Week of January 6-9, 2013

Week of January 6-9, 2013

Theme: Making Comparisons

Letter of the Week: B

Dear Family,

I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday break. This week, our class will learn how to make comparisons. We will read a book titled Nature Spy. In addition to teaching children about fascinating and beautiful objects in nature, the book introduces the concept of sorting objects by attributes such as size, color, and texture. Children will have opportunities to use their sense of sight and touch to sort items in the classroom. they will also learn to put items in order according to length.

Learning Together

• With your child, become "Nature Spies" in your neighborhood. Closely observe natural objects such as twigs and stones, and compare their sizes, shapes, colors and textures. You could also do this while playing in the snow and making snowballs in a variety of sizes.
• Together, compare characters in stories such as "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" or "The Three Little Pigs." Talk about how the characters in each story are similar to and different from one another.
• Assemble items that can be sorted by color, size or purpose, and have your child arrange the items in groups. Socks, plastic eating utensils, and crayons are good items to use.
• While at the grocery store compare fruits and vegetables describing how they look or feel the same and different.

 Mr. Martin has asked us to remind all of the students not to bring toys or  items from home to school as they can be lost and can be distracting throughout the school day. Just as a reminder please have your child only bring something to share on Thursdays for Show and Share that pertains to the letter of the week.

Now we know that the cold weather is here to stay please have your child dress appropriately for the weather and label all extra items of clothing such as mittens, hats, scarves and boots. As much as we try to keep all of their little items together when they are trying to be independent and dress themselves things often get dropped along the way. If your child wears boots to school please pack shoes for them to change into while they are at school. If there is a day that isn't too cold we may have a play in the snow day at preschool, if this is going to happen I will give you advanced warning so that extra items such as snow pants can be brought to school for that day.

Special Activities:

Show and Share: Letter B and one small gift they received during the holidays, January 9.

No School-January 20th Martin Luther King Day