Glow Day!

Today the kids walked in to the best surprise ever!!

GLOW DAY!

Our classroom was lit with black lights and all of our learning was black 

light reactive today!  They started with a Glow Day coloring sheet that they got to color with neon crayons!

After their coloring sheet we did some literacy learning centers!  

Write the room was a lot of fun.  There were glowing words all over our classroom that they had to find and then write on their paper!

They also got to sound out and rainbow write some CVC words!

Another station was a fine motor activity where they got to paint using Q-tips!

We had a glowing sensory bin that had letters that could be used to make words!

They also used pony beads to make words, which works on fine motor, visual/spatial awareness and reading words!

We read the story Creepy Pair of Underwear which is a fun book to read, but is even more awesome in the black lights!  The kids got to make their very own pair of creepy underwear!  SO many giggles!

After lunch we did some math centers!  The kids had so much fun!

They rolled dice and colored the numbers. Some friends rolled one dice and worked on subitizing to 6 and some friends rolled two dice and practiced adding to 12.  

Students worked on fine motor skills by putting small rubber bands around popsicle sticks painted black!

They used playfoam to practice making numbers and counting!

Cup Stacking was a fan favorite today!  They were able to work together to get their towers SOOO high!

We ended the day with some free play/art time and VOLCANOES!

We had a special helper today... My mom!  

The kids had a great time today and I am so thankful that you all share your kiddos with me every day!

I look forward to many more fun learning days with your kiddo throughout the year!

October Fun!

 Today we celebrated Halloween in our classroom and I realized I haven't updated our class blog all year!  It is not that we haven't been having a blast learning new things.... that is exactly why!  We have been having so much fun learning and playing that it has completely slipped my mind!  

In October I have spent a lot of time focusing on building our stamina and our little hand muscles.  We have been getting tired easily when working.  I found some fun centers that work on building fine motor and visual/spatial awareness!

We have also done some arts and crafts in our classroom.  We did a directed drawing of a bat that will come home next week with your kiddo!  They worked so hard on them.  We also painted some pumpkins, those will stay hanging in our hallways for a little bit longer!

Today Clark School Celebrated Halloween.  The kids all looked GREAT!  They were very respectful and well behaved during the parade.  I was so proud of them.  That is a long walk for their little legs!

We did get some pictures before we got a little wet in the parade!

The Kindergarten Teachers dressed up like frosted animal crackers.

I didn't think that was too scary... until they started asking for them for a snack!

SHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!   ON MONDAY OUR CLASS WILL HAVE GLOW DAY!  Please do not tell your student.  It is such a fun surprise when they walk up to the classroom and see the awesome-ness that is glow day!  Your child should wear any clothes that would typically glow under a black light.  Usually the color white glows or any clothes that have a neon or glow in the dark.  If they come and they don't glow we will hook them up with some neon stickers and glow bracelets!