"Fintastic" Fish Room

What a crazy few weeks we have had! Thanks for participating in the AMI activities, we hope you had fun! You never know what the weather will bring! Last week and this week's letter is "N". We made night N's with stars, clouds and a moon.  Writing letters to mom and dad was fun!  We worked really hard cutting out mail pictures to glue on our envelope.  We sang a song about mailing valentines to teach other.  We each got a letter and Ms. Erin collected our letters and sang the song. We had to remember and count how many valentines were in the bag. " Corduroy " was a cute book about a friendship and how Corduroy found his forever home. Ask me about Corduroy's button. We made our own mailboxes and decorated our own stamps.  SCIENCE: We worked really hard using stencils to make pictures and to count. " Guess Whose Shadow " was a great book to introduce how shadows work. We discussed when we may see a shadow and how shadows look.  We practiced count...

 Happy Valentine's Day! We love our Fish friends and teachers and hope you had a lovely day! Today was a fun day celebrating love! We made pink and red chains, gave compliment hearts, passed out valentines to our friends, and danced. We also enjoyed a "heart walk" to music. We had to listen to when the music started and stopped. We also made beaded heart bracelets for Valentine's Day.  The "cupid shuffle" was a fun dance party!  Pattern hearts was a fun math activity we did!  "Turtle time" is always a relaxing time in music class, we also played bells.   For Valentine's Day, we read, Arthur's Valentine . It talked about having a secret admirer.  Ask me what that means. "N" is our letter this week. Following the patterns with connectors to make a picture is a good skill for multiple reasons. We had to find the right, shape, color and find the spot where it goes. Being frustrated can be hard so we brainstormed ways we can help our b...