Caterpillars, Butterflies and Karaoke

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Hungry Caterpillar Large Group:

        We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We then review it again as student's talk about the sequences using pictures. Each student gets food and we count how many of each. As it's time to 'eat', students get to climb through the caterpillar. At the end, students 'wrap' themselves up in their cocoons with their arms and then break out as butterflies.

Song Board Karaoke:

       We have a variety of 30+ songs we have sung throughout the year and some new ones. Often we sing them as 'easy to join-in' songs when students are finishing up from snack and making their way over to large group before we start the lesson. Some favorites of the student's include 'Scat the Cat', 'Old MacDonald', 'If you're Happy and You Know it", "Do as I'm Doing" and "Leo the Lion". These songs teach concepts such as colors, emotions, verbs, counting and other vocabulary. Many of them we let students choose actions as well. For example,  for 'If Your Happy and You Know It" we can say "How else can we feel?" or "What's another emotion?" and "How can we show it?" Student's have come up with ideas like, "If you're angry and you know it, pound your fists".

Steps to Sharing and Playing with a Friend

1)    Look at the Person’s Face

2)   Say the Person’s Name

3)   Wait until the Look at You

4)   Ask, “Can I Play with you” or “Can I have that?”

(If they say “No”, it’s okay, find something else to do.)

Side Walk Chalk and the Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Milk Star Shooters

This week we have been doing a fun experiment with milk, food coloring and dish detergent. When the grease-cutting soap hits the milk, it causes it to shoot out, even more visible to the eye when food coloring is added. We did it as our activity C small group this week, letting each student pick their colors and put in drops of detergent. Here is a video of one of the student's doing it:

Train Tracks and Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Photo Collage

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Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Rub-a-dub-dub

Three Men in a Tub

And who do you think they be?

The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker,

All Traveling Out to Sea.

Choo Choo the Big Train

Choo-Choo the big train is coming down the tracks,

Stop, look and listen, 

Stop, look and listen,

Choo-Choo the big train is coming down the tracks,

Stop, look and listen, 

Stop, look and listen.

We will also be having a special party during snack on Wednesday and Thursday to celebrate spring time.