Mr. M's Mighty Kindergarten M&M's

For reading it was What Has This Tail?  In group I read the Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham.  We followed that up with making green eggs and ham.  Most everyone tried them, but not all.  I pointed out (and they knew) that the book was about trying things, and not just saying you don't like something.

For a craft we did some coloring and then the kids brain stormed some of the lines in the book.  "I would not eat them on a train".   I displayed their work on out outside B-Board.  For story time I read  One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.  In science we again talked about fish care and made predictions on how the fish would react to placing a fish tunnel (plastic cup with holes cut in two sides).  So far both the guppy group and the goldfish group want no part of it.  We will see if they lose their apparent fear.
In math I went old school working just on the white board with challenging addition math problems done in the conventional way.  Each child had a choice of a "hard" math problem or a "challenge" problem.  I also added to our Math Challenge self-paced enrichment, a packet of progressively more difficult math problems appropriate for kindergarten and early 1st grade for those who want to take the challenge.  Please spend some time helping them and encouraging them.  Math is one of those subjects  that kids, and adults, either love or really avoid doing.  Now is the time to turn them on to it.  Kids were with Miss Amy today for music.  I could hear the tribal sounds of drums as I approached the room to pick them up.  We wound up the day with some kids deep into the math challenge and others watching The Cat In the Hat.

Mr.  M