Welcome!
Hello Strawberry parents!
Welcome to the month of February! We’re now in the time of love and friendship! This February we will be learning about China to prepare for the Lunar New Year! Look forward to receiving bi-weekly emails, such as this, to give you a guide of our educational activities. Reminder, we are a nut free school! Please, read the nut free options on the form that were mailed and/or given.
Monthly Curriculum
Theme: Love
Value: friendship
Color: Pink and purple
Multicultural Visit: Asia/china
Animal: Farm Animal
Community Helper: Doctor
Additional Theme: president’s day
Letters/Sounds: Ww Ee Oo
Shape: Diamond
Numbers: 20-30
As in every preschool classroom, these plans may evolve to better suit the interests of the children. I will be updating parents with pictures, videos, and write ups of what the children are learning and doing during the day. These will be posted to our Brightwheel app.
** Week One
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This week we will be focusing on the Letter ‘Ww’, love, friendship, and numbers 20-30
This week the strawberries will begin to discuss the meaning of love! How love can be expressed through family, friends and our community. We will first open the discussion by asking them what they think love is (will be written down). Then we will talk about how we can express our love to others by being kind, patient, considerate, and compassionate.
Writing:
The strawberries will be writing and tracing the letter Ww and its corresponding words and Phonic sound. We will begin introducing sight words! Such as: it, an, to etc. Every morning, the strawberries will start the day by writing their names on our sign up folder. This will let them practice identifying, recognizing and writing their names on their own!
Math:
Throughout the week we will be incorporating math in our daily activities by counting, measuring and/or making patterns. We will also be practicing identifying, writing, and creating our numbers 20-30 using Montessori boards/beads.
Science :
We will be conducting an experiment with walking water! (water absorption) We will make our predictions and write down our findings.
Art:
* We will be creating Valentine’s hearts!
* ‘W’ is for worm! we will be doing a worm painting out of spaghetti instead of brushes.
Sensory:
This week, the strawberries will be feeling the texture of rainbow worms! (spaghetti)
Week Two
This week we will be focusing on china/Asia, farm animals, the letters ‘Ee’ and the diamond shape.
This week, we’ll be learning about various China. We will locate the country on the map and talk about: their culture, language, historical landmarks, traditional dances, and food. As well as, talking about the importance of farmers and farm animals are to our environment.
Writing:
The strawberries will be writing and tracing the letter Ee and its corresponding words and Phonic sound. We will continue introducing sight words! Such as: it, an, to etc.
* The strawberries will attempt to write a few and simple Chinese characters using black markers.
* We will create our own farm poem.
Math:
Throughout the week we will be incorporating math in our daily activities, by counting, measuring and/or making patterns.
* We will be planting a seed with an ABC pattern.
* We will be sorting farm animals and non farm animals.
Science: The strawberries will try to make an indestructible egg (white balloon) by using materials in the classroom to ensure that it does not break (pop) when we drop it from a high area (stairs).
Art:
* stomping mud art using farm animals
* making traditional Asian drums
* making chopstick art
sensory:
* The strawberries are going to have a washing station. They are going to clean all the dirty farm animals using tooth brushes!
* The strawberries will get to experience how to milk a cow through gloves! We will fill the glove with water with a tiny hole and they will “milk” it in a cup.
School Calendar 2017
February
Saturday – 3rd – Date Night with Ms. Jennifer
Saturday – 10th – Date Night with Ms. Jennifer
Friday – 16th – Chinese New Year
Monday – 19th – NO SCHOOL – President’s Day
March
Saturday – 3rd- Date Night with Ms. Jennifer
Monday – 5th – Picture Day
Saturday – 10th – Date Night with Ms. Diana
Friday – 16th – Celebrating St Patrick’s Day
Tuesday – 20th – Egg Hunt
Friday – 23rd to 2nd – NO SCHOOL- Spring Break
April
Tuesday – 3rd- Back from Spring Break
Saturday – 7th- Date Night with Mrs. Gloria
Saturday -21st – Date Night with Ms. Jennifer