FFCA: September 2013

Name Stamping

In September we learned the letters A B C D. Explored apples, clouds and rain. Excerised fine motor skills by using scissors to cut, paste, write and draw. Practiced eye-hand coordination by stiring, using dot-art bottles and tracing. WE ALL LEARNED how to spell first names!!!

Learning letters A B C D:

~ We played "I Spy the letter...." and found hidden A, B, C and D around the classroom.

~ We built letters with blocks and giant toy beads.

~ We traced letters with our fingers on tables, carpets, in shaving cream and paint.

~ We used dot-art bottles to "dot" letters.

~We used makers to trace and create rainbow letters.

~ We practiced using pencils to trace and write the letters.

~ We learned the phonetic sounds of letters by participating in show and share coinciding with the letter of the week and consant repetion with letter-sound related activities. For Example: A is for apples - we experimented to discover if apples sink or float. We tasted and graphed red, green and yellow apples. A is for Alligator - we made alligator A's. B is for bumble bee - we created bumble bee B's. B is for bubbles - we explored bubbles. B is for balloons - we wrote the letter Bb on balloons and named a letter B word before playing with balloons in the classroom. C is for cat - we made cat C's. C is for colors - we used primary colors to discover green, orange and purple. C is for clouds - we used shaving cream and water to create clouds, then added food coloring to make it rain. D is for Dalmatian - we made dalmatian D's and visitied a fire station. D is for dinosaurs - we used toy dinosaurs to introduce addition. D is for dominoes - we played dominoes.

Show and Share Dd.

Writing the letter Cc in shaving cream

Magic C!!!

Building the letter B

Building the letter d.

"I Spy the letter B"

"I Spy the letter C"

Bumble Bee B!

Cat C.

Dot art Dd and Dalmatian D.

Science Exploration:

~ We made predictions! We predicted if apples and apple seeds would sink or float. Then experimented!

~ We experimented with primary colors to create new colors. We learned that red + blue = purple, blue + yellow = green and yellow + red = orange.

~ We created clouds and rain clouds! The students squirted shaving cream into a container filled with water. Then, added red and blue food coloring on top of the clouds and discovered purple rain.

~ We experimented with shaving cream! We squirted the shaving cream on the table and used our hands to rub the shaving cream on the table until it disappeared. We learned that the shaving cream made our table sparkling clean.