February 9-12, 2015

Happy Valentine's Day

Week of February 9-12, 2015

Theme: Valentine's Day & Kindness

Letter of the Week: P

Dear Parents,

This week we will be discussing Valentine's Day. We will be talking about helping one another, showing kindness and working together.

Activities

• In preparation for our Valentine's Day Party on Thursday, February 12 we will be decorating the boxes covered boxes the children are bringing back to school. Please make sure you return your box to school on Monday so that we can get them decorated for our party.  Please also have your child send in their Valentine's Day cards before Thursday as well.
• We will also be making a Valentine's Day card and a Penguin for letter P. When the children are participating in these types of activities they are practicing some important skills, such as: attending/focusing, following oral directions and practicing fine motor skills such as cutting and proper grip on a pencil or crayon. We also do several activities that help reinforce these skills such as using the thumb and pointer finger to pick up small objects, using tweezers to pick up objects, picking up flat objects and placing them into a slotted containers, all of these activities help the children build hand strength, coordination and appropriate grip for perform activities such cutting, coloring and writing. 
• We will be practicing sorting and patterning with conversation hearts. 
• We will also be practicing identifying rhyming words, rhyming is an important early literacy skill. The younger children are being introduced to this skill and may be practicing it. The older children are also learning this skill and are definitely moving on to practicing this skill.

Important Reminders:

• February 16-No School President's Day
• If you have not returned your conference form please remember to return it to school with your child so that we can set up a conference to discuss your child's progress.