This week in the EC room we have been talking about Valentine’s Day! Even though our party was on Tuesday everyone was so excited about Valentine’s Day we celebrated all week. The EC students talked about who they love, some of the who's the EC students loved are: mom and dad, siblings, their cat, and grandmas and grandpas. They listened to many fun Valentine’s Day stories such as Guess How Much I Love You, which was about a bunny trying to come up with distances that he loves his dad. He would say he loves his dad down to the creek and his dad would come up with a further distance. I Love You, Stinky Face, which was about a little boy who’s about to go to bed but he has a question. He asks his mom if he was an ape would she still love him, she tells him that she would and so he comes up with other things he might be and asks his mom if she’d still love him. How Spider Saved Valentine’s Day, which was about a spider named Spider and his friends Ladybug and Fly. They all exchange valentines but forgot about their friends the hungry caterpillars who sit in the back. So Spider, Ladybug and Fly turn themselves into valentines for the hungry caterpillars, they jump out of box to surprise the hungry caterpillars and were even more surprised when they saw that the hungry caterpillars had changed into beautiful butterflies. They were all fun Valentine's books but everyone’s favorite book was Happy Valentine’s Day, Mouse! It was about the mouse from the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie books and how he loves all his friends for different reasons.
During group we talked about why we loved different people for different reasons and how no matter how much love you give, you always have more. It was a fun week discussing Valentine’s Day and the EC students are already talking about what kind of valentines they are going to give to their friends next year. On Tuesday, we had a special treat, the EC students got to go and play in the snow at recess. It was so much fun! Ms. Sullivan gave everyone rides on the sled around the playground, snowmen were made and snowballs were thrown at trees. The EC students were amazed that by the time dismissal happened all the snow was gone. It was fun to get to play in it for a little bit though.
Our letter this week was ‘Q.’ We talked about the sound the letter makes as well as many different words that start with the letter ‘Q.’ The EC students are doing a fantastic job learning their letters and letter sounds. Next week’s letter is ‘R.’
Have a great weekend!
Dates to Remember:
February 20-No School/No Childcare
February 24-No School/Childcare Available
Liza Sullivan
Early Childhood Teacher