Learning the Routine

Written By Teddie Rappaport

Here is our weekly recap

  In Circle time we…..

  • Talked about the different ways we can stay safe at school. Here are a few examples we use every day:

    • Washing hands

    • Using a helping hand to walk up and down stairs

    • Listening to our teachers

    • Using the crosswalk in the parking lot

    • Having slow feet in the big room and hallways

      Once we listed ways to stay safe at school, we talked about the monthly fire drills at MWS and how they help us stay safe at school too(See more below in our what we read this week section).

  • Started jobs!

    • This week we had two jobs; Line leader and Plant helper.

    • ‘Should I get upset if I don't have a job at school today?’ Goodness no! Everyone gets a turn!

  • What does it look like to be a good listener?

    • Looking eyes, listening ears, quiet body, and mouth. 

    • How do we get ready to listen? Ms. Rappaport demonstrated popping in her looking eyes, cranking in her listening ears, and catching a bubble in her mouth or zipping lips

  • Practiced reading our weekly poem; Goodbye Summer!

What books did we read this week?

  • The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

  • Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin

  • MWS Fire Drill Social Story

    • I like to preview our drills using a social story; I will read it to the class several times throughout the year. Our social story explains what to expect during a fire drill at MWS; how sounds, what it looks like, and what to do.

    • Fire drills are conducted monthly and at random. Please feel free to review with your child

What songs did we sing?

Tommy Thumbs

Tommy Thumbs is up and Tommy Thumbs is down 

Tommy Thumbs is dancing all around town

He’s dancing on my shoulders

He’s dancing on my head

He’s dancing on my knees

Now quick, tuck him into bed!           ( Ask your child to show you the gestures to the song)

  • Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

What did we do for art?

  • We made kissing hands, blocks for our bulletin board, and Pete the Cat shoes

    • What materials did we use? Paint, glue, scissors, and stickers

    • We learned how to

      • Hold scissors and practiced cutting a straight line.

      • How to manipulate a brush in order to pick up and spread glue on the page

      • Gave our fine motor muscles a workout peeling off sticker backings to decorate our blocks

      • How to push down with our hands to spread paint across a ziploc bag covering the surface of our paper

What was in the Sensory table?

What was the fresh fruit or vegetable?

  • Carrots

And other fun happenings:

We got to meet friends in Mrs. Levine’s classroom . This week we played with them in the big room, playground, and had a

movement break together!

Conversation topics:

  1. What is the song we sing every morning in circle time?

Good morning____ 

Good morning____

Good morning____

I’m glad you came to school

2. What is the kissing hand? A reminder that Mom and Dad’s love is always with us; if we feel a little unsure at school we can look at the heart sticker on our name tags to feel their love(Ask to see their project).

3. What was your favorite snack? We had goldfish, crackers, and carrots this week

4. What did Pete the Cat step in to change his white shoes? Strawberries, Blueberries, and Mud. How did he change his shoes back

to white? Stepped in water

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