"School is the funnest thing EVER!"

"School is the funnest thing EVER!" one girl told me at the end of the day today.  We had a great second day.  It wasn't as messy as our first day (we only covered one hand in ink, rather than two feet in paint), but it was still lots of fun.  Here are a few pictures:

Today was our second day of literacy centers and I could already tell that they were catching on to the routine.  Here are some children reading magazines.

Putting (lowercase) letter beads on pipe cleaners.

 Matching letters.

Today we started sharing.  Over the next few weeks each child will be assigned a day that they can bring in their All About Me! poster (watch the calendar/newsletter for when it is your child's turn) and a few pictures and a book/toy to share.

 A big part of Kindergarten is teaching children that learning is fun and that they are capable of learning.  We don't just want to teach children to read, we want to have confident readers, so here is our I Can Read bulletin board.  Everything on it is something they can 'read'.  I only planned to put a few up today, but they kept asking for more and saying it was "easy" even though some are really long words.  They're just so smart!

Reading by memory is an important pre-reading skill as children hone their visual discrimination skills and grow in their confidence as readers.