Alexandra and I started out by revisiting one of the dinosaur books that we read together before to help her settle into our session: How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?

We used manipulatives like clay to make basic shapes.

We then discussed some words in Spanish. They included Vela, Flor, Lapida, and Esqueleto.

The words are all tied to the Mexican celebration of Day of the Dead, though we only discussed that in passing today.

We used the clay to make a flower and a candle. Alexandra pointed to some of the pictures of the vocabulary words as I would say them in Spanish.

We then moved to lunch. Alexandra ate in the cafeteria. She got her water bottle from the preschool room at this time.

During the school recess time, one of the other students and her discussed dinosaurs.

She then went outside. We kicked a soccer ball back and forth.

We came inside and read a book about dinosaurs that compares them to modern animals with similar traits. We discussed their similarities.

We listened to a song in Spanish: Duerme Ya and Alexandra was offered an opportunity to take a nap at this point. She did not quite get comfortable enough to nap at this time.

Alexandra and I then looked at the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. She seemed to enjoy the book. We discussed why the mouse would want the different items that it was requesting. Alexandra seemed to appreciate the circular nature of the book. When we got to the end where the mouse wants milk and cookies again she laughed.

We counted the number of items that mouse requested in the book.

We drew a picture of the mouse and the cookie.

Alexandra finally seemed sleepy enough to rest.