Hello! We had a great week learning about the Letter Z!
On Tuesday it was Z is for Zookeeper! In our centers we wrote/ drew a picture of our favorite zoo animal, started our turtle craft by painting the shell, used a wooden hammer and golf tee on the letter Z, hung chains on numbered monkeys, and made playdoh cages for different zoo animals. In the afternoon we put together our Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes. The kids did great at understanding what we were doing and the idea of giving to kids less fortunate!❤️
Wednesday was Z is for Zebra! In our centers we traced the letter Z and cut and glued black stripes on the letter z, shaped the letter Z out of kinetic sand, put animals in size order. We also drew a picture for a craft later on. We had specials on Wednesday so we had a lesson in Phonics, Sign language, and Spanish. Our science lesson was about germs and how they can spread and the importance of using soap when washing our hands. We did an experiment where we sprinkled pepper on water and then added a drop of dish soap. The dish soap pushed all the pepper to the side of the pie pan. In the afternoon we put our turtle craft together and did some animal movements to music with ribbons.
On Thursday it was zig zags and zippers! In our centers we did a short to tall zoo animal worksheet, cut out a rectangle and wrote the word rectangle, used floam on zig zag lines, raced cars on zig zag lines, and found/traced the letter Z.
In the afternoon we did a scavenger hunt for zoo animals, and we practiced our zippers! All the kids were able to zip up their own coats! They all received a zipper bracelet!
Next week we will begin working on the Letter T! Have a great weekend! I know some of the kids were pretty excited at the thought of snow!
Mrs Kristina