Preschool Lesson Thursday | Learn Letter Zz | Number 8 | Learn Circle Shape | Dance Party Thursday

How are you? How are you friends? My name is Miss Monica. What's your name? Well, thank you for coming to circle time today. Oh, did you hear that? Listen, listen. Put on your listening ears. I hear our good morning train coming. The good morning train is coming. How are you? Hello friends, and we'll say hello to our friends wearing purple. Hello friends, and we'll say hello to our friends, all of our friends wearing yellow. Hello friends, and we'll say hello to our friends wearing white. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing blue. Hello friends, and we'll say hello to our friends wearing black. Hello friends, and we'll say hello to our friends, all of our friends wearing orange. Hello friends, and we'll say hello to our friends wearing pink. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing gray. Choo-choo! Hello friends! And we'll say hello to our friends wearing brown. Choo-choo! Hello friends! And we'll say hello to our friends, all of our friends wearing green. Choo-choo! Hello friends! And we'll say hello to everyone that comes to Circle Time. Choo-choo! Hello friends! Hello, everyone, and welcome to Circle Time. I'm so happy you're here today. Today is a very, very special day, a fun day. But first, I need to find my pointer, my Circle Time pointer, so we can review our Circle Time board. Now, why don't we start with finding out what day it is today? Will you help me sing the days of the week? Great, remember, when we sing days of the week, you can clap your hands, you can snap your fingers, or you can just sing. Whatever you choose. Get ready, get ready. Here we go. Here's Sunday and there's Monday, there's Tuesday and there's Wednesday, there's Thursday and there's Friday, and then there's Saturday. Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week, days of the week, days of the week. One more time. Sunday and there's Monday, days of the week, days of the week, days of the week. Yesterday was Wednesday. Let's go over to the next day. Do, do, do, do. Today is Thursday, Thursday. Can you say Thursday? Today is Thursday, today is Thursday, today is Thursday. Yes, my friends, today is Thursday. Let's put it on the board. And now I need your help to read it. Will you help me? Okay, I'll use the pointer to point to the words you help me read. Here we go. Today is Thursday. Ooh, let's read it one more time. Here we go. Today is Thursday. It sure is. And what do we do on Thursdays here in the Circle Time Classroom? What do we do? Ooh, that's right, we dance because it's Dance Party Thursday. Okay, my friends, when we finish our entire Circle Time Board, then we'll have our dance party. All right, let's keep on going. Now, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Oh, I wonder. What's the weather? What's the weather out today? Is it sunny? Is it cloudy? Is it raining out today? Oh, my friends, what's the weather where you live? Now, you may have to go peek out your window and then come back and tell me what you see. I'll give you some time. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Oh, hello, are you back? Great, what did you see? What's the weather where you live? Oh, oh, well, thank you for sharing what the weather is where you live. Now, it's my turn. I would like to share what the weather is here, where the Circle Time Classroom is, but I need your help and we'll also need Bear Bear's help. But first, let's move Bear Bear over from Wednesday to Thursday, here we go, Bear Bear. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, tap, tap. Okay, my friends, I think Bear Bear's ready. Are you ready? Let's use our imaginations and head over to our imaginary window, here we go. Okay, friends, we've made it to the imaginary window. Hello, Bear Bear. Hi, friends. Let's look to see, what's the weather? Is it a sunny day today? No, not a sunny day. Let's look again. Ooh, is it a snowy day today? Ah, not a snowy day. Ooh, is it a partly cloudy day today? Yay, partly cloudy day. Okay, my friends, now that we know it's a partly cloudy day, thank you for your help and thank you, Bear Bear. Let's go find a picture that represents a partly cloudy day, here we go. We're looking for a partly cloudy day picture. Let me see what I have. