Rockets

Today we wrapped up our Transportation theme.  We saved my favorite vehicle for last, which are rockets.  The children enjoyed listening to the story Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, I'm Off to the Moon.  In the story they were introduced to rhyming words like; blast and fast, space and place, and rover and over.  Please practice the skill of rhyming at home by reading books with rhyme, saying silly rhymes like house zouse, and reciting nursery rhymes.

At an independent center today the children cut out a cow, wrote their names on it, and colored it all on their own.  During outside play time today I recited the rhyme Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cows with the letter "c" may jump over the moon.  The children had to see if the letter I said during the rhyme matched one in their names.  If it did they jumped over the moon.

Grace's Mom also came to our classroom today.  Some of the children played the game Rocket to the Moon.  To play the game the children picked a card, identified the color on it, and moved their counter to the correct colored star.  Even if your child knows their colors the reason I chose this game was to learn turn taking, sportsman ship, and the fact that everyone can't win.  All of which are hard lessons at this age.