What a short but busy week it has been! The kids are adjusting and getting the hang of the routine in the classroom and it is great to see them working well together in this new environment. We introduced two new RBLM stations, worked on our computer programs, started our Handwriting Practice, tried some new Multi-Sensory Stations, saw a Lion Dance, did a science experiment, had Fun Thursday, and had some Valentine’s treats! Whew! 🙂
We added Station 4 and 5 to the RBLM Stations, and it is the “Tub Train” and “Swim and Dry”! The Tub Train develops our understanding of our muscles and joints and the “heavy work” they do to support our body. The Swim and Dry is full body tactile stimulation that increases our upper arm and shoulder strength while coordinating with our legs and knees. We always start with the Superman and the Popcorn though to warm up and wake up our bodies!
Fly, superkids! 
Curling up into a kernel 
of popcorn! 
The tub is weighed down with heavy books and weights. 
Good job for keeping those knees off the ground! 
Staying on the line! 
Tubba-Tubba Choo Choo! 
Swimming! 
Drying! 
Keep it up! 
Looks like you’re having a good time! 🙂 
That’s good, check your form! 
Well done! 
Almost there! 
Made it! 
Just keep swimming! 
Thank you for helping with tidying up! 🙂
The kids are great at transitioning from one activity to the next and are ready to go soon after coming in from the bus, after recess and lunch. That has helped them have more time to spend on handwriting, math, and stations such as writing in sand, or using scrabble tiles to spell our vocabulary words.
Proper formation of the letters helps us think better. 
Doing some simple addition for our Valentine’s Day packet! 
The cubes help when we don’t have enough fingers to count it all out! 
Multi-sensory Stations! Beading the words. 
Writing the words in sand. 
Finding scrabble tiles to spell the word. 
Doing a little math too to see how many points a word is worth! 
Spelling it out with magnetic letters! 
Reading Stations! Memory Match for rhyming words. 
Sight Word Books 
Roll & Read 
Working on our phonics programs 
On Wednesday, we got to see a Lion Dance in the gym! It was exciting and we all tried to see if we could get a piece of the lettuce as it is considered lucky to get some! 🙂
We ended the week with a little science experiment using candy hearts! We had three cups of different liquids and put some hearts in each to see what would happen. We had a cup of water, a cup of soda, and a cup of vinegar. The kids made predictions (a new word we learned!) and helped put in the candy hearts. Then they recorded what happened. We checked in with the hearts at the end of the day to observe any changes. There was also some taste-testing of the candy hearts! 🙂
We capped off the day with some relaxing puzzle time and a Valentine’s Day story!
UPCOMING DATES:
- No school Monday February 17th – Family Day
- Star of the Week starts next week! Please check our the schedule on the Extra Extra! page. When it is your child’s turn to be Star of the Week, she/he can bring in something for Show & Tell on Friday.
Please sign up for a goal-setting conference coming up on Wednesday March 4th and Thursday March 5th afternoon. Click on the button below to head over to the sign-up page. They are 15 minutes each, and can be an in-person or phone conference. *Please note, those are also EARLY DISMISSAL days; the day ends at 2:00pm and the buses will be dropping them off earlier than usual. Please make sure you arrange for someone to pick up your child.
Take care and take it easy!
Teaching TEIR-rific Kids! 