Monday, November 18, 2013

Favorite Stories

Kids love good literature.  We heard some classics this week.  On Tuesday we heard the story of The Little Red Hen.  After hearing the story we saw a video of it on youtube.  Then we had flannel board pieces so we could retell the story ourselves.  


www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwo-vPseao
Aug 9, 2011 - Uploaded by wileyk209zback
As requested by BKDBrian2, here is another early Golden Book Video Classic making its ...


Since it was red day, We had bread and raspberry jam for snack.  Yum!!

The kids are developing longer attention spans and it's great to see all the things they enjoy doing first thing in the morning.  They are getting so good at choosing what they're interested in and then putting it away before moving onto something else.  They are forming friendships and learning invaluable social skills, not to mention all the things they're figuring out as they're "playing".  They are counting, reading, writing, retelling stories, developing geometry skills, as they use peg boards and blocks, expanding their vocabulary, practicing their speech, and even discovering basic physics as they figure out how high a tower can be built and why it falls over if it's smaller on the bottom then on top!!


We heard Stellaluna on Wednesday.  A wonderful story about a mother bat who gets seperated from her baby but eventually they get reuinited.  You could have heard a pin drop as I was reading this story to the class...they were all so interested.  


tellaluna - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRIvyWUzxs
May 21, 2012 - Uploaded by StorylineOnline
By Janell Cannon. Read by Pamela Reed. When Stellaluna is separated 


We also learned a song about bats which is sung to the tune of "Down by the Bay"  The kids each wrote their own verse that rhymed with the song.  If you aren't sure of the tune, check it out here!!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE6xzCI-TwE
Jun 14, 2012 - Uploaded by Kids-Songs.TV
Down by the bay Where the watermelons grow Back to my home I dare not go For if I do My ...

The kids are learning the original version with Mrs. Jenkins so they'll enjoy singing along with this as well as changing it to the bat song!!

On Thursday we heard the story Legend of the Indian Paintbrush.  A beautiful Native American tale. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaifWkUWr0
Apr 12, 2012 - Uploaded by Nathan King
The classic children's book "Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" by Tomie dePaola put into ...

Mrs. Bulgerin came in to do a special project with us.  We learned about native americans and she showed us signs that they used to communicate with one another.  We each had a chance to try our own writing using symbols!!






See you all soon!!

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