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  • Numerous Numbers

    The number eleven is a tough number for children to recognize.  There is nothing in the word itself that hints towards the two ones that make up the number.  The number twelve is similar.  Today, the children practiced the numbers eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen.  The boys and girls traced each number while identifying it.  They then used glitter glue to write each number.

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  • Valentine’s Patterning and Counting

    Love is in the air this week…especially in the form of counting and patterning Hershey Kisses!  Using an ABABAB pattern the children helped create and extend our red-purple-red-purple pattern.  Next, we practiced counting numbers eight through fourteen by picking a number, then counting out the corresponding number of Hershey Kisses.

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  • Shaving Cream Writing

    How do you create a memorable experience?  By writing letters and numbers using shaving cream!  The boys and girls had an ooey gooey time using their pre-writing skills to create the letters Y, Z and T, along with numbers 2, 3 and 4.

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  • Sea Urchin Math

    What is round, purple and has sharp spines protruding from it?  A sea urchin!  Today, the children discovered more marine life as we discusses sea urchins.  In our small groups, the boys and girls had the opportunity to make their own out of playdoh.  Using number cards, each child pulled a number and added the corresponding number of spines.

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  • Counting T’s

    While introducing the letter T, the boys and girls practiced their counting and letter recognition.  We brainstormed words that begin with T: tooth, toe, ten and tire, just to name a few, then the children came up and found a specific number and assigned it to a letter T.  Practicing our double digit letter recognition proved to an excellent exercise!

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  • What’s New in January?

    New centers means new ways to learn our letters, letter sounds, practice our numbers, one-to-one correspondence, patterning and shapes.  Today, the children learned how to play the new games and activities that are in our centers.  They were all eager to try something new!

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  • Getting back into the swing of things means reviewing old routines and practicing procedures.  For our small groups, the boys and girls learned new games and activities that are available to them in our centers.  Teaching them how the activities and games work ensures that the children are playing the game/activity the correctly, ultimately gaining the educational purpose it is designed for.  A new month means new centers, which means new ways to learn!

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  • More or Less


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  • Candy Cane….Number?

    Our preschoolers turned our classroom into Santa’s Workshop today as we turned red licorice and white yarn into a candy cane!  This is no ordinary candy cane….it’s a number nine candy cane!  In order to make this yummy creation, the children had to follow step-by-step directions, use their fine motor skills to twist, and use number recognition to create the number nine.  It was a quite a treat to work on so many skills in one fun activity!

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  • Comparing Quantities of Sets Through Graphs

    We started a new math unit this week…Comparing Quantities of Sets.  We will be using a variety of graphs to explore what the words more, fewer, and equal mean.  We began our study at group time with a graph about which drink we wanted for snack.

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