November 18-26 – THANKSGIVING
*Tuesday, Nov. 18/ Wednesday, Nov. 19 – MY FAMILY- Ee
We will talk about what makes a family, in the traditional sense of the word and we’ll label family members, then we will talk about other families we have and how we, as a class, are a family too. We’ll role play with puppets, read ‘The Family Book’ by Todd Parr, and make a book about our family. For snack we’ll make heart-shaped love sandwiches.
Thanksgiving
*Tuesday, Nov. 18/ Wednesday, Nov. 19 – MY FAMILY- Ee
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We will read, “The Family Book,” and talk about our different families. We’ll find out how each of our families are similar and how they are unique. We will talk about how we, as a class are a family too.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: Broken Hearts – sometimes people hurt our feelings, but when we apologize, it helps mend our broken hearts. Hearts will be provided that are cut in half. Children will (with assistance) punch holes in the hearts and use string to sew them back together.
*Messy Table: Water, along with transportation vehicles and family characters.
*Cut and Color Table: A Family of Puppets. Materials will be provided for the children to make puppets of their own family, including mother, father, brother, sister, grandparents, and so forth. The children can make their family puppets and role play with their creations.
*Dramatic Play: Mom and Dad. Hats, shoes, ties, purses, wallets, and other grownup paraphernalia will be provided and children are encouraged to ‘try Mom and Dad’s shoes on for size!’
*Creative Arts II: The Family Book: We will make a book about our families and then share them with the class during closing circle.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: heart-shaped love sandwiches
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
1. Story “I loved you before you were born.”
2. Music and Movement – we will learn the sign language for mom, dad, grandma and grandpa using ‘signing time’s’ family song.
3. We will share our family books that we made during choice time.
4. Phonics
Saturday, October 25, 2008
All About Me - Celebration
All About Me!
*Thursday, Nov. 13 – CELEBRATING ME!! – Dd
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 Read “Parts” and “More Parts” and then we’ll talk about different parts of our bodies and why they are important. The teacher will have a doll with several layers and we will peel back each layer, explaining about muscles, bones, etc. We’ll sing “I’m all made of hinges” and “Head, shoulders, knees and toes” during singing time.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: Thumb Printing: each child will put their thumb print on a piece of paper and then, using magnifying glasses, we will look at each thumb print and note than none of them are the same. The children are encouraged to use their unique thumbs to make a drawing using Tempera paint.
*Messy Table: Surgery Table – Gak will be made out of elmers glue and liquid starch. Blunt needles and thread will be provided and the children can pretend to be surgeons who need to sew up a patient. Doctors masks, coats, and rubber gloves will be added for effect.
*Cut and Color Table: Medicine Dropper Art. There will be coffee filters, food coloring and water, and medicine droppers at the art table. Children can drip colors from their medicine droppers onto the coffee filters to make a beautiful rainbow of color.
*Dramatic Play: Doctor’s Office. Doctor’s lab coats, bandaids, stethoscopes, bandage wraps, rubber gloves, masks, doctor tools, etc.
*Measurement: Measure me! The teacher will take string and measure each child. Children can compare strings with the other students.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: During closing circle we will make pancakes and each child will get to choose what unique shape they would like their pancake to be (mickey mouse head, the first letter of their name, animal, etc)
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
1. Story “I like Myself”
2. Make special pancakes
3. Music and Movement – march around the room making lots of noise with our musical instruments.
4. Phonics
*Thursday, Nov. 13 – CELEBRATING ME!! – Dd
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 Read “Parts” and “More Parts” and then we’ll talk about different parts of our bodies and why they are important. The teacher will have a doll with several layers and we will peel back each layer, explaining about muscles, bones, etc. We’ll sing “I’m all made of hinges” and “Head, shoulders, knees and toes” during singing time.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: Thumb Printing: each child will put their thumb print on a piece of paper and then, using magnifying glasses, we will look at each thumb print and note than none of them are the same. The children are encouraged to use their unique thumbs to make a drawing using Tempera paint.
*Messy Table: Surgery Table – Gak will be made out of elmers glue and liquid starch. Blunt needles and thread will be provided and the children can pretend to be surgeons who need to sew up a patient. Doctors masks, coats, and rubber gloves will be added for effect.
*Cut and Color Table: Medicine Dropper Art. There will be coffee filters, food coloring and water, and medicine droppers at the art table. Children can drip colors from their medicine droppers onto the coffee filters to make a beautiful rainbow of color.
*Dramatic Play: Doctor’s Office. Doctor’s lab coats, bandaids, stethoscopes, bandage wraps, rubber gloves, masks, doctor tools, etc.
*Measurement: Measure me! The teacher will take string and measure each child. Children can compare strings with the other students.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: During closing circle we will make pancakes and each child will get to choose what unique shape they would like their pancake to be (mickey mouse head, the first letter of their name, animal, etc)
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
1. Story “I like Myself”
2. Make special pancakes
3. Music and Movement – march around the room making lots of noise with our musical instruments.
4. Phonics
All About Me - Feelings
All About Me!
*Tuesday, Nov. 11 – Feeling Me - Dd
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We’ll sing “If you’re happy and you know it” and then discuss the different feelings we can feel. We’ll also sing “If you’re sad and you know it, angry, sleepy, etc”
5. Each child will get a plate to hold with a smiley face on one side and a frowny face on the other. The teacher will make a series of statements and ask the children to respond by showing the side of the plate that shows how they feel. If they aren’t happy or sad about a statement, they keep the plate on their laps.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: The children will be able to explore and express their feelings using Tempera paints
*Messy Table: Autumn leaves, dirt, and water bottles
*Cut and Color Table: We will making ‘me’ puppets out of paper bags today using either photographs of the children or googly eyes and other materials to make their very own ‘self’ puppet
*Dramatic Play: Home – the children will try to connect their experiences from home into the classroom by roll playing rolls. From cleaning to cooking, to paying bills, being mom, dad, etc.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: Today we’ll make pizza faces! We’ll about different feelings while we make them and how we can give our pizza faces different feelings just by changing how the face looks!
