Friday - Preschool Circle Time (Letter Nn) - 10/2

Good morning. How are you? How are you friends? My name is Miss Monica. What's your name? Oh, well, I'm so happy you came to circle time today. Oh, did you hear that? Hold on, let me hear it. Outside your hour, good morning train coming. The good morning train is coming. How are you? The good morning train is coming. The good morning train. Choo, choo, hello friends wearing purple. Choo, choo, hello friends. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing yellow. 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 our friends wearing gray. Choo, choo, hello friends. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing red. Choo, choo, hello friends. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing blue. Choo-choo. Hello, friends. And we'll say hello to our friends, all of our friends wearing black. Choo-choo. Hello, friends. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing pink. Choo-choo. Hello, friends. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing orange. 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 white. Choo-choo, hello friends, and we'll say hello to everyone that's come to say go choo-choo. And thank you, good morning train. Oh my friends, how are you feeling today? Ooh, well, thank you for sharing how you feel today. Today I'm feeling good, I'm feeling really, really good. And I'm very excited to be here with all of you. Now, we have so much to do. This is a very special writing day, so make sure you have something to write with today. Okay, I'm going to head over to our circle time board, and you come with me. Come on, let's go. And now I need to find my, ooh, my pointer, my circle time pointer, so we can review our entire circle time board. Will you help me? Oh great, let's start with the days of the week. Get ready, get ready, here we go. There'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. There'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. We did it. But now my friends, we need to find out what day it is today. Let's go back to our board because yesterday was Thursday. Dance party Thursday. Did you have fun? Oh wonderful. I had a good time, but now let's go down one. Oh, today is Friday. Today is Friday. Today is Friday all day long. Yes, today is Friday. Today is Friday. Today is Friday all day long. Yes, yes my friends. Today is Friday. O-F for Friday. Can you say Friday? Great. Let's put it on the board all the way up here. And now my friends, there we go. And now let's read the sentence together. Today is Friday. Oh, let's read it one more time. Today is Friday. It sure is. Now let's keep on going. Oh, what's the weather? What's the weather? What's the weather out today? Is it sunny? Is it cloudy? Is it raining out today? Oh, what's the weather where you live? Oh, you may have to go look out your window and then come back and tell me what you see. I'll give you some time. Oh, are you back? Wonderful. What did you see? What's the weather where you live? Oh, well, thank you for sharing what the weather is where you live. Now it's my turn. I want to share with all of you what the weather is here, where the Circle Time classroom is, but I need your help. Let's go over to our imaginary window. That's right, our imaginary window, so we can find out what the weather is here. Come on, everyone, let's go. Okay, we're here. Here's our imaginary window. You see, my friends, is it a sunny day? No, it's not a sunny day. Is it a snowy day? It's not a snowy day, is it? It's really raining out there. Okay, my friends, let's go back to our circle time board. Let's go. Now, we're back at our circle time board. Let's see if we can find this picture that represents a rainy day. Okay, oh, my friends, I have some pictures. I wonder if I have a rainy day picture. How about this one? Aw. No, this is not a rainy day picture. This is a partly sunny day picture. Let's save this one for another day. How about this one? Yes, this is a rainy day picture, that's right. Let's put it on the board right here, right here. And now, let's read that sentence together. It says, the weather is rainy. Let's read it again. The weather is rainy. Oh, my friends, it's a rainy day. And now, we need to help our friend Bear Bear get ready for this rainy day. Will you help me? Yay! Let's see what we can give Bear Bear for this rainy, rainy day. Oh, Bear Bear, you're going to need something for your feet. Should we give him red sneakers on the rainy day or yellow rain boot? What do you think? You can point or you can tell me out loud. Oh, if you said yellow rain boots, I agree. Rain boots since it's a rainy day. Let's save the sneakers for another day. Okay, rain boots it is. There you are, Bear. Now, he needs something to wear. Maybe his blue jeans or pants, yes. He can wear that. And then he'll need a shirt or a jacket or a coat. I don't know. What do you think? Should he put on his yellow raincoat or his blue T-shirt? What do you think? You can point or you can tell me aloud. Oh, if you said yellow raincoat, I agree. Since it's a rainy day, a raincoat will be great for today. Let's save the blue T-shirt for another day. Okay, here you are, Bear, your yellow raincoat. Let's bring it down a little bit. Yellow raincoat. And now, my friends, oh, maybe he can keep his head dry with this. What is this? Can you see it? It's a yellow rain hat, a yellow rain hat. Okay, here you are, Bear. He has a yellow rain hat. He has yellow raincoat and yellow rain boots. Hmm, you think he should hold something while he's walking in the rain? What's that thing called we hold in the rain? Umbrella, that's right, an umbrella. If you said umbrella, you're correct. Oh, I have his rainbow umbrella here. He can put on his rainbow umbrella. I'm going to put it on. Here you go, I'll put it right here. I'll give it to him in his hand. I think he's ready, look at that. He's ready for the rainy day. Bear is ready. Oh, Bear Bear, have a great day. Stay dry. Thank you, my friends, for helping me. You're such great helpers. Now let's keep on going down our circle time board. Do, do, do, do, do. Oh, it's time for the 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? What the letter of the week is? Do you remember? Oh, we've been reviewing this letter all week long. It makes the sound n, n, night, n for nose, n for noodles, n for nest. Ooh, we made a nest on Craft Wednesday, remember? What letter is that? Letter, shout it out if you know, n. Oh, if you said n, you're correct, my friends, n. This is the uppercase N and this is the lowercase n. And today we are going to practice writing uppercase N and lowercase n. Are you ready? Okay, get out something to