This week, as we prepare for Valentine’s Day, the Ladybugs have been talking about ways we can be helpful and show caring & kindness. We started by brainstorming and came up with this great list:
As we do writing together, the children learn that words have meaning and that there are different ways to use them. We talked about adding a title & making a numbered list as we wrote their ideas down.
We found lots of ways to work cooperatively in our classroom and ways to show kindness. We created hearts with a buddy to decorate our window for Valentine’s Day, helped each other put together puzzles, and made cards to give friends and loved ones.
We took care of each other in our dramatic play Doctor’s Office. There were real xrays to examine on the light pad, too. We learned the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme and used band-aids to put Humpty back together again.
We found many other uses for hearts this week, too! We worked on sorting, graphing and patterning with hearts and made heart prints at the easel. We also did a science experiment using 3 liquids- water, soda and vinegar- to see how conversation hearts would react in each one. Everyone made predictions (BIG new word!) about whether they would sink or float. We had fun watching the bubbles in the soda carry the hearts up and then pop to make them fall. They were dancing!!!
Which is a perfect lead in to the finale of our week- our Valentine Dance!!!! The Ladybugs practiced some of their best dance moves and chose their favorite dancing songs. The Chicken Dance and Goldfish songs were top requests! I hope everyone is having fun at the dance tonight (sorry I couldn’t make it this year 😔). We are so lucky to have such wonderful parents organize this special event for us!
Next week we will be getting ready for Valentine’s Day!! Bring in your cards by Wednesday/Thursday. We will have the children deliver them to their friends’ “mailbags” and bring them home to read!
We had four birthday celebrations this week!!! Happy 1/2 birthday to Wren M., Jameson & Cora!! And Happy Birthday to Miss Kelsi, too!
REMINDERS:
*SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED ON FEBRUARY 14TH AND 17TH *
We are still looking for volunteers to visit and teach us about their jobs during our community helpers theme this month!! We have had dentists, physical therapists, artists, doctors, carpenters- all sorts of interesting jobs to learn about in past years. Please come share something about your work with our class. Let me know what works for you, and we can schedule a time!
Looking Ahead- Conferences will be held on March 12th(MWF class) & 13th (T/TH class). More information coming soon!
Have a wonderful weekend with your little Ladybugs!