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
1. Story
2. Make pizza faces
3. Music and Movement – learn the sign language and actions to the song ‘what are you feeling’ from ‘Signing Time’.
4. Phonics
*Tuesday, Nov. 11 – Feeling Me - Dd
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We’ll sing “If you’re happy and you know it” and then discuss the different feelings we can feel. We’ll also sing “If you’re sad and you know it, angry, sleepy, etc”
5. Each child will get a plate to hold with a smiley face on one side and a frowny face on the other. The teacher will make a series of statements and ask the children to respond by showing the side of the plate that shows how they feel. If they aren’t happy or sad about a statement, they keep the plate on their laps.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: The children will be able to explore and express their feelings using Tempera paints
*Messy Table: Autumn leaves, dirt, and water bottles
*Cut and Color Table: We will making ‘me’ puppets out of paper bags today using either photographs of the children or googly eyes and other materials to make their very own ‘self’ puppet
*Dramatic Play: Home – the children will try to connect their experiences from home into the classroom by roll playing rolls. From cleaning to cooking, to paying bills, being mom, dad, etc.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: Today we’ll make pizza faces! We’ll about different feelings while we make them and how we can give our pizza faces different feelings just by changing how the face looks!
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
1. Story
2. Make pizza faces
3. Music and Movement – learn the sign language and actions to the song ‘what are you feeling’ from ‘Signing Time’.
4. Phonics
All About Me - Sight and Touch
All About Me!
*Thursday, Nov. 6 – My Sense of Sight and Touch - Cc
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We will read “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” and then talk about things that we see in our classroom. As a class, we will make a small book about the things we see around us.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: We will explore texture as we play with shaving cream, sand, and paint
*Messy Table: Autumn leaves. I will be adding dirt and water bottles to the messy table so children can see the influence of nature on leaves as they help the leaves break down and begin decomposition.
*Cut and Color Table: We will make a book of ‘Preschooler, preschooler, what do you see?”
*Dramatic Play: Restauraunt
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We will be using or sense of sight as we sort out our colored goldfish
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
We will take turns being blindfolded so the children can see just how much we rely on our sense of sight.
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story and songs. We will make slime together and talk about the different property it has when we are working with it opposed to when it is laying in our hand.
*phonics
*Thursday, Nov. 6 – My Sense of Sight and Touch - Cc
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We will read “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” and then talk about things that we see in our classroom. As a class, we will make a small book about the things we see around us.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: We will explore texture as we play with shaving cream, sand, and paint
*Messy Table: Autumn leaves. I will be adding dirt and water bottles to the messy table so children can see the influence of nature on leaves as they help the leaves break down and begin decomposition.
*Cut and Color Table: We will make a book of ‘Preschooler, preschooler, what do you see?”
*Dramatic Play: Restauraunt
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We will be using or sense of sight as we sort out our colored goldfish
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
We will take turns being blindfolded so the children can see just how much we rely on our sense of sight.
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story and songs. We will make slime together and talk about the different property it has when we are working with it opposed to when it is laying in our hand.
*phonics
All About Me - Smell and Taste
All About Me!
*Tuesday, Nov.4/Wednesday, Nov. 5 – My Sense of Smell and Taste – Phonics
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We will read “You Can’t Taste a Pickle with your Ear” and talk about different tastes. I will have dill pickles, lemons, salty chips, and cookies for the children to taste and smell. We will take a tour of the house and yard, smelling all the different smells. We’ll talk about different tastes and smells and decide which ones we like best.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: We will make pictures out of food!
*Messy Table: The messy table will be filled with autumn leaves so the children can smell some of the wonderful smells of fall and use their sense of touch to explore the properties of leaves
*Cut and Color Table: We will be making ‘real flowers.’ The children will draw a flower and then cut it out, then they can pick from a number of different scented cotton balls and we will rub the cotton ball on the flower. The flowers will smell great!
*Dramatic Play: Restauraunt
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We will be using all of our senses as we make and watch our popcorn pop!
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
1. Story. We will read “Taste: the five senses”
2. Songs/Puppets/Fingerplays
3. I will have lots of containers with different smells in them (peppermint, garlic, strawberry, lemon, vanilla, etc) and the children will guess the smells
4. Phonics
*Tuesday, Nov.4/Wednesday, Nov. 5 – My Sense of Smell and Taste – Phonics
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We will read “You Can’t Taste a Pickle with your Ear” and talk about different tastes. I will have dill pickles, lemons, salty chips, and cookies for the children to taste and smell. We will take a tour of the house and yard, smelling all the different smells. We’ll talk about different tastes and smells and decide which ones we like best.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: We will make pictures out of food!
*Messy Table: The messy table will be filled with autumn leaves so the children can smell some of the wonderful smells of fall and use their sense of touch to explore the properties of leaves
*Cut and Color Table: We will be making ‘real flowers.’ The children will draw a flower and then cut it out, then they can pick from a number of different scented cotton balls and we will rub the cotton ball on the flower. The flowers will smell great!
*Dramatic Play: Restauraunt
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We will be using all of our senses as we make and watch our popcorn pop!
