Analise and I reviewed "a" and spent time on "e". We read a book just about the letter "e", then read several books, finding and counting the "e's". We read "donde esta Spot?" and "Cuando soy"

I am so excited about Analise's progress today, she keeps amazing me! Firstly her handwriting has improved, her letter formation is so much better in the couple weeks she has been here! She is able to write her first and last name with just a little bit of help remembering how to spell her last name but no longer needs help forming the letters. She is so proud of herself, the look on her face when I tell her how amazing she's doing is priceless! :-)
We watched the Leap Frog Letter Factory ABC phonics video today to reinforce the letter sounds. She doing such a great job and is retaining everything I teach her!! This is a great video, you can purchase it or Google it and watch it online (the 35 minute version). She can sing the entire song with help!
We worked on letters Hh and Ii today and created letters for our alphabet book! We practiced writing the letters and brainstormed words that begin with those letters and drew them on the white board!
We played a game of memory, we put objects under paper cups and she had to lift them to find a match. This was a lot of fun!!
We also did a lesson on addition and subtraction using manipulatives, she understands both adding and subtracting and is able to complete problems using numbers up to 10!
Analise had another great day!

Today we began with the letter Gg! She practiced writing on the white board and drew pictures of things beginning with Gg! She loves being the teacher and writing on the white board! :-) We used a wipe off story board and while I read to her she circled all of the letter Gg's and circled all the pictures beginning with that letter!
She is doing a beautiful job counting to 100 without any issues! I'm so proud of her! We also began a lesson on less than and greater than! She loves coming up with the problems to solve!

Today was a busy day and Analise hung in there even with the time change! :-) Everyday she impresses me and is so much fun to teach because she is so excited to learn!
Today we read Too Many Cooks! The story is about a teenage girl and her two little brothers that work together to surprise their parents and make them soup. In the story they had to follow directions and try to triple the recipe. Analise was able to predict what would happen next and we used math counters to figure out how may of each items they would need! After we read we made our own story and pretend soup. She really enjoyed this!
We are also doing hands on play to identify opposites and sizes. She understand both concepts! :-)
We worked on her gross motor skills today making an obstacle course. She was bale to balance, hop on one foot and toss and catch a ball!
We also did a sequencing project and she was able to this with 100% accuracy! We did one on how to make a sandwich and how a plant grows!
Today was a great day!

Analise was very excited to start sewing. I explained how the sewing machine worked and also why we have to be very careful. Analise and I sewed a small pillows together. She was very excited to bring it home.

Today Analise and I began class by reading the story "Alexander The Acrobat". We discussed the how many "a" words this story contains. We then played a counting game in the Dojo with Morgan, involving hula hoops. We read the story "Skippy Skunk". This story focuses on the blend "sk". We finished class by playing with the parachute in the dojo with several of the other students! Great work today Analise!

Analise and I began our session by practicing how to write the letter G (upper case and lower case). Then, we read Clifford Growing Up. Afterward, we practiced writing on the dry-erase board. Analise wrote her name, my name, Morgan's name, and the letter G! We also used the computer keyboard to type the letters. Analise likes to play on the computer! We used a big sheet of colored paper to make a poster for the letter G. On the right side, we glued the page that she was writing on at the beginning on the session. On the left, we glued a picture of a girl that she colored. As a finishing touch, she wrote the letter G in upper and lower case on the top of the poster. It is a work of art! We took a short break after that and let out some energy in the dojo (playing with hula hoops, a parachute, and pilates ball. When we returned, we finished the day with a short clip on Leap Frog about the sounds that letters make.

What a great ending to a first full week! Analise is so smart and such a pleasure to work with! After our normal morning routine she practices writing her first and last name every day and her handwriting has already improved! Today we worked on letters Ee, Ff and Gg. We created pages for her alphabet book. For each letter she practices writing the letter, learns the letter sound and we think of words that begin with that letter. She is very proud of her work and has put a lot of thought and hard work into it! We are also learning a phonics alphabet letter sounds song! Today we also used the white board for our magnetic letters. She has to match the lowercase with the upper and then she draws a picture that begins with that letter. This is great practice and a lot of fun!
She is also counting to 100 perfectly without any hesitation. I'm so proud of her!!
She helped me make a chart to take a survey of which month has the most birthdays of all the people in our school. Her prediction is that October will have the most birthdays. We are still missing a few, but once our survey is complete we will make some different graphs to show our findings!
Analise did an excellent job today!

We read over our "Little Yoga" and "Sleepy Little Yoga" books today and practiced the poses, which included butterfly, rag doll, down dog, cobra, child and cat. We used our picture boards of poses and also did standing pose mountain/volcano. We did the row, row song with alligator pose, along with the song. During the last part of class, Analise practiced hula hooping, and balls.

Today we progressed from rote learning to reading finger numbers! Finding "middle C" takes practice and we're remembering that the black keys are in groups of two's and three's. When we find this pattern, finding "middle C" is a snap! We compared quarter notes and half notes (one beat long vs. two beats long). We clapped rhythms with both of these kinds of notes and then played those rhythms on the piano. Remembering finger numbers will take time as it's counterintuitive for the hands to be opposites of one another. Thumbs are number 1! She is eager to learn and such a sweet student!