“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!”
-Dr. Seuss, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
The past 2 weeks have been full of Dr. Seuss books! They included: My Many Colored Days- The Shape of Me and other Stuff, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue, Fish- Hop on Pop-Green Eggs and Ham- The Foot Book- Wacky Wednesday- Fox in Sox, The Cat in the Hat
Teaching rhyming is important for so many reasons! To begin with, a multitude of research has shown a correlation between rhyming mastery and eventual reading preparedness. Also, rhyming helps kids improve their oral language skills overall. It helps them to playfully manipulate their language, which gives them a kind of “permission” to manipulate language in other ways.
Gals who are pals!
"With children and their development, nothing is more important than imagination to help with the growth of thought processes and creativity. Curiosity holds an important place in the minds of kids because it helps provide them with the will to explore objects and places that they do not know."
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Vets=caring for cats Sensory Table
Seussville Green Eggs & Truffala Trees Rice Sensory Table
Learning through play!
We used the bright color acrylic crayon paints to make our colored persons
Our classroom display!
My Many Colored Days & The Shape of Me and Other Things
On this 2 day project we started by drawing & painting with many colors and the next day, we cut it out of portraits (The Shape of Me...)
We had the MOST triangles (4)
And we has the most green AND red shapes at 4 each!
The Shape of Me and Other Things
Also for this story, we had a scissor challenge (for fine motor) to cut out a shape. Then for Math, we graphed what shape and color we had the most of=working on graphing information and more/less concept!
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Writing green in GREEN
Hop on Pop
After this story, we practice some basic gross motor skills by playing Hop on Numbers! Hopping can be a challenging skill for young bodies!
We also played an ABC popcorn game for Hop on Pop-saying letter sounds & counting how many we had.
"Why fit in when you were born to stand out!" -Dr. Seuss
Why fit in? Be silly & have fun!
Cats in colored hats in the Writing Board Center
The Cat in the Hat
Numbered Stripe Hat Game
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Friends sculpts and decorates a fish in art out of red or blue playdough using a variety of materials
1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
(see top 4 pictures)
ABC One Fish, Two Fish Match upper case to lower case fish
Counting red fish blue fish game
Class sculptures
Wacky Wednesday
"It all began with a shoe on the wall. A shoe on the wall should not be there at all!"
Letter "W" writing challenge in our writing notebooks
We pictured searched for wacky things in this illustration
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ABC order sock find
Matching colored socks
Fox in Socks
We cooked up green uppercase eggs to lower case green yolks
Felt board colored egg matching in the Math Center
Green Eggs & Ham
Dr. Seuss Floor Puzzle
Fun around the room
Dr. Seuss Board Game
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