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
1. Story. We will read “Taste: the five senses”
2. Songs/Puppets/Fingerplays
3. I will have lots of containers with different smells in them (peppermint, garlic, strawberry, lemon, vanilla, etc) and the children will guess the smells
4. Phonics
Halloween Party
*Thursday, Oct. 30 – Halloween Time – Phonics
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can. Halloween Songs.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We will read “The Best Halloween Ever” and talk about what made it the best Halloween. We’ll have everyone model their costumes and then we will decorate the room with spider webs!
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: We will make a book about Halloween
*Messy Table: Pumpkin innards. We will separate the seeds together and later in the week we will use them for snack!
*Cut and Color Table: We will paint our jack-o-lanterns today.
*Dramatic Play: Costumes
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We will make homemade donuts (A Halloween tradition in my family) for snack today
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story and songs. We will do some Halloween fingerplays and play a few phonics games.
*We will sing our Halloween songs for our parents when they come to pick us up. Happy Halloween!
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can. Halloween Songs.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We will read “The Best Halloween Ever” and talk about what made it the best Halloween. We’ll have everyone model their costumes and then we will decorate the room with spider webs!
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: We will make a book about Halloween
*Messy Table: Pumpkin innards. We will separate the seeds together and later in the week we will use them for snack!
*Cut and Color Table: We will paint our jack-o-lanterns today.
*Dramatic Play: Costumes
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We will make homemade donuts (A Halloween tradition in my family) for snack today
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story and songs. We will do some Halloween fingerplays and play a few phonics games.
*We will sing our Halloween songs for our parents when they come to pick us up. Happy Halloween!
Halloween
*Tuesday, October 28/ Wednesday, Oct. 29 – Halloween Time – Phonics
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can. Halloween Songs.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We will read “Halloween” and talk about the different traditions of Halloween. I will give each child an opportunity to talk about their past experiences with Halloween.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: We will make pumpkins out of paper plates
*Messy Table: Pumpkin innards. This is a great sensory activity. We will separate the seeds together and later in the week we will use them for snack!
*Cut and Color Table: Using construction paper, we will make our own haunted house and then use cotton balls and tissues to create ghosts and other creatures to live in our haunted house.
*Dramatic Play: Costumes
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We’ll make pumpkin muffins as a class and eat them during closing circle
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story and songs
*We will be eating our yummy pumpkin muffins during closing circle
* We’ll talk about the day and what we learned about Halloween. If we have time, we will play a few phonics games.
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can. Halloween Songs.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 We will read “Halloween” and talk about the different traditions of Halloween. I will give each child an opportunity to talk about their past experiences with Halloween.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: We will make pumpkins out of paper plates
*Messy Table: Pumpkin innards. This is a great sensory activity. We will separate the seeds together and later in the week we will use them for snack!
*Cut and Color Table: Using construction paper, we will make our own haunted house and then use cotton balls and tissues to create ghosts and other creatures to live in our haunted house.
*Dramatic Play: Costumes
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We’ll make pumpkin muffins as a class and eat them during closing circle
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story and songs
*We will be eating our yummy pumpkin muffins during closing circle
* We’ll talk about the day and what we learned about Halloween. If we have time, we will play a few phonics games.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Welcome!
Welcome to The Children's Corner Preschool! We have an exciting year ahead of us!
I just finished adding links to helpful websites (I credit Chelsea Adamson for helping me find them. Thanks Chelsea!) Most of these are great for early literacy ideas and activies. I hope you will be able to use them with your child.
On the right, you will find links to my recent newsletters, lesson plans, and the themes we will be studying this year. If you would like to chat, please email me at tammyjensen1@yahoo.com.
Happy Halloween!!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Oct. 23 Insects All Around Us
*Thursday, Oct. 23 – INSECTS ALL AROUND US – Letter Aa
We will learn about bugs that help and bugs that hurt. We’ll look at types of bugs and where they might live. We will read the story, “I Like Bugs” by Margaret Wise Brown, make our own special bugs, go bug hunting, play bug parachute, and look for worms in our messy table. We will have ants on a log for snack!
Morning Circle (AM 9:00-9:30)
1. The Letter Aa
2. Song Can
3 Calendar
4 We will look at our class pet, Squeaky. Are caterpillars insects? And then we will talk about other kinds of bugs and see what other bugs the children can identify in our story.
4. Read the story, "I like Bugs”
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: homemade playdough – we will make special bugs out of our playdough
*Messy Table: dirt with worms. Are worms insects? We’ll find out!
*Cut and Color Table: We’ll make bug glasses
*Dramatic Play: Bug Detectives
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We’ll make ants on a log today during closing circle
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
We’ll go bug hunting outside and play bug parachute
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story
*We will be making our yummy ants on a log snack for closing circle today and we’ll talk about the life of an ant.
* We’ll talk about the day and what we learned about butterflies and caterpillars. We’ll practice writing Aa on the chalkboard once more.
We will learn about bugs that help and bugs that hurt. We’ll look at types of bugs and where they might live. We will read the story, “I Like Bugs” by Margaret Wise Brown, make our own special bugs, go bug hunting, play bug parachute, and look for worms in our messy table. We will have ants on a log for snack!
Morning Circle (AM 9:00-9:30)
1. The Letter Aa
2. Song Can
3 Calendar
4 We will look at our class pet, Squeaky. Are caterpillars insects? And then we will talk about other kinds of bugs and see what other bugs the children can identify in our story.
4. Read the story, "I like Bugs”
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: homemade playdough – we will make special bugs out of our playdough
*Messy Table: dirt with worms. Are worms insects? We’ll find out!
*Cut and Color Table: We’ll make bug glasses
*Dramatic Play: Bug Detectives
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We’ll make ants on a log today during closing circle
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
We’ll go bug hunting outside and play bug parachute
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story
*We will be making our yummy ants on a log snack for closing circle today and we’ll talk about the life of an ant.
