Apples and Ants, Day 2

Daily Question: Do you like apples?
This past week we have had a lot of fun learning the Letter Aa and about the number zero "O"
We read a story about an alligator, named "A" who was angry because some ants stole his adorable apple. The children and I put up our fists with A and shouted "Aaa--bring me back my apple!" ("a" as in the soft a sound in ant and apple).

We played with Tiny Tumble Town Blocks, toy cars, and dress ups,

Books we read:

Threading Zero is My Hero! cereal necklaces with Applejacks and Honeynut Cherrios. (Making cereal necklaces also helps your child to focus on small motor skills and learn Patterning. We had fun with simple Math by counting up and subtracting Applejacks until we got to the number ZERO!)

Outside, we had fun going on an "A" Adventure, flying on an airplane to Alaska and then to Arizona over aardvarks, ants, and anteaters, avoiding other airplanes and animals."

Our Environmental Print wall is filling up. What is Environmental Print? Environmental Print is words on packaging and advertising that often become the first words a child learns to read. He/she may see an advertisement on tv that has Bill Cosby saying "J-E-L-L-O!" And then he knows "Jell-o says 'jello'." So far, the children have had fun reading: Pops, Star Wars, Mike and Ike ("Hey! That rhymes!" one student commented), etc."


As parents, our children are continually looking to us to teach them. Make a game out of learning and point out things like numbers, colors, shapes, at the grocery store while you are shopping. It might just distract your little ones enough to forget to whine for a treat!
* Special thanks to Nathan for the snacks: apples, pretzels, and fruit snacks-yum!