Story: Charlie Anderson is the story of a cat that sleeps at Elizabeth and Sarah's house at night. During the day, they let him out to hunt in the woods, at least that's where they think he is going. One night, Charlie doesn't come home. The next day, the girls go to search for him. They find him at a neighbors house, but the neighbors call him Anderson. They figure out that this cat has two homes. He sleeps at the girls house at night and spends the day at the neighbors house. They call him Charlie Anderson now because he has two homes and two families that love him. In the story, the girls also have two homes. They stay with mom during the week and dad during the weekend. Some children in the class mentioned that they do this, too. Like Charlie, they have two homes and two families to love them.
Small Group: Today was the first day that we had small group. I called 7 children to the table with me at a time. The children were instructed to draw a picture of themselves on a piece of paper. Some knew how to do this and some did not. I told them to do whatever they knew how to do. As you will see, we will be learning how to draw a person at small group and at large group.
Large Group: I introduced the children to Mat Man. Mat Man is part of the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum. Mat Man is made out of the lines and curves that we introduced to the children last week. His body is a blue mat, hence the name Mat Man. There is a song that goes with Mat Man that teaches children about all of the body parts so that we can learn how to draw a person. We will be working with Mat Man all week. I have included a picture of him below. Perhaps you can find things at home to make your own Mat Man.
Snacks: The morning class had carrots, ranch dip, club crackers, and juice brought by Evie. However, Evie was not able to come to school today. Get well soon, Evie! The afternoon class had graham crackers, grapes and juice brought by Ryan. Thank you!
Mat Man
