Dinosaurs
September 26-30, 2016
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Missing lids
This week the Dinosaurs used their logistical reasoning skills as they played a game where they
worked to match several different containers with their correct lids! Stella demonstrated a great
deal of persistence as she worked to match the two items. The teachers found it interesting that
Stella observed the lids separately and then divided them into a “big group” and a “small group”
based on their size. She then examined the openings of the containers to see which pile of lids
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she should try to find the correct lid within. She was so proud of herself once she had
accomplished this challenging task and even encouraged other Dinosaurs to play!
Does this person work at our school?
This week we challenged the children to use their observational thinking skills ,as well as their
memories, to figure out which of the two pictures the teachers had posted on a large piece of
paper, was someone who worked at our school! After studying both of the pictures, the
children had the opportunity to mark their vote underneath person they had chosen. We then
tallied up the marks to see which picture received the most votes, which was a great way for
the children to count with a one to one correspondence and practice using concepts related to
amounts.
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What is in the feely bag?
The Dinosaurs had a surprise visitor this week! At one of our large group times, our school’s office
manager, Ms. Jacinta, came to talk about what she does for the children, teachers and families at
our school. She then played a game with the Dinosaurs that encouraged them to use their sense of
touch to identify what items from her desk she had placed in a bag. Alexandra places her hand in
the bag and uses her fingers to feel the details of items such as a phone, a paperclip, a stapler, a
pen, a walkie talkie and even a laptop and then used her logistical reasoning skills to guess what it
was she was feeling.
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Important updates:
On Monday, October 10th, Montgomery Child Care Park Street will
be closed for our annual staff development day!
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