Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Our Schedule - February 9 - 13th, 2009

Preschool

Number of the Month: 5
Shape of the Month: Pentagon
Nursery Rhyme of the Month: The Queen of Hearts
Letter of the Week: Z

Theme: President's Day/Dental Month/Hearts

Art: At the sensory/art table, we have pink play-doh and heart cookie cutters. At the easel, we have dot-paints and painting with q-tips. On the art shelf, we have heart punching, heart tracing, president coloring sheets, and penny rubbing

Practical Life: Pouring work has pink & purple rubber star balls, and we have roses in the tonging work, and pink and red pom-poms for the spooning work. A tooth brushing activity has also been added.

Sensorial: We have fabric matching out this month, as well as all of the other activities.

Language: On the language shelf, heart matching has been added.

Writing: The pentagon metal inset is featured this month, and we are working on writing "heart."

Science: We are talking about penguins and ice.

Math: On the math shelf, a heart counting activity has been added, and a bear pattern activity.

Books: The White House, The American Flag, The Pledge of Allegiance, So You Want to Be President, Our Abe Lincoln, Just Going to The Dentist, Tooth Trouble, Andrew's Loose Tooth, The Tomten, Be My Valentine, and The Valentine Bears.

Friday, February 6, 2009

What we were up to - February 2nd - 6th, 2009

Drawing with colored pencils

Gluing hearts

Working with the dominoes

Doing the necklace work

Doing the shape sorter - we use this to match and talk about the various shapes

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Things on the Shelves - February 2nd - 6th, 2009

One of the books we are reading this week - The Little Snowflake

On the art shelf - heart tracing

On the practical life shelf - pouring with colored spiky balls

On the practical life shelf - spooning

On the practical life shelf - tonging

On the math shelf - counting (printed from this website)

Monday, February 2, 2009

Our Schedule - February 2 through February 6

Preschool

Number of the Month: 5
Shape of the Month: Pentagon
Nursery Rhyme of the Month: The Queen of Hearts

Letter of the Week: U

Theme: Snow/Snowflake/Snowman and Hearts

Art: At the sensory/art table, we have pink play-doh and heart play-doh, and marble painting. At the easel, we have dot-paints and painting with q-tips, and on the art shelf, we have heart punching, doily hearts, and heart tracing.

Practical Life: We still have our necklace work, the pouring work has changed to pink & purple rubber star balls, and we have roses in the tonging work, and pink and red pom-poms for the spooning work.

Sensorial: We have fabric matching out this month, as well as all of the other activities.

Language: On the language shelf, heart matching has been added.

Writing: The pentagon metal inset is featured this month, and we are working on writing "heart."

Science: We are still working on fish and seeds.

Math: On the math shelf, a heart counting activity has been added.

Books: The Little Snowflake, Millions of Snowflakes, The Owl Moon, Bright Snow, White Snow

3rd Grade

Math: Math-U-See Beta unit 18
Reading: Meet Kaya and Kaya's Short Story Collection
Writing: Working on a story to enter in the state Young Author's contest
Spelling/Vocabulary: from Kaya's Short Story Collection
Botany: The Lily Family
Zoology: Groundhog
Geography: Map Skills and Kentucky
Culture: Usborne Internet-linked Peoples and the quicklinks with it
History: American History (1760s)
M is for Music, R is for Rhyme, M is for Masterpiece: Letter J
Music: Recorder - Work on new song
Art: Matisse
Practical Life: Sewing lesson on Tuesday