Announcements:
- Thanks for making the carnival such a success! It was so much fun!
- *NEW* March 1st: Walk to Dr. Dvorak's dental clinic, 136 W. Main St. - this was not on the original schedule! Remember to have the kids dressed appropriately for this short walk just across the street!
Activities:
- Snack Helpers: Tyler
- Projects: We worked on our booklet of experiences, and we sewed around a Valentine heart for a special valentine!
- Stories (it's children's dental health month!): Tooth Trouble, My Dentist, and Brushing Well!
- We've got mail: We learned about healthy or unhealthy food! We sorted healthy and unhealthy foods onto a happy tooth and a sad tooth depending on the type of food!
- Dismiss for snack activity: Position teddy bears: under, over, behind, inside
- Dora's clues: toothbrush, dental floss, toothpaste - Dora wants to brush her teeth! We found a cute bear brushing his teeth to color and talked about taking care of our teeth.
- Mortimer the puppet: introduced the Letter O! He found an Orange in the woods and he had it in his mouth- he is so silly!
- A puppet, called Chef Combo, came to visit us! He talked to us about eating healthy food. You always need to have at least 2 bites when you try new food or food you think you don't like! (Thanks Chef Combo!!)
- Songs: Smile Song, sung to "skip to my lou", and Toothbrushing Song, sung to "peanut butter and jelly"
- Hope you enjoyed looking at all of the Valentines the kids brought home!
Activities:
- Healthy Kids Helpers this week: Cameron and Jazlyn!
- Projects: We dressed our "beary cold bears" and made a heart fish!
- Mortimer the puppet introduced the letter N! He was silly and kept saying "No my Nose isn't Noisy", no, no, no Mortimer was being Naughty but then he said he would be nice and not make his Nose so Noisy!
- We've got mail: We found an experiment called "magic water" - fill a small pop bottle with cooking oil, drop in drips of colored water, gently move the bottle to watch magic water float!
- Dora's clues: hearts of all sizes - we found a heart valentine box in the bag!
- Dismiss for snack activity: do the actions and patterning of bears and hearts!
- Bears: we listened to Jewel the bear and her baby cubs - www.bear.org
- We practiced our songs for the concert!!!
Announcements:
- Carnival on Friday! Remember to turn in your raffle tickets! If you haven't signed up for a volunteer spot/shift please let us know if you can help - the jobs are easy!
- Remember you can eat dinner at the carnival before the concert - we will have taco in a bag and hotdogs starting at 5:30; kids need to be there by 6:00 if not coming sooner, and the concert is at 6:15! You can also get food after the concert!
Activities:
- Healthy Kids Helpers: Ryder and Norah
- Projects: Story in book - My Sandwich and Fingerpaint!
- Books: Step Inside the Rain Forest, and The Rain
- Mortimer the puppet introduced the Letter M! He had a monkey playing with him!
- Dora's clues: pink marker, pink crayon, pink paper -- Dora had a fun song about pink!
- Mailbox - We found a rainstick inside the mailbox! A rain stick is so fun to listen to! We also found out how to make a rainstick: First, poke a bunch of toothpicks into an empty paper towel roll. Bend the end of the toothpicks and tape them down. Put masking tape all over on end and add 1/2 cup of rice. Tape the roll securely with masking tape and-- you have a rainstick!!
- Excuse for snack exercise: snowman match, and match pictures to cold weather or warm weather!
- We have been busy practicing all of our fun songs for the concert!! :)
Announcements:
- Carnival advanced sales tickets form was sent home - this is a convenient way to get a discount on the tickets, and also avoid having to wait in line when the kids are ready to eat and ready to go play games!
Activities:
- It was a short week this week!
- Projects: Gingerbread house! Ask your child how we made this house - they had so much fun!
- Dora's clues: shovel, pail, swimsuit..... Dora had fun at the beach!
- Excuse for snack activity: match the colored gingerbread man to their color of house!
