Happy Friday!

Today we began the day with gym class, snacks, calendar time Show and Tell presentations and Art class. These activities took basically all morning.
After lunch and recess JKs had story time. Ms. K. kindly read  "We Share Everything" by Robert Munsch. Next we played some freeze dance.
After that JKs had French class.
Then we spent some time working on how to correctly write our names. We used the dry erase boards for that. We are learning that the first letter is upper case and the rest must be lower case.
After second lunch and recess, we had the following centers: play doh, geoboards and blocks.
Have a great evening everyone!

 

 

Here are some benefits about read aloud story time:

1. Enhance language proficiency. Reading is important to help children recognize words and understand context. Reading stories to children introduces them to new words and phrases and is also a great way to model pronunciation.
2. Grow literary insight. Storytime helps children see the ways in which tales develop through structure and sequence. Kids also learn the purpose and power of adjectives as they hear and construct a clear vision of the story.
3. Promote communication skills. Sometimes, children are hesitant to ask a question even though they are curious. Storytime is a great time for modeling how to ask questions. Asking questions often leads to conversations about the story which can help children feel more confident about their ideas
4. Boost listening skills. In a world of distractions, reading with children teaches them to focus. Asking simple questions about the story while reading helps to monitor understanding and keep children on task. When they are older, reading chapter books that you return to each day can also be great for improving their memory by summarizing what was read from the day before.
5. Make academic learning easier. Storytime is a stepping stone for academic learning. By engaging in meaningful conversations about the story, children begin to broaden their content knowledge which lays a foundation for future academic subjects.
6. Broaden horizons. Storytime is a great way to expose children to different cultures and countries. By choosing diverse stories, children are given a broader understanding of the world.
7. Help face difficult situations. Storytime can be a non-threatening way to introduce topics dealing with conflict.  Stories in which characters face problems can help kids understand their feelings better. Reading stories that teach children how to deal with conflict can help them problem solve and talk about good choices if they were in a similar situation.
8. Create real world connection. Children can often make personal connections to a character or situation in a story. Storytime is a great opportunity to talk about the world around us and how the story relates to what is happening in current events.
9. Encourage imagination and creativity. When reading it is important for children to picture the story in their minds. You can foster what a child ‘sees’ while reading by asking questions about the story and being actively interested in their ‘mental movie.’               
10. Repeat for best results. Reading the same book over and over again is common with younger children. Each time you read a familiar story, try and find something new within the story. Go beyond the words of the story by asking deeper questions about a character or the plot. It is also fun to stretch the imagination by coming up with different endings or scenarios for a familiar book!