Ducks, Elephant, Octopus

On Monday we played for the first time "ABC Bingo." We will be playing this game a lot throughout the year, it is a great way for the kids to learn and recognize their letters. The kids had a really fun time looking for the different letters that I called out. However, we are still working on the whole concept of the game (4 in a row and you win...) so we ended up filling in the whole board. :) Some of the kids were so giddy as they became closer and closer to winning. It was really cute.

To go along with the worksheet that we did on Monday, we read a book and sang a song about "5 Little Ducks." Some of the kids already knew it, so that was fun. I would rather them sing with me than me doing a solo. :)

Okay, I have been waiting and waiting for the letter E so we could sing "The Elephant song." I am pretty sure that the kids enjoyed it as much as me. It is a really silly song about the different things that animals do.
We also had our first "flour handwriting" activity. The kids enjoyed writing letters in the flour. They also had fun drawing different pictures including a car, a boat and a happy face.

Friday was our "Octopus" Day. We learned a little bit about them and the kids each made a hand print octopus to take home. The kids even got to eat a pretend octopus. While a few of the kids were a little grossed out by the way that the hot dogs looked, the rest seemed to think it was pretty silly and had no problem gobbling them up. :)

Boden decided that he would go for the head first...

Once again, a few kids were able to pick something out of the treasure box today. Here is Thomas picking something out.