September 25th

It is only 3 months until Christmas...
That has nothing to do with this post!
Today half of my class chose to work on writing their names on paper. I put the papers in the children's cubbies. Please let you children know how wonderful they are doing! Their work is fantastic and only after 3 weeks of preschool! Each child has something different to work on for our next step so we will continue on but what a great little group of children!
Today in class we talked about birth order in families. We used our names to graph who in the class is the oldest child, the youngest child, an only child and the middle child. We found out that most of us are younger children (poor SB & MB should have had a I'm a twin category, I guessed that S was older), we have two only children and with the exception of myself (middle child) everyone else is an older child.
After this we read a few Halloween books! I was really impressed by MP who was the only person in the class, myself included, who noticed a very small but important detail in the book!
Alot of my friends brought toys with them today, just so you know I am ok with the children bringing a toy to class with them as long as they are not distracted by it. If it goes as well as today it would be fantastic.
In gym we did an exercise on following directions. The children have listened to and danced to this CD last year but today was the first time they did the song without me! I was so impressed! They are really great listeners (and dancers)!
In Letterland we talked about Dippy Duck our newest friend. He makes the Da sound while he flaps his wings. I didn't go too far with him today because I want to make sure they are clear on AB & C before moving on.
We also had free time and the class enjoyed some time with Miss Jasmine while I was off to My Gym with the Afterschoolers.
Tomorrow the preschools will be going to My Gym!

Please keep the family photos coming! The kids who brought them so far enjoy sharing with everyone!
Have a great night! Tina