October 22, 2009
Today we talked about fish. We talked about different kinds of fish, where they live, what they eat, how they breathe, and how they swim. It was a very active day.
Once again we started out playing with play-do. During circle time we talked about the letter "F" and different words that start with "F". We also practiced writing the letter "F". We sang "Five little fish". The boys really liked that one because it was about 5 fish that tease Mr Shark and then Mr Shark chomps them. We all pretended to be fish. Here we are swimming like fish. And then we made fish faces. Sorry there is no sound on the video. In all honesty, it's probably better than way!
After pretending to be fish, we ate some fish. We did fish "subtraction" I gave the boys fish and asked them to count them. Then I would ask, "How many fish are left if you eat 2?" They all ate fish and then counted them again.
Then we sorted them according to color and made different lines and patterns.
After our much needed snack, we came back to the living room to read a book. We read The Rainbow Fish
. It's a cute book about a beautiful fish with colorful and sparkly scales. The fish was very proud of his scales and wouldn't share them when asked. Then all the other fish wouldn't play with him because he was mean and wouldn't share. The wise octopus told him to share and it would make him happy. In the end, he shared his shiny scales with the other fish and they were all friends.
Then we made our own rainbow fish. We practiced cutting pieces of tissue paper, and glued them onto our fish. The boys chose where they wanted the sparkly scale and where to glue their google eyeball.
Our rainbow fish!
Jack pulling in his fish.
Thomas got a fish. 
Truman is happy that he caught a fish.
Berkley caught one too!
Sometimes I think the boys prefer paying with each other rather than listening to me talk about fish. The Foosball table is a big hit at our house.
We missed you David. Hope you feel better!
Today we talked about fish. We talked about different kinds of fish, where they live, what they eat, how they breathe, and how they swim. It was a very active day.
Once again we started out playing with play-do. During circle time we talked about the letter "F" and different words that start with "F". We also practiced writing the letter "F". We sang "Five little fish". The boys really liked that one because it was about 5 fish that tease Mr Shark and then Mr Shark chomps them. We all pretended to be fish. Here we are swimming like fish. And then we made fish faces. Sorry there is no sound on the video. In all honesty, it's probably better than way!
After pretending to be fish, we ate some fish. We did fish "subtraction" I gave the boys fish and asked them to count them. Then I would ask, "How many fish are left if you eat 2?" They all ate fish and then counted them again.
Then we sorted them according to color and made different lines and patterns.After our much needed snack, we came back to the living room to read a book. We read The Rainbow Fish. It's a cute book about a beautiful fish with colorful and sparkly scales. The fish was very proud of his scales and wouldn't share them when asked. Then all the other fish wouldn't play with him because he was mean and wouldn't share. The wise octopus told him to share and it would make him happy. In the end, he shared his shiny scales with the other fish and they were all friends.Then we made our own rainbow fish. We practiced cutting pieces of tissue paper, and glued them onto our fish. The boys chose where they wanted the sparkly scale and where to glue their google eyeball. Our rainbow fish!
Then we played a game called "Share-fish and Sel-fish" We went fishing and each fish had a scenario on its back of either being selfish or sharing. The boys had to tell me which was which. (This is actually a FHE lesson I got a while ago, so if anyone is interested in it, let me know and I'll share it with you) Here are the boys pulling out their "fish"
Allen got a fish.
Seth caught a fish.
Jack pulling in his fish.Thomas got a fish. Truman is happy that he caught a fish.Berkley caught one too!
After fishing, the boys played downstairs while I cleaned up the tissue paper mess. During lunch things got a little silly. The boys were putting their lunch boxes over their heads. They thought it was pretty funny. I had to put an end to that activity however, when one of the boys decided to put his plastic grocery bag over his head. Oh well. Better safe than sorry.
Sometimes I think the boys prefer paying with each other rather than listening to me talk about fish. The Foosball table is a big hit at our house.
We missed you David. Hope you feel better!
1 comment:
What a great set of activities! I like the math with the goldfish...I might steal that to do with pumpkin seeds too. =)
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