my neighborhood!

We learned about our neighborhoods today. We talked about the city they live in and all the things that make a city, a hospital, a library, a grocery store, houses, roads. then we made a book about our city.

we worked on our math, colors, cooperation and fine motor skills and sorted beans from a large bowl into piles of correct colors. they had so much fun and i don't think i have seen them more concentrated on something! it was great to see them work at it.

I sent homework home in their backpacks. as i said before, have them bring it back when they are ready. I will send home a new worksheet every week.

The pumpkin patch field trip is next Monday the 17th. please let me know if you are able to come, if you haven't already. it is $4.00 per child (any child) and $2.00 per every adult coming. make sure to get the money to me before the field trip as they will only take one payment on the day of the field trip. and that way i know who is coming.

and lastly, don't forget that Wednesday is show and tell!

-Hanah

Earth!

Today we started our unit on Our Big World! We started out by learning about the planets and will end up all the way to our houses and our families. It should be a fun month!

We learned about our planet today. They told me things they already knew about Earth like why it's green and blue. and then learned new things. They had a ton of questions and it was so fun to help answer them. Some of the things we talked about were: if the sun goes down where we live does it stay "sunny" or does it go to sleep too? why does the earth not fall out of the sky? (this sparked a great conversation about gravity. we had fun experimenting if things would respond to gravity or not. and of course jumping up and down to see that we will just fall right back down because of gravity! who doesn't love to jump?!) is the earth bigger or smaller than the sun? what about the moon? Then we talked about how there are many other planets out there, and how you wouldn't want to live on them! But how they are so different from our planet.

We talked and talked and had so much fun learning. Then we practiced our scissor skills with our project. We made our very own 'Earths". they had a ball just cutting away at the paper. (And no one cut themselves! Always makes for a great day! Yeah!) we talked about land and water and where we live and how there are a ton of people who live on earth and where they could live.

We got the globe out and they all had a chance to look at it and try to find land or water. (everyone was very curious about where Santa lives... they must be excited for Christmas!)

***We are going to the Pumpkin Patch on Thursday! We are so excited! Black Island farms is located at 3178 S. 3000 W, Syracuse, UT 84075. Field trip starts at 9:30 and we are going on a hay ride to begin with so don't be late! The cost is $4.00 per child (any child, siblings included, that is coming and will be getting a pumpkin.) and $2.00 per adult. I need a count by Wednesday of who is coming and how many kids you are bringing with you. They only accept one payment for the whole group so all money needs to be paid to me before the field trip. i will email out more details, but it is super fun! one of my favorite field trips of the year! lots for the kids to do. send me an email or a text saying if you are coming and how many kiddos you are bringing with you. ***

 if you have any questions please let me know!!

-hanah


EDIT!! Field trip has been moved to MONDAY THE 17TH!! apparently it is supposed to rain buckets on Thursday, so it was canceled (yes they called 2 seconds after i posted here) but I snagged a spot on MONDAY THE 10TH! same instructions, same time, just new date. :)

Our Mouths

Today we learned about our mouths and the many things they do for us! We worked on our hand eye coordination with scissor cutting. They had fun, made a huge mess. that's when you know they are having fun though. I let them cut and try for a while then helped them all finish cutting their foods out. Then we talked about what we put into our bodies and what we should not. Then we got to feed our "mouths" with all the food they worked hard on cutting out. we also had show and tell, since it is Wednesday. They had fun today!

**don't forget that tomorrow is the Aerospace museum field trip! Meet in the lobby inside the field trip will start at 9:30. (it's located just east of the freeway right off the Roy exit) hope to see your little ones and you there!