Presidents, Groundhogs, and Circus preparation

This week we introduced the concept of "Presidents" as the leaders of "America." Thanks to family and friends all over the country, we alreadthis was a little more difficult to y have an early understanding of places outside of Manhattan that make up America. We also know about George Washington, the first president visible on the quarter and the dollar, and Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president visible on the penny and the five. See if they can remember "Obama"...that was a little trickier to remember. We also did these activities:

Math Centers:

• sorting coins and completing coin rubbings
• assessment of patterns and colors
• practice one-to-one correspondence playing a "Cross the Red Sea" game
• measure "how tall is Lincoln's hat" using pennies
• practice skip counting by 5s

Lit Centers:

• reading loft
• assess pencil grip, name writing, and personal info
• build sight words
• stamp ABCs in order
• make carousel horses to decorate for our circus

Other Activities:

• American Flag Windsock
• play "Follow the Leader"
• Moses parting the Red Sea craft
• Read sections of Don't know much about the Presidents
• "planted" groundhogs and checked to see if they saw a shadow
• graphed our groundhog shadow results
• played "Groundhog, Groundhog, Shadow"

And finally, pictures!

Connor and Isabelle work on their carousel horses

Lauren assembles sight words

Charleigh stamps ABCs

Our reading loft is comfy cozy

Following the Leader....skipping time!

Follow the Leader....crawling!

Micah examines the materials he could use for his horse

Keaton gets more ink for her stamp

Ayla and Peyton check out our turtles

What will our leader do?

more crawling!

Cade avoids the bush after sticking his groundhog by it

Kaylee pushes her groundhog into the dirt

Kacie pushes hard

Isabelle motions during chapel

a row of singing friends

Connor "Moses" leads his people out of Egypt

Jade adds water to make the Red Sea

We all find a place for our groundhogs

Cameron sticks his between two friends'

How many pennies tall are Mr. Lincoln's hats?

Nicholas and Eric discover the next number in their counting sequence

Ayla and Lydia giggle over their chapel time song

Cameron is ready to pray

Brynn shows off her strength during "Jesus Loves Me"

Mean Pharaoh Eric told Moses NO seven times before letting the people go 

Our afternoon class works on Moses and the Red Sea