Morning circle was all about sounds! We spent some time talking about all 26 letters of the alphabet and the sounds that they make. We played around with some beginning sounds and watched some really fun songs with letter sounds!
Our book today was Over In The Jungle, A Rainforest Rhyme by Marianne Berkes. This book that is very similar to "Over In The Meadow" describes all the noises and movements of the rainforest. There are monkeys that hoot, ocelots that pounce, parrots that squawk, and boas that squeeze. And at the end.....a long two page picture where the animals are all hiding in the jungle. What fun to find and count each one!
Our language activity today was a conclusion to our week about Foods of the Jungle. We made a chart about where we get foods in the jungle. Bananas grow in bunches on trees. Coconuts grow on trees too. Honey comes from honeycomb in the beehive. Berries grow on bushes. We contrasted some of these foods with what we know about the foods that we usually eat....like pumpkins, which the kids know grow on vines, and carrots, which grow underground.
For art we did a following directions activity to color a coconut tree. The kids had to use a key on the paper, find the shapes, and color them the correct color. They all worked so hard and did a great job with very little adult redirection.
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