Monday - Preschool Circle Time - Learn Letters - Letter Oo - 10/5

Good morning! How are you? How are you friends? My name is Miss Monica. What's your name? Oh, well I'm happy you came to circle time today. Oh, did you hear that? Listen, listen. Put her on your listening ears. I think I hear our good morning train coming. The good morning train is coming. How are you? The good morning train is coming. How are you? The good morning train is coming. The good morning train is coming. The good morning train is coming. How are you? And we'll say hello to our friends wearing purple. Hello friends. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing yellow. Hello friends. Oh, I'm wearing yellow today. And we'll say hello to our friends. All of our friends wearing green. Hello friends. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing gray. Hello friends. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing red. Hello friends. And we'll say hello to our friends wearing blue. Hello friends. And we'll say hello to our friends, all of our friends wearing black. Choo-choo, hello! 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! And we'll say hello to our friends, all of our friends wearing white, choot, choot. Hello friends, and we'll say hello to everyone that's come to circle, choot, choot. Good morning everyone, and thank you, good morning train. Oh, my friends, how are you feeling today? Oh, really? Well, thank you for sharing how you feel today. Today, I'm feeling good, and it's the beginning of the week. So that means we have a lot of learning to do. Are you ready? Great. Now, let's head over to our circle time board. Let's go together. Come on, everyone. Okay, we made it to the circle time board, and now I need to find my pointer, my circle time pointer, so we can review our board. Oh, my friends, I'm going to need your help. Let's start with the days of the week, and I need you to sing nice and loud with me. Everybody, give it a try, and if you don't know the words, it's okay. You can just follow along. 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. One more time. There's Sunday, 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 my friends we still need to find out what day it is today. Hmm let's head back to our board. Now we know yesterday was Sunday. Can you say Sunday? Yes. Now let's go down one. Oh today is hmm Monday. Today is Monday. Today is Monday. Today is Monday. All day long. Yes today is Monday. Today is Monday. Today is Monday. All day long. Yes. Yes my friends today is Monday. Okay let's put Monday on the board. Hmm right up here and Monday starts with letter M. M for Monday. Hmm Monday. Okay let's keep on going down our board. We know today is Monday and now it's time to find out 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? What's the weather where you live? 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. Are you back? Great. What's the weather where you live? Really? Well thank you for sharing what the weather is where you live. Now it's my turn and I need your help. Let's find out what the weather is here. Where the circle time classroom is. But my friends we have to go over to our imaginary window. That's right. Let's go over to our imaginary window so we can find out what the weather is here. Come on. Come with me. Let's go. Okay my friends we are here at our imaginary window. Look out the window everyone. What do you see? Is it a snowy day today? No. Oh is there thunder and lightning? Is it a sunny day out? Yes. I see the Sun too. It's a sunny day out today. Let's go find a picture that represents a sunny day. Will you help me? Great. Here we go. Okay we're back over to our circle time board. Let's find that picture that represents a sunny day. Oh I found this picture. Hmm is this a sunny day picture? It has lots of clouds. What do you think? This is a cloudy day picture. Let's keep on looking friends. Oh I found this picture. Is this a sunny day picture? Hmm I think I see snow. This is a snowy day picture. Let's keep on looking. Oh look what I found. It looks like it's a sunny day picture. Do you agree? Yes it is. This is our sunny day picture. Let's put it on the board right here. Now let's read that sentence together. It says the weather is sunny. Let's read it again. The weather is sunny. It sure is a sunny day and it's a little warm outside. Oh my friends why don't we help our circle time friend? Oh today is Monday the beginning of the week. That means we pick a new circle time friend that we can help get dressed and ready for the weather each day. Hmm whose turn is it to come to the circle time classroom? Last week was Bear Bear and before that was Koala. So whose turn is it? Oh I think you know my friends. Piggy Pig is here. It's Piggy's turn this week. Oh let's put Piggy Pig on the board. Okay Piggy Pig right here. Oh I think she's ready for us to help her. Okay Piggy Pig let's get started. So we know it's a sunny day and it's warm outside. Let's see what we can help Piggy Pig with. Oh she bought some pink sneakers to wear. Look at that. Okay Piggy Pig we'll put on your pink sneakers. We'll start with that. She likes her pink. Okay now what else do you think Piggy Pig should wear? Hmm a raincoat. She has this raincoat. Her pink raincoat or maybe just a shirt. A t-shirt. What do you think? It's a warm sunny day. Raincoat or t-shirt? You can point. Oh okay let's