"F" week for the G-rated set
Each week or thereabouts, Isaac's preschool teachers pick a letter of the alphabet (not necessarily in order) to guide their classroom goings-on. They make a big deal out of the written letters, dedicating a small art project each week to the symbols themselves, where the teachers draw a line of glue atop a capital letter and a lower-case letter, and then the kids arrange letter-appropriate items on the glue. For example, "P" week was in October, just in time for the appearance of Halloween pumpkins.
Apparently Miss Susie and Miss Barbara are also trying to push a little phonics down the little people's throats. During "P" week Isaac came home with a mysterious chant of "P! Purple! PUH!" that I didn't understand until "L" week rolled around and we were presented with another enthusiastic chant of "L! Leaf! LLLLLLllllll."
This week is "F" week. Lots of our "f"avorite words "f"all under its jurisdiction! And then there are other words, like "f"eathers,
and "f"all,
and, just in time for Thanksgiving, "f"amily and "f"ood. To celebrate the holiday, and the letter "F", their class is putting on a "f"east, AKA preschooler-prepared snack buffet, to share with the parents and siblings on Tuesday after class. How "f"un!
Today the teachers began prepping the kids for the upcoming holiday, in part, by going around the circle-time circle and asking each what he or she was thankful for. Miss Susie wrote all their responses down on a big "f"estive turkey to hang up on the wall.
She also gave me a "f"irst-hand account of what went down in the circle. Some kids said "dinosaurs" or "trains" or "bedtime stories". When asked what he was thankful for, Isaac said "my little brother." However, Miss Susie and Miss Barbara were looking for variety, and since another kid had already been thankful for brothers, they prompted Isaac to think of another thing he could be thankful for. Without a second's hesitation, he said, "Crayons!" And truly, where would we be without those?
Apparently Miss Susie and Miss Barbara are also trying to push a little phonics down the little people's throats. During "P" week Isaac came home with a mysterious chant of "P! Purple! PUH!" that I didn't understand until "L" week rolled around and we were presented with another enthusiastic chant of "L! Leaf! LLLLLLllllll."
This week is "F" week. Lots of our "f"avorite words "f"all under its jurisdiction! And then there are other words, like "f"eathers,
and "f"all,
and, just in time for Thanksgiving, "f"amily and "f"ood. To celebrate the holiday, and the letter "F", their class is putting on a "f"east, AKA preschooler-prepared snack buffet, to share with the parents and siblings on Tuesday after class. How "f"un!
Today the teachers began prepping the kids for the upcoming holiday, in part, by going around the circle-time circle and asking each what he or she was thankful for. Miss Susie wrote all their responses down on a big "f"estive turkey to hang up on the wall.
She also gave me a "f"irst-hand account of what went down in the circle. Some kids said "dinosaurs" or "trains" or "bedtime stories". When asked what he was thankful for, Isaac said "my little brother." However, Miss Susie and Miss Barbara were looking for variety, and since another kid had already been thankful for brothers, they prompted Isaac to think of another thing he could be thankful for. Without a second's hesitation, he said, "Crayons!" And truly, where would we be without those?
posted by Claire at 9:52 PM
2 Comments:
very cute...
i love how you can't even tell those are the letter 'F' because the feathers are soo big.
that is f'antastic! my mom does the same thing with her k-care kids. she was telling chris and i they don't go in alpha order so that the kids can begin to spell and read words. So they'll do "L", then "O", then "G"...then the kids talk "LOG" :)
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