preschool report

From Luke's teacher:

This week we have been talking a lot about rhyming words.  One child asked if we could start reading a rhyme book we used to read which was full of short rhymes, Truckery Rhymes.  This book is full of nursery rhymes that have been changed to incorporate different kinds of trucks instead of people or animals.  The children enjoy trying to guess what nursery rhyme the Truckery Rhyme story is like.  As we read each rhyme we have been looking for the words that rhyme or sound like each other.  Some of the stories are easier than others but when the children can't hear the rhyming words they make up their own.  A few made up words; happy/glappy, dump truck/sump truck, and ice cream truck/piescream truck.  Although the words are not real words they are still getting the meaning of what rhyming words are and are practicing with them.  As the week went on, the children were finding words that rhymed in other books as well.     

As the children are growing and maturing in the class we have been adding two new elements to our classroom.  We are putting paint out on the easel on a regular basis now, the children remind us when the paint needs to be refilled.  We have also added the small Legos inside the classroom.  We always had them outside for a table top activity but we brought them into our classroom for daily use.  With the small Legos the children are able to build intricate structures and are staying with the building for longer periods of time.  While playing with the small legos the children are sharing the various pieces, sharing the space and building their language while talking about what they are building and creating.