Libby used paint markers and sidewalk chalk to practice her letters. She worked on her basement letters (q and y). Libby did a color-by-letter paper. I read Clifford books while she played with the puppet.

Talk about what a neighbor is. Talk about how to be a good neighbor. Show a video of the opening song for Mr. Rogers. Look at the pages in the textbook and talk about how they are good neighbors.

Libby and I reviewed her action words from last week.

As expected, with the break in time between classes, she was in need of a memory refresher.

We reviewed our key phrases like water, please and bathroom, please. We added the key phrase eat please.

We introduced how to say hello and how are you. Libby had animals from around her room (like hammy, violet, fuzzy, flamingo) say hello to each other and ask each other how they were doing.

Libby had some great questions during our lesson about how to say things like good evening and the like.

Libby practiced tracing letters in a tray of rice. She wrote "basement" letters (g, j, p) on lines with a house. We played Bingo looking for upper case letters. I read the Lorax while Libby held the stuffed Lorax. We watched the movie of the story.

Libby completed her interactive calendar. She reviewed what she learned about living and non-living things. She began a study of apples. She learned how they taste, feel, smell, look, and sound. She did an experiment to see if her apple would float.

To begin, Libby focused on writing the numbers 2 - 5 using proper technique and formation. Then, we worked on the concept of 1 less and 1 more using a number line to jump back or forward 1 jump. Today's lesson focused on the numbers 0 - 5. Libby traced and wrote the numbers, counted objects to tell how many, and determined numbers that came just before or after. She finished with a cut-and-paste activity on ordering the numbers 1 - 10.

Libby worked on making a shadow box for shadow puppetry. We also worked on improv and talked about what drama is.

This morning, Libby requested to play the game Popcorn again which began our lesson. Then, Libby worked on the number of the day. She practiced writing the number 3 in standard and word form, circled it on a number line, colored 3 base ten blocks, and wrote the 1 less and 1 more digit. Libby also used a hundreds chart to count to 100 and flashcards to match the numbers 0 - 5 to their word form. Finally, Libby finished with a cut-and-paste activity matching the digits 0 - 5 to groups of items which she then colored.

Talk about who is in our families and where they live. Look at a map to show different states they may be from. Find Utah, where Libby visits, and show her where my family lives in Connecticut. Show where we live now and how far it is to travel to each. Look up travel times to walk, bike, drive, and fly.

Libby completed her interactive calendar. She watched and discussed a video about Park Rangers. She completed several activities about living and non-living things.