Race Cars and Transportation

Toys: Train table, cars, town rug, big truck and crane, Linkin blocks, and Potato Heads.


Great Quotes from today:

"I did it! I wrote my name," said Nathan.

"I need someone to help me (clean up the blocks)!" Preston called out. "I'll help you!" said Susie and Hugh. Olivia joined in the clean up too.

Everyone got smelly stickers for an achievement today...writing their own name, helping out, sharing, etc.

Today we are talking about Race Cars and Transportation. Transportation is something that is used to carry people from place to place like a race car, train, plane, boat, trolley, subway, etc.

We read about the Little Engine That Could. This great story talks about being willing to try and saying "I Think I Can!" when trying out something new.

We celebrated Hugh's Unbirthday today. He will be Four on Friday of this week.

We learned that Hugh's favorite color is green. His second favorite color is blue. He was born in China. He has an older sister named Ellis. (She is six!). Hugh's mother is a Librarian at Orem Library. Hugh's father is a Professor at BYU "who teaches on Mondays and Wednesdays." Hugh likes to play with trucks at home.

We learned about R the rhinoceros who races rapidly on roller skates down a rainy road, "R-r-r." He is trying to reach the end of the rainbow on his red roller skates, "R-r-r." As you student races with his feet moving them back and forth (like roller-skating) have them practice the letter "r" sound as in rhino, race, and roller skates.

Arts and crafts: Our follow-up activity on the letter R was finger painting with metal race cars across a page while we practiced saying the letter "r" sound.


Transportation Books:

A Book of Things That Go Zoom by Jennifer Frantz. Ill. by Don Tate.

The Story of Flight by Lizzy Pearl.
The Little Engine That Could Retold by Watty Piper, Ill. by Geore and Doris Hauman
My Big Train Book (Priddy Books; Big Ideas for Little People)


Happy Birthday Book:
Henry's Happy Birthday Party by Holly Keller

* Our Valentines Celebration is this MONDAY--February 13! Have your student's bring Valentines to share if you would like. (If you do, please bring one per person). Thanks.

Just for fun--why not make a Recycled Robot? Interested. Find out how here.