This week, I will change our Practical Life activities from St. Patrick-themed to Easter-themed.

I will present the trinomial Cube this week.  The Trinomial Cube is made up of twenty-seven colored wooden blocks (cubes and prisms) that fit together to form a cube with the same pattern on all six sides.  Instead of forming a two-layer cube like the binomial Cube, the Trinomial Cube has three layers.

I will add the red strips to our Insta-Learn Board.  These strips contain more CVC words for the children to work on.

I will introduce the Small Number Rods this week.  These wooden rods vary in length to represent quantities 1-10 and are painted with alternating blue and red segments to clearly show each unit.  I will show how to make combinations of ten by isolating the ten-rod and placing the nine-rod and the one-unit below.  Then I will say, “Nine and one make ten.”

We will continue our Ocean Unit by focusing on starfish, jellyfish, and the octopus life cycle.