Week of May 6-9

Week of May 6-9, 2013

Theme: Bugs

Show and Share: May 9th Choose a number 1-10 then bring in that many of the same object

Last week we talked about plants and how they grow. We read a story called, "Up, Down and Around," we talked about how different plants grow up, down and around. We used our body to tell the story, we grew up when we talked about plants growing up, we went down when we talked about plants growing down and we turned around when we talked about plants growing around. We also made a picture and placed pictures of plants up if they grew up and down if they grew down. We had dirt in the sensory table with shovels, pots and seeds. We also planted our own sunflower seeds and we are watching for them to spout. 

This week we will be talking about bugs. We are going to play a firefly game and practice counting. We are going to read the stories, "The Very Lonely Firefly," and "Sam the Firefly." We are also going to plant an ant game matching letters on ants to the beginning sounds of different foods. We will be adding bugs and making foam bees. We will also be making fingerprint bugs.

On Thursday May 9, all of the preschool teachers have to attend a district wide transition meeting. There will be substitutes in our classrooms who will also be putting the children into cars at the end of the day. We will be leaving a list for the substitutes with the students name, car number and the color/type of car that typically picks them up on that day. Please remember to place your car number in your window, this will facilitate the process. Please be patient, Thursday dismissal may take a little longer than usual as they are not familiar with the cars. They may need assistance with buckling children into car seats as well.

At this point of the school year unless you have specifically heard from me I do not have any concerns about your child, however, if you would like to have a conference please let me know and we can schedule a time to meet.

Upcoming dates:

End of school party: May 22 a.m. 10:15-11:00; p.m. 1:30-2:15

May 30th-Last day of preschool