On Monday we had our first party celebrating the first 5 letters that we have extensively studied and hopefully mastered. We celebrated learning the M, P, D, S and A. It was an activity involving centers which is one of my students favorite things to do. I was lucky enough to have a couple moms join in the fun and help us out - thank you Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Christensen. I was also lucky to have my mom come out to help as well and she brought my daughter Addison who will be in kindergarten next year. She had a lot of fun doing the centers with the kids. I also had help from Mrs. Friddle. We had so much fun celebrating the letters that we've learned. At each center the students had a book read to them, they did a craft and had a snack all of which correlated with a letter than we had studied. I look forward to our next letter celebration party!
The Letter Mm:
making Marshmellow "M"s
snack: M&Ms
The Letter Aa:
craft: Alligators
snack: ants on a log
The Letter Pp:
craft: pyramids with sugar cubes
snack: popcorn
The Letter Dd:
craft: ducks
snack: donuts (sorry I guess I didn't get a picture of them eating their donuts)
The Letter Ss:
craft: snakes
snack: sugar cookies
Thanks to "No Time For Flashcards" blog for all of the great ideas for the letters. I did learn that I will need to incorporate a drink of some kind next time as well as try and make sure that all of the books are about the same length. Other than that it worked out great and I was very pleased with the result.
