Thank you to the troops!

We had a very fun week and were very busy.  The children started the week by going outside, picking all different color leaves, and creating either an animal or a man with their leaves.  I read the story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, which is about a leaf man that floats through different parts of the world and sees different leaf animals on his adventures.  The children got ideas from the story and chose what they wanted to make with their leaves and googly eyes.  The children made men, chicken, butterflies, and monsters with the leaves they had collected outside.  

Along with the have-to jobs, the children have enjoyed playing in the different centers of the class.  They have begun having a real interest in academics and bring numbers and letters/sounds into all the play.  In the dramatic play area the children were reading the number books to each other.  They would each take a specific number book and read it to the other children while counting the pictures on each page.  The children also have enjoyed using the tweezers to count and pick up the different foam shapes and put them in their proper number cups.  At this point we are concentrating on recognizing numbers 10-20.  The children have been getting a lot of exposure to these numbers in morning meeting and should master that skill soon.  They also have been using the number stamps to practice recognizing numbers but also properly forming them.

In order to celebrate Veteran's Day we talked to the children about what we were celebrating and why Veteran's Day is a holiday.  We also talked about what soldiers are and why they are so important to our country.  We decided that we would have the children write a letter to a soldier.  We brainstormed as a class what we would write and this is what your children came up with.  Here is the letter we will be sending to the troops.

Dear Hero,

We are writing from The Suzuki Preschool of Newton and we are the prek class.  We wanted to thank you for fighting bad guys and girls to protect us.  We wanted to say hi and we love you.  How are you doing? We are doing fine.  Where do you fight? How is your family doing?  We hope you are well.  Where do you live?  We are thinking of you and thank you!

Love,

The kids at the Suzuki Preschool of Newton

Along with this letter the children each made a American flag that we will send as well.  Each of the American flags the children made have what they want to be when they grow up on the back.  Here are what your children said:

When I grow up I want to be a...

Fisher -IG

Doctor -AR

Race Car Driver -AN

Soldier -AW

Big Sister -JL

Princess -HK

Superhero -SK

Doctor -AS

Nurse -CK

Princess -OL

Soldier -PR

Mommy -SB  

MUSIC

This week the children decorated their box violins and have started using them in music class.  They practiced placing them correctly on their shoulders and just getting used to having them.  They also have been learning Thanksgiving songs that we hear around the class all day!