Babies to Bears

This week we talked about baby animals.  We read the books "Is Your Mama a Llama" and "Whose Baby."  "Is Your Mama a Llama" contains some great rhyming words.  We played a animal baby matching game.  The children each looked at animal baby cards and then found the matching animal mommy.    We are learning the names of many animals and their young.  Our letter of the week is: F.  Next week's letter: O. 

Next week we will shift from babies to Goldilocks and the 3 Bears.  We will be reading a few versions of the story and re-telling the story with props.  On Thursday, we will eat "porridge" (oatmeal) for snack.  In February we will be studying weather and seasons.

We have a Xavier student volunteer on Tuesday mornings (Ms. Kelsey).  She was also with us part of last quarter.  She will be playing learning games with the students while she is here.  Ms. Kelsey is studying education and Spanish.  She will also be teaching us some Spanish while she is here.  In the next few weeks we will also have a Xavier Education student on Thursday mornings. 

REMINDERS...
*Book orders due 1/25.  Remember, when you order online, you get a coupon for a free book and so does our class. 
Order online at:  https://orders.scholastic.com/J6YFH
*Norwood Preschool t-shirt orders due 2/4.  Order forms were sent home earlier this week.  I know I'm ordering one and I hope you will too!
*Parent-teacher conferences are 2/6 and 2/12.  If you did not return the sign-up form, a conference time will be assigned for you.  I will send out conference confirmation sheets next week.  I look forward to talking with each of you about your child's progress. 

HOMEWORK...
*Letter F worksheet
*Hands on Homework Activity bag.  I have added some new bags to the rotation.  I hope your child is enjoying and learn from these activities.  Please be sure to return the homework and all the pieces so another child can enjoy the activity the next week.