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Ms. Kendra's Pre-K Four/Five Class - Room 9
 

Ms. Kendra's Pre-K 4 Class

 

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Many of CCA’s activities are based around Christ. Every day we give our praises to the Lord through discussion, Bible stories, memory verses, songs of worship, and prayer. It is my desire to teach our children to love and trust in the Lord in all that we do and to share His word with others.

February 2012

 

Hello! Things are in full swing right now with our classroom changes and I hope everyone is enjoying the New Year! Star of the Week has been a great way for the children to get to know more about each other, and I know the children feel really special when it is their turn. Thank you so much for your involvement in making sure they bring their Tuesday Folders back every week! February is full of fun themes such as Groundhog’s Day, Valentines, Presidents Day, Dental Health and March 2- Dr. Seuss’ Birthday! Here is what you can expect your child to be learning this month:

 

 

Week: January 30th- February 3rd

CHAPEL: Jesus Makes People Well

DOMAIN #1 – Speech and Language Development

1)       Receptive Language (Books)

a.       Substitute Groundhog by: Pat Miller

b.       Jamberry by: Bruce Degen

DOMAIN #2 – Early Literacy Skills

1)       Early Writing

a.       Building Words in the –am Family

b.       Printing Letter J

c.       Printing number 20

2)       Early Literacy

a.       Pop-Up Story (Substitute Groundhog)

b.       A Jam Session (Jamberry)

c.       J is for Jam (Jamberry)

d.       Real or Pretend (Jamberry)

DOMAIN #3 – Math and Science

1)       Groundhog’s Substitute (Substitute Groundhog)

2)       Berry Ballot (Jamberry)

3)       Recognizing 20

4)       Counting 1-50

5)       Sequencing

6)       Count and Chant (Jamberry)

DOMAIN #4 – Social Studies

            Where do groundhogs live and what is the geography?

DOMAIN #5 – Creative Arts

1)       Groundhog’s Flu (Substitute Groundhog)

2)       A “Berry” Special Painting (Jamberry)

3)       Hat full of berries (Jamberry)

DOMAIN #6 – Social-Emotional Development

1)       Show and tell is: Something beginning with Letter J

2)       A time when I was mad…

DOMAIN #7 – Physical Development

1)       Gross Motor- Groundhog’s Job (Substitute Groundhog)

2)       Fine Motor- Table Toys

 

Week: February 6th-10th     

CHAPEL: Jesus and the Lonely Woman

DOMAIN #1 - Speech an Language Development

1)       Receptive Language (Books)

a.       Little Blue and Little Yellow by: Leo Lionni

b.       Guess How Much I Love You by: Sam McBratney

DOMAIN #2 – Early Literacy Skills

1)       Early Writing

a.       Who Do You Love (Guess How Much I Love You)

b.       Printing Letter Y

c.       Printing Numbers

2)       Early Literacy

a.       Friends That Blend (Little Blue and Little Yellow)

b.       Lighten Up (Little Blue and Little Yellow)

c.       Little Yellow’s Favorite Game

DOMAIN #3 – Math and Science

1)       How Many Hearts (Guess How Much I love You)

2)       Counting 1-60

DOMAIN #4 – Social Studies

1)       Yummy Yogurt (Little Blue and Little Yellow)

DOMAIN #5 – Creative Arts

1)       Lots of Love (Guess How Much I Love You)

2)       Plate Puppets (Guess How Much I Love You)

DOMAIN #6 – Social-Emotional Development

1)       Show and tell is: Something beginning with Y

2)       A Time when I was excited…

DOMAIN #7 – Physical Development

1)       Gross Motor – Morning Exercise and Recess

2)       Fine Motor – In the Mix (Little Blue and Little Yellow) and Table Toys

 

Week: February 13th- 17th

CHAPEL: Jesus and Zaccaeus

DOMAIN #1 Speech and Language Development

1)       Receptive Language (Books)

a.       Growing Vegetable Soup by: Louis Ehlert

b.       Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by: Diane deGroat

DOMAIN #2 – Early Literacy Skills

1)       Early Writing

a.       Valentines for Friends (Roses…)

b.       A Perfect Poem (Roses…)

c.       Soups On (Growing Vegetable Soup)

d.       Printing Letter V

e.       Printing Numbers

2)       Early Literacy

a.       From Seeds to Soup (Growing Vegetable Soup)

b.       Sounds like Veggies (Growing Vegetable Soup)

DOMAIN #3 – Math and Science

1)       Missing Valentines (Roses…)

2)       Counting 1-70

3)       Peas Please! (Growing Vegetable Soup)

DOMAIN #4 – Social Studies

1)       Know Your Vegetables (Growing Vegetable Soup)

2)       What Foods are different countries known for?

DOMAIN #5 – Creative Arts

1)       Heart Shaped Cookies (Roses…)

2)       Love Bugs

3)       Heart People

DOMAIN #6 – Social-Emotional Development

1)       Show and Tell is: Something beginning with V

2)       A time when I was sad…

DOMAIN #7 - Physical Development

1)       Gross Motor- Morning Exercise and Recess

2)       Fine Motor- Table Toys and Valentines Day Games

 

Week: February 20th-24th

CHAPEL: Matthew Meets Jesus 

DOMAIN #1 - Speech and Language Development

1)       Receptive Language (Books)

a.       We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by: Michael Rosen

b.       Where the Wild Things Are by: Maurice Sendak

c.       What a Wonderful World by: George David Weiss

DOMAIN #2 - Early Literacy Skills

1)       Early Writing

a.       Go Away Max (Where the Wild Things Are)

b.       Printing Letter W

c.       Printing Numbers

2)       Early Literacy

a.       Dandy Descriptions (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt)

b.       What is Wild? (Where the Wild Things Are)

c.       A Toothy Tale (Where the Wild Things Are)

DOMAIN #3 – Math and Science

1)       Over and Under (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt)

2)       Counting 1-80

3)       Simple Addition with manipulatives

DOMAIN #4 – Social Studies

1)       Study different Habitats

2)       Presidents Day!

