I was the bearer of bad news today when I informed the kiddos that it would be an entire year until the next "Harvest Party" (well at least a party like we had in Room F). While this brought many "awwww"'s it was nice to hear that the kiddos had a great time. We continued to discuss harvest today by naming as many foods as we could think of that are being harvested now (or in the fall) and other foods harvested in all of the other seasons. This discussion will lead perfectly to our next upcoming theme- being thankful. We celebrate all of the things we are thankful for in our life throughout the month of November. This is one of my absolute favorite times of the year because hearing all of the things the kiddos are thankful for is one of the most humbling and refreshing experiences. While we are on the topic of harvesting and pumpkins, ask your kiddo to sing the song "Three Short Fat Pumpkins" for you- it will be the highlight of your week!
We continued to work on paring numbers together to make ten and I am happy to report that we have mastered it! I was absolutely awe-struck as I moved around the room today during our game, "Make A Ten"! Not only were all of the our kids on task and playing fair, but I heard and saw so many different problem solving strategies! Problem solving is definitely a type of higher level thinking and is so important yet so hard to teach. I think it's fascinating that our kiddos come up with ways to see if two numbers make ten that I didn't even think of! Next week we start examining the clock and will use our counting on skills with larger numbers.
We read the book, The Candy Shop by Jan Wahl today. This is a very powerful book about a boy who is saving his money to make a trip to the candy store, but finds hateful words written on the sidewalk when he arrives. (Don't worry, the are not any hateful words written or drawn, but it is implied) Noticing that the owner of the store is very upset, he stops what he is doing and cleans up the words from the sidewalk. This sparked a discussion about a few topics: how important it is to be responsible with your words, taking care of others, helping others even if you don't know them very well, how to be assertive in tough situations. On Monday, we will continue this disucssion and talk about how families are not always people that are related to you (the boy in this family wasn't related to the shop owner, but treated her like family.) but often times include those we love. The kids really connected with this book because they all have seen other friends or people they care about hurt.
Books We Read Today:
The Candy Shop - Jan Wahl
10 Fat Turkeys (a hilarious book that rhymes and counts!) Tony Johnston
Interesting Tidbits From Our Day:
"Ms. Carlberg last night I saw you at the big school! (I am a dance team coach and was coaching at the high school the night he saw me.) You had changed your legs into BLACK! How did you do that?! (I was wearing black dance tights...)
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