In honour of /p/ week we read "The World Needs More Purple People"

Ask your child what steps you need to take to be a purple person!

Hint:

Step One- Ask lots of questions

Step Two - Laugh a lot

Step Three - use your voice for kindness and to stand up for yourself.

Step Four - Work hard!

Step Five - Just be you

 Tuneful Tuesday!

Another Aiken Drum - for /p/ week. So many wonderful ideas!

There was a man lived on a pinkie and his name was Aiken Drum

And he played upon a popsicle,

And his hair was made of piggies

And his eyes were made of peanuts

And his nose was made of pumpkin pie

And his mouth was made of pepperoni pizza

And his name was Aiken Drum!

Further thinking about what home is...

"Home is cozy"

"Home is family."

 Mindful Monday

We learned to "be the pond". 

Our sound of the week is /p/

What things around your house start with /p/?

Over the coming weeks we will be looking at the concept of 'home'. We started off by reading the book "Home Is..." and throughout the week we will be talking about what home is to us.

 Today we recognized Orange Shirt Day and our National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Every Child Matters.

Our ideas around mattering:

I matter because...

"...of my family."

"...I'm special."

"... I love my own self."

"...my Mom and Dad love me."

To continue the conversation at home:

What is Orange Shirt Day?

 Today we welcomed new friends to our class!

Continuing our learning of numbers and their order...

Can you find different numbers around your home?

 Tuneful Tuesday!

Today we learned a new song called Aiken Drum.

The original song goes something like this:

There was a man lived in the moon and his name was Aiken Drum

And he played upon a ladle and his name was Aiken Drum

And his hair was made of  spaghetti

And his eyes were made of meat balls

And his nose was made of cheese

And his mouth was made of pizza

And his name was Aiken Drum.

Given that this is /b/ week, we made our own version of Aiken Drum.

Can you tell what he is made of? Hint - all things that start with /b/

And his hair was made of...?

And his eyes were made of ...?

And his nose was made of...?

And his mouth was made of...?

(Please - be gentle with your thoughts on my drawing. Remember I'm singing and playing guitar at the same time as drawing and teaching... 😌)

We read the story "Living in Mexico"

We are learning more about where our friends Gemstone, Sparkles, Princess Peach and Roy are going.

 Happy Monday!

Our sound of the week is /b/

In honour of Mindful Monday and our sound of the week we learned Belly Breathing.

This week we are learning about where the butterflies are headed - to Mexico!

We read the book "Dear Primo"

Charlie lives in the city in the United States and Carlitos lives on a farm in Mexico. We learn what it is like to live in their home.