Friday - Preschool Circle Time (Letter Mm) - 9/25

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 decided to come to Circle Time today. Oh, did you hear that? Listen, listen. Hold on, you're listening in. I think I hear our good morning train coming. The good morning train is coming. How are you? The good morning train is coming. The good morning train is coming. How are you? And we'll say hello to our friends. We're in purple. Hello, friends. And we'll say hello to our friends. Hello, friends. Three. Hello, friends, and then we'll say hello to our friends. 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 pink. And we'll say hello to everyone that's come to Circle. Choo-choo. Good morning, everyone. And thank you. Good morning, train. I'm so happy you're here today. How are you feeling today? Really? Well, thank you for sharing how you feel today. Today, I'm feeling excited. So excited. Very, very excited today. Because we have lots to do. And it is a special writing day today. So make sure you have something to write with. We'll be writing a little later. So now, let's go over to our Circle Time board. Because we have so much to do. Are you ready? Great. Here we go. Now that we're at our Circle Time board, it's time for me to find my pointer. That's right. My Circle Time pointer. So we can review the Circle Time board. Let's start with the days of the week. So we can find out what day it is today. Will you help me? Great. Here we go. This Sunday and this Monday. This Tuesday and this Wednesday. This Thursday and this Friday. And then this Saturday. Days of the week. One more time. This Sunday and this Monday. This Tuesday and this Wednesday. This Thursday and this Friday. And then this Saturday. Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week, days of the week, days of the week. We did it. And now, my friends, let's find out what day it is today. Let's go over to our board because yesterday was Thursday, Dance Party Thursday. Did you have fun? I had lots of fun. I always have fun at Dance Party Thursday. And now, let's go down one. Today is Friday. Can you say Friday? Great. 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. F for Friday. F says Friday. Can you say Friday again? Wonderful. Now, let's put Friday on the board. Right there. Now, let's read that sentence together. Today is Friday. Let's read it one more time. Today is Friday. It sure is. Today is Friday. We get to write today on Writing Friday. But we're not ready to write yet. Let's keep on going. Oh, it's time for the weather. What's the weather? What's the weather out today? Is it sunny? Is it cloudy? Is it raining out today? My friends, what's the weather where you live? You may have to look out your window and then come back and tell me what you see. I'll give you some time. Oh, my friends, what did you see? What's the weather where you live? Well, thank you for sharing what the weather is where you live. Now, it's my turn to find out what the weather is here, where the circle time classroom is. Will you help me find out? Wonderful. Let's go over to our imaginary window so we can look out together and find out what the weather is. Come on, let's go together. Okay, we're at our imaginary window. My friends, what do you see? Is it snowing out today? No, it's not snowing. Ain't raining out today? It's raining out today. Let's go find a picture that represents a rainy day. Will you help me? Let's go. Okay, my friends, now we need to find a picture that represents a rainy day because it's raining outside. Oh, I think I have the picture. How about this one? Is this a rainy day picture? It's not. It's a partly sunny day picture, but that's okay. Let's keep trying. Oh, my friends. Is this a rainy day picture? It is if you said yes, you're correct. This is our rainy day picture. Let's put it on the board right here. Now we can read that sentence together. Here we go. The weather is rainy. It is. It's a rainy day. So now we need to help Koala get ready for this rainy day. Will you help? Wonderful. Let's start with Koala's shoes. Now Koala has his green boots. They're great for the rain. And he has his red sneakers. What do you think he should wear today on this rainy day? You can point or you can say it out loud. If you said green boots, I agree. He should wear his green boots on this rainy day. How about we save the sneakers for another day? Okay, Koala. Green boots it is. Now how about, oh, he has a yellow raincoat and he has a green raincoat now with a hood. What do you think he should wear? How about the coat that matches his boots? Which one is the same color as his boots? Can you point? If you said the green one, you're correct. This is the same color as Koala's boots. Green and green. Let's look. Yes, green and green with some yellow. That's right. It's the same same. We'll save this yellow raincoat for another day. Here you are, Koala, and he has a hood to go with it. Now, my friends, he still needs some pants. Oh, how about his green pants? He can wear all green today. Okay, Koala, here you are. Green pants. Oh, and now I think he needs something. Well, he has his hood on, but he can also hold something in his hand since it's raining. What is that thing called that you hold in the rain? Umbrella. That's right. An umbrella. He has a rainbow umbrella. Okay, Koala, here is your umbrella. Where should we put it? On this side? We will. Okay, I think Koala is ready. He has his umbrella. He has his raincoat with the hood. He's ready for the rainy day. Have a good day, Koala. Thank you for helping, my friends. You're such great helpers. Now let's keep on going. We did the weather. Now 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? What's the letter of the week? Oh, my friends, it's my favorite letter. Oh, my friends, I think you're saying it. I think you're shouting out. If you said letter M, you're correct. M is our letter of the week. Thank you for remembering that, friends. Now, which one is the uppercase M and which one's lowercase? I don't remember. Can you do me a favor? Can you point to the uppercase M? Point to uppercase M. Great. Now, can you point to lowercase M? Ooh, good. If you said this is uppercase, you're correct. And if you pointed to this one for lowercase, you're correct. Uppercase M, lowercase M. M is our letter of the week. Let's put it on the board. M, there you are. Now, we said that M says mm, right? Mm, mouse. Mm, moose. Mm, milk. And there's so many things that you all found that start with letter M this week. M for Miss Monica, yes, M. M, my name starts with letter M. That's right. Now, today, friends, it's time for us to practice writing letter M, the uppercase M and the lowercase M. Are you ready? Okay, get what