ABC Sorting

We are sorting every day items by the letter that they start with.  If you have any little bits and bobs lying around at home that would be good for our sorting mats please bring them in! 

 Stapler, Smurf, Smurfette, Stones

 Crab, comb, circle, cow, counters

 Tiger and Truck

 Wheel

 Rooster

 Pig, purple, paper clip

 Orange

Measuring tape, mask, magnet

Autahi and Tautoru team up!

During the mornings on Tuesdays and Thursdays we team up with Tautoru for an hour and do some discovering.  This week we were using playdough to make different letters of the alphabet, we made Kindness coupons for friends and family members and we've been exploring the shapes of letters with a fun blindfold game. 

Morning Monster Groups

In the mornings we are now starting our day in monster groups. These groups are to help us practise our alphabet, sounds or words each day. It also means we get straight into learning each day. You can help by making sure I know what colour monster I am and helping me find my group place before the bell goes. Some days, like when karakia or assembly is on we won't start this way.

We are making words using 3 letters. The red letters are called vowels. They are a, e, i, o and u. They are in the middle of each word.

We are reading sandpaper words and then writing them on whiteboards.

We are matching capital letters to lowercase letters.

We are making rocket words with magnetic letters.

We are using a peg to show what sound the letter makes.