We finished our first week with the alphabet. Most of the children have learned that letters make sounds. They are able to match the capital and lowercase letters for Aa, Bb, Cc, Mm and Ss. Some are starting to blend these sounds to read words like cab, Sam, bam, and Cam. They are able to identify the front cover, back cover and title page of a book. Many now know the role of an author and illustrator. Our first math test showed most know the numbers 0 - 5. Forming the letters and numbers seems to be our biggest challenge. I need to add more fine motor strengthening activities to our stations. I am going to write the letters on clothespins and have them build their names with clothespin letters. I already added tweezers to the sand table, so I will continue that next week. I am going to pull out some lacing beads and lacing cards for afternoon stations.
To celebrate the end of our first set of 5 letters, we made posters to display in the hallway. The children really enjoyed working with glue and an assortment of materials. I was also able to see which children struggled to understand the concept of beginning sounds. Most did an amazing job matching Apple Jacks to Aa, Butterflies and Buttons to Bb, Cotton Balls to Cc, Macaroni to Mm, and Star Sequins to Ss. I glued the capitals onto the black construction paper. They glued the lower case letters and collage materials. Next week we will do the letter Dd, Ff, Tt, Rr, and Ii. Our main book will be the How Do Dinosaurs go to School by Jane Yolen and the other How Do Dinosaur books.
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