L&M

Lollipops & Mustaches, my friends!

It is close to the halfway mark in the school year, and we have been spending a lot of time reviewing with flashcards, practicing our letter sounds, and spelling our names!!

Each letter has a song, action,(this plays a big part in helping them remember what sounds each letter makes), and word to go with it...please encourage your child to sing to you and teach you what he/she knows! It is great practice for them:)
A...apple  Ex: "A" says...A, a, a, aaaapple (with the motion of taking a bite out of an apple)
B.....bible (bbbbbible with the motion of the children putting their hands together like a book)
C....cat
D....duck
E...elephant
F...fish
G...gorilla
H...house
I...itchy
J....jump
K....kangaroo

And new this month:
L....lollipop (with the motion of licking a lollipop)
M....mustache

I love to introduce our new letters with a "hands on" teaching aide when possible.
We made lollipops in the kitchen for the letter "L." The students arranged candies on a baking tray and then I stuck them in the oven and they melted together to form 'lollipops' while we read LLAMA, LLAMA RED PAJAMA. (Anna Dewdney) We added the sticks and let them cool for a special treat!
Here is Layden with his lollipop:

Who doesn't love a little MUSTACHE fun?!
These were sent home as a little reminder that "M" says 'mmmmmustache!'

(Thanks for posing, Decker!)

We also read "The Mitten"

and made these cute little mittens....The kiddos kept calling them gloves though, so hopefully they understood the correlation between our letter of the week and their 'gloves!' ha!