* We’ll talk about the day and what we learned about butterflies and caterpillars. We’ll practice writing Aa on the chalkboard once more.
Oct. 21-Beautiful Bugs
*Tuesday, Oct. 21/ Wednesday, Oct. 22 – BEAUTIFUL BUGS - Letter Aa
We will introduce our class pet, Squeaky the wooly caterpillar, and explain how he will one day become a butterfly. We’ll read the story, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, create our own butterflies, play with a ‘bug’ parachute, make our own cocoons, and use pretzels to make the letter A!
Morning Circle (AM 9:00-9:30)
1. The Letter A
2. Song Can
3 Calendar
4 We will introduce our class pet, Squeaky the wooly caterpillar, and explain how he will one day become a butterfly
4. Read the story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: watercolor - butterflies
*Messy Table: dirt
*Cut and Color Table: We’ll make butterfly and caterpillar finger puppets
*Dramatic Play: Puppets - Encourage the children to use their finger puppets to show how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We’ll be having animal crackers and juice.
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
We’ll go outside and make a bug parachute.
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story
*Music and Movement – We’ll do the actions to itsy bitsy spider and ladybug, ladybug. We’ll all wrap up in our cocoons and burst out of them into beautiful butterflies
* We’ll talk about the day and what we learned about butterflies and caterpillars. We’ll practice writing Aa on the chalkboard once more.
Supplements:
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" Role Play. After reading the "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" have your children act out the stages of a butterfly.Caterpillar: Crawl on the Ground pretending to eat everythingCocoon: Role up into a tight ball, and then slowly uncoilButterfly: Have them hold their arms out and run around the room
Make Your Own Bug
cotton balls egg cartons google eyes pipe cleaners construction paper glitter, any other material that you want to use. Cut the egg cartons and let the children make their own bug
Coffee Filter Butterflies
Coffee Filters Spray Bottle with water Washable Markers Clothespins
What You Do: Let kids color coffee filters, then spray them with the spray bottle, then twist and clip with clothespin. This will make the butterfly wings, the kids can then color a face and antennas on the clothespin.
Design an Insect What You Need: Pipe Cleaners Popsicle Stick Feathers Football Shakers Google Eyes Construction Paper Glitter
What You Do: After talking about insects, and looking at insect pictures. Give the kids all of the materials and let them design their own insect. You will be amazed what great insects your kids will come up with
We will introduce our class pet, Squeaky the wooly caterpillar, and explain how he will one day become a butterfly. We’ll read the story, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, create our own butterflies, play with a ‘bug’ parachute, make our own cocoons, and use pretzels to make the letter A!
Morning Circle (AM 9:00-9:30)
1. The Letter A
2. Song Can
3 Calendar
4 We will introduce our class pet, Squeaky the wooly caterpillar, and explain how he will one day become a butterfly
4. Read the story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: watercolor - butterflies
*Messy Table: dirt
*Cut and Color Table: We’ll make butterfly and caterpillar finger puppets
*Dramatic Play: Puppets - Encourage the children to use their finger puppets to show how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: We’ll be having animal crackers and juice.
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
We’ll go outside and make a bug parachute.
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story
*Music and Movement – We’ll do the actions to itsy bitsy spider and ladybug, ladybug. We’ll all wrap up in our cocoons and burst out of them into beautiful butterflies
* We’ll talk about the day and what we learned about butterflies and caterpillars. We’ll practice writing Aa on the chalkboard once more.
Supplements:
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" Role Play. After reading the "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" have your children act out the stages of a butterfly.Caterpillar: Crawl on the Ground pretending to eat everythingCocoon: Role up into a tight ball, and then slowly uncoilButterfly: Have them hold their arms out and run around the room
Make Your Own Bug
cotton balls egg cartons google eyes pipe cleaners construction paper glitter, any other material that you want to use. Cut the egg cartons and let the children make their own bug
Coffee Filter Butterflies
Coffee Filters Spray Bottle with water Washable Markers Clothespins
What You Do: Let kids color coffee filters, then spray them with the spray bottle, then twist and clip with clothespin. This will make the butterfly wings, the kids can then color a face and antennas on the clothespin.
Design an Insect What You Need: Pipe Cleaners Popsicle Stick Feathers Football Shakers Google Eyes Construction Paper Glitter
What You Do: After talking about insects, and looking at insect pictures. Give the kids all of the materials and let them design their own insect. You will be amazed what great insects your kids will come up with
Oct. 16 - Friends and School Helpers
Thursday, October 16, 2008 FRIENDS AND SCHOOL HELPERS
Morning Circle (AM 9:00-9:30)
1. Song Can
2 Calendar
3. Letters in our names
4 Who is you're friend? We'll go around the circle and find out who each others friends are. We'll talk about how each person in preschool is a friend too, even Miss Tammy. Friends help each other also, and in school we all need to help each other. If someone gets hurt, we should help them. If someone needs help at a center, we should help them. If someone wants to play with us or share a toy, we should play and share. We should also help by taking care of the classroom and helping clean up our messes. If an accident happens, it's OK, just tell Miss Tammy. If nobody helps in preschool, it wouldn't be a very good school.
4. Read the story, "My Teacher is My Friend"
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: Making Warm Fuzzies
*Messy Table: Scooping beans
*Cut and Color Table: Friendship Bracelets - beading bracelets or necklaces.
*Dramatic Play: School bus
*Alphabet: Making a collage out of our own special letters (the first letter in each child’s name)
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: Apples and milk
Recess (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Talk about warm fuzzies and cold pricklies more. Encourage the children to give warm fuzzies away.
*Story
*Music and Movement - We'll dance to the song The More We Get Together as a class and then with partners.
