5 Senses, Colors, Shapes, and Themes

Wow, the class so far has been a blast! The month of September is flying by and we are packing in all the learning we can. So far we've covered three of the five senses: eyes that see, ears that hear, and nose that smells. We were able to use our eyes to look around the room and identify the color and shape focuses so far (red, green, circle, triangle). With our ears, we listened to various sounds and tried to identify them, and then praised God with instruments. The classroom was pretty loud that day! This week, with our nose, we were able to smell various scents and guess what they might be. We also played with pumpking pie scented playdough. Just when you thought the messy molding material couldn't get any more fantastic, we added scent! I think they enjoyed it.

Each week, I try to find a fun song or art project we can complete that fits a theme for the day. Two songs the kids really loved are posted below, so you can sing along at home:

Two Red Apples (sung to "This Old Man")
Way up high, in a tree (hold hands over head like a tree)
Two red apples smiled at me (point to cheeks and grin)
So I shook that tree as har-r-d as I could (shake the tree)
Down came the apples (make an eating sound)
Yum! They were good! (pat stomach)

Autumn Leaves (sung to "London Bridge")
Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down.
Autumn leaves are falling down, welcome autumn.
Sweep the leaves and put them here, put them here, put them here.
Sweep the leaves and put them here, welcome autumn.
Jump right in and have some fun, have some fun, have some fun.
Jump right in and have some fun, welcome autumn.

I hope you enjoy!

-Mrs. Marisha