The First 2 Weeks

Ok, today during math groups it finally felt like we are getting into the grove of things.  As I have stated before, I dislike the first days of school.  However, I love the fact that the routines come fairly easy and the kiddos learn it so quickly!

We have worked very hard on our color books.  We got them sent home on Friday.  It is a great way to introduce many different skills and color recognition within the first days of Kinder.  You can download My Book of Colors here.  Go ahead, it's free!

Here is what the color copy looks like.  I print this off to use as a book during our choice reading.  It's awesome to see the kids go back and read it.

This takes a while.  However, the kids really do like it and it is a great way to solidify those color skills.

Another beginning of the year must is Pete the Cat.  I LOVE Pete the Cat.  The yellow papers show a craft where the students had to assemble Pete, put shoes on him, and cut apart the sentence strip to show what shoes they love.  The original idea is posted here.

Mat Man is another beginning of the year staple in Kinder.  We make journals with our drawings of all of our friends.  With Mat Man, we watch this video that goes over the different parts of the body.  This is a great way to show how to build a person.  Then, I broke the kids into small groups to build Mat Man as we listened to the song.  

They did so awesome!  This week we are gearing up for our apple unit.  Stay tuned for more fun!