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. How about this one? Is this a partly cloudy day? No, this is a rainy day picture. That's okay, let's try again. Hmm, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Is this a partly cloudy day? Yay, it is partly cloudy. Let's put it on the board. Here we are, thank you, everyone. It's partly cloudy, but it's still a warm day out. How about we help Bear Bear get ready for this partly cloudy day? Okay, let's start with Bear Bear's sneakers or shoes. We have blue shoes and red sneakers. Oh, hold on, everyone. Okay, red sneakers, please. Can you point to the red sneakers? Do, do, do, do, do. Red, red sneakers it is. Here you are, Bear Bear. And how about red pants? Maybe we can find red pants. Can you point to the red pants? Do, do, do, do, do. Red pants, there you are, Bear Bear. Oh, and oh, hold on, friends. Oh, okay, Bear Bear would like the yellow shirt with the red heart. A yellow shirt with a red heart. Can you find that shirt? You can point. Do, do, do, do, do. Here it is, yellow shirt with a red heart. Let's put it on Bear Bear. Thank you for your help, friends. Oh, wait a minute. Bear Bear would like to bring some books and toys along with him on his journey today. Oh, can you find the red backpack? Red backpack, you can point. Do, do, do, do, do. Red, the red backpack. Thank you for your help, everyone. Okay, I think Bear Bear is ready for this partly cloudy day. Bye, Bear, have a good time. Thank you, friends, you're such great helpers. And now let's go over to our, do, do, do, do, do, do, letter of the week. Who remembers, who remembers what the letter of the week is? What the letter of the week is? Who remembers, who remembers what the letter of the week is? I will give you a clue. This letter makes the sound z, or zebra, zipper, z, zoo. What letter is at the beginning of all of those words? Oh, my friends, I'm going to hold it up. You say the name. Z, letter Z, that's right. Now, my friends, which one is uppercase Z and which one is lowercase? Can you point to uppercase Z? Uppercase Z. Oh, my friends, can you point to lowercase Z? Lowercase Z, thank you. Lowercase Z, uppercase Z. Let's put it on the board. Here we go. Do, do, do, do, tap, tap, tap. Okay, now let's head over to the other side of our circle time board. Do, do, do, do, do, do. Oh, what's that? Shape of the week, well, who remembers? Remember if you start at the top and go around and back to the top. I think I just made the shape of the week. It's a, here it comes. Do, do, do, here it comes. Do, do, do, circle. Circle is our shape of the week. Let's draw. Okay, drawing in the air. Pointer fingers, everyone. Pointer fingers up. Now, I'm going to pretend my pointer finger is a crayon today and it's a blue one. What color is yours? Okay, let's draw a circle. Start at the top and go around and back to the top. And again, one more time. Start at the top, go around, back to the top. The circle, around and around. The circle has no sides, no sides. Tap, tap, tap. Thank you for drawing with me. Now, let's go over to our number of the week. I'm going to hold up the number. If you remember the name, can you say it? Here it comes. Eight, number eight, yes. Now, let's practice counting from one all the way through eight. Are you ready? Okay, here we go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. We did it. Thank you for counting with me. Now, let's put eight on the board. Can you say eight? Eight. Good job. Number eight. Tap, tap, tap. Oh, look around. We did it again. We finished the entire circle time board, my friend. Guess what time it is? That's right, it's dance party time. And now, it's time for dance party. Today, we're doing two songs, the hello song and the freeze dance. Are you ready? Awesome. Get ready. Here we go. Drums. Circle time makes learning fun. Come sing and dance, come everyone. ♪ Hello to you, hello to you ♪ ♪ Hello to you, you and you now ♪ ♪ Hello to you, hello with me, all two threes ♪ ♪ Come learn your ABCs now ♪ ♪ Come count with me, all one, two, threes ♪ ♪ Come learn your ABCs now ♪ ♪ Circle time, come sing, dance, everyone now ♪ ♪ Come sing, dance, everyone now ♪ Woo, oh, my friends, that was so much fun. Did you dance? I hope you did. And now, it's time for the freeze dance. Get ready. Here we go. Dance, go, go. Go, go, go. Dance. Dance, dance, dance, and. Did you freeze? Good. Keep on going. Good. Keep on going. Freeze. Ooh, good job. Keep on going. Woo. Did you freeze? All right, keep on going. Good. Keep on going. Woo. Freeze. Good. Keep on going. All right, one hand, friends. Wave, wave. Two hands. That was so much fun. Miss Monica is tired. I think it's time for a water break. But for now, it's also time to say goodbye. I'll see you all again tomorrow. Bye, friends. Bye.