Today, after Center Time and Afternoon Meeting, we had a writing lesson, in which we practiced three 'sight words' (words that the kids will just automatically know when they come across them, and not have to 'read'): I, see, and like. The kids filled in a writing page in which they completed the sentences "I see ___." and "I like ____." using words that they either knew or found in the room.

At 9:30 we headed up to the computer lab for our math and reading practice there. After the computer lab, we had a special treat - Mr. Fairbanks, who is the art teacher, invited the kids into his room as we were walking by to see what the art room looks like.

When we got back down to the room, we had a phonics and reading lesson. We met a new High Hat friend - today was Noisy Nan (the /n/ sound - she has issues with nutcrackers - ask your child all about it). We also talked about new 'word families' that we can write now that we know the letter 'n' - words that end in -an and words that end in -in.

After phonics and reading, we had a short math lesson about counting. We practiced counting by 10s, by 5s, by 2s, and backwards from both 20 and 10, all using the hundreds chart.

The day finished up with Choice Time. Then, after all were properly bundled up, we headed to Minneapolis Kids or home.