Rocking in Kindergarten! It's been a great week with some beautiful weather, and the kids have enjoyed all of the time spent outside. I hope the nice weather sticks around for a while before it gets too cold and we have to bundle up in our coats.

The boys and girls have been busy each day and we have really focused on our alphabet-- specifically identifying each capital and lowercase letter. Now that we are more familiar with the letters, they are practicing writing their first names using lowercase, instead of all capitals. I am surprised at how quickly they catch on. They always impress me! We have also started reading small books with the sight words from our reading lessons. The sight words your child should know are: I AM THE LITTLE TO A. The kids are always excited when they recognize a word they recently learned and that excites me too.

In math, we practice counting and number identification daily. The kids pretty much have their basic shapes mastered, so we can move on to bigger and better things! Our pattern of the month is AB, and we have been practicing this since August. Patterns are a big deal in kindergarten and luckily these students have been doing great!

Next week we do a fun unit on apples. There will be a ton of taste-testing and the kids have already been asking when we get to eat all of the apple-flavored foods the parents have been sending. We will make a couple of apple pies at the start of next week and will also be trying apple sauce, apple cereal, apple jelly, and assorted fresh apples. This will all come together with stories about apple trees, apple foods, and Johnny Appleseed! So much to do in the next week and I can't wait. Thank you to each parent that sent in apple-related supplies. You all were VERY generous and kindergarten would not be near as much fun for your child without your support. THANK YOU!!!