Backgrounds and Seasons

With the Winter Program coming up, the Sparrows worked hard in art class to help design and decorate the set that will be up on stage.

Friends split up into two groups. One group helped to paint a pipe, while the other group helped to decorate heart leaves that will hang from a vine. Friends painted the pipe red, and used purple and pink markers to decorate the heart shaped leaves. After a bit of time, friends switched stations.

Donna explained the difference between two dimensional and three dimensional shapes. Donna first showed a flat heart leaf, and explained that it is 2-D because it is flat. Then Donna brought out a 3-D heart leaf, which popped out. She then showed us how to manipulate the flat piece of paper to form a three dimensional shape.

Back in the classroom we read Seasons. The book was very helpful in giving facts and information about the different types of weather, clothes, and happenings in each season.

Following reading our story, we settled into a moment of silence. Friends were silent and still, with no interruptions, for one whole minute! The Sparrows are working on keeping their voices and bodies still during a moment of silence, and other quiet times. As a class we have decided to start a jar that we will add a pompom to for each time the group is able to be respectful listeners and leaders. Friends are thinking that once we have earned enough pompoms to fill the whole jar that we should have a class pizza party!

Next, we continued with our morning meeting, going over our schedule, calendar, weather and question of the day. To go to choice, each friend answered the question What is your favorite season and why?

For choice, friends worked at the drawing table with markers and scissors, built with magnatiles and animals, pattern blocks, magnetic letters, and took on imaginary roles with the dollhouse.

Ask your Sparrow what their favorite season is and why.

Sunshine fun and magic letters

After Meeting for Worship the Sparrows enjoyed a literacy activity.

At first, each Sparrow partnered with a friend. Then, the teachers provided them with a variety of wooden pieces to make letters.

   

Next, the teachers called out letters and the kids worked together to form each one. After a few letters, the children were free to create letters of interest to them.

This literacy activity was a great and fun exercise that helped friends to recognize their letters, sound them out and trace them.

During this exercise, the Sparrows practiced their social and language skills by sharing the pieces and  cooperating together in assembling the letters.

The Sparrows were very proud of their accomplishments!

During choice time, some friends chose to build with train tracks.

 Some Sparrows chose to sit and "read" books.

Today the kids enjoyed the day outside, climbing, running and playing chasing games.

A group of Sparrows worked together in the construction of  a "choo choo train"using big blocks.

After  a while, the "choo choo train" turned into a nice place to relax.

It was a beautiful day for the kids to exercise their gross motor skills,

and social skills.