What Did You Do At School?

Valentine's Day: 4D

Leading up to Valentine's Day, center time in 4D started to include lots of heart activities.

The math center held a number sequencing and matching activity using playing cards.

 
 
Another activity included rolling a die four times and counting out the corresponding number of conversation hearts for each roll.

 
One die was the traditional sort,

 
and the other had a numeral on each side

 
so the children were working on both the recognition of the actual numerals and one-to-one correspondence by counting the dots (and the hearts).

They also decorated paper bags to hold the Valentine cards that their friends would be bringing for them.

First they used red paint and heart shaped sponges,

 
and filled in between the hearts with a red bingo marker.

 
On Valentine's Day, they were greeted by streamers on their classroom doorway.

 
They distributed their Valentine cards,

 
played games and had a special snack. A fun day for everyone!

 

 

Thanksgiving Feast: 4D

While the teachers were beginning the preparations,

the children were watching a movie about animals in the woods.

But when the food was ready,

the children were, too!

Caps for Sale: 4D

This week has been heavy on hats in 4D. As part of their week, they read the classic children's story, Caps for Sale, and did activities based around the book.

In this one, each child was given a hat with a number on it.

 
The hats were then placed on top of the man's head in order and counted aloud as a group, while the teacher pointed to each cap in turn.

 
"We have 10 hats so far. What number comes after 10?"

Eleven!

"Who has the number 11?"

 
After showing his number to the class...

 
it was placed on top of the pile of hats and the counting process was repeated until each child's number was used. 

First Tuesday of School: 4D

 
The children of 4D began getting familiar with each other, with their teachers, and with some of the items available in their new classroom.

They took advantage of the 3 year olds going home early, by sneaking in a second time on the playground before lunch -- and got another chance to show their new teachers how much they learned last year about walking in line (which they did really well!).

 
An important part of the beginning of the school year for the children is learning new classroom routines. 4D says their lunchtime prayer on the carpet before washing their hands and going to the tables.

And they open their own lunch items, always eating their healthy food first.