Dear parents:

For phonics class this week, I introduced the sound of “D” “d” and the related words such as dog, dance, door, dinosaur, desk, doll and Dora.

For math class, I introduced the color brown. We also went through objects that are brown such as a football, mud, pretzels, potatoes, and kangaroos. We crossed out the object that was not brown, which was a strawberry.

We had a class trip on Tuesday afternoon. We went around our neighborhood to check out the post office and the supermarket (Wellcome). The kids were excited, because this was not something we do every day at school. They were curious about many items inside the supermarket, so some kids went around checking out things without lining up. We spent most of our time in the grocery section to buy items for our soup. Lastly, we had puddings for a snack.

The next day, we made our soup for the whole school. We bought carrots, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and potatoes. The kids loved helping out with washing the vegetables and prepping the ingredients.

Individual comments:

Sherri didn’t respond to my questions, even after I asked her the same question over ten times. I sat her on the side and told her that when she is ready to answer my question, then come to me. I realized that she probably thought that she was in trouble, so she didn’t want to respond.

Dora is in the process of quitting her pacifier and diaper during nap time. She is getting there. Being able to help out with cutting the tomatoes during preparation, made Dora so happy.

Ivy improved so much during lunch time. There were 3 days this week where she finished her lunch on time with the other kids.

Tanya was whining about Madi sitting on her seat the other day. She insisted that she sat down first.

Reno is slowly understanding the concept of being in a group. Before, he only cared about himself, or I should say “I”. Sometimes, he might say “share please” to the other kids while he is playing.

Chloe sometimes acts and talks like adults. She likes to remind the others about their sitting postures (sitting properly with their feet down). She is also very generous about sharing snacks with her peers.

Madi is sweet. After nap time, she gets her shoes for the others including my shoes. She is able to sleep longer than 30 minutes now, but not the full hour yet.

Henry likes the exercises we did on Thursday morning, like hop scotch, log rolls, and wheel barrels.

Mia asked me if the kids would get “piggy-back-rides” after we do exercises on the mats. I guess she associates mats with fun “piggy-back-rides”.