Week 2--All About Me!

Week two was full of fun! I am really enjoying teaching your children. They are so cute and creative. I just love my job! 

*And just a note, I really do try to get pictures of each student when we do activities. Sometimes children don't want their picture taken, and sometimes (like this week!) my camera dies... I know I am not perfect, so please forgive me on times when I miss your child!*

Here is our bulletin board for the week. We used small paper plates to make our faces. I showed them how I could make it look like me by using markers to make hair, smiles, etc... Then they could glue on googly eyes if they wanted to. 

We did several activities with our names. This one was name puzzles. The students were given a colored piece of paper with their name printed on it and a strip of white paper with their name on it, but the letters were in squares. They were asked to cut apart their letters in the boxes and then glue it back together. They did great! Several of the younger students in afternoon class needed a little more help with the cutting and getting the letters right in order, but overall, they did really well!

 This activity is called "Hollow Letters." I have used this nearly every year I have taught. We start out by singing the ABC song and talking about how our names begin with different letters, and try to distinguish the beginning letter from the others in each child's name. Then they are given a large copy of the first letter of their name to decorate however they want. They always turn out so cute!

*Missed Caden and Jack here. Sorry!*

Another name activity. This one was for my morning class only. They used glitter glue to trace around their names. 

We talked about our colors and then everyone painted. Here are a few group shots. Most of the students paintings ended up being pretty much brownish black from all the color mixing. One of the girls in the morning class said, "My colors are all brown. We should not have done that." So funny. 

Thanks to everyone for your help so that I could go out of town on Thursday. I appreciate Amanda for subbing on Thursday and for all of you parents for bringing your children on Wednesday for class!