* If there is time, we will have a whole bunch of letter tiles laid out in front of us. Each child will get to find the first letter of his/her name. The teacher will help them if they need it. The teacher will also encourage the kids to find more letters in their names!!
Morning Circle (AM 9:00-9:30)
1. Song Can
2 Calendar
3. Letters in our names
4 Who is you're friend? We'll go around the circle and find out who each others friends are. We'll talk about how each person in preschool is a friend too, even Miss Tammy. Friends help each other also, and in school we all need to help each other. If someone gets hurt, we should help them. If someone needs help at a center, we should help them. If someone wants to play with us or share a toy, we should play and share. We should also help by taking care of the classroom and helping clean up our messes. If an accident happens, it's OK, just tell Miss Tammy. If nobody helps in preschool, it wouldn't be a very good school.
4. Read the story, "My Teacher is My Friend"
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: Making Warm Fuzzies
*Messy Table: Scooping beans
*Cut and Color Table: Friendship Bracelets - beading bracelets or necklaces.
*Dramatic Play: School bus
*Alphabet: Making a collage out of our own special letters (the first letter in each child’s name)
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: Apples and milk
Recess (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Talk about warm fuzzies and cold pricklies more. Encourage the children to give warm fuzzies away.
*Story
*Music and Movement - We'll dance to the song The More We Get Together as a class and then with partners.
* If there is time, we will have a whole bunch of letter tiles laid out in front of us. Each child will get to find the first letter of his/her name. The teacher will help them if they need it. The teacher will also encourage the kids to find more letters in their names!!
Oct. 14 - First Day of School
We’ll be focusing on the first day of school today and what school will be like. We’ll talk about other school experiences the children have had and what we will do at school every day; we will also decide as a class what our class rules should be. We’ll be reading the story, “My First Day of School”, making autumn trees, playing school bus, lacing leaves, and having graham crackers for snack
Tuesday, October 14/ Wednesday, October 15, 2008 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Morning Circle (AM 9:00-9:30)
1. Song Can
2. We will introduce each other, talk about the schedule we will follow each day, centers and what we will do at each one. We will write and practice our names
3. Share and Tell
4. We will set up class rules together, as the teacher writes the rules on chart paper and reads it back to the kids as we go. We may end up making one easy-to-remember rule: "You can do anything that doesn't hurt yourself, someone else, or Miss Tammy’s property." It pretty much covers EVERYTHING! Discuss each picture in turn.
5. We'll take a tour of the room, providing names for materials and areas.
6. Read ‘ my first day at preschool’. Play ‘Glad to See You’
7. School Calendar
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: Autumn trees and melted crayons
*Messy Table: beans
*Cut and Color Table: finger paints
*Dramatic Play: Play school bus.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack – graham crackers and milk
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story “If you take a mouse to school”
*Music and Movement – We’ll sing “It’s Autumn Time” and show how a leaf falls from a tree as we move from one end of the room to the other.
* Work on the letters in our names.
To finish whole group, we'll play the name game.....If the teacher calls your name, that child jumps up and says one other person in the room that they know. We'll go into talking about what each of us likes to do and what our favorite things are.
Tuesday, October 14/ Wednesday, October 15, 2008 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Morning Circle (AM 9:00-9:30)
1. Song Can
2. We will introduce each other, talk about the schedule we will follow each day, centers and what we will do at each one. We will write and practice our names
3. Share and Tell
4. We will set up class rules together, as the teacher writes the rules on chart paper and reads it back to the kids as we go. We may end up making one easy-to-remember rule: "You can do anything that doesn't hurt yourself, someone else, or Miss Tammy’s property." It pretty much covers EVERYTHING! Discuss each picture in turn.
5. We'll take a tour of the room, providing names for materials and areas.
6. Read ‘ my first day at preschool’. Play ‘Glad to See You’
7. School Calendar
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: Autumn trees and melted crayons
*Messy Table: beans
*Cut and Color Table: finger paints
*Dramatic Play: Play school bus.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack – graham crackers and milk
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
*Story “If you take a mouse to school”
*Music and Movement – We’ll sing “It’s Autumn Time” and show how a leaf falls from a tree as we move from one end of the room to the other.
* Work on the letters in our names.
To finish whole group, we'll play the name game.....If the teacher calls your name, that child jumps up and says one other person in the room that they know. We'll go into talking about what each of us likes to do and what our favorite things are.
Monday, October 13, 2008
October Newsletter
October 8, 2008
Dear Families,
I’m sending home a basic layout of the activities, snacks, and themes we will be learning and doing during the month of October. We will start learning specific letters on October 21st. Before that, we will be exploring the letters in our names each day.
October 14-16 – Time for School!
*Tuesday, Oct. 14/ Wednesday, Oct. 15 –FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL – Letters in our name
We’ll be focusing on the first day of school today and what school will be like. We’ll talk about other school experiences the children have had and what we will do at school every day; we will also decide as a class what our class rules should be. We’ll be reading the story, “My First Day of School”, making autumn trees, playing school bus, lacing leaves, and making popcorn for snack!
*Thursday, Oct. 16 – FRIENDS AND SCHOOL HELPERS – Letters in our name
We’ll be talking a lot about friends today and how our class is like a family and we are all friends! We’ll also talk about how we all help to keep school clean and running. We’ll read the story, “Will I have a friend?”, make friendship bracelets, finger paint, play with puppets, and we’ll make yummy pancakes for snack!
October 21-23 – Creepy Crawlies
*Tuesday, Oct. 21/ Wednesday, Oct. 22 – BEAUTIFUL BUGS - Letter Aa
We will introduce our class pet, Squeaky the wooly caterpillar, and explain how he will one day become a butterfly. We’ll read the story, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, create our own butterflies, play with a ‘bug’ parachute, make our own cocoons, and use pretzels to make the letter A!
