Primary Colors week!

This week we focused on the primary colors: red, yellow, and blue, reviewed the letter A and learned about the letter B.  We had a lot of fun learning about these things through song, crafts, and some fun centers.  Unfortunately, we had so much fun and kept so busy that I wasn't able to get many pictures this week (especially with one class having a holiday). 
Some of the fun things we did for the letter B were making a blue octopus with our handprints, making bumpy B's with sandpaper rubbings, and playing "B" ball where we shot baskets and shouted out words that start with B.  We also learned a fun bee song to go along with our letter B.  Ask your children to sing it to you.  Here are the words if you'd like to remind them and sing along:

Here is the Beehive

Here is the beehive. Where are the bees?
(hold up fist)
Hidden away where nobody sees.
(move other hand around fist)

Watch and you’ll see them come out to play.
(bend head close to fist)

One, two, three, four, five.
(hold fingers up one at a time)

Bzzzzzzzz… and they all fly away!
(wave fingers)

We learned a fun song to remember our primary colors, along with making (pretend) ice cream cones with a scoop of each color to eat. 
Your children continue to amaze me.  We recite the pledge of allegiance each day and they are picking it up fast.  (quiz them on how many stars the flag has, and why).  They are doing great during circle time.  It is my favorite time with them!

We used our primary colors to sort and pattern.

The kids did a great job practicing their letters while learning their colors!

And, we topped off the week with a button relay where the kids hopped, jumped, ran, and swirled to the other end of the room to empty their handful of buttons into the corresponding containers.