October 12th - 16th, 2026: SpOoKy Stuff!

Hello Firefly Families!

This week the Fireflies talked about SPIDERS and how they make their webs. We worked on sorting spiders from other insects and bugs, made our own spider webs, and used our handprints to make spiders! We did a ghost number hunt around our classroom and finished an emergent reader book, "Little Spider Crawl" to practice positional words and drawing our very own spiders in the correct places. We also finished the journal prompt, "What's in your dark, dark box?", made sPoOkY potion and created monster faces after reading Go Away Big Green Monster. We also counted out spiders to match the number on their webs, and practiced sequencing with our Halloween sequencing puzzles. We read the books The Very Busy Spider, In a Dark, Dark, Wood and Go Away Big Green Monster! and watched some fun non-fiction videos about spiders. Our HWT letter this week was C. 

Reminders:

*NO SCHOOL: Friday, October 23rd

*LECC Halloween @ The Magic House: Friday, October 23rd

*Pumpkin Patch: Wednesday, October 28th from 9:30-11:30 at Thies Farm. Please send in your $18.25 (CASH only) by October 22nd. Thanks!

*Fall Fling: Friday, November 13th

"Hello Halloween" (we have been learning to read this poem on our own using the pictures as clues!)

Here are some pictures from our week!

Rowan and his coin purse for Show and Tell!

Making our very own potion!

Sequencing puzzles

Isla and her "big green monster" face

Tony and his toy for Show and Tell!

Lyla brought the birdies some food!!

Can you finish the spooky spider pattern?

Painting ghosts on the easel for our spooky house!

Practicing positional words in our "Little Spider Crawl" 

mini books

Marleigh and her baby shark for Show and Tell!

Music fun with Miss Li

Ghost number hunt!

Playdough spiders!

Can you put 8 legs on yours?

Matching numeral to quantity with spiders on spider webs!

Marble painting spider webs!

Can you sort the spiders from the other bugs?

Spider stamping

Omar and his pterodactyl for Show and Tell!

Practicing the number 8!

Coming up next week: Bats and Pumpkins!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Lexi & Lyndee

October 5th - 9th, 2026: Scarecrows and Crows

Hello Firefly Families!

We had so much fun this week! We read the books The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid Of Anything, The Scarecrow and the Falling Leaves, The Scarecrow's Hat and Popcorn.  We cut out and built our own scarecrows and corn in the husk, practiced lacing with fall lacing cards, and used various shapes to make crows. Our sensory bin was filled with popcorn kernels and black beans (crows) and we had to use tongs to pick out the "crows" from the corn. We sequenced The Little Old Lady story together on the board, and practiced drawing scarecrows in our journals. Our HWT letter of the week was U. 

5 Black Crows (to the tune of 5 Green & Speckled Frogs)

5 crows all shiny black 

sat on a scarecrows back, 

eating the most delicious corn--

YUM! YUM! 

Scarecrow winked and shouted "BOO!" 

scared that crow and away he flew! 

Now there are 4 black shiny crows...

"CAW! CAW!" (repeat going down to zero)

Scarecrow

I am a scarecrow 

stuffed with hay, 

standing watch in my field all day. 

When I see a crow

I like to shout.....

"Hey Mr. Crow you better get out!

Reminders:

*If anyone has any bird seed to spare at their home--please send it our way! Our new bird feeder on the window has been a big hit! But the birdies are clearing us out everyday!! Thanks in advance for considering :)

*Parent-Teacher Conferences: Monday, October 12th and Tuesday, October 13th from 3:30 - 5:30

*LECC Magic House Halloween Party!: Friday, October 23rd from 6 - 8

*Pumpkin Patch Field Trip: Wednesday, October 28th from 9:30-11:30 

Here are some fun pictures of our week!

Doing our "5 Crows All Shiny Black" Poem 

with some special helpers

Matching numeral to quantity 

with crows and corn

Cutting out and gluing corn

Thomas and his show and tell!

Cleaning up the rocks from our playground!

Isla and her show and tell!

Nico and his show and tell!

Fire Truck FUN!

Sequencing The Little Old Lady 

Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything

We did it!

Trying our homemade applesauce--YUM! It was a hit :)

How fast can you fill your tray? Using dice helps 

kiddos with counting one-to-one

Get those "crows" out of our corn!

Positional words practice

Cooper and his scarecrow!

Thomas and his tower!

Making shape crows

Tony and his creation

Working hard in art class

Our new friend Henning!

Fall lacing cards

Nico and his Lego creation

Coming up next week: SpOoKy stuff! Spiders, ghosts, monsters, OH MY!

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Lexi & Lyndee