What We Did This Week

Welcome to January!

january 21st 2025

Today, we learned that the multiplication symbol looks like an x! We continued grouping numbers today. We drew 6 circles (groups) on a sheet of paper. We then filled various amounts of circles (groups) with equal amounts of marbles. After placing equal amounts of marbles into a varying amount of circles, then adding all of the marbles together, we learned that two groups of two are four, four groups of two are eight, and six groups of two are twelve. Then we repeated our work again using other numbers. Counting is fun! Our younger Stars worked on their pen grip and coloring skills. The Spanish vocabulary word of the day was dedos- fingers.

january 22nd 2025

We continued our discussion of numbers by introducing money today! Today we earned a dollar by putting away our cushions. When it came to lunch time, we were then able to purchase our own meals. Our younger friends learned that one minus one equals zero and our older friends learned that five minus one equals four!. Additionally, we learned about the letter D! Our friends practiced this letter sound and came up with words like dolphin and doctor for the word wall. The Spanish vocabulary word of the day was barriga-belly.

january 23rd 2025

We continued our discussion of money by introducing coins today! We focused specifically on the penny. We learned that a penny has two sides.(heads/tails) Then, we touched on probability just a tad! We asked our friends that thought a coin would land on heads to go to the right side of the classroom and our friends that thought a coin would land on tails to go to the left side of the classroom. Then we flipped a coin! It landed on heads!!! We tried our experiment one more time, and it landed on tails. We learned that there is likely a 50% chance of landing on either because it had to land on one side or the other. Our Spanish vocabulary word of the day was piernas-legs.