Chicka Chicka Boom Boom week!

Well, I think the app test is only going to be good for text updates - I have been trying to upload a picture all weekend, and it just isn't working :/ So, I'll start fresh! 

The first week (well, 3 days for the kiddos) was a success! We really enjoyed some Pinterest-inspired crafts and listening to the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom song on YouTube. We are learning to read our classmates' names and have gotten to check out all of the new activities that I ordered over the summer. I think the musical instruments and color-sorters are going to be the favorites this year! Pictures to come soon! For next week, I'm planning some really fun Letter A and Apple theme lessons and crafts, plus we'll jump into our first Signing Time lessons of the year - Our Classroom and My Backpack! 

Some of the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom activities from this week:

1. Class Book (We're all already authors!! Lots more class books to come - these are always my favorites!)
2. Happy Helpers Job Tree
3. Name Trees (the students built these based on the number of letters in their names and I built the job tree at the same time - it has 6 leaves for "Amanda" - and was their model!)
4. Paper towel roll palm tree crafts - lots of fine motor practice tearing the paper leaves, sticking them into the roll, and sticking stickers onto the roll too!