HALLOWEEN WITH "ROOM ON THE BROOM"

Kids absolutely adore ROOM ON THE BROOM and we had a blast playing the witch and the animals.

IN THE LETTER CENTER: we build stoy words and do some pre-writing practice. 

IN THE MATH CENTER we were measuring monsters

IN THE ART CENTER we were creating our halloween costume

AND WE WERE READY TO TRICK OR TREATING

math centers in kinder 4

These are some of the activities we have been doing in the math center these months. Some activities involved the kids to explore the materials while others are directed by the teacher.

- SHAPES AND SORTING

 WE ARE PRETTY GOOD AT SORTING MANIPULATIVES BY COLORS OR QUALITIES.

We are also very good at finding shapes around the classroom.

- DECOMPOSING NUMBERS USING NUMICON 
Numicon is a fantastic way to understand numbers. Kids can work on numbers in a very intuitive way.

THE NUMBER LINE
Right now kids are very good at counting, but we need to start paying atention to the place numbers have in the line.

- NUMBER QUANTITY

ORAL PROBLEMS USING POPSICLE STICKS
 each child has a set of 10 sticks to work with, we make pairs, order them, count them, and use them as manipulatives to solve oral problems.

LITERACY CENTER IN KINDER 4

During these months we have been exploring lots of different literacy materials both in the center and in group activities guided by the teacher:


- PRE WRITING PRACTICE WITH SAND
Writing shapes and letters with their fingers is very important to help kids understand how letters are built as well as getting used to directionality.

You can get the pre-writing cards here.
The letter cards here.  

 - LETTER HUNT
Using rice trays and list of words kids explore finding letters and placing them on the mats. We help them be aware of letters in words.

- RHYMING MATS
Working on rhyming is vital in kindergarten to help kids get a good phonological awareness. When older kids have problems reading or writing they may as well have problems with rhyming.

The rhyming mats 

- BEGINNING SOUNDS: SOUND MONSTER AND DOMINOS
When we start working on phonological awareness beginning sounds are a great way to start.
We usually do it with the sound monster: kids feed him with the beginning sound we are working on. Later on they have to find the sound in any part of the word. 

The beginning sound cards

dominos

- SEGMENTING CVC WORDS
The ability to segment words is crucial in order to be able to read and write. We star by segmenting syllables, then onset and rhymes and finally kids can be ready to segment sound by sound. 

We work segmenting through elkonin boxes, first by jumping hoops and later on using sound mats. 

- WRITING.
In the kinder 4 class, we star writing as soon as they want to, our intention is helping them see that they are capable of writing amd that writing is communication.
In the morning routines everybody segments words for the helper to write on the board.
On monday, if they want to we help them write about  their weekend.