Gremlin Words

Here's what your cute kids were up to this week in preschool:

We learned the short sound for the letter 'u'.

And colored our 'u' book.

Then we illustrated some of our own 'u' pictures

From left to right, here's an Uncle, Under, and Umbrella

We also began exploring greater numbers (11-20).

We talked about number patterns and had a brief lesson on 'ones' and 'tens' places.

The highlight of our week was the introduction of Gremlin Words.

(Here's an illustration of what the children think a Gremlin looks like)

As we learn the important skill of blending letter sounds, I have the children read nonsense words. Instead of guessing what the word might be after hearing the first sound, they must focus on the sound of each letter and properly blend them together. We call them Gremlin words - even though they are nonsense words to us, they mean something to Gremlins - it's just a fun way to explain why these words won't mean anything to us. After properly reading the nonsense words, the children have a fun time guessing what it might mean to a Gremlin.