write with and get something to write on. We're going to practice letter n. I'll put it on the board right here and I'm going to get my marker so we can write. I'll write over here, you'll find a place to write as well. Now my friends, we're going to start with uppercase N, okay? The uppercase N, if you look at it, it has a straight line going down. It has a diagonal line and then it has another straight line going up. Let's try it. Let's try it together. Find a space on your paper or your board, if you're using one, start at the top. Let's start at the top, okay? Start at the top. Now draw a straight line going down, just like that. Go back to the top. Now draw a diagonal line. Diagonal line going down and stop. Now it's time to draw another straight line, this time going up. Draw a straight line going up for uppercase N. Let's try it two more times. Okay, here we go. Start at the top. Draw a straight line going down. Go back to the top. Now for your diagonal line, going down, stop. And now draw a straight line going up, up, uppercase N. You see that? Okay, one more time, let's try it. I think I'll have room, I have room right here. You find some room as well and start at the top. Now draw your straight line going down. Go back to the top and draw a diagonal line going down. Touch that line and now draw a straight line going up. Uppercase N, we did it. How did you do? Remember, the more you practice, the better you get. So keep on practicing. Now it's time for our lowercase N. Let's try writing lowercase N. Now look at lowercase N. It's a little shorter than the uppercase N and it also has a straight line going down, but it also has a curved line that curves around and down. Are you ready? Let's give it a try. Okay, find some space for your lowercase N. We'll try it three times. I'll do it right here underneath my uppercase N. Okay, here we go. Start at the top and draw a straight line going down. A short one, not too long, not like the uppercase. Now go back to the top and draw a curved line, curved around and down for lowercase N. Okay, let's try another. Find some space and start at the top. Start at the top, draw a straight line going down. Now go back to the top and draw a curved line, curved around and down for lowercase N. Yes, okay, one last time. Find another space. Start at the top, draw a straight line going down. Now go back to the top and draw a curved line, curved around and down. Lowercase N. Oh, look at that, we did it. Uppercase N, lowercase N. Keep on practicing at home, my friends. We just started it, but I want you to keep on practicing. The more you practice, the better you'll get. Okay, it's time for us to go back to our circle time board. Now, let's see where we are. We did our letter of the week and now it's time for our shape of the week. Do you remember what that shape is? Oh, I told you, this shape reminds me of an egg, a watermelon, a football. Oh, what do you think? The shape of the week is, if you said oval, you're correct. The oval is the shape of the week, the oval. Thanks, my friends, oval, that's right. Okay, I'm going to put oval right here on the board, okay? And then let's try drawing the oval one time. So I need to erase, hmm, I'll just erase the lowercase. I'll erase all my N's so I have room. You find something to write with and something to write on, okay? I'll use pink this time. Now, let's practice the oval. We'll do it two times, okay? Now, something I like to do when I draw my oval is I like to start with a little circle at the top, a little circle at the top, right there. And then I start at the top and I curve. I have a curved line. Curve around, down, and back to the top for my oval. That's right, my oval. Looks like that oval over there, right? Mine looks like a big old watermelon. Now, let's try it together. Start at the top. You can draw a little circle, little dot if you like to, just like that. And start at the top. Curve around, down, and back to the top. Look at my oval. Now, sometimes ovals are funny to draw, but again, the more you practice, the better you'll get. Oval, that's our shape of the week. You keep practicing the oval at home and you're going to continue getting better. And remember, the oval, you can draw it like this, like we did, up and down. You can even turn it sideways and draw it this way as well, okay? Wonderful. All right, my friends, back to our board. We finished this entire side and now it's time to go over to counting. Will you count with me? We've been counting all the way up to the number, what number is this? Who remembers? 15, yes, number 15 this week. So let's count slow the first time, starting at one, and then we'll speed it up and go faster. Are you ready? Here we go. Oh, while Friday's covering the one, let's push that there like that. Are you ready? Great, here we go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 15. Let's speed it up just a little bit, just a tad. Here we go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. A little bit faster now. Here we go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. We did it. Thank you for counting with me, everyone. You counted all the way up to number 15 this week. So proud of all of you. Now it's time for us to sing our circle time song because we finished our entire circle time for it. Let's go back over to our desk. Come with me, let's go. Okay, my friends, we are going to sing the letter name song to end our week. Are you ready? Get your instruments if you have instruments. Get your hands ready if you're going to clap, clap, clap, or if you wanna tap, tap, okay? Get ready, my friends. Remember, listen for that first letter in your name and here we go. Remember, listen for the first letter in your name. If your name starts with A, clap your hands. If your name starts with B, clap your hands. If your name starts with C or D or E or F, if your name starts with G, clap your hands. If your name starts with H, clap your hands. If your name starts with I, clap your hands. If your name starts with J or K or L or N, if your name starts with N, clap your hands. If your name starts with O, clap your hands. If your name starts with E, clap your hands. If your name starts with Q, clap your hands. If your name starts with D, clap your hands. If your name starts with W, clap your hands. If your name starts with X, or Y, or Z, clap your hands. Clap your hands! We did it! Oh, my friends. So excited. Thank you for joining me this week on Circle Time. I had such a great time with you all week long. Now it's time for us to say goodbye. Have a great weekend with your family and I'll see you again next week. Bye! And! Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Boom!