Kindness and Helping Others

Week of: November 14-19
Theme: Kindness and Helping Others
Social Learning Goal: Sharing and helping
Spanish Learning Goal: Days of the week (calendar words)
Academic Learning Goal: #1-15 recognition, Letter T/t sounds/recognition, AB/ABC Patterns

Books:
Big Wolf, Little Wolf 
Don't Need Friends 
Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace 
Johnny Appleseed 

Activities:
Kindness Jar
Kindness conversation-- what does it mean to be kind?
Letter T hunt
Letter T poem
AB/ABC patterns with unifix cubes
Ways we show kindess
T sound recognition game
Erase the number

Ariann's Project: Kindness to our neighbors (bulb deliveries and thank you cards) M,T,F, Reading Group--'oo' sound (W)

Julie's Project: Holiday wreaths for Grizzly Peak Retirement Home (M,T,W) Kindness in other cultures (Th), Smiles (F)
AJ's Project: Kindness heart (M, T, W), Donation gather for youth home (F)

Human Body (wk 2)

Week of: November 7-11
Theme: Human Body
Social Learning Goal: Sharing and helping others
Spanish Learning Goal: Colores
Academic Learning Goal: # 1-15 recognition, letter T/t, AB/ABC Patterning

Books:
The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body 
Bones 
Stretch 


Activities:
Friend to friend
T Detectives and T poem
Making Healthy Choices
Memory
Sound and smell jars
T tongue twister
Feels like/smells like guessing game
Meditation

Ariann's Project: The skeletal system and q-tip skeletons (M, T, F), Reading group (W)

Julie's Project: Fake snot/what is snot? (M,T,W), yoga (F)
AJ's Project: Body comparisions to nature book (M, T, W), Heathy food vs junk food sorting (F)

Greenough Outing

This morning we took a nice long (and slightly chilly) field trip to Greenough Park with Porter Hammitt. It was such a blast! We had a great time exploring the park using our different senses, our powers of observation, and exercising our bodies! What fun!

Human Body (wk 1)

Announcement: On Wednesday, November 2nd we are heading to Greenough Park for an adventure lead by Porter Hammitt. This will be a great field trip, and it will be nice to get outside, get some exercise and explore our bodies in the outdoors! We will be gone from 9:30-11:30. Pleased dress your child for our adventure!!

Week of: October 31- November 4
Theme: Human Body
Social Learning Goal: Taking turns
Spanish Learning Goal: Colores
Academic Learning Goal: Phone numbers, letter C/c, letter E/e

Book:
Mis Colores 
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses 
My Trip to the Hospital 


Activities:
Human Body-- what we KNOW
Memory
Body alphabet
Carrot vs Celery words
Body rockin' music
E tongue twister and E poem
Scent jars

Ariann's Project: What do our organs do? Human bodies!

Julie's Project: Meditation (M, T, F), matching with the five senses (Th)
AJ's Project: Body food art (M,T) Body books (F)