Gg is for Gooey-Goo!

This week we learned about the letter Gg, the number 9, the color white, and reviewed the shapes - circle and oval.  In the K-Prep class, we talked about the theme - Gooey, slimy, messy things.  Some examples are the gooey slime that we made, which is used to help seeds stick to the soil or to clean the water after a disaster, gooey slime from snails and snot, and the feeling of the inside of pumpkins.  We read the book: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett.

Here are the pictures and descriptions from this week of learning:

The Preschool class were able to use felt pieces to pretend with on the felt board for one center.

The other center was a rhyming game.  One picture replaced "the wall" in "Humpty Dumpty' with another word and then they had to find the card that rhymes with the replacement word.  For example: For example: "Humpty Dumpty sat on a duck.  Humpty Dumpty had a big truck..."

 The K-Prep class listens to the teacher explain how to make Gooey-goo.

She's showing the picture.

Here she mixes the color tablet in the warm water.  Then she'll put it in the bowl, where she'll add the powder that makes the goo.

Each child gets a turn to stir the mixture as the teacher adds the powder.

She adds more water for the second part.

 The goo needs to sit for a couple of days.

 
The K-Prep class familiarizes themselves with "The Three Billy Goat's Gruff" by answering what is real and what is not real.  They also trace the name of the three billy goats as one of their centers.

In the Preschool class, for art, the children learn how to use droppers.  They have to suck the paint up into the dropper and squeeze it out onto their paper.

Even though I caught her mid-blink, she is such a cutie pie, I couldn't cut this photo.

One of the Preschool's centers was to open locks with keys and then to lock them, again.

Here is our circle time center:

Time to switch groups:

Outside playtime!!

Storytime - the children show me how well they know this set of Nursery Rhymes.  They did very well and are ready for a new set.

I shared with them one of my beautifully illustrated nursery rhyme books.

Here, the K-Prep class is practicing writing the lower case g.

The K-Prep class is acting out "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" skit.  It is super cute and we can't wait to show the parents!

This is the day the children get to touch and experience the Gooey-Goo slime!!!

 For art, the K-Prep class finger-painted.  I used Crayola finger paints, because they had easy squeeze bottles.  The colors are so much brighter than the ones I've been using.  I love it!

Some children dove in to paint, while others waited until the last color was squeezed onto their paper.

Not every child can handle the feeling of finger paints and we respect that.

This coming week, we will be reviewing past letters, phonics, numbers, shapes, and colors, while we talk about Thanksgiving Day.  We will also go on our field trips!