*Thursday, Oct. 23 – INSECTS ALL AROUND US – Letter Aa
We will learn about bugs that help and bugs that hurt. We’ll look at types of bugs and where they might live. We will read the story, “I Like Bugs” by Margaret Wise Brown, make our own special bugs, go bug hunting, play bug parachute, and look for worms in our messy table. We will have bug crackers for snack!
Oct. 27 -29 – Halloween
*Tuesday, Oct. 27 HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS – Letter Bb
We will discuss the origin of Halloween and how it has changed today. Students will tell of their Halloween experiences and upcoming plans for this year. We will be reading “The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson, painting pumpkins, and making Halloween masks.
*Wednesday, Oct. 28/Thursday, Oct. 29 –HALLOWEEN PARTY – Letter Bb
Today is our Halloween Celebration. Don’t forget to dress up for our Halloween Party! We will read, “Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman”, and other Halloween books. In choice time, we’ll be making ghosts and spider webs; in large group time, we’ll make a class spider web, play fun Halloween games, and sing holiday songs. For our treat we will have homemade bread and make Jack-o-Lantern faces in it.
Dear Families,
I’m sending home a basic layout of the activities, snacks, and themes we will be learning and doing during the month of October. We will start learning specific letters on October 21st. Before that, we will be exploring the letters in our names each day.
October 14-16 – Time for School!
*Tuesday, Oct. 14/ Wednesday, Oct. 15 –FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL – Letters in our name
We’ll be focusing on the first day of school today and what school will be like. We’ll talk about other school experiences the children have had and what we will do at school every day; we will also decide as a class what our class rules should be. We’ll be reading the story, “My First Day of School”, making autumn trees, playing school bus, lacing leaves, and making popcorn for snack!
*Thursday, Oct. 16 – FRIENDS AND SCHOOL HELPERS – Letters in our name
We’ll be talking a lot about friends today and how our class is like a family and we are all friends! We’ll also talk about how we all help to keep school clean and running. We’ll read the story, “Will I have a friend?”, make friendship bracelets, finger paint, play with puppets, and we’ll make yummy pancakes for snack!
October 21-23 – Creepy Crawlies
*Tuesday, Oct. 21/ Wednesday, Oct. 22 – BEAUTIFUL BUGS - Letter Aa
We will introduce our class pet, Squeaky the wooly caterpillar, and explain how he will one day become a butterfly. We’ll read the story, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, create our own butterflies, play with a ‘bug’ parachute, make our own cocoons, and use pretzels to make the letter A!
*Thursday, Oct. 23 – INSECTS ALL AROUND US – Letter Aa
We will learn about bugs that help and bugs that hurt. We’ll look at types of bugs and where they might live. We will read the story, “I Like Bugs” by Margaret Wise Brown, make our own special bugs, go bug hunting, play bug parachute, and look for worms in our messy table. We will have bug crackers for snack!
Oct. 27 -29 – Halloween
*Tuesday, Oct. 27 HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS – Letter Bb
We will discuss the origin of Halloween and how it has changed today. Students will tell of their Halloween experiences and upcoming plans for this year. We will be reading “The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson, painting pumpkins, and making Halloween masks.
*Wednesday, Oct. 28/Thursday, Oct. 29 –HALLOWEEN PARTY – Letter Bb
Today is our Halloween Celebration. Don’t forget to dress up for our Halloween Party! We will read, “Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman”, and other Halloween books. In choice time, we’ll be making ghosts and spider webs; in large group time, we’ll make a class spider web, play fun Halloween games, and sing holiday songs. For our treat we will have homemade bread and make Jack-o-Lantern faces in it.
November Newsletter
November
Dear Families,
I’m sending home a basic layout of the activities, snacks, and themes we will be learning and doing during the month of November. Since my Wednesday class only meets once a week, I will be combining Tuesday/Thursday lessons so that my Wednesday children learn about the same things the older children learn, just not quite as in depth. I wish to remind you, we will not be having class November 27th as we all celebrate Thanksgiving!!
November 4 – 13 – GOTTA BE ME!
*Tuesday, Nov. 4/ Wednesday, Nov. 5 –MY SENSE OF SMELL – Bb
Today we’ll be exploring all different sorts of smells, from food to things around the house. We’ll be making smelly art, playing with scented playdough, make our own scratch and sniff pictures, and more! For snack we’ll be using a few different senses as we make and watch our very own popcorn pop!
*Thursday, Nov. 6 – MY SENSE OF SIGHT – Bb
We’ll be reading “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” and making our own book of “Preschooler, Preschooler, What Do You See?” We’ll see what it’s like to be blindfolded and discuss what kinds of things we would miss out on. We’ll learn some simple hand sign language, make magnified pictures, and more. For snack we’ll have colored Goldfish and sort the different colors!
*Tuesday, Nov. 11/ Wednesday, Nov. 12 –MY SENSE OF TASTE – Cc
Today we will be a fun eating day full of lots of things to taste. From dill pickles, to cookies, lemons, salty chips, and more! We’ll talk about different tastes and which ones we like best. We’ll sing Make Myself Some Cookies by Thomas Moore. We’ll be making favorite food pictures, we’ll make our recipe dictations, the children can explore in the restaurant at dramatic play, and we’ll be making peanut butter play dough for snack today!!
*Thursday, Nov. 13 – CELEBRATING ME!! – Cc
Today we’ll talk about the different things we learned about ourselves and the different things we can all do. We’ll also talk about when our birthdays are and why they are special. We’ll be making special ‘ME’ hats, celebrating birthdays in the dramatic play area, and learning why it’s so great to be ME. For snack today we’ll have bananas and grapes.