DOMAIN #5 - Creative Arts

1)       Bear’s Cave (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt)

2)       Wild Thing Footprints (Were the Wild Things Are)

3)       What a Wonderful World Paintings

4)       Who’s A Wild Thing (Where the Wild Things Are)

DOMAIN #6 – Social-Emotional Development

1)       Show and Tell is: Something beginning with W

2)       A time when I was happy…

DOMAIN #7 - Physical Development

1)       Gross Motor

a.       Moving Along (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt)

b.       Wonderful Wild Things (Where the Wild Things Are)

2)       Fine Motor

a.       Table Toys and Art

 

Week: February 27th- March 2nd

CHAPEL: A Boy Helps Jesus

DOMAIN #1 - Speech and Language Development

1)       Receptive Language

a.       Zoo-Looking by: Mem Fox

b.       On Beyond Zebra by: Dr. Seuss

c.       Various Dr. Seuss Books

DOMAIN #2 Early Literacy Skills

1)       Early Writing

a.       Watchful Critters (Zoo-Looking)

b.       My Favorite Dr. Seuss Book is…

c.       Printing Letter Z

d.       Printing Numbers

2)       Early Literacy

a.       Animals, Animals Everywhere! (Zoo-Looking)

b.       A Zoo Full of Z’s (Zoo-Looking)

DOMAIN #3 – Math and Science

1)       Zoo Clues (Zoo-Looking)

2)       Counting 1- 90

3)       Simple Addition with manipulatives

4)       Zoo Animals

DOMAIN #4 – Social Studies

1)       Where does your favorite Zoo Animal live in the Wild?

2)       Dr. Seuss’ Birthday

DOMAIN #5 – Creative Arts

1)       Zany Zoo (Zoo-Looking)

2)       A Zoo Sing- Along (Zoo-Looking)

3)       Cat in the Hat Drawings

DOMAIN #6 – Social-Emotional Development

1)       Show and Tell is: Something beginning with Z

2)       A time when I was scared…

DOMAIN #7 – Physical Development

1)       Gross Motor- Morning Exercise and Recess

2)       Fine Motor- Table Toys and Art

                      


        When looking into a preschool classroom, you are often overwhelmed by noise, busy bodies around the room, and toys here and there and everywhere! What might appear as mass chaos to most people, those of us in Early Childhood education see little minds working everywhere we look. Through research, it has been discovered that young children learn best through hands-on experiences where they can use all of their senses along with their growing social and emotional skills. For this reason, our classroom has been divided into several different learning stations to help promote an early love of learning. These learning stations allow for a small group of children to play within the station at one time. This allows the children to build their vocabulary, social skills, self esteem, and creativity by working with each other. This time also allows the teacher to focus on small groups of children and strengthen their teacher/student relationship as well as assess each child’s individual needs.

            In the Creative Arts Station, your child will be able to creatively express themselves by using a variety of materials. They may paint, color with markers and crayons, use stencils, play in sand or water, play an instrument, play with play-dough, make a collage, cut, etc. This station helps your child build their fine motor skills as well as their imaginations.

            In Home-living, your child can be transported all over the world (and sometimes out of this world) just by pretending. There are items to dress up like various community helpers, fantasy characters, animals, etc. They may choose to play house and cook a meal for their family, or become a restaurant where they run out of spaghetti. The sky is the limit to their creativity in this station. Here they are learning important social skills like how to share, gender roles, other cultures, and much more.

            In the Construction Zone, your child will become a master builder. They may construct roads, towns, farms, and zoos. They may use toy tools to help them build, read about various types of cars, or graph out their plans for their build. Here your child is learning to express themselves creatively, but also work as a team to complete a project.

            In the Audio/Visual area, your child will have the opportunity to play various academically enriching games. Some games may help them learn the sounds of the alphabet and match them to pictures, some may help them learn colors and develop better fine motor skills and hand eye coordination as they click, and others may test their memory skills. Your child may also choose to listen to a book on tape or CD while inside this station. This helps them with print awareness, book handling skills, and early literacy.

            In the Literacy Station, your child will have the opportunity to cozy up with a good book inside of a fun tree-house tent. They may also choose to play games that help them with Literacy skills like Alphabet bingo, letter matching, dry-erase boards to write out their name, or retell a story using puppets. Using these games, children become more familiar with the alphabet and the words around them.

            In the Science and Math Station, your child will be learning to challenge their intellectual side. They may measure toy animals using traditional methods like a scale or a ruler. They may sort objects by color or shape. They may explore a cell using a microscope, and see an autumn leaf up close with a magnifying glass. Through picture cards and books in this station, your child will explore the Earth and everything God made in it. This station is completely hands on, and it allows them to manipulate the world around them to help them better understand their surroundings.