puzzles that can turn into O shapes. We have a Golden Letter friend, Owen who comes every afternoon! Today is the last day of January in the classroom so we had one more time with the Tiny Things and January books.
We worked in our journals today making owl eyes and drawing owls. We also have a sticker of the owl babies from our book!
Just like in our book Owl Babies, we are closing our eyes and covering our ears to see how it feels. Sensory isolation and deprivation can help us experience our environment in new ways, often bringing a sense of calm.
We had some word play where the children made up 3 letter words for teachers to sound out…a lot of silliness ensued!
Today was the last day for our Clean Up Song, Over in the Meadow. In addition to over, we explored other prepositions (describing spatial relationships, indicating the position of something relative to another object) during our play this week too like under, through, next to, between, etc.
Conversation Starter: Snack Time
What did Omar love about our snack today?
Morning class: The orange carrots, the orange oranges and the O shaped Cheerios!
Afternoon class: The o shaped donuts from Annie! We also had O shaped cereal he was excited about! Thank you Annie!
Conversation Starter: Story Time
What happened when Little Blue and Little Yellow hugged their parents?
They turned green!
Little Blue and Little Yellow is a story about two color blobs who mix and change color which causes a lot of confusion for their parents. One element of this story is that in the beginning Little Blue breaks the family plan and leaves his house even though his mama told him to stay home. I use this as a teachable moment to follow the plans at school and home.
Conversation Starter: Project Time
Did you mix any colors?
Taking inspiration from today’s book, we painted color blobs and experimented with color mixing. This is a prime example of “process art:” engaging and exploring with art for the creative process and the joy of creating rather than getting an end product. Unlike traditional art projects where the goal is to create a perfect frame-worthy masterpiece, process art emphasizes exploration, experimentation, and expression.
Conversation Starter: Circle Time
What did you do when Ms Kristin held up the letter O? Opened our mouths and made the short-o sound!
Not only are we doing an O thing, our mouths can make oval O shapes! In addition to recognizing the O letter, children are invited to call out any other letters they recognize. My goal is for this to be a low pressure way for children to use their voice, make guesses, follow their impulses and learn from each other. Enjoy the audio!
Remember: no preschool next week
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