Lipstick

Before we entered our classroom for the morning I let the children get a drink.
Ok C get a drink
Ok B get a drink
Up next A, go get a drink Hun
She just stood there staring at that shiny fountain
"A get a drink!"
Still stood there
"A hurry up, your friends are waiting"
"I can't!" Came the reply
"Yes you can. Just push the button and get a drink!"
"I can't" she replied as she turned around to face me
"I'm wearing lipstick!"

Oh the life of a 4 year old

Count the Bears

As part of getting our children ready for kindergarten we have  started our first round of tests. Simple questions like what color is this, what letter is this, what number is this, etc.

Do you remember playing with plastic counters as a child? Those colorful plastic figurines that helped you add 1 + 1

We have some of those and as part of the test we asked our children to count how many bears we had

"Count the Bears
"
"1,2,3,4,5,6"
Looking down  and seeing 7 Bears was not promising
Count the Bears again please
"1,2,3,4,5,6" again skipping over the same bear
Honey, count the Bears, I said pointing to each one
As I moved my finger to each bear she counted
1,2,3,4,pause "That one is a cat!" 5,6

Next time I will be sure to use all the same Bears so they won't be mistaken for cats

The Letter F

Friday morning had arrived. 

As usual I was sitting down with my class doing group time. 

We talked about the weather, 

we talked about what letter we were talking about this week (the letter F),

then we  talked about the days of the week. 

I asked my helper to tell me what day it was. (Friday)

She repeated back to me "FRIDAY!"

Then came the excited chattering "Friday starts with the letter F!" 

YES! (this is one of those moments when you feel like a successful teacher)

Then. . . 

"Just like FURSDAY!!!"

About 3/4 of the class nodded their heads enthusiastically 

 "Fursday starts with the letter F!" they all joined in. 

I couldn't help but laugh. 

Then we had a long lesson about the difference between TH and F