September 4th-7th

This week we continued with the monthly themes of red, circle, the letter a, and how we are all special people.

The M/W/F group worked on writing the number 1 and the letter a.  They wrote on white boards, in blue finger paint, with food, and in their journals.  We talked about why we think the other students are special, it was hilarious.  Grady likes Abby because she "likes his mom".  Sydney liked Rowan because he is "hardly ever mean".  Their answers were precious.  We talked about the homes that we live in and the kids drew their own house.  The kids are practicing writing their names.  When they can't, I write it with their hand- helping them.  I'm trying to have them write their names at least 2-3 times per day.  The children worked on recognizing the numbers 1 through 5 (this is review for some) by sorting beans into egg containers.  This group gained two students this week, Helena and Logan.  Our new students are awesome, we are happy to have them!  We started a star incentive program this week.  The children earn stars for good behavior and will get rewards for stars.

The T/TH students worked on circle rubbings, cutting and coloring a circle, and stamping.  We are focusing on increasing hand strength that will eventually help them with the difficult coordination required for writing.  We try to give them many opportunities to work those little hands, sometimes with play doh or free drawing.  They practiced their pincer grips while sorting beans into egg containers.  The children made their houses and put their family in open doors.  We also tried a parachute activity inside to get some exercise inside away from the heat.  Maddox joined this group on Thursday.  He fits in perfectly with our students and had a great day!  We have another little girl joining our group on Tuesday named Gabby.

Sorry there are no pictures this week!  I'm searching for my missing camera and took pictures on my phone, which I can't figure out how to get on the blog.  I need an IT guy!!  Rest assured that the kids were cute as usual this week, and look forward to pics next week (I hope)!