- Story - Gingerbread Boy: In this story the gingerbread boy was on a boat and he is probably still running away!!
- We came to snack and our snack was missing!!!! The gingerbread men had run away! We had a gingerbread hunt --- run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man! Where did we finally find the gingerbread men? Did we have to go all around the room to finally find them? We had a great time, and a fun adventure!!
Announcements:
- Please note a typo on the January calendar - there is NO SCHOOL on Thursday Jan 26th and Friday Jan 27th!
- Please note the carnival invitations sent home in your child's backpack! Send them to family, friends & neighbors - it's lots of fun games and prizes for the kids! There are more invites at the school or just copy yours!
- Raffle tickets for the carnival were sent home in your child's backpack! We do have more at school if anyone wants more! As we did last year, we are selling fewer tickets so the odds of winning are much higher!
Activities this week:
- Topics: 5 senses and poison
- Healthy Kid Helpers : Braxton & Molly
- Projects: Carnival invite and snowman!
- Dora's clues: small, medium, and large octagons - we talked about thins shaped like an octagon: stop signs, some umbrellas, etc.
- We've got mail! We had a taste test: 1) salty = chips, 2) sour = baby dill pickles, 3) sweet = M&M's!
- Excuse for snack activity: 1) match snowman and his hat, and 2) look at the letters in each child's name!
- Mortimer the puppet introduced the letter K this week! He was the king of the forest! Practice the "K sound with your child this week!
- Poison: We talked about different poisons and also about "Mr. Goodarm". Mr. Goodarm helps us pick up things that are only good for us and helps us think about what we should do if we see something that looks good but we're not sure what it is = Go talk to your parents about it!
- Books: Jamberry, and Big Smelly Bear.
- Eyes and Ears Songs: 1) Senses - sung to the "Muffin Man": Oh, do you use your ears to hear, Your ears to hear, your ears to hear?; Oh do you use your ears to hear? Oh, yes! We use our ears! (repeat with eyes to see, mouth to taste, nose to smell, and hands to touch) 2) sung to "Are you Sleeping": Ears are listening, Ears are listening; Listen now! Listen now!; Let's make a little noise, Make a little noise!; stomp, clap, clap; stomp, clap, clap!
- Be sure to check the Friday PreK page and the updated Photos page!
Announcements:
- The monthly newsletter was sent home in your child's backpack- please read for important details!
- The carnival is coming up - Friday February 10th - help spread the word, this is a fun family event!
- Math and Storybook totes are available to check out from Small Wonders - enjoy!
- Remember to send shoes to wear during school when boots are worn - thanks!
- Conferences will be on March 9th, sign up will be posted in the school in February!
Activities this week:
- Projects: Celebrate 2012 Decoration, or Hat! We also worked on a story in our booklet called "Once Upon a Time...."
- Mortimer the puppet: introduced the letter "J"! he was jingling - he found jingle bells in the woods!
- We've got mail: We found an experiment - "Iceberg Bottles"! Here's how we did it: Fill a 20 oz water bottle 3/4th full of water, add glitter, craft foam pieces, game pieces, etc. in the bottle and freeze. Examine and watch it melt. Remember to look at it the next time you come to school and see what happens!
- Dora's clues: Blue marker, blue paper, blue crayon: we found that Dora had a fun book about Blue!
- Music: "I'm a Little Snowman" - sung to "I'm a Little Teapot": I'm a little snowman, short and fat; Here is my broomstick, here is my hat; When the sun comes out, I melt away; Down down down down - Oops I'm a puddle!
- Books: Snowmen at Night - what do snowmen do at night? Slide around? Sip ice cold cocoa? Have snowman races? Throw snowballs? When Winter Comes - this book was all about that changes that happen in the winter - where do caterpillars, mice, and other creatures go in the winter?
- Excuse for snack exercise: 1) Carry a styrofoam snowball with tongs from point A to point B, 2) Roll a snowball to a friend!
