This week we will continue our clothing study. We will be talking about cloth and where it comes from. We are also excited about our homework this week. We hope you are having fun picking out some environmental print. Here are our plans for the week:
Monday
Today the morning class will work on counting, colors and shapes. The afternoon class will be reviewing letters and playing alphabet bingo. Both classes will be reading Nine Naughty Monkeys and doing a Valentine's Day art project to hang in the classroom.
Tuesday
? of the day – Which animal do we get wool from?
Large Group – talk about what clothes are made of and where those materials come from
Small Group A.M. - math centers
Small Group P.M. - letter stations
Story – Baa Baa Black Sheep
At the art table we will be making a Valentine's Day project and at the sensory table we will be doing play dough.
Wednesday
? of the day – What does this say? (there will be familiar signs and logos)
Large group – talk about all of the things they see every day that they can read
Small Group – Second Step lesson with the Social Worker, Meg Will.
Story – The Paper Bag Princess
Today at the art table we will be making books from our environmental print that we brought in. We will also be exploring geoboards to review shapes.
Thursday
? of the day – What comes next in this pattern?
Small Group A.M. - shape activities
Small Group P.M. - letter Q activity
Story – Uncle Nacho's Hat
Friday
Today both classes will be doing mitten patterns. The morning class will be gluing mittens in a pattern and the afternoon class will be coloring them. The morning class will have speech with Mrs. DeYoung and the afternoon class will be playing counting games.

This week we will continue our clothing unit. Look for homework that will come home on Tuesday for Show and Tell on Thursday. We are looking forward to meeting with all of you at parent teacher conferences on Wednesday. Here are our plans for the week:
Monday
Today the morning class will work on counting and identifying number to 5. We will also talk about pairs while matching mittens. The afternoon class will also talk about pairs and we will review letters
Tuesday
? of the day – Which shirt do you like best?
Large Group – talk about pattern words like stripes, polka dots, plaid
Small Group A.M. - Fine Motor Assessment
Small Group P.M. - Fine Motor Assess
Story – The Girl Who Wore Too Much
At the art table we will be making t-shirts and at the sensory table this week we will be playing with play dough.
Wednesday
No School - Parent Teacher Conferences
Thursday
? of the day – I wear this when show and tell.
Small Group A.M. - Counting Games
Small Group P.M. - letter P activity
Story – Something From Nothing
At the art table today we will be "sewing" t-shirts.
Friday
Today both classes will be working on counting and number identification.

This week we will continue our study of clothing. The concept this week is features of clothing. We will talk about size, shapes and patterns and buttons/ fasteners. In our discovery center this week we will be doing different measurement activities. Here are our plans for the week:
Monday
A.M.
Today we will be talking about comparing sizes. We will look at real objects and talk about small medium and large. Next we will sort stickers by size. Then the children will sort buttons by size. Our story today is Big and Little.
P.M.
Today we will introduce our letter of the week which is N. We will also talk about small, medium and large. The children will sort buttons by size and complete a paper where they have to color balloons the correct color according the their size. We will also read Big and Little.
Tuesday
? of the day – Is your shirt bigger or smaller than this one?
Large Group – talk about Golidlocks and the Three Bears and how the bears are small medium and large, this ties into our clothing study because clothes come in many different sizes
Small Group A.M. and P.M.- Bigger Than, Smaller Than and Equal To – children will break up into 4 small groups with a teacher and we will build block towers and compare them by size. This activity will also incorporate counting and fine motor skills as we build the towers.
During choice time today each class will do an activity based on comparing sizes. The morning class will make a Goldilocks picture and the afternoon class will complete a paper where they have to color the correct item. We will be doing these “worksheet” type activities from time to time to help prepare the children to do similar tasks in Kindergarten.
Story – Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Wednesday
? of the day – Do you wear mittens or gloves?
Large Group – talk about the features of clothes, color, pockets etc.
Small Group – Second Step lesson with the Social Worker, Meg Will.
Art: Mittens
Story – A Pocket for Corduroy
Thursday
? of the day – How many buttons do you have on your clothes?
Small Group A.M. - Shape Stations
Small Group P.M. - letter N activity
Story – Button Button
Friday
Today both groups will be doing many shape activities. Our story today is The Shape of Things.

I can't believe this is the last week before Winter Break. This year is going by so fast! This is going to be a really fun week at preschool. On Tuesday we will be going on a field trip to Bass Pro Shop's Winter Wonderland. Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to come with us on this field trip, we appreciate your willingness to help but since this was a last minute addition and we had already had you all sign up for field trips and parties there was really no fair way to decide who could come. We will be taking 5 staff members and all of the activities do take place in a relatively small area so this will be plenty of adults to make sure all of your kids are well taken care of. We are also looking forward to our Holiday party on Thursday. The January calendars will not be coming home until we return on the 3rd. Some important dates are January 16, No School, Martin Luther King Day and January 19 in the tentative date for our field trip to Petland. I hope you all enjoy Winter Break and have a safe and happy holiday. We will see you all in the New Year.
Monday
Today the morning class will be practicing cutting while making Christmas trees. We will also be working on sorting and counting in math.
The afternoon class will be making wreaths and finishing their Christmas counting papers.
Our story today is Are You Grumpy Santa?
Tuesday
? of the day – Which has more? (there will be 2 bags of small objects)
Large Group – we will talk about more and less
Field Trip to Bass Pro Shop
Wednesday
? of the day – Do you have any brothers?
Large group – talk about the people in our families
Small Group – Second Step lesson with the Social Worker, Meg Will.
Story – Clifford's Christmas
Thursday
? of the day – Do you think that it will snow over break?
Large Group – We will be making a list of things that we can do in the snow.
Story – Hurry Santa!
Holiday Parties 10:30 and 1:15
Friday
Today we will play playing some holiday games . The morning class will have speech with Mrs. DeYoung and the afternoon will watch a short movie.

