Fostering the love of reading is an important aspect of early childhood education.  It is great to see how the friends love to read!  Although they can not read in the conventional sense, they are learning valuable pre-reading skills and concepts of print that lay a strong foundation for future reading success.

We went to the gym today! 

During small group time we documented our wondering about flowers and flower shops.

We took turns being the "hider" for tricky mouse.  

We also practiced discriminating the beginning sounds of words.  

Our friends had a hard time remembering to show God's love to each other today.  During Jesus time, we addressed this issue by drawing a picture of a heart to represent our heart.  I colored on the heart representing our mean words and bad choices.  We then said a prayer asking God to forgive our bad choices.  I erased all of the ugliness off of the heart and told the friends that is what Jesus does for us.  He forgives our sins!  We discussed how we can show God's love to each other.  This would be a good reminder for you to discuss with your children at home too.  :) 

Second free choice

The friends worked to make "puzzle city."  :) 

We noticed that one of the puzzle pieces was missing.  Isabella worked to write a poster to inform others that the piece was missing.  

Karissa made a pogo stick!  

During small group time the friends played tricky mouse independently.  They took turns being the hider.  :) 

With Mrs. Lipsey, the friends practiced discriminating the beginning sounds of words. 

With me, we were silly with words.  :)  We changed the beginning sounds of words and segmented words into smaller parts.  These phonemic awareness skills lay a strong foundation for future reading success!