We LOVE Letter Ll! The Listening Center was a favorite for friends where they laughed while they heard There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed the Sea read to them. We practiced tracing and cutting lines, matched letters to make alphabet soup in our sensory bin and made lines with a variety of loose parts. Early in the week some friends helped propagate plants and talked about living things and we painted beautiful landscape art inspired by Lebanese-American artist, Etel Adnan. We used large leaves to paint with jewel tones and metallics to make leaf prints, then we used little leaves and paint misters to create negative space leaf prints. We explored ways to build using Lincoln Logs, Legos, and letter blocks, played in the Home Center, worked on our fine motor skills using lacing cards to practice shapes, and played board games.
In Wiggle Room we worked on ways to identify high and low tones, upper and lower register and continued practicing handbells. Friends also played Limbo, competed in a long jump and one legged race. Other ways they practiced the letter Ll this week was different ways to walk on lines. This included climbing a ‘ladder’, lunges on a straight line, tip toeing on a castle line and walking backward on a zigzag line.
We have been learning a lot together about letters, living in community, being patient and how to be a good friend. This week they have cheered for one another and showed such good sportsmanship, even when it meant being patient.
Just a few reminders. Your child is constantly moving and burning energy throughout the day. They often want and need to get a drink of water. Please send a refillable water bottle daily with your chlld. This allows them to get a drink of water throughout the day without mess. Also, we have snack around 10:15. Please make sure your child comes to Smart Start after having had breakfast and with a snack that will keep their hunger satisfied. They burn so much energy and need a healthy replacement to sustain them until the end of the day. Mark your calendars that next week is Fall Break. We will resume Smart Start on Tuesday, October 15th.
Have a wonderful Fall Break!
Ms. Leah, Ms. Jacquita and the Smart Start team
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