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.
Monday, October 13, 2008
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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