Scrubbly Bubbly

Today we read the story The Scrubbly Bubbly Car Wash by Irene O"Garden.  The best part of this book is that it introduced the children to rhyming words.  Words that sound the same like top and mop, track and back are rhyming words.  A child's ability to rhyme plays a part in their ability to read, thus your child will be assessed on rhyming in fall, winter and spring.  During centers today the children cut out a car of their own and then finger painted it.  Lastly, they sprinkled it with glitter so it could be sparkling clean.

Today I also introduced the children to our class writing center.  They learned about all of the tools that we have to offer.  We have crayons, markers, coloring books, coloring papers, magnet letters, wiki stick letters, letter puzzles, dry erase markers, dry erase boards, and words to trace over.  We also have a book making section in our writing center.  Today I encouraged the children to listen for a click when they close their markers.  The click means that the cap is on tight and we will have them to use another day.  We also talked about coloring the whole picture that we take, verses waisting paper by only coloring a small spot.