Boo,Boo,Boo Halloween

Dear parents,

For phonics class, I introduced the letter “N”, and the related words including: “N-n-noodles, nest, nose, and net”. The kids were a little confused with the words net and nest.

For math class, we continue a review of all four shapes, and we started visual matching exercises. The kids had to find out the matching subjects on their own.

For arts and crafts this week, we made “Creepy Spiders”. First, we painted Styrofoam balls black as their bodies. Then, each one of them chose 8 colorful pipe cleaners as their legs.

For social studies this week, we started a new unit with “In My Neighborhood”. We talked about different shops and stores in the neighborhood such as the post office, the grocery store, the pet shop, the hair salon, the park, and the library.

For story time this week, we read “On My Street”. In the neighborhood, you can see people doing different things. Rose is jogging; Mr. K. is washing his car; Mrs. Louis is shopping in the grocery store; Hope is playing with his jumping rope…and so on.

For motor skills class, we did something different this week. I asked them to trace coins and shapes with paper. It was difficult for them for a while, till I reminded them that they have to hold it with two hands. If you secure the object underneath, you will have a better outcome. They were happy to see heart shapes, cars, trees, and houses on their paper.

This week, we learned a song, “In My Neighborhood”, and reviewed our Halloween rhymes and songs.

Individual comments:

Rain had a very interesting theory the other day. He said “It’s O.K. to eat chocolate, but you have to drink water afterwards. Your teeth will stay white and shiny.”

Theresa is very silly sometimes. She sometimes follows bad examples, such as speaking Chinese when she hears other kids speaking Chinese. Jason didn’t come to school on Wednesday; Theresa asked, “Why Jason no come on Tree House?” I smiled and corrected her with the right sentence.

Christine told us that she had a fun trip in Japan. She saw Mini Mouse and Mickey Mouse. She burst out and cried while we traced our coins with paper. In the beginning, she didn’t pay attention. Then, she started to scribble circles across the paper. I stopped her by taking away her paper; then I reminded her two times to relax. I calmed her down after few minutes and explained the procedures to her again. She made up another piece after school.

Casper has learned to tattle tail on others lately. He likes to start his sentences with “Name before: no share cars!” Casper is playful for his age. Therefore, he doesn’t think too much about his behaviors. When he gets upset, he is more defensive.

Jason seems tired these couple of days due to his tongue affliction. Jason is a sweet boy; he always hugs me while he’s playing. He asked me if my baby was sleeping.

Jae was the first kid to put on her socks on Wednesday after nap time. I asked her “How come you are so fast to put on your socks, today?” She replied “I didn’t take off my sock today!” I laughed and said “Jae, you tricked me.”

August understood positive encouragement over negative criticism. August, Jason and Caper are in the same age bracket (3 to 3.5 years old). Sometimes they spit on each other, so I’m working on stopping that.

Leetrue drew a colorful picture during phonic class. The kids learned a lot amongst their peers. I’m guessing he was looking at Christine’s picture, and then decided to try something new. Leetrue is so proud to be a racing car driver for Halloween.

Joyce was so happy to play a mime (people dressed in black; they do not talk through the performance) game with Teresa. They imitated other’s actions; they marched in the front yard. When we were reviewing the letter “n”, Joyce couldn’t remember the word “nest”. She kept saying “red bird” instead of “nest”. Maybe there is a story behind “red bird”.