We have reading super powers! This week our young readers were introduced to their very first reading strategy, or as we like to call them, super powers!  Picture power will help the children to figure out the words by using the pictures on each page in their books. We will be talking about several other super powers that will facilitate their journey to becoming a reader and support those students already reading. Using super powers is a fun way to get the children excited about reading books. Please be sure to ask them what super power they are studying during reading workshop as the weeks progress.

The kindergarten children traveled down to Bordentown this week to visit Fernbrook Farms for our first field trip of the year. Fernbrook is a very special working farm where the children were able to experience seeing several animals, such as cows, sheep, and goats.  We had a great time going for a ride on a tractor to see some pigs, and then enjoyed walking through the fields to pick some vegetables.  Along the way, we observed some dogwood trees and learned how they produce some edible fruit.  The children also had an educational lesson about the soil on the farm and then had fun making their own soil.  It was a spectacular day and great fun!  What a wonderful way to kick off the fall season.

The children were busy at work this week learning about numbers and discovering that they are all around us. We began our study by focusing mostly on single digit numbers. After some discussion and exploration, the children practiced the proper writing formation of zero through ten and then had the opportunity to be exposed to these numbers in different ways. We used gems to outline numbers, we painted numbers in sand, we used play-doh to recreate numbers, and we participated in many other fun activities. We are definitely ready to begin learning about the tricky teen numbers!