November 18-26 – THANKSGIVING
*Tuesday, Nov. 18/ Wednesday, Nov. 19 – MY FAMILY- Letter Dd
We will talk about what makes a family, in the traditional sense of the word and we’ll label family members, then we will talk about other families we have and how we, as a class, are a family too. We’ll role play with puppets, read ‘The Family Book’ by Todd Parr, and make a book about our family. For snack we’ll make heart-shaped love sandwiches.
*Thursday, Nov. 20 – Thanks – Letter Dd
We will talk about Thanksgiving and why it is a holiday. We will talk about other fall harvest holidays around the world and explain that it is a time of thanks. We’ll read, “Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks” by Margaret Sutherland, introduce Rude Rodney, and make thank-you cards. For snack we’ll serve each other cheese and crackers.
*Tuesday, Nov. 25/ Wednesday, Nov. 26 – THE FIRST THANKSGIVING- Letter Ee
We will talk about our own family traditions for Thanksgiving and our plans for Thursday. Then we will discuss the first Thanksgiving and what happened there. We’ll read “Five Silly Turkeys” and make our own silly turkeys, play games the pilgrim children may have played, and have our own Thanksgiving dinner of mashed potato, turkey, and pie!
No School Thursday November 27th. Eat lots of (healthy) food!
Dear Families,
I’m sending home a basic layout of the activities, snacks, and themes we will be learning and doing during the month of November. Since my Wednesday class only meets once a week, I will be combining Tuesday/Thursday lessons so that my Wednesday children learn about the same things the older children learn, just not quite as in depth. I wish to remind you, we will not be having class November 27th as we all celebrate Thanksgiving!!
November 4 – 13 – GOTTA BE ME!
*Tuesday, Nov. 4/ Wednesday, Nov. 5 –MY SENSE OF SMELL – Bb
Today we’ll be exploring all different sorts of smells, from food to things around the house. We’ll be making smelly art, playing with scented playdough, make our own scratch and sniff pictures, and more! For snack we’ll be using a few different senses as we make and watch our very own popcorn pop!
*Thursday, Nov. 6 – MY SENSE OF SIGHT – Bb
We’ll be reading “Brown Bear, Brown Bear” and making our own book of “Preschooler, Preschooler, What Do You See?” We’ll see what it’s like to be blindfolded and discuss what kinds of things we would miss out on. We’ll learn some simple hand sign language, make magnified pictures, and more. For snack we’ll have colored Goldfish and sort the different colors!
*Tuesday, Nov. 11/ Wednesday, Nov. 12 –MY SENSE OF TASTE – Cc
Today we will be a fun eating day full of lots of things to taste. From dill pickles, to cookies, lemons, salty chips, and more! We’ll talk about different tastes and which ones we like best. We’ll sing Make Myself Some Cookies by Thomas Moore. We’ll be making favorite food pictures, we’ll make our recipe dictations, the children can explore in the restaurant at dramatic play, and we’ll be making peanut butter play dough for snack today!!
*Thursday, Nov. 13 – CELEBRATING ME!! – Cc
Today we’ll talk about the different things we learned about ourselves and the different things we can all do. We’ll also talk about when our birthdays are and why they are special. We’ll be making special ‘ME’ hats, celebrating birthdays in the dramatic play area, and learning why it’s so great to be ME. For snack today we’ll have bananas and grapes.
November 18-26 – THANKSGIVING
*Tuesday, Nov. 18/ Wednesday, Nov. 19 – MY FAMILY- Letter Dd
We will talk about what makes a family, in the traditional sense of the word and we’ll label family members, then we will talk about other families we have and how we, as a class, are a family too. We’ll role play with puppets, read ‘The Family Book’ by Todd Parr, and make a book about our family. For snack we’ll make heart-shaped love sandwiches.
*Thursday, Nov. 20 – Thanks – Letter Dd
We will talk about Thanksgiving and why it is a holiday. We will talk about other fall harvest holidays around the world and explain that it is a time of thanks. We’ll read, “Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks” by Margaret Sutherland, introduce Rude Rodney, and make thank-you cards. For snack we’ll serve each other cheese and crackers.
*Tuesday, Nov. 25/ Wednesday, Nov. 26 – THE FIRST THANKSGIVING- Letter Ee
We will talk about our own family traditions for Thanksgiving and our plans for Thursday. Then we will discuss the first Thanksgiving and what happened there. We’ll read “Five Silly Turkeys” and make our own silly turkeys, play games the pilgrim children may have played, and have our own Thanksgiving dinner of mashed potato, turkey, and pie!
No School Thursday November 27th. Eat lots of (healthy) food!
Daily Schedule
The Children’s Corner Preschool Schedule
9:00 Greeting Circle
9:15 Morning Circle
9:30 Choice Time
10:15 Clean-Up
10:20 Snack
10:30 Small Group Time
10: 50 Music and Movement
11:00 Dismissal
9:00 Greeting Circle
9:15 Morning Circle
9:30 Choice Time
10:15 Clean-Up
10:20 Snack
10:30 Small Group Time
10: 50 Music and Movement
11:00 Dismissal
Themes throughout the Year
These are the themes Miss Tammy will be teaching throughout the year. I try and fit in some type of field trip every once in awhile. These might change a little throughout the year, but for the most part, this will be what your child will be learning about.
October 14 - October 17th Time for School! **We’ll be learning the routines and schedules of our school day and learning about each of our new friends.