you need to write. I'm going to get my markers. I'm going to use purple today. Purple's actually my favorite color. So I'm going to use purple. You can use whatever you have. You have a pencil, or maybe you have a crayon, or you have a marker, use what you have. Let's start with the uppercase M first. I'll go over here. I'm going to write it over here on this side. Ooh, I think I have some room here, okay? All right, so we're going to start with uppercase M. Watch me the first time, and then we'll do it together. Are you ready? Wonderful. Here we go. Let's start with uppercase M first. Here we go. I'm going to find a space, and we're going to start at the top. Start at the top. And I'm going to draw a straight line down. See that? Then go back to the top and draw a diagonal line to the middle. Boop. Then go to the middle and draw a diagonal line up here. Stop. Then go to the top of that line and draw a straight line down. Letter M. Uppercase M. I'll take some of that off. Uppercase M. Okay, let's try it again. This time we'll do it together. Ready? Start at the top. Now, draw a straight line going down. Go back to the top. Now draw a diagonal line going to the middle. Right to the middle. Now go back to the middle. Draw a diagonal line up. Go to the top of that line and draw your straight line going down. Uppercase M. Let's do another one. Come on, we can do it. Find another space. Start at the top. Find another space. Start at the top. Draw a straight line going down. Go back to the top and draw a diagonal line to the middle. Now go to the middle and draw another diagonal line going up and stop. Go to the top of that line and draw a straight line going down. Uppercase M. How are you doing? Wonderful. One last time, my friends. One last time. Let's start over here. I still have room. Find some room. Start at the top. Draw a straight line going down. Go back to the top. Now draw a diagonal line going to the middle. Go to the middle. Now draw a diagonal line going up and stop. Go to the top of that line and draw your straight line going down. Uppercase M. Whoa, we made four of them. I made four. I think you may have made three uppercase M's. Wonderful. Now, my friends, it's time for our lowercase M. Let's see. I think I can do lowercase right here, right under uppercase. Are you ready? Okay, watch me the first time. Watch me the first time and then we'll do it together, okay? This time for uppercase M, I'm going to put a little line here just to help me out while I'm doing it, okay? Just like if we were writing on lined paper, all right? Now I'm going to start down at my line and go up a little bit right here to the middle and draw a straight line down. Now go to the top and this time you're going to draw a curved line, curve going down, just like that. Now go to the middle, right there at that curved line and you're going to draw a line going up and curve down, lowercase M. Let's do another. Start here, right here in the middle, right here in the middle. Find a space, let's do it together, okay? Start right here in the middle and you're going to draw a line going down. Now go back to the top and you're going to draw a curved line going down. And now go to that curved line, to the bottom of it, draw a line going up and curve down, lowercase M. Let's try another. Okay, find another space. Going to go to the middle here and draw a straight line going down. Now go back to the top and draw a curved line going around and down. Now go to the middle right here at the bottom and you're going to draw a line going up and curve down, lowercase M. Now my friends, you keep on practicing your lowercase M's and your uppercase M's because the more you practice, the better you get. Keep on practicing. Great, my friends. Okay, time to put my marker down. We finished with our writing. Now let's go back to our board. Ooh, it's time for our shape of the week. Do you remember this shape? Oh, let me give you a clue. This shape has four sides. All of the sides are equal sides. That's right, they're equal. Do you remember what it is? Oh, I said some boxes. Remind me of this shape. Our shape of the week is a square. That's right, a square. Oh, my friends, let's put the square on the board. And now let me show you those four sides. Are you ready? Okay, the square has one side here. See that? One side here, one side here, one here, and one here. Now we can count them. One, two, three, four. We can even go the other way. One, two, three, four. It always has four sides, a square. Great. Now let's go over to our numbers. Ooh, our little mice are still here too. Who remembers, what number have we been counting to all week? This number here, what's it called? 12. If you said 12, you're correct. That's right, 12 has a one and it has a two. Together makes 12. Let's count to 12. And then we're going to make sure we still have 12 mice before we go. Can you help me? Wonderful. Let's start up here at number one. Here we go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12. Let's count that again. One more time. Start at one. One, two, three, four, five, six. Keep going. Seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12. A little bit faster now. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12. Ooh, how did you do? That was pretty fast. Okay, friends. Now let's make sure we still have 12 mice. Will you help me count? Wonderful. Here we go. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12. We do. We have 12 mice. Say that sentence with me one more time. We have 12 mice. And remember, mice starts with letter M. Mice. Mouse. That's right. Thank you, my friends. We did it. We completed the entire circle time board. We did it together. Thank you for helping me. And now it's time for our special circle time song. Let's go. Come on. Okay, my friends. We did it. So excited. Now it's time for us to sing our circle time song. Let's sing one of my favorites, our letter name song. Get your instruments if you have them. If you don't, get those hands ready so you can clap, clap, okay? Or you can tap, tap. Get ready, my friends. And here we go. Don't forget, 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 M, if your name starts with N, clap your hands. If your name starts with O, clap your hands. If your name starts with P, clap your hands. If your name starts with Q or R or S or T, if your name starts with V, 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. We did it. Amazing! Thank you, my friend. Thank you for coming to Circle Time today, and if you came all week, thank you for coming all week. It's the end of the week. It's time for us to take a little break. Go enjoy our families over the weekend, and I'll see you again next week. Bye, friends!