Yesterday in preschool we had a fantastic time talking about manners, though manners may not be the appropriate word to describe it. We talked about what good behavior should look like and practiced making the "/n/ /n/ /n/" sound at "David" the book character from "No, David!". The kids loved it! Our sight word for the week is "no". Please read them the book "No, David!", you'll find it in their binders. While you are reading PLEASE let them read the word "NO" every time you come to it. You'll also find the word "I" and the word "the" (I think) that they can read as well. We'll work on the letter N Amazing Action Alphabet book tomorrow in class.
We also spent a great deal of time talking about how to write our names. It's our goal to have the 3 year old class writing their names by Valentine's. That's just a month away! Be sure to practice EVERY day! Sometimes it works better to use a wet erase marker on the lamination because they have such a fine tip, if you need one please let me know - I have a stash and would happily share. One of the things we spent a lot of time on was the shape and size of each letter in our name. Trying to see the shapes of the letters in order to draw them. There is a great app called iWriteWords (no I'm not paid by them or anything, but if they want to contact me I'd happily give away a copy of their awesome app to a reader on my blog). Anyway, if you have a device that you let your kids play on, consider installing the app and improving their handwriting skills at the same time.
Wow. Certainly a lot happened in school yesterday. We also had the great opportunity to paint with nail polish yesterday. It's a super fun activity for the kids to practice painting and putting lids on and taking them off. We only had one bottle drop and explode, phew! I've already cleaned up with nail polish remover and I'm happy to have all the nail polish given away to preschool families so I can move past this activity in my house. Once again ... phew!
