Fire Safety / Community Helper Fireman Activity

The kiddos enjoyed painting a picture of fire using finger paint. We used red and yellow, and the kids were excited to see that these colors create orange when mixed together. In small group, I gave the kids precut shapes, and used positional words (and also modeled) where to place the shapes to create a fire truck. 

Magic Appearing Letters

My kiddos loved this crayon resist activity. Before the lesson I wrote the first letter of each student's name in white crayon. The kids used liquid watercolors to make the letters appear. This was a fun way to encourage the students to recognize the first letter in their name.

Environmental Print Word Wall

The kiddos are really enjoying adding to our environmental print wall. They get excited with every new word they're able to "read". Every time a new word is brought in, I first attach it to our "I can read___" sentence strips. They like to use pointers when reading the sentences. After a few days we'll place the environmental print label under the the correct beginning letter. The kids can bring in environmental print all year long.

Fall is here!

My favorite time of year has arrived, and my kiddos have been busy learning about Fall and the changes this time of year brings. Here is my new door. The web and spider are Dollar Tree finds, and the kids enjoyed making these cute handprint spiders complete with googly eyes.