The children are busy learning and exploring in Preschool. We changed our
Curriculum at the beginning of the year and are now using the Creative
Curriculum, supplementing it with an additional Curriculum Handwriting
Without Tears. Combining the two provides the children with a very
educationally enriched preschool education.
Themes & Educational Objectives:
In addition to the weekly learning objectives the children on a daily basis
are continually building on the core objectives of letter and sound
recognition, identify their own name in print, determine the meaning of new
words, reading comprehension, rote counting, touch objects and say the number
name when counting, comparing and sorting, graphing, use and understand
language of time, recognize the flag and recall government facts, purpose of a
map. These are just some of the core learning objectives that we are
always building on. In addition to these objectives we do Units to
provide experiences for the children to expand their knowledge and hands on
experiences building on their ability to recall information and knowledge.
Jan. 24 - 28: Complete Transportation Unit
* Understanding of production, distribution and consumption
* Purpose of maps and why they are useful
* Demonstrate & use terms to location direction and distance
Jan. 31 - Feb. 4: Changes in the Weather and Ground Hog Day
* Recognize various devices to measure time
* Explore and compare changes in our environment (snow, ice, cold)
* Identify common needs of living things
* How environment supports life by meeting the unique needs
Feb. 7 - 18: Where music comes from:
* Identify matching sounds
*Hear sounds and rhythmic movement
*Differentiate between sounds that are the same and different
*Explore musical instruments
* Awareness of different cultural music and instruments
Feb. 21 - March 11: Communities and Families
*Develop a sense of belonging to a community
*Identify streets and building using symbols
*Navigate within familiar environments
*Recognize and name the immediate surrounds
Valentines Day:
We will not have a big party on Valentine's Day, but we will be celebrating!
The children need to bring in Valentine Cards with only thier name written on
the back. Encourage your child to write their own name. It is a great lesson
on the purpose of print. Please do not write the other children's names on the
envelop. It becomes to big and difficult of a job to get the right name to the
right child. We will be doing something special with valentine boxes. Please
work together with your child to make your valentine box look like you own
home. We will reuse these boxes for our unit on Community. Please bring them
in the day of the party, Feb 15th.
Student of the Week:
It begins this week! One child will be the student of the week! I will provide
you with a large paper to decorate with family pictures and any other
decorations. On either the Tuesday or Thursday your child will bring in their
poster, something special to share and a snack of their favorite food! (please
bring in one bottle of juice)
Jan 31 - Feb 4: Lilli Feb. 7 - 11: Kaden Feb. 14 - 18: Seth
Feb. 21 - 25: Reagan Feb 28 - Mar 4: Campbell Mar. 7 - 11: Ellie
Mar. 14 - 18: Cole Mar. 21 - 25: Anna Mar. 28 - April 1: Olive
April 4 - 8: Eva April 11 - 15: Jeffrey April 18 - 25: Spring Break
April 26 - 29: Addison May 2 - 6: Emma May 9 - 13: Wyattt
Thank you parents for all you do!
Mrs. Karen