Hello everyone! We had another exciting and active week in the Savanna class filled with learning, teamwork, and lots of fun!

During outdoor play, the children enjoyed playing the game Mr. Wolf. Everyone was excited to take turns being the wolf and did a wonderful job following the rules of the game. The children confidently asked, “What time is it?” and carefully walked forward the number of steps Mr. Wolf called out. They enthusiastically shouted the numbers and had so much fun running, chasing, and playing together with their friends.

We are also very proud of how much the children are improving at walking in line safely. This week, we walked farther along the river than usual. When bicycles passed by, the children listened carefully for the whistle, stopped immediately, and checked for safety. Well done, Savanna students!

In Phonics, we focused on identifying the ending sounds in words and played a game called Sound Detectives. The children listened carefully, guessed the last letter sound of each word, and lined up in front of the correct letter. Everyone participated enthusiastically and did an excellent job saying the letter sounds clearly.

We also began practicing lowercase letter writing by tracing letters. This week, we focused on the curved “c family” letters and successfully practiced writing the lowercase letters c and o.

In our UOI lessons, we continued exploring roles and responsibilities within families. After learning about the responsibilities of different family members, the children began thinking more deeply about how they help their own families at home. They shared their ideas and recorded their answers on a chart using stickers. The activity helped the children understand that everyone has an important role and responsibility within their family. They also learned new vocabulary words such as son, daughter, child, children, role, and responsibility. We discussed the meaning of the following questions:

• “What is your role in your family?” meaning Who are you in the family?
• “What is your responsibility in your family?” meaning How do you help your family?

At first, these concepts were a little challenging to understand, but through discussions, examples, and activities, the children gradually became more confident and were able to answer these tricky questions very well.

Have a lovely and relaxing weekend! We look forward to another exciting week of learning together. Savanna students are very fond of dancing the Chicken Dance. Please join them and have fun dancing together!