Week of November 12-15 & November 19, 20

Weeks of November 12-15 & November 19, 20

Theme: My 5 Senses (hearing, seeing, touch)

November 15th Show and Share Letter C

No new letter the week of November 19 & 20.

This week we started exploring the five senses beginning with the sense of taste and smell. We played a smelling game in which the children took turns smelling a variety of items and then looking at pictures to determine the smell. We also read a cute story called "Little Pea," in the story Little Pea has to eat five helpings of his dinner (candy) before he can have dessert which is spinach, a little twist on the traditional theme. The children then had the opportunity to try at least one bite of 8 different foods and then chart whether they liked each food item or they did not like it. I was very proud of the children for at least trying somethings that they thought they may not like. After the tasting activity they were allowed to choose more of those foods for snack or we had alternate snack choices for them.

The a.m. class had the opportunity to attend a school wide assembly that featured an author/illustrator. He demonstrated to the children and allowed them to participate in making animals from numbers and letters. The p.m. class had the opportunity to get together with their Third Grade Buddies in the computer lab and try some preschool games on the computer. In physical education this week the children practiced catching using scarves. They tried a variety of techniques and enjoyed all of them.

This coming week we will be talking about Thanksgiving and the sense of hearing, seeing and touch. We are going to be playing a Listening Lotto game in which the children listen to the sounds and search their card to determine if they have the picture of the items that makes the sound. We are also going to be working on shape patterning which is more practice with patterning. We are going to be making a sensory craft that includes mixing shaving cream and glue to make a cloud and then identifying what they think their cloud looks like, this is to go along with our story "It Looked Like Spilt Milk." Some other stories we are going to be reading are often already some of the children's favorite due to their repeated phrases, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?" and "Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?" 

To go along with our Letter of the Week letter see we are going to be making a cookie and a caterpillar craft.

I want to thank my two parent readers this week: Lindsey Hatherill and Diane Havranek. The kids loved having you come in and read to them on the carpet. Next week our parent readers will be Shannon Long in the a.m. and Monica Polcen in the p.m.

On November 19th we are going to be having a preschool feast. The room parents are in charge or contacting you regarding supplies that will be needed for that day. The children will be making dessert to share. All parents are invited to attend the feast, the children will be making formal invitation this week to bring home but so that you can place it on your calendar I wanted to let you know that it will be Monday, November 19th at 10:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

We do not have school November 21 and 22nd for Thanksgiving Break.