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February Study: Valentines + Shapes + 100 Days Smarter
With all the snow days and special events, February was such a disjointed month, but we made the most out of it! We decided to spend one week doing special Valentine's Day activities and the others focusing on shapes. After our winter assessments, I found that this was a skill that we needed to work on and it is also an objective in our Teaching Standards Gold curriculum. Many of the students knew basic 2-D shapes, but we decided to also dive deeper into learning about 3-D shapes. We didn't get a lot of photos of our shape study, but instead focused on the shapes that we see around us and they have had so many good observations! As you move through your home each day, help your child notice shapes you see every day, such as the cylinder that is a soup can or the cube that is the dice to a board game.
We transformed the dramatic play area into a post office. We had different sizes of boxes and envelopes, 'stamps', packing materials, and a letter/card writing station. We provided the students with word cards for popular people they may send a letter to as well as popular greetings, such as Happy Birthday or Get Well. They were also able to pretend to be the mail carrier and they loved taking turns in this job.
Anthony may have a future as a mail carrier!
For Valentine's Day, we focused on heart themed activities that also incorporated literacy, math, and fine motor skills. Students laid on the carpet on their stomachs and used large push pins to poke holes around a heart, color it, and cut it out. Laying on their bellies is a great way for students to work on building core strength and aids in body regulation. At home, you can have your child read a book with you on their stomachs, draw a picture, or do a puzzle. A few minutes a day can make a real difference! We also sorted candy hearts by color and made a graph to see which color we had the most of. The students really enjoyed this activity, but were mostly exited that they got to take the candy hearts home!
Harmoni is sorting her candy heats by color
Declan is working hard poking holes around his heart
One of our favorite days in the month of February was our celebration of the 100th Day of School! We started this tradition last year at Frankie Lemmon and I'm not sure who loves it more...staff or students! We put 100 stickers on the number 100, made 100 dots into a gumball machine, and worked on putting 100 pieces of cereal on a necklace. Whether we counted by 1's, 5's, or 10's, the kids got so excited each time we reached 100!
Janae may be the cutest grandma EVER!
Grandpa Julian casually reads a book in our library
Wright loved practicing his fine motor skills putting stickers on the number 100
February also brought along several new Letterland characters! They students continue to get excited about the new letters we learn each week and the sounds that they make. Below are the video links for the stories, songs, and chants that we use in class. Feel free to use these at home. If you would like ideas to help your child work on learning letter sounds, please let me know!
We have had so much fun learning together and I can't believe we are on the downhill direction of the school year! There is so much more to learn and we can't wait for all of our upcoming adventures. Please let me know if there you have any questions!
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February Study: Valentines + Shapes + 100 Days Smarter
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