Names, colors, numbers! OH MY!

This week we are learning how to write our names the "school way."
VBCPS uses D'Nealian Handwriting as their program.  We will work on writing our names using this style.  
The children are learning how to start their name with an uppercase letter and how to use lower case letters inside of their names.  
We are graphing how many letters are in our name.  We will also discuss how many syllables, and we will learn the vowels in their names.
We are learning one another's names as well through playing name games.
Each day I am reading the name origins that you have sent in.  The children are also sharing their ALL ABOUT ME paper. 

This week  and last week we learned the high frequency word the and red.
Ask your child to spell the!
Check out this link to a song we are learning.

http://www.schooltube.com/video/de3d2ac2b4e201be212e/Color%20R-E-D%20red%20song%20-%20Kindergarten


Each day we are practicing our letter sounds.  Here is one song we are singing.

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/song-abcs/load.htm?f

During our math time we are learning how to one to one count and match our numbers to a set.
For example, I will call out four and the children will make a group of four.
We are working on sets up to ten and for those who are ready up to twenty.