Fintastic Fish Room

 Hand washing sequencing: We talked about and sequenced the appropriate way to wash our hands. We used sequencing words to put the details in order: 1. get soap 2. scrub our hands 3. rinse 4. dry our hands  GERM EXPERIMENT WITH NURSE SARAH: We put pretend germs on our hands and had to use good hand washing skills to get the germs off. Nurse Sarah talked about all the times we should wash our hands: after using the bathroom, before and after we eat, when petting animals, after touching money, etc ART: Chinese lanterns, fans, and collages to celebrate the lunar new year. SHOW-N-TELL: Ky brought a microphone and Taighan brought homemade earmuffs/headphones!  It's the last Friday of January!  Zingo! It was game day! We had to look and listen to be able to fill our Zingo cards. CENTERS WITH THE PUPPIES LETTER R  Acting out " Little Ride Riding Hood "  Recess time! Ice, bikes, & spinner fun! 

 This week we introduced "our body and germs". We brainstormed different parts of our body, how our bodies work, and what we need to stay healthy. We drew ourselves in a self portrait, reviewed Matman, and talked about what we do WITH the different parts of our bodies. QUESTION of the DAY: "What color are your eyes?" All the fish friends have brown eyes, except for Erin! Puzzles  Tracing and labeling our bodies to practice vocabulary. The puppy friends traced themselves also.  Matching shapes to the outline and rubber band games were fun!  We are learning about the letter R. We will write letter R, listen for the sound of letter R, and identify words that begin with letter R. Letter R on our magnet boards: Rain starts with "R" Place the dot on your_____ : in this activity, we had to listen for a body part and we had to place the sticker dot on that body part. MATH: Counting germs on hands. We placed the correct number of pom poms on the hand to match the n