New Activities!

I found out today that my class is going to start receiving time in the computer lab every day. We went there during our scheduled time, and each of the kids was working on a different game. It was neat to see their reactions to their successes (and frustrations) with their games! I'd really like to try and find some more computer games for them to play.

This month is Learn Spanish month, so each day I have been working with the kids on saying words in Spanish. For the most part, I've stuck to counting, colors, and months of the year. They're doing really well at picking up these words! I am excited about teaching them more Spanish words (as well as learning them myself!)

I also tried some neat projects that have gotten several compliments from other teachers. I took a coffee creamer can, cut a sheet of paper to fit it, then dumped some marbles in the can. Finally, I put some paint in the can, then put the lid on. I held the lid, and each kid got a chance to hold and shake the can. When we pulled the paper out, it had a neat design! Unfortunately, after the first one, there was paint on the inside of the can, which stuck to the back of the next paper. Oh well, I dried it on a paper towel, then decided to mount it on construction paper. Then it hid the paint on the back, plus it looked really cool! Hooray!