go with the shirt. If you said save the raincoat for another day I agree. Okay we'll save that for another day. Alright Piggy here's your shirt. Oh but you're going to need something else too. Oh it looks like she has a skirt to wear today. My friends what color is her skirt? Red. Yes if you said red you're correct. Her skirt is red and is it the same color as her shirt? Yes it's the same. Red red. Same same. So we'll put on her red shirt. Oh like that. I think she likes it like that so you can see her bow. I think she's almost ready. Piggy Pig are you ready? Oh I think she is ready for this sunny day. Okay my friends thank you for helping me get Piggy Pig ready. Bye-bye Piggy. Have a great day. We'll help her again tomorrow. Thank you. Okay let's keep on going. We have more to do. It's time for the letter of the week. Now my friends last week our letter was N. We practice letter N. We practice writing letter N. We found different words that start with letter N. I wonder what letter comes next? What letter comes after letter N? You can shout it out if you know. Some of our friends do know but why don't we sing the alphabet song together so we can help all of our friends figure out what letter comes after N. Let's sing it together. Get ready. Get ready. Here we go. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P. Keep going. Q R S T U V W X Y and Z. Now I know my ABC's. Next time won't you sing with me. And thank you for singing with me now. Now we heard it. After N is O. That's right. M N O. Letter O. O is our letter of the week. Here it is. O. This is uppercase O and lowercase o. Can you say O? Great. Every letter makes the sound and O says ah. Octopus. Ostrich. Octagon. Letter O. Now I'm going to put letter O on the board. Now my friends if you look at letter O you will see that the uppercase and lowercase look alike except the uppercase is really large. The lowercase is smaller. Letter O. Letter O. That's the letter of the week. Okay let's keep on going. It's time for a new shape of the week. Oh my friends let me give you a clue about this very special shape. This very special shape has three sides. It does. Three sides. Oh and it also has three points. This week's shape is. Do you know what it's called? Triangle. If you said triangle you're correct. Can you say triangle? Yes this is our triangle and it has three sides. Let's count those sides. One, two, and three. One, two, three. Three sides and it has three points. Look at those points. One, two, three. Three points. Okay my friends let's put the triangle on the board. Oh the triangle reminds me of a tent. Some tents look like triangles. Have you ever seen a tent? Oh it also reminds me of. I've seen triangle cookies. Have you ever seen a triangle cookie? Yes I have. Oh and sometimes the roof of a house can look like a triangle. A triangle. That's the shape of the week. Oh my friends we completed the entire side. This side of the circle time board. Now let's head over to this side. It's time for us to count and this week we are going to continue counting up to number 15. Are you ready? Oh you were doing wonderful last week. Let's keep on going. We're going to keep practicing counting from one all the way, whoops, all the way to number 15. So I need your help. We'll start counting slow the first time and then we'll speed it up a little bit. Get ready. Get ready. Here we go. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Can you say 15? Great. Okay my friends this time I'm going to count with you but I want to change it up a little bit. You say the number first and then I'll say it next. You ready? I'm going to give you time. I'll point, you say the number and I'm going to follow you. Let's try. Here we go. You say it first. 1, 2, 3, you say it, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, thank you. Keep going. You say it first. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Thank you. You were the teacher this time. You said it first and then I said it. Thank you for counting with me. Oh my friends we did it. We completed the entire circle time board and now it's time for us to sing our circle time song today. Will you sing with me? Wonderful. Let's go. Okay here we are. It's time for us to sing our circle time song. Let's start the week off with our name letter song. That means you have to listen for the first letter in your name. The first letter in my name is M. M is the first letter in Monica. What's the first letter in your name? Oh, okay. So I want you to listen for that letter and I also want you to join along with the clapping. So when the song says clap your hands, you clap two times like this. One, two. Let's try it. One, two. Again. One, two. Again. One, two. Now if you want you can also tap. One, two. You can also use an instrument. One, two. Whatever you choose. Okay everyone, get ready. We're going to sing together. Get ready. Get ready. Here we go. Okay everyone, listen for that If your name starts with P, clap your hands. If your name starts with Q, R, S, or T. If your name starts with U, clap your hands. If your name starts with B, 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. Everyone, clap your hands. We did it. Oh, my friends, thank you so much for coming to Circle Time today. On this Monday, we had such a good time, we learned so much, and now it's time for us to say goodbye. But I'll see you again tomorrow. Bye, friends!