Limes Class 24-25

    February was a SHORT month in the Limes class with all the snow days and sickness. I hope that by the time you are all reading this, you're feeling better! Our theme this month was called A Time for Peace. We discussed ways we could be peacekeepers and we learned about famous peacekeepers. We also celebrated Valentine's Day. The students LOVED passing out Valentine's to their friends.      Math- We've focused on classifying objects by different attributes (ex:  long, short, heavy, light, big, small). We've also continued working on identifying whether the number of objects in one group is more than, less than or equal to the number of objects in another group when the quantities are clearly different.     Literacy- We've continued working on letter identification and letter sounds. Letterland continues to be a class favorite! We are working on identifying rhyming words and counting syllables in words. They are making great progress with r...

JANUARY NEWSLETTER           How is January almost over?! We had the BEST time exploring winter with our 5 senses. We have discussed things we see in Winter and read White Snowman, White Snowman What Do You See? We completed a Taste Test using our sense of Taste. We read Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you Hear? We practiced using our sense of hearing by listening to different sounds and then identifying what it was. We explored our sense of touch by touching things and then describing them as hard or soft. We also explored our sense of smell by smelling different scents. The students did a great job identifying which sense goes with which body part!       The Pretend Play center was set up as a skating rink with pretend play ice skates (paper plates to skate on the slick surface) a snowman, snowballs, a concession stand and winter clothes. The students LOVED having “snowball fights” and building snowmen. They also enjoyed playing in the...

 December     December has been a fun, full month in the Limes! We started the month with our Gingerbread theme and then learned about different Holidays. The pretend play center was transformed into a Gingerbread Bakery. It was a favorite! We added a Holiday tree to the center and they loved putting ornaments on it. They had the opportunity to build gingerbread houses in the block center as well. We counted gingerbread men and we tried gingerbread cookies. We learned about Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. We made patterns with Christmas objects and worked together in art to make a classroom Christmas tree. We talked about being kind and giving. We discussed ways we could be kind. This was my favorite activity of all! I loved seeing what they came up! (ex: helping someone, giving a smile, giving a hug, holding the door).         We continued to focus on identifying  whether the number of objects in one group is more than, less than or equal to the numbe...