Knowledge and our Bodies

Daily Question:  Do you know what your cranium is?  The cranium is your skull (bone that covers your brain).

Toys:  Puppet Theater (Boy and Girl Puppets), Operation Game and Go Fish! Game.


Snack:  Carrots, Ritz crackers, and fruit snacks

Nutrition Discussion:  Do you know what snacks are healthy for your bodies?  Students suggest: carrots, grapes, ...

I Spy K words (or sounds); Kite, Kayson, kick, kangaroo, knee,


 Other "K" words we thought of as a class: kitty, kite, Kayson, Karate, kids, kicks, Kindergarten, etc.  (We talked about how K is a tricky letter because it can sound like copycat C in some cases.)

K the Kicking Kangaroo Art Activity:
We worked on our Kicking Kangaroos art project. K is a Kangaroo who practices Karate and says "k-k-k" while kicking. This was a fun letter to work on because it used a brad and had moveable parts!

*Parents, please help your students practice cutting (with confidence) with scissors.

Cute Quotes from today:
"When Jesus made me--I was little-a baby!" Dade
"I love my body!" Ethan
"My friend can touch his brain through his ears."  Really?!  "My mom says, 'not really'."  Dade 

What is Christmas?
"Trees and plugs!" Eva
"It's freezing and there's ice."  Eleanor
"When it's Christmas, a guy gives presents, it's snowing, when I'm sleeping reindeer come, Santa brings presents..."
"Santa comes to red robin, too."  Ethan
"My mom, my dad, my sister, and my brother have their own trees." Brody
"It is when you celebrate baby Jesus, when he was born."  William
"You can sled and put on boots to slip on the ice."  Seth

We had an indoor recess where we learned several action songs: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes and a new one called "Tony Chestnut (Toe-knee-chest-nut-nose-I love you)."

Books About Our Bodies: 
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Hooray for Hands! (Begin Smart)Books
The Hair Book by Graham Tether, Ill. by Roy McKie
The Eye Book by Dr. Seuss (Theo LeSieg), Ill. by Joe Mathieu
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
The Tooth Book by Theo LeSieg (Dr. Seuss), Ill. by Joe Mathieu
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins, ill. by Eric Gurney
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff by Dr. Seuss
Giggle Belly (A Rookie Reader) by Page Sakelaris, Ill. by Richard L. Torrey
Dr. Frankensteins Human Body Book: The Monstrous Truth About How Your Body Works (DK)
Parts by Tedd Arnold
Even More Parts by Tedd Arnold
All About You (With Inspector McQ from World Craft--Childcraft)
Wonderful You! by Linda and Alan Parry
Ouch! How Your Body Makes it Through a Very Bad Day (DK--CD Rom)
The Human Body (Reader's Digest, Pathfinders, Large book).  

Other Books:
We read and talked about a simple book called,Giving, and learned that we can give someone a smile, make Mom or Dad a picture, give/share apple slices, etc.

Jamming With Sea Animals

Jamming With Sea Animals 

Daily Question: Do you like jelly fish?

Snacks: Grapes, pretzels and cheese cubes.

Toys: ABSeas, Sea Creature Stencils,Cranium Under the Sea Memory Game.

We learned about J the jellyfish who liked to jiggle her arms and say "j-j-j" (jah, jah, jah) as she danced at the Jellyfish Jamboree in June. 

Christmas Counting Chain Craft

Seasonal Books

Sea Animal Books:
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Wish for a Fish; All About Sea Creatures by Bonnie Worth and Aristides Ruiz
Down at the Bottom of the Deep Dark Sea* by Rebecca C. Jones, ill. by Virgina Wright-Frierson
(*Book deals with a boys fear of water)
Look Inside the Ocean (A Poke & Look Learning Book)
Gilbert the Great by Jane Clarke and Charles Fuge (audio CD)
Let's Go Swimming with Mr. Sillypants by M. K. Brown
What's Up, What's Down? by Lola M. Schaefer, Ill. by Barbara Bash
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Phister