ECS Pre-K Classroom News
A Peek at the Week
This week we talked about holiday fun and worked on some holiday projects. Each day the children enjoyed talking at circle time about their Christmas trees (it seems everyone in class has a tree at their house). We heard about the special ornaments and lights on the trees, and how holidays are special at their houses. The children are VERY excited for the upcoming holidays. We read the book “Mortimer” during circle. Mortimer sings his own song when his mom, dad and brothers and sisters ask him to be quiet at bedtime. You may hear your child singing his tune “Clang, Clang, rattle bing bang gonna make my noise all day, clang, clang, rattle bing bang, gonna make my noise all day”.
Centers: Foam blocks and balls and ramps at the rainbow rug, train station/tracks, coloring on mural paper on the floor, “writing” letters to family/friends or Santa, holiday crafts, and painting on the easel.
Vocabulary: holidays, family, special, important, ornaments, tree, giving, sharing, kindness.
PT Group: This week the children participated in a fun, creative holiday activity. The children worked in pairs…one was a reindeer, and the other Santa. The reindeer pulled Santa on his/her sleigh (scooter) to deliver a package to the houses. Colored foam blocks were the presents, and colored hula-hoops were the houses, so they had to match the correct shape with the correct colored house. This was a great teamwork activity, and the children enjoyed pretending to be reindeer and Santa. We did take a few photos of this activity, and will try to post them on the website this week.
Speech/Language:
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THANK YOU’s!: Thanks to Nate and Mrs. Schmidt for getting crickets for our frogs this week.
Looking Ahead: We will be having our class Holiday party on Thursday December 23 from 10:30-11:30. The room Moms will be contacting you with more information. This is sure to be a fun time! When we come back, January will be a month of learning about many winter topics, including projects with snowmen, snow, and animals. The end of January will be Dinosaur fun.
Does your child play with the same toys every day? With the holiday gifts approaching, now is a good time to look at your child’s play habits. Does he/she play with the same toys in the same way during play times? To help expand your child’s interest and play skills, it’s a good idea to “rotate” your child’s toys. For example, if you have a train set up for daily play, you could pack it away in a closet for a while, and put some new toys out in its place. This way your child is given opportunities to learn how to play with new, different materials. Maybe your child doesn’t typically seem interested in art activities such as painting. By providing them with an easel and the paints each day, they will begin to try new things with these materials. Something to think about…
Reminders: Class meets Weds and Thurs next week. Have a nice week
Friday, December 17, 2004
Friday, December 10, 2004
ECS Pre-K Classroom News
AM Edition December 10, 2004
A Peek at the Week
This week we learned MORE about manners and our feelings. The children are now applying these manners to our daily routine, and commenting on actions saying, “that was nice manners” or “that’s not good manners”. At circle time we threw the koosh to each other after saying the person’s name that we wanted to throw the koosh to. We then sang “______throws it to______, ______throws it to______, hi ho the dairyo ______throws it to______.”
Centers: Computer, Kitchen, Chalkboard coloring, blocks, Happy/Sad face “masks”, Look What I Can Do, Journal writing, an emotions sorting/grouping activity, and coloring.
Vocabulary: please, thank you, sorry, you’re welcome, no thank you, excuse me, and can I have a turn?
PT Group: This week the children continued practicing with the balls. They sat on the floor and rolled the ball around their bodies. Then they rolled the balls around their waists while standing, as well as around their heads and their knees, as well as many others. Then they were paired up with a partner, and passed the ball to each other while standing back-to-back and sitting back-to-back.
Speech/Language:
THANK YOU’s!: Thanks to Jennifer’s sister Allie and Mrs. Arling for picking up crickets at the pet store. Thanks to Mrs. Schmidt for getting us a gallon of glue...it will be used for making goop next week...similar to silly putty.
Looking Ahead: In December we will be learning about Feelings, Manners, Holidays with Families, and Food/Meals. We will be having our class Holiday party on Thursday December 23 from 10:30-11:30. The room Moms will be contacting you with more information. This is sure to be a fun time!
Reminders: Have a nice weekend!
Friday, December 03, 2004
ECS Pre-K Classroom News
AM Edition December 3, 2004
A Peek at the Week
This week we learned about manners and our feelings. During circle time we talked about the way we should treat other people, and how the way people treat us makes us feel. We read various books about our manners and feelings, and practiced using good manners throughout our school day. We carried over these good manner habits into our center time, practicing good manners in all of various centers.
Centers: kitchen, puppet theater, blocks, science with magnets and paperclips inside water bottles, Look What I Can Do, Journal writing, an emotions matching game, and coloring.
Vocabulary: please, thank you, sorry, you’re welcome, no thank you, excuse me, and can I have a turn?
PT Group: This week the children practiced using balls. They sat on the floor and rolled the ball around their bodies. Then they rolled the balls around their waists while standing, as well as around their heads and their knees, as well as many others. This required good listening to the directions and holding the balls with each hand.
Speech/Language: This week we started work on a new story, Country Mouse and City Mouse.
We started by learning about a mouse. We drew a mouse practicing the names of the shapes we saw. Then we practiced squeaking. Next we learned the names of the characters from the story and practiced describing size. The children also worked on the concepts of what each eats and where they live. Everyone seemed to enjoy this activity. At the beginning of each new lesson we practice drawing the main character using shapes. The children really like drawing on the mirror. Crayola has markers that you can use to color on windows and mirrors and they clean up very easily. These would make a great holiday gift for the children.
THANK YOU’s!: Thanks to Jennifer and Mrs. Arling for sending in glue sticks for all of our art projects.
Looking Ahead: In December we will be learning about Feelings, Manners, Holidays with Families, and Food/Meals.
Reminders: Have a nice weekend!
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