I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend! This will be our first full week of school and we are ready for it! The children seem to be really getting into the swing of our routine.
Last week we were able to accomplish a lot! We played together, worked hard, and did a lot of different activities throughout the day. One of their favorites last week was when we played with the bean bags, they will be sure to come back out soon! We ended letter Mm last week and by the end of each letter your child should be able to name the letter, and tell you the sound. We are working on printing the letters, and this will come with time. This week our theme is "Our Five Senses." Each day we will be working on a different sense. Below you can find out which activities we will be doing on each day. It is going to be a fun week! Our letter of the week is Ss.
For the last two weeks many forms have been coming home. Here are just a few reminders of the ones that I need back:
*Purple Information Sheet
*Questionnaires that were given out at the preschool open house.
*Milk Order Forms
*Picture forms are due back on Wednesday.
Here is a look at our week ahead...
Monday
Sense of Sight
During Free Play today, in our sensory tub, there will be colorful blocks for the children to use their sense of sight to see and their sense of touch to play with.
For our art project today we will be making an American Flag and an American Eagle in rememberance for September 11th. These will be displayed in the hallway for a week or two, and then will be sent home.
I will be introducing Letter S today and we will start working on our letter Ss packets.
In the morning we will be playing "What's Missing?" by using our sense of sight to find out what is missing from a group of objects. In the afternoon we will use our sense of sight to go on a nature walk and then report back what we saw. This week we will also be learning a 5 senses song.
Tuesday
Sense of Hearing
Today in the sensory tub will be a variety of instruments the children can play. For art we will be doing our recyclable art.
We will work on our letter Ss picture cards today. In the morning we will be going to Library class.
In the morning we will go on an instrument parade and listen to the different sounds each instrument makes. In the afternoon I will make different sounds behind the children and they must guess what the sound is!
Wednesday
Sense of Taste
Individual Picture Day :) We will NOT be painting or doing anything too messy today, so feel free to dress up your child for pictures.
For Art today we will use stamps to decorate the letter S.
We will be working on printing letter Ss today and we will be starting our second Bible Story in Religion. In the morning we will be having a taste test. Each child will close their eyes and either eat a fruit snack or a pretzel and they must tell the class what they think they just ate and use descriptive words to explain the taste.. In the afternoon we will be tasting different foods and sorting them by salty and sweet.
Thursday
Sense of Touch
In our sensory tub will be different objects, all with different textures for the children to play with.
For Art we will be doing recyclable art.
We will be playing different games at the carpet to help learn the letter Ss sound and name, as well recognizing words and pictures that begin with S. In the morning we will be making "My Textures." In the afternoon we will be going to the Library and also play a feeling game, where each student has to place their hand in a bag and guess the object using their sense of touch before taking it out of the bag.
Friday
Class Picture Day :)
We will be going to the gym today in the morning. I will play some games with the children and do a few exercises so that we are not too sweaty for our class picture. Once again, we will not be painting today to keep our outfits nice and clean.
Sense of Smell
We will be finishing up letter Ss today and making a Sun puppet during art time. During the morning we will discuss good vs yucky smells and graph our answers. In the afternoon we will be doing an air freshner experiment and we will see how long it takes to smell different air freshners. In the morning and the afternoon we will be having a Popcorn Party! This will help culminate our 5 senses unit. We will use our 5 senses as we see the popcorn kernels, listen to them pop in my air popper, smell the popcorn as it starts to pop, feel the popcorn when it is all ready, and the best part will be tasting the popcorn! You can ask your child how they used all 5 senses!!
It will be a busy and fun time this week!
If you have any questions, please let me know!
~Mrs. Dougherty