10
Jan
Daily Question: Have you ever seen a moose? (Eli has! Several of the students knew what a moose was).
Toys: Spaghetti Doll Village, Lace-ups, Puzzles, and Play Market with toy money and play foods.
Snacks: (Whole grain) Goldfish crackers, fruit snacks, and Chocolate Chip
muffins, and milk.
Math: Money Exploration
We (briefly) explored play coins and money. We talked about pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, as well as, $1, $5,$10, and $20 bills. Parents, please review with your child cash and money sense.
To Market, To Market: Students had fun putting on a play Market (Greg's Grocery Store). We had store clerks, shoppers, and food stockers. We also reviewed healthy "munchies" put in Seth and Aaron's baskets.
Songs: Do you know the Muffin Man?
Making Muffins: We had fun read directions, adding ingredients, and baking muffins to eat while we listened to a story and song about a boy, a moose, and muffins.
M the Moose Activity: M the Moose tells his mother he can eat up all the meatballs "m-m-m." Students say the "m" sound while patting their tummies. Students color the moose and the strip of healthy munchies beginning with the letter m.
We discussed healthy foods that begin with Mm:
macaroni, meat, milk, muffins, meatballs, marshmallows
(not so healthy!), and munchies.
Other M words we talked about together: moose, market, "munchie" mom, mother, month, mouse, mice, money, mitten, and M&Ms.
Show N' Teach: Mm Hugh brought in his Woolly Mammoth toy to show us.
Show N' Teach: Mm Hugh brought in his Woolly Mammoth toy to show us.
We had fun reading If You Give a Moose a
Muffin about a moose who wanted a muffin, we listened and danced to a Moose and Muffin song,
and talked about Pete's a Pizza (a
bored boy can't go out to play ball in the rain and so his creative parents
pretend to prepare him as a pizza).
More M or Healthy Snack Books: A Bad Case of Stripes If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff, Ill. by Felicia Bond If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff, Ill. by Felecia Bond Jack Sprat (Nursery Rhyme) Pete's A Pizza by William Steig More Spaghetti I Say! by Rita Golden Gelman, Ill. by Mort Gerberg
More M or Healthy Snack Books: A Bad Case of Stripes If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff, Ill. by Felicia Bond If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff, Ill. by Felecia Bond Jack Sprat (Nursery Rhyme) Pete's A Pizza by William Steig More Spaghetti I Say! by Rita Golden Gelman, Ill. by Mort Gerberg