Leaves all around!

I love the crisp fall air with leaves falling from the trees! But...I feel like we went from a hot humid summer to nearly winter! What happened to fall days of 50-60 degrees!? We had fun exploring leaves, working on the letter L, and continuing our number sense for numbers 0-5. We also started our new author, David Shannon.

Thursday:

Enjoying our new chairs! 

Peeling leaf stickers to add to our L

Peeling is such tough work for these tiny fingers!

Letter Ll hunt

Exploring our leaves...

Our Ll highway...these are fun
You can print these here:
http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/RacecarABCcards.htm

letter tangrams
http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2012/10/free-alphabet-pattern-block-printables.html

Making our "Leaf Man" art

Giving a puppet show! I love their imagination

Friday:

Beading pipe cleaners if a great and fun fine motor task

Counting using manipulatives...
Understanding value is a tough skill. In leave 1 they put 1 button, in leave with the 2 they put 2 buttons. Try this activity at home. Be sure your little one is counting and pointing nice and slow. Often they count faster than their sweet fingers can move.

A fun new counting game!

Our sweet leaf blowing craft that you can treasure for years to come!

Play time!!

Exploring and gluing leaves!

A fun week! This week is all about giving thanks, feeling blessed, and Turkeys!!

Nutrition and our Bodies...

This was the perfect theme after celebrating Halloween. We talked about treats vs. healthy foods. The kiddos had fun learning about the letter Nn this week and continuing 1:1 counting.

Thursday:

treat vs healthy

water color painting N is for Night

They love to glue!

What do we like to eat for lunch?
This will be in their end of the year portfolios

locating our body parts...

Sweet acorn hand print craft

Friday

crafting acorns

Our favorite Old Lady book winners...

Celebrating this fun author by voting for our favorite books.

 Time for some PLAY!!!

our sweet gift to you!

Counting the letters in our name. I also asked the kiddos what their name began with and a few could even verbally spell their name. That is a great thing to begin working on at home is their first letter of their name and spelling it.

They used the buttons to practice 1:1 counting

Using our senses to determine what is in the bag...
What does it smell like?
What does it feel like?
Does it make a sound?
What does it taste like?
What does it look like?

Noodle time...a great fine motor skill!

A super fun week! Next week...bring on the leaves!