Shells

Today our daily message was, "We are going to dig for shells."  We talked about how s and h make the shh sound when they are together.  During centers the children visited the sensory table.  Inside they found lots and lots of shells.  The shells each had lowercase letters on them.  The children dug for a shell, identified the letter on it, and sorted it into the beach bucket that had its corresponding capital letter.  Some children sorted the shells by finding the picture on the pail that started with the letter on the shell they chose.  The children seemed to enjoy this center.  One child even said, "I am having a really good day!"  It's amazing what interactive learning can inspire.

At Miss Sue and Mrs. Palmer's center the children  cut out the letter "o." They then glued it onto a piece of paper.  Next they drew on a face.  Lastly, they finger painted eight tentacles on their "o" to make it an octopus.  At my center the children journaled about an animal that lives in the ocean.