Snowmen

This week for Large Group, we looked at the pictures in the book Snowmen At Night by Caralyn Buehner.  We talked about the actions that the snowmen were doing at night.  We noticed that they were walking, skating, sledding, drinking "cold" chocolate, swinging, racing, playing games and making snow angels.  We played a snowman game where we were all a different colored snowman.  We counted how many snowmen were standing in our line and when the sun came out, one of the colors of snowmen melted to the ground.  We used our bodies to move like we were melting and as each snowman melted, we used our math skills to figure out how many snowmen were left.  

If you want to read Snowmen At Night at home so you can talk about action words with your child, you can check it out from the local library or there is a reading on YouTube if you search the title of the book.

We also played with scarves by moving them to the beat of the music.  We worked on directional words and prepositions by moving our scarves up high, down low, in front of us, to the side and behind us.  We also danced to the song Shake Your Sillies Out.  We moved our bodies in different ways to shake the sillies out.  We also took turns choosing ways for our friends in class to move their bodies to shake the sillies out.  If we had trouble thinking of an action, Teacher Heidi let us use the GoTalk to make a choice.

If It's Snowing and You're Cold

This week for large group we talked about the "s" or snake sound.  We talked about things that start with the "s" sound.  One of the things that we talked about was SNOW.  We talked about what things we needed to wear to stay warm in the snow.  We talked about boots, coats, scarves, snow pants, sweaters, hats, mittens and gloves.  We also talked about where on our bodies we would wear each item.  We looked at some mittens and some gloves and talked about how they are the same and how they are different.  We played a game where we picked out an item of clothing and then sang a song about that item.  The song is to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It", but it's called "If It's Snowing and You're Cold".  

We also read and talked about the pictures in the book The Jacket I Wear In The Snow by Shirley Neitzel.  As we read the story, we dressed a paper doll in the clothes that she needed to be warm while playing in the snow.

You can read this book at home and talk about things you wear in the snow and what part of your body you where them on.  You can check this book out from the public library or there is a reading of it on YouTube if you search the title of the book.

The Snake Sound

The "S" Sound

This month we will be talking, singing, playing and reading about the "s" or the snake sound.  We make this sound by putting our tongue behind our teeth.  You can play a fun game at home to work on saying the "s" sound that will also work on using words to describe objects.  You can play the "I See Something" game.  You play this game by saying "I see something that...." and then describe an object that you see and have your child guess what it is.  You can take turns and have your child describe something they see and have you guess too.