Hoppy Easter Time!

We started the day out coloring Easter eggs! Hurray for Easter time! We love it!
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After calendar time, we reviewed rectangle and played "rock around the rectangle". We walked, danced, jumped, marched, crawled and tip toed around the rectangle and we would FREEZE when the music stopped. We also talked about in, out, and on the rectangle.
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Next we re-read The Story of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. We reviewed the front, back, title, pictures and words of a book.
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Then we sang!

Al and Etta

tune of alouette

Al and Etta both went out to get a

Jumbo jar of jolly jelly beans.

Jolly Jelly beans of pink

That's exactly what I think

Beans of pink (sing high)

Beans of pink (sing low)

Beans of pink (sing high)

Beans of pink (sing low)

Ooooooooooh!

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Al and Etta both went out to get a
Jumbo jar of jolly jelly beans.
Jolly Jelly beans of green
That's exactly what I mean

Beans of green (sing high)
Beans of green (sing low)
Beans of green (sing high)
Beans of green (sing low)
Ooooooooooh!

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Al and Etta both went out to get a

Jumbo jar of jolly jelly beans.

Jolly Jelly beans of blue

This is what I'm telling you
Beans of blue (sing high)

Beans of blue(sing low)

Beans of blue (sing high)

Beans of blue (sing low)

Ooooooooooh!

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Al and Etta both went out to get a
Jumbo jar of jolly jelly beans.
Jolly Jelly beans of red
That's exactly what I said

Beans of red (sing high)
Beans of red (sing low)
Beans of red (sing high)
Beans of red (sing low)
Ooooooooooh!

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Al and Etta both went out to get a
Jumbo jar of jolly jelly beans.
Jolly Jelly beans of orange

Nothing really rhymes with orange.

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After a hearty rendition of Al and Etta (which will be stuck in my head for at least the next month), we made our Easter bags. The kids all tried to cut around the bunny head themselves. It was hard to get around all those grooves!
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Then, after snack, we reviewed colors and played "Is it Pink or Orange"? The kids each took turns picking from my bag of colors and placing the items in the pink or orange piles.
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Next, we reviewed Ee. We looked at pictures that started with Ee, then I said some words, if the word started with the /e/ sound the kids gave me a big smile, if it started with another sound, they gave me a frown.

Hippity Hoppity!! Easter is Here!!

We wanted to first welcome Caleb and Taryn to our afternoon class. They are both a great addition to our group and we are happy to have them!!

This morning was the start of a new month which means new fundamentals to learn. We started our day with our educational fun folders. These are folders with matching numbers, shapes, letters, and colors inside for practice.

It's time for the learning box, it's time for the learning box, let's gather 'round and all sit down it's time for the learning box. This short song is the cue for the kids to stop doing their welcoming activity and clean up so that school may start. It is really great in transitioning them into the start of our day. Our LBQ(learning box question) What is your favorite Easter treat? (chocholate eggs, bunnies and candy were a few of the answers!)

Pledge/ Weather/ Calendar are always next.

After calendar I had the new cards in my hand and had the kids draw one for us to learn about. First we looked at the colors pink and orange and had someone find an item in the room one of these colors.

Next we drew the number nine and played follow the leader. We all stand in a circle and whoever is wearing the number nine gets to pick something to do nine times(clap, jump, spin, hop on one foot, roll, nod).

Our shape this month is a rectangle. Our song goes like this,

Two sides are short(hands in close), Two sides are long(hands spread out)

This makes our shape very strong(flex muscles)

It's a rectanlge that's it's name(draw shape in air)

All the sides are not the same(nod finger and head to say no)

AABB is our new pattern for the month. We always do a body movement to help the kids understand what a pattern is. For example,

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  clap, clap, touch head, touch head(4x)


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  clap, clap, pat legs, pat legs(4x)


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  touch floor, touch floor, shoulder, shoulder(4x)


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  clap, clap, touch head, touch head (ending where we started)

We then read, The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. What a classic story and is always a kid favorite. After reading the story and discussing our favorite parts we colored an Easter bunny of our own.

The last fundamental of the day introduced the letter Ee and its sound.

The Letter Ee
to the tune of Frere JacquesThe letter E. The letter E. (make ASL sign for letter, showing one hand then the other)Has a sound. Has a sound. (bring 1 hand to ear and then the other hand to the other ear)What sound do you make? What sound do you make? (palms facing up, shrug shoulders)/e /e/ /e/! /e/ /e/ /e/! (Make ASL sign for letter, move hand forward and backward for each sound)