Thursday, May 10, 2012

Preschool


We had a great year of preschool this year, and I am so glad it is over!  I worked with a phenomenal group of parents and a super fun group of kids.  I had a lot of help from moms and could not have completed the year without Haley stepping in to teach half way through the year.  We did lots of fun projects (like fruit loop rainbows, coffee filter eggs, and a beautiful alphabet quilt).  We ate lots of fun snacks (rainbow licorace, kid-made ice cream, ho-ho's and rolls with jam).  It was awesome. 

The kids learned this fun alphabet chant.  It really helped Chani learn the sounds of the letters, which has translated into sounding out words for reading and writing. 
Apple A, Apple A, a, a, a (picking an apple)
Baby B, Baby B, b, b, b (rocking a baby)
 Cookie C, Cookie C, c, c, c (cutting out a sugar cookie)
Daddy D, Daddy D, d, d, d (signing daddy, hand on forehead)
Exercise E, Exercise E, e, e, e (running in place)
'Fraidy F, 'Fraidy F, f, f, f (cup hands around mouth like afraid)
Gorilla G, Gorilla G, g, g, g (pound chest like a gorilla)
Hammer H, Hammer H, h, h, h (swing hammer down)
Itchy I, Itchy I, i, i, i (scratch arms)
Jumpin' J, Jumpin J, j, j, j (jump)
Karate K, Karate K, k, k, k (kick leg out)
Lickin' L, Likin L' l, l, l (stick out tongue and lick upper lip)
Muscles M, Muscles M, m, m, m (make muscles with arms)
Nose N, Nose N, n, n, n (touch nose)
Octopus O, Octopus O, o, o, o (wave arms like tentacles)
Popping P, Popping P, p, p, p (pop lips)
Quiet Q, Quiet Q, q, q, q (whisper this, with your finger over your mouth)
Roaring R, Roaring R, r, r, r (roar loudl y)
Snake S, Snake S, s, s, s (move hands like a snake)
Telephone T, Telephone T, t, t, t (hold hand like a telephone to ear)
Umbrella U, Umbrella U, u, u, u (hold pretend umbrella over head)
Vacuum V, Vacuum V, v, v, v (push pretend vacuum)
Water W, Water W, w, w, w (make sign for water with w on chin)
X says X (our kids always repeated this while moving fingers like striking a match)
Yo-yo Y, Yo-yo Y, y,y,y (yo-yo with hand)
Zipper Z, Zipper Z, z, z, z (zip jacket up and down)

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