T'was the Day Before Christmas

T'was the day before Christmas...a little peek at my day. Merry Christmas to all!

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Sound of the Week: SH

I’m not sure why, but I have always loved St. Patrick’s Day. To take advantage of the theme opportunity presented by the "day o' green" next week, we are going to shift gears slightly from our letter-sound of the week to focus on a speech-sound.

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Letter of the Week: V

Valentine's Day is coming up. Next Friday, in fact! Some people are really anti- Cupid's holiday. Others LOVE it. I love the possibilities. It creates a great atmosphere for working on themes of kindness, friendship, love, feelings. It also provides a lovely theme to go along with our letter-sound of the week. Bring on the love!

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Letter of the Week: G

What is your prediction? Will Mr. Groundhog see his shadow? Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Back before we had instruments and technology to track and predict weather patterns, farmers observed the habits of animals to try to figure out when winter was over so they could plant their crops. Farmers in Europe used badgers, hedgehogs, and bears to forecast the coming of spring. The early settlers in North America found the groundhog to be ideal as it wakes from hibernation in February and was easily observed in eastern United States and Canada.

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Letter of the Week: D

January 31st marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year celebration (for 2014), welcoming in the year of the horse. Dragons play a big role, which we are going to use to incorporate the letter-sound 'd' into our Lunar New Year theme for the week. The Chinese think of dragons as helpful, friendly creatures. The dragon is linked to good luck, long life, and wisdom.

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