Letter L l, Lighthouses, Long brown lines, and Healthy Birthdays!

This week we've been learning about the letter L l and the color brown. 
Cute kids shining light out of their homemade lighthouses!

This student is practicing painting LONG brown Lines.

 

For student's birthdays, we sing happy birthday to celebrate their special day. You are welcome to bring a snack. We recommend low sugar and on the healthy side. This way it teaches that we can celebrate with healthy food. Some ideas include fresh strawberries with shortcake, crackers with easy cheese or sliced cheese, fruit kabobs, monster toast-which is very fun! 

Here's what our latest birthday student brought...angry bird made out of a bagel or round bread with cream cheese, salami or pepperoni with a cheese or carrot nose and olive eyes!

Here's an interesting articlefrom Exchange EveryDay about healthy habits for children...

The Obesity Crisis

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, Love, Love, that is the soul of genius.
-Mozart

Rising childhood obesity in America is a national health crisis. The seriousness of this crisis was made clear in the February 2011 “White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President":

“One in every three children ages 2-19 is overweight or obese. The life-threatening consequences of this epidemic create a compelling and critical call for action that cannot be ignored. Obesity is estimated to cause 112,000 deaths per year in the United States, and one-third of all children born in the year 2000 are expected to develop diabetes during their lifetime. The current generation may even be on track to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.

In response to this crisis, Exchange has developed a video training series, "Preventing Obesity and Promoting Wellness in Early Childhood Programs" to help early childhood programs learn how to seek solut ions. You can view one short segment, "Why Children Are Obese," on the Exchange web site. 

 

 

LANGUAGE

6.PK.1  Experiment with writing tools and materials to communicate.



6.PK.5  Share drawings with others as a response to an expository text.

 

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

1.PK.3  Identify healthy foods.

1.PK.1   Demonstrate personal hygiene.  (Students always wash hands before and after meal/snack time.)