Spring is in the Air

We have been learning about spring these past two weeks. We sing Rise and Shine, See, See, See and Garden in Spring every morning. Listen to us singing Rise and Shine! Press the play button.

We painted spring pictures using cotton buds. One group painted daffodils, another group painted spring trees, the next group painted chicks in a nest, another group painted tulips and the last group painted chicks in an egg.

Here they are on display outside our classroom. Don't they look terrific? See how we used our paintings from last week to back our spring paintings.

One day we investigated buds on branches. The leaves grow from the buds on the trees.

We also had a good look at a bird's nest. Ms Kelly found one in her garden long after the bird family had left. We would never touch a nest when a family is living there!

We can say a rhyme about a nest.

I have made a pretty nest

Look inside, look inside

Hungry birdies with their beaks,

Open wide, open wide

See the little birdies grow

Day by day, day by day

Until they spread their little wings

And then they fly away.

The nest was made of twigs, grass, moss and even feathers to keep the nest cosy for the baby birds. Baby birds are called chicks. We sequenced the baby birds hatching from their eggs and waiting for food.

Dominoes

We learned to play a new game called dominoes. The dominoes had spring pictures such as a lamb, a chick, a duckling, frogspawn, tadpoles, daffodils and tree blossom. Have a look at us playing. We were very good at waiting for our turn.

Writing

We learned to write the letter k this week.

You start at the top and go straight down, down, down to the line, you go back up to the middle, give him a belly, give him a leg and give him a kick.

Number 3

We learned the song Three Blind Mice.

We are learning to write the number three. We say this rhyme.

Number 3 go right around

What will it be?

Go round again to make a 3.

Click on the picture to listen to the Story of 3.

Maths Games

We are getting so good at our maths games.

Mosaic Pegs

Links

Hexisnaps

Phonics

We know a lot of letters and sounds now. We played Phonic Fighter this week. We have to click the picture that starts with the sound of the letter shown on the spaceship. Click on the picture to play the game.

Bear Hugs

We played two games this week. On Thursday we played Musical Chairs. In this game there is one winner and lots of boys and girls are put out of the game. Everytime someone was put out of the game teacher laughed and said "Ha, ha!" It wasn't very nice. We didn't feel good about it. Afterwards teacher told us that some games make people feel left out. It made us think about games we play in the yard. We don't want anyone to feel left out.

Here are the boys and girls that were out. They aren't very happy because they can't play.

On Friday we played Bear Hugs. In this game everyone works together and no-one is ever put out of the game. Teacher called a number and we had to try make groups of that number. Look at us playing!

We liked Bear Hugs better because everyone got to play all the time. No-one was left out. It is a happy game!