Fall Fashion Show

What a great performance! Some benefits of the show are building self -confidence , overcoming fear of public speaking, develop skills in memory, promotes self-expression.

The Pumpkin Patch

We are very thankful for our 7th and 8th grade students. They wrote , illustrated and read a book to each primary student. St. James students learn at an early age to care for others. They also grew a pumpkin patch for our primary students.

C is for candy corn

What special clothes do people wear to work?

Our question for the clothing unit this week was,"What special clothing do people wear to work"? Each child got to pick a costume of what some people might wear to for a job and had a blast with pretend play!

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

We had such wonderful visitors this week! Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother came to tell us their story and passed out some delicious treats.

THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING

This week we did an interactive read aloud with The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything. As the students participated in the read aloud their memory was enhanced. Interactive read alouds help children understand the book being read and participating in a large group gives your child confidence.

NAME RECOGNITION

The children worked on recognizing their name this week by decorating them with halloween sticks which is also a great fine motor exercise.

CLOTHESLINE COUNTING

This is a fun activity goes along with our clothing study and integrates counting and fine motor skills.

Large,Medium,and Small

After reading and discussing the book Goldilocks and the Three Bears, we discussed how clothes are different sizes. Using an assortment of clothes, we put them in order from largest to smallest. We then measured the clothes using linking chains, a measuring tape, and a ruler. We also looked at different types of fabric up close with magnifying glasses.

Centers

With the start of a new season and unit, we have new exciting centers! We have been learning about the life cycle of a pumpkin and have been making our own in the play-doh center. Since we are investigating clothing, we have centers where the children can sort buttons and bears by size and color.

Fire Safety

This week we had a fire truck come visit us and learned all about what to do in case of a fire. We discussed stop, drop, and roll as well as calling 911.

Mrs. Diane's and our class went on a Gingerbread Man hunt. He left us clues all over campus and the children even saw him running about! The Gingerbread Man us waiting on us when we got back to the room and everyone got a chance to have a piece of cookie

TheColorBrown

One of the greatest benefits of using bingo daubers is they allow children to practice hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. As they direct the dauber to go where they want, they must use their little muscles and hand-eye coordination to maneuver it. Their dexterity improves as they hold and flip the bingo daubers, which is an important skill when it comes to handwriting. Using a brown dauber, we made a gingerbread man.

P.E.

In P.E. this week, Coach Nicole gave the children a paddle and a balloon to work on hand eye coordination.

Peeny Butter Fudge

One of our focus questions was, “When do things happen at school?” We used our visual schedule to see what happens during the day and even took some time to plan activities together. One of the activities on our schedule is story time. The story for the day was Peeny Butter Fudge. In this book, when Mama leaves the kids with Nana, she also leaves a schedule and menu for the day on the fridge. But, when the door closes, all sorts of fun breaks loose. Then, Mom comes home, sees the house is a big mess and is temporarily annoyed until she sees that they've made peanut butter fudge.

We had our schedule planned for the day and who do you think showed up? Our very own Nana!

Nana knows how to take an ordinary day and make it extra special! She brought the recipe and all the ingredients to make peanut butter fudge. We read the recipe and discussed how important it was to follow the directions. If we missed a step, our fudge wouldn’t taste good. Knowledge of print and its uses includes understanding that print carries a message and that print is organized and read in particular ways. Each child was given a step from the recipe and couldn’t wait to help.

Hickory Dickory dock

handwriting without tears

Handwriting Without Tears is a program that was designed by an occupational therapist to teach children how to write without frustrating them to tears. It uses hands-on, multisensory materials and was designed in such a way that it introduces shapes, numbers, and letters in an order that matches the progression of children’s developmental abilities so that it is easier for them to practice, learn, and remember.

We start by using wood pieces to teach children what a big line, little line, big curve, and little curve are called. This is SUPER important because we use these very same terms when teaching them to build or write letters. We also use other materials to create these letters.

We will learn our letters in this order. This week we learned how to make the letter F.

L, F, E, H, T, I, U, C, O, Q, G, S, J, D, P, B, R, K, A, M, N, V, W, X, X, Y, & Z