This week we will still be talking about tress and what they are used for. We will also be doing lots of gingerbread themed activities. Here are our detailed plans for the week:

Monday
Today the morning class will work on sorting by color. We will also be practicing counting to 5 using presents and trees. We will use bingo blotters to color a gingerbread man and play language lotto to work on classifying and vocab development. The afternoon class will be working on identifying and printing the numbers 4, 5 and 6. We will also practice our coloring and cutting skills by completing a gingerbread house. Both groups will read the story The Gingerbread Man.

Tuesday
? of the day – Which bag has more sticks?
Large Group – talk about more and less
Small Group A.M. - Counting Games
Small Group P.M. - ABC Games
Story – The Gingerbread Boy
At the art table we will be making paper gingerbread men and at the sensory table we will be making our own red and green play dough which we will play with the rest of the week.

Wednesday
? of the day – Do you have a Christmas tree at home?
Large group – discuss different things that are made from wood
Small Group – Second Step lesson with the Social Worker, Meg Will. This weeks lesson is about identifying feelings.
Story – The Gingerbread Boy
Today we will be making hot chocolate and having it with cookies for snack.

Thursday
? of the day – What would you like for Santa to bring you for Christmas?
Small Group A.M. - No small group we will be attending a holiday concert by the Prarieview band.
Small Group P.M. - letter L activity
Story – Gingerbread Baby

Friday
Today both classes will be doing a multi sensory candy cane art project. The morning class will also have speech with Mrs. DeYoung and the afternoon will continue to work on number identification and printing numbers 7&8. Our story today is Santa's Noisy Night.

This week we will continue our study of trees. We will be heading outdoors to measure how big around one of our trees is. We will also be working with our names and we will continue to learn the names of the other children in class. Here are our plans for the week:
Monday
Today the morning class will work on identifying colors. We will use the felt board and many colored turkey feathers. Both classes, will practice position words. We used bean bags to practice position words then we made a book using turkey stickers. Our story today is The Best Thanksgiving Ever.
Tuesday
? of the day – How big around do you think the tree outside is? Each child will cut a piece of yarn to the length that they think will fit around the tree. Then we will go outside and measure the tree and compare their guesses to the real length.
Large Group – “Friends” song sung to the tune of BINGO that will incorporate all of the childrens names.
Small Group A.M. - Making Names – we will begin to learn about their names and the letters in them by using letter tiles to spell each child's name. Look for this activity to come home so you can continue to practice.
Small Group P.M. - Making Names (see above) and letter J activity.
Story – Our Tree Named Steve
Wednesday
? of the day – Who takes care of trees? (an arborist)
Large group – We will be attending an all school story teller assembly.
Small Group – Second Step lesson with the Social Worker, Meg Will.
Story – Growing Trees
Thursday
? of the day – Which food will help you grow to be healthy and strong?
Large Group – Thanksgiving Songs
Small Group A.M. - Leaf Patterns
Small Group P.M. - same as Tuesday
Story – Thanksgiving Cats
Friday
Today the morning class will have Physical therapy with Kari Walker. They will also have speech with Marilyn De Young. With so much structured activity, the focus with Mrs. Parker today will be increasing play skills. The afternoon class will be talking about opposites. We will read an opposite book, play a game and use some stampers to explore this topic. Today's story will be This is the Turkey.

This week we will be talking about the different things that grow on trees. We will be baking apple bread on Wednesday. These cooking activities are a great way to learn about measruement, counting, and following directions. Plus the kids think it is really fun! We will also incorporate lots of Turkey stuff. The kids will have homework on Tuesday, I am sure that they will be very excited to do it with you and bring it back to school to be displayed in the room. Here are our detailed plans for the week:
Monday
Today we made turkeys. We also worked on counting. In the morning we are continuing to work on crayon skills. In the afternoon we talked about the sounds we hear at the beginning of words and worked on listening to see if the sounds were the same or different. We also worked on writing our names. We read 10 Fat Turkeys.
Tuesday
? of the day – Which of these grow on a tree?
Large Group – What does it mean to be thankful?
Small Group A.M. - Apple Prints
Small Group P.M. - Same sound sort and letter I activity – each student will do one of these activities today and the other on Thursday
Story – Henny Penny
Wednesday
? of the day – Did this grow on a tree? (picture of an orange)
Large group – Tree Game
Small Group – Second Step lesson with the Social Worker, Meg Will.
Story – There Was and Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie
Thursday
? of the day – Which food tastes best to you? (banana or apple)
Large Group – Thanksgiving Songs
Small Group A.M. - make turkeys
Small Group P.M. - same as Tuesday
Story – 5 Silly Turkeys
Friday
No School Veteran's Day