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.