Elephants and The Circus

I love how Kru took the crayon and "wrote" his name. Most students need help writing their name at this point and it is good practice for them to write it with an adults help each day for word and letter recognition.







Daily Question: Have you seen an elephant? Have you been to the circus?
Toys: New colored foam blocks and Fisher Price Little People Toys.
Snacks: red pepper strips, apples clices and and pretzels. Peanuts fruits snacks and pretzels.

E the Elephant exercises in the evening lifting 80 pound weights and says "e e e" (eh, eh, eh). E also says it's own name (long e sound).

Our preschool welcomes Kru to the M/W and Tu/Th classes!

We read a bunch of books about the circus today.

Also, we have been reading books about Autumn. We read The Pumpkin Patch by Elizabeth King and The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything by Linda D. Williams and Megan Lloyd . The first book was done all in photos that children can relate well to at this age. The second story is fun because this little old lady is not afraid (even though Halloween can be frightening to children at this age) and she takes a somewhat frightening situation and turns it into a useful, fun ending.

The Art Reinforcement Activity has been an ABC dot-to-dot (a new skill for most of the students). It was fun to sing the ABC song while doing the activity several times.

We reviewed some words that can be made with three letters, as well as, "Ee" words on the dry erase board. Parents, this is a fun time to begin to point out words that are one, two, or three letters long (A-E) throughout the day. Examples of words you child might read at this point are: a, add, cab, dab, bed, etc.

Elephant and Circus Books:
Circles at the Circus; My First Book of Shapes (Gymboree)
Eleanor's Enormous Ears (Scholastic, Jumpstart Pre-K Readers)
The Travels of Babar by Jean De Brunhoff (Random House)
Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss
If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Seuss
It's Circus Time, Dear Dragon by Margaret Hillert
Lowly Worm Joins the Circus by Richard Scarry (Read-to-Read, Level 2)
Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer
Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkers