Fairy Tales

We have been studying fairy tales in kindergarten for the last few weeks. We have noticed that common themes in fairy tales are:

1-talking animals
2- princes and princesses
3-bad vs. good
4-fairies
5-special powers
6-happy endings

We have had great fun acting out fairy tales as well as nursery rhymes, and have been writing to our favorite fairy tale characters each day.

What is your favorite fairy tale that we have read in class or you have read or seen at home?

Shaving Cream Review

We took some time to practice our numbers today....in shaving cream! The students loved this, and I was excited that they were practicing, and getting better at writing numbers 1-30. As I checked each student after I called out each number, I noticed some were writing certain numbers backwards. We will continue to work on numbers 1-30, and writing the numbers the correct way. Please make sure your student is writing their numbers correctly.

We will soon do this activity again, practicing writing popcorn words.....

We've had a great week with Dr. Seuss! Today was our finale and we had a "Suessendipity" ~ Each of the four kindergarten classes rotated to each of the four kindergarten rooms to participate in a special event. Each teacher had a great activity planned!

For my project, each class recycled old crayons into new ones! Each child helped break old crayons into tiny bits, and we put different colors into each mold so that each child could have a new rainbow crayon to take home. We melted these bits in the microwave, and let cool in the freezer for 20-30 minutes. This project coincides with the Dr. Seuss book My Many Colored Days that we read this week and made a book on. On each page of our book, we wrote how we feel on a particular day (ex. on yellow days I feel sunny, on purple days I feel silly etc).

I hope the students will enjoy using their new rainbow crayons! If you are interested in trying this craft at home, or another craft to recycle your old crayons visit here.