RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT - HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS

It is important that children understand top, middle and bottom so they can describe position in geometry. They also need to understand directions. We use these terms when teaching children how to form their letters and numbers. As they get older they will learn to read from top to bottom. I let the children use cubes to make their own traffic light.

SECRET NUMBERS - OBJECTIVE 20 USES NUMBER CONCEPTS AND OPERATIONS

What a blast we had with our number game this week! I held up a number and each child had to see if they were my match.

PATTERNS UNDER COVER - OBJECTIVE 23 DEMONSTRATES KNOWLEDGE OF PATTERNS

The children pretended to be detectives for this activity. As detectives, they had to figure out which color cube was under the bowl.

DRAMATIC PLAY

Dramatic play teaches and encourages expressive language. As you see the photos below your child is learning as they play.

THE DOCTOR , THE POLICE AND THE FIREMEN

After all the fun at the post office it was time to talk about a few community helpers. The boys loved pretending to work at a police station , fire station and a doctor's office.