Weekly Theme: My Family / Animal Families
Weekly Letter: C
Weekly Number: 0
Hello Pre-K Families!
This week our theme focuses on our families, different kinds of families, and animal families. Our activities this week will acknowledge the members of each child’s family, discuss who lives in our households (including our pets), and share the love and appreciation we have for our families. Some of our activities include creating a house out of shapes, drawing pictures of or family members, using play-doh to create a make believe house, and even playing “house” in the dramatic play area.
In addition, this week, we will begin our first “Letter of the Week” beginning with the letter C. We will practice handwriting the letter C, creating a Caterpillar inspired by Eric Carle, create a letter C using Pom-Poms to enhance our fine motor skills, and we will also create our first list of words for our “word wall.”
At the end of the week, we will be discussing animal families. We will be able to match baby animals with their mothers, after reading Are You My Mother by, P.D Eastman, create an animal counting book, and play “farm animal charades.” On Friday September 27 from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM our class will be going outside to see the petting farm. Students will be able to take pony rides, hold baby animals, and pet a variety of farm animals. All parents are welcome to join us! This is an Open House so tell your friends to come and see our wonderful school!
Weekly Literature:
- Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by, Kimberly and James Dean
- The Family Book by, Todd Parr
- The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar by, Eric Carle
- Climb the Family Tree Jesse Bear! By, Nancy White Carlstrom
- Have You Seen My Sister? By, Matthew Price
- The Colors of Us by, Karen Katz
- Are You My Mother? by, P.D. Eastman
- The Cow That Went Oink by, Bernard Most
- The Flea’s Sneeze by, Lynn Downey
Reminders:
- If you have not done so already please send in a separate bag for your child’s morning snack. Your child should have a lunch bag and a snack bag.
- Please bring in a 4×6 family photo if you haven’t done so already for our family tree that is coming together beautifully behind our door.
- Please fill out and sign our Sandy Hook Trip class permission slip. Our class trip is on Friday October 4th.
- This Wednesday September 25th- Back to school night from 6:30pm to 7:15pm. This is a meeting for the parents to discuss our daily routine, our schedule in more detail, and important things about our classroom. Please try your best to attend.
- Friday September 27th- The petting farm will be outside in the back parking lot. All parents are welcome! If your child does not normally attend school on Fridays, of course you may still attend. Our class time is 11:00am to 11:30am
Warmly,
Ms. Kasey and Mrs. G
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