Pete, the Cat!

Good Night, Moon!

We read "Good Night, Moon" when we are learning about rhyming words.  As we read the story, the children are anxious to guess the rhyming words.  We often read it a second time, so that more of the children can catch on to the rhyme game. 

 For an activity, I give them pictures of objects that come from the story.  We "read" through the pictures together, and they manage to spot the rhyming words.  They glue the rhyming words next to each other as pairs, on a large dark black paper (black sky).  I usually add a note on the bottom of the page explaining to the parents what we did that day.

One Duck Stuck

We read "One Duck Stuck"  by Phyllis Root.  The children were able to repeat the phrase: "Help, help, who can help?"  They always told me the number on the following page, and tried to guess the name of the animals.  I also made cards with pictures of the animals on them.  The children took turns holding up the picture cards as I read the story.

Because we were talking about different shapes, this activity worked well.  I gave each student a sheet of 9 X 11 green construction paper.  I had about 5 lines drawn part way down for the children to cut on.  This would make the "grass".  I gave each student 1/2 large paper plate and 1/2 small circle.  They positioned them for the body and head.  We used rectangle shapes for the legs and a triangle for the beak.  The children noticed I didn't have an eye yet, so I told them to make a circle eye.

Before attaching the duck to the grass, the children colored brown muck at the bottom of the green page.  They put glue on the back of the body and glued it to the green page, leaving the head free.

One Foot, Two Feet

In honor of Dr, Suess, we read The Foot Book.  After reading it, we traced the children's feet on a large piece of paper.  They traced it with a marker.  We then turned our feet into "Feet People", adding arms, legs, hands, feet and facial features.  We have already been practicing drawing our bodies, making sure to add many of these features. It is interesting to see how complete the children draw their pictures.  The developmental growth of each child is visible in the pictures below.