Ducks, geese and songs

Friday was a great day.

In the morning we had show and tell.

Emily brought a spinning toy to show some illusions. This was a teachable moment missed as it would have been good to explain and show some since things about how the mind and brain works as well as how movies work, but the children were too excited about the illusions. I will try to teach it again, maybe through an art class soon.

Owen brought a dinosaur comic book. This was great as the children are interested in dinosaurs, so with the comic book we were able to reinforce some things they know about literacy.

Hayden brought a couple of toy cars and we tried to work out what type of cars they were, and this lead to some talk about car makes and the symbols they use.

During the day I had a chance to interact with one of our new students, Elijah. Although he doesn't write very much or very quickly, I found that by what we says that he can read and understand quite well.

Storytime was another fun affair today. The children loved the story My friend Rabbit which is understandable because it is a great story. It has a duck in the story, and Sean, testing his knowledge said that it was a goose. That lead us to asking the question, what is the difference between a duck and a goose. Some children took a guess at what the difference was. Nana suggested that geese are bigger with longer necks and legs. We don't have many resources in the classroom, however we where lucky that the dictionary provided the answer. Nana was right.

Singing time has also been very popular. All the children enjoy singing and dancing, but Johnny especially finds it funny. Hayden was singing songs all afternoon.

Remember, if you have any questions or suggestions, please let me or Teacher Jojo know,
Glen.