October 21st – October 23rd Creepy Crawlies **We’ll be learning about all different sorts of bugs. Starting with caterpillars and butterflies and moving on through ants, worms, flies, grasshoppers and more!**
October 23rd - October 30th: Halloween Time **We'll be learning about the colors, traditions, and things that happen during Halloween. We will possibly have an out-of-class field trip to the pumpkin walk too!**
November 4th - November 13th: Gotta Be Me **Learning all about "ME" - practicing name writing and how each child is alike and different**
November 18th - November 26th: Thanksgiving
NO SCHOOL NOV. 27TH - THANKSGIVING BREAK!!
**We'll have fun learning about turkey's, families and thankfulness, the First Thanksgiving, and we'll end with our very own Thanksgiving Celebration!**
December 2nd - December 18th: It's Christmas Time
NO SCHOOL FROM DEC. 23 TO JAN. 1ST - CHRISTMAS BREAK!! School will start back up on January 6th.
**We'll be celebrating EVERYTHING CHRISTMAS!! From traditions, to Christmas trees, Christmas songs, and anything you can think of, it will be a lot of fun!!**
January 6th - January 22nd: The Shape of Things **Learning about circles, ovals, rectangles, squares, triangles, stars and hearts.**
January 27th - February 5th: Sing a Song of Opposites **Big and little, tall and short, up and down, inside and outside...the list goes on!!**
February 10th - February 12th: Friendship and Valentines **We'll focus on friendship for Valentines day and end with our own Valentines Day Celebration!**
February 17th - February 26th: Nutrition and Manners**Rude Rodney will teach us about being polite and impolite while we study the different food groups.
March 3rd - March 12th: Workers, Tools and Uniforms
VISIT THE FIRE STATION AND POLICE STATION FOR OUR FIELD TRIP
**We'll be learning about the possibilities of careers that we can all be when we grown up**
March 17th - March 26th: Under the Weather **From sunny, to snowy and any weather in between, we'll be learning about it**
*March 31st – April 8th: Spring Time and Easter POSSIBLY BE VISITNG THE ZOO OR A FARM TO SEE ALL THE NEW BABY ANIMALS **We'll learn about the different signs of spring, baby animals and possibly have some little eggs to watch hatch into baby chicks!**
April 14th - April 23rd: The World of Numbers **Learning about the look and value of each number.**
*April 27th to May 7th: (remember no school on April 10th) "A Dinosaur Dynasty" We’ll be learning about dinosaurs, fossils, archaeology, and go on our very own dinosaur dig!
*May 12th - May 14th: "Folktales" From Cinderella and nursery rhymes to legends, we’ll be learning it all!
*May 19th - May 21st: "Under the Sea" We’ll dive with dolphins and swim through coral as we explore everything ocean.
*May 26th - 29th: "Beach Week" Time to explore the creatures and adventures of the beach! Our celebration water day will be the last day of school, Thursday, May 29th
October 14 - October 17th Time for School! **We’ll be learning the routines and schedules of our school day and learning about each of our new friends.
October 21st – October 23rd Creepy Crawlies **We’ll be learning about all different sorts of bugs. Starting with caterpillars and butterflies and moving on through ants, worms, flies, grasshoppers and more!**
October 23rd - October 30th: Halloween Time **We'll be learning about the colors, traditions, and things that happen during Halloween. We will possibly have an out-of-class field trip to the pumpkin walk too!**
November 4th - November 13th: Gotta Be Me **Learning all about "ME" - practicing name writing and how each child is alike and different**
November 18th - November 26th: Thanksgiving
NO SCHOOL NOV. 27TH - THANKSGIVING BREAK!!
**We'll have fun learning about turkey's, families and thankfulness, the First Thanksgiving, and we'll end with our very own Thanksgiving Celebration!**
December 2nd - December 18th: It's Christmas Time
NO SCHOOL FROM DEC. 23 TO JAN. 1ST - CHRISTMAS BREAK!! School will start back up on January 6th.
**We'll be celebrating EVERYTHING CHRISTMAS!! From traditions, to Christmas trees, Christmas songs, and anything you can think of, it will be a lot of fun!!**
January 6th - January 22nd: The Shape of Things **Learning about circles, ovals, rectangles, squares, triangles, stars and hearts.**
January 27th - February 5th: Sing a Song of Opposites **Big and little, tall and short, up and down, inside and outside...the list goes on!!**
February 10th - February 12th: Friendship and Valentines **We'll focus on friendship for Valentines day and end with our own Valentines Day Celebration!**
February 17th - February 26th: Nutrition and Manners**Rude Rodney will teach us about being polite and impolite while we study the different food groups.
March 3rd - March 12th: Workers, Tools and Uniforms
VISIT THE FIRE STATION AND POLICE STATION FOR OUR FIELD TRIP
**We'll be learning about the possibilities of careers that we can all be when we grown up**
March 17th - March 26th: Under the Weather **From sunny, to snowy and any weather in between, we'll be learning about it**
*March 31st – April 8th: Spring Time and Easter POSSIBLY BE VISITNG THE ZOO OR A FARM TO SEE ALL THE NEW BABY ANIMALS **We'll learn about the different signs of spring, baby animals and possibly have some little eggs to watch hatch into baby chicks!**
April 14th - April 23rd: The World of Numbers **Learning about the look and value of each number.**
*April 27th to May 7th: (remember no school on April 10th) "A Dinosaur Dynasty" We’ll be learning about dinosaurs, fossils, archaeology, and go on our very own dinosaur dig!
*May 12th - May 14th: "Folktales" From Cinderella and nursery rhymes to legends, we’ll be learning it all!
*May 19th - May 21st: "Under the Sea" We’ll dive with dolphins and swim through coral as we explore everything ocean.
*May 26th - 29th: "Beach Week" Time to explore the creatures and adventures of the beach! Our celebration water day will be the last day of school, Thursday, May 29th
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