Letters M & N

The Letter M

We had a marvelous time with the letter M last week.  We watched Monsters Inc. and made monsters masks.  We decorated mittens and colored a mitten book.  We also made a graph with M & Ms and ate marshmallows.  We painted a picture of Mickey and Minnie Mouse and finger-painted cute mice.  We also glued mosaic pictures and acted like monkeys!

The Letter N

We are now halfway through the school year!  We celebrated by learning about the letter N.  We made newspaper Ns, nests for birds, and painted a picture of a big letter N.  We also made noodle necklaces, made a night picture using white chalk on black paper (the kids did a great job making moons and stars!) and learned what a nurse does.  We also read a story about “The New Neighbor,” and talked about how fun it is to make new friends!

Letters I,J,K,L

I J K L 

  

Last week the children and I are reviewing the letters G,H,I,J,K and L.  As we do our review, I realized I haven’t blogged since G and H, so I will try and go back and highlight what we have been doing the last few weeks.

I - we had a great time learning about the letter I by doing my favorite thing, eating ice cream!  We charted which ice cream we liked best, chocolate, vanilla or strawberry, of course chocolate won!  We also made ice cream pictures and learned a lot about insects.

J – had fun learning about J by jumping and jogging.  We played a game where we were dancing to music and when the music stopped, I would call out either “Jump” or “Jog” and the children would have to do what was called until the music started again.  Great active game on these cold days when we can’t go outside.  We also made jack-in-the boxes, paper jets, jingle bell necklaces, and beautiful Jell-O pictures.

K – we went kicking into our K week while practicing kicking and karate.  We also made kites and practiced making the letter K with q-tips and craft sticks.  We looked through kaleidoscopes and made a great book about a kitten getting into all sorts of trouble.

L – lemon and limes were the highlights of L week.  We made lemonade, printed with lemons and lime and even charted which of us liked the taste of lemons and limes (we made some silly faces when we tried them!)  We also ate lemon/lime lollipops while watching the Letter Factory.  We painted pictures of lions, made leaf necklaces, we practiced making the letter L with popsicle sticks and dot magnets.

Looking forward to the letter M……….