Kindergarten Is So Full Of Color!

Today we continued to focus on colors. We are learning our colors, and for those who know their colors we are learning how to read color words.
We reread and retold Brown Bear Brown Bear.  It was great to see so many of our kindergarten friends willing and able to retell, in order, the animals and their colors from the story!
Retelling is so very important in kindergarten.  When you are reading with your child at home check in to make sure they are listening to the story and to see if they are able to retell the events in the story.
Today was Constitution Day!  This is a really hard concept to grasp when you are five or six! 
In order to help our friends understand the importance of the Constitution I made the connection to our classroom rules that the children developed.  We discussed how laws and rules must be fair.  We also talked about how important it is that we share responsibilities much like the 3 Branches Of Government.  We watched an oldie but goodie!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMoyH1uLhRk

We also read Pete The Cat-I Love My White Shoes.  This was a crowd favorite!