"Almost all children respond to music. Music is an open-sesame, and if you can use it carefully and appropriately, you can reach into that child's potential for development." Dr. Clive Robbins

Monday, March 26, 2012

Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes
Seat Work—Mother Goose coloring
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day: Review D, C, I Numbers: 60-70
Counting
Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Rhythm/Instruments—Hey Diddle Diddle-tapping and visuals
Social—I’m in the Mood
Counting- Bubble Gum Bubble Gum
Music Appreciation/Readiness-Pick a card
Small and Large Movement Skills—Jack and Jill w/ actions and xylophone
ABC/Reading-Three Blind Mice w/ bells
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
Creating Project (arts and crafts)—Humpty Dumpty finger puppet
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime—Boiled Eggs (Humpty Dumpty)
Storytime—Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tale Stories
Group Motor Activity—London Bridges
Math/Science Skills-Uno Attack
Reading Time & Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Goodbye Song

Seat Work- Reading Time & Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day: Review D, C, I Numbers: 60-70
Counting
Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Instruments-Three Different Instruments choices (egg shakers, bells, wood blocks) “Can I hear the _______”
Social-The Farmer in the Dell
Counting- Hickory Dickory Dock
Music Appreciation/Readiness-Rhythm Matching Cards
Small and Large Movement Skills—Little Miss Muffet (take turns being the spider and Miss Muffet)
ABC/Reading-Three Blind Mice w/ Bells
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
Creating Project (arts and crafts)—Gingerbread man paper doll chain
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime- Gingerbread cookies
Storytime: Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tale Stories
Group Motor Activity-Poison Ball
Math/Science Skills-Magnet Skills
Goodbye Song
Announcements: No School next week for spring break. I will hand out calendars on Wednesday or Thursday for April. The Lowes Field Trip was a lot of fun. The bug boxes turned out so cute and they encouraged your children to go home and color them to make them their own. The Monday group didn’t take off the brown paper off the top glass. It makes it so much easier to slide the glass on and off if you peel off the brown paper from both sides, then you can see your bugs inside. Lowes invited all the children to come back with their moms and/or dads on Saturdays. They do a free wood project every other Saturday. The next class is April 14th at 10:00 am. click here for more details. These are all easy projects that you can build in about 30 minutes.


Home Challenge: This week we are learning about Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. The language and rhythm in Nursery Rhymes especially help children develop language skills which will in turn help with learning the patterns of reading. I encourage you to teach your child some new nursery rhymes and say them often. You can also add clapping or tapping your feet to them to emphasis the rhythm in the verses.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Little Helpers and Manners



Little Helpers and Good Manners
Seat Work--Patterns with manners (please, thank you)
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day--Review E, T, R and Numbers 50-60
Counting
Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Instruments-Round the Kitchen
Social-I’m happy when I’m helping--each share something we can do to help our families
Counting-5 little ducks
Music Appreciation/Readiness-Musical Dictation w/ magic notes
Small and Large Movement Skills-Itsy Bitsy Spider
ABC/Reading-BINGO
Singing—Child Chooses SongsCreating Project (arts and crafts)--I’m good at.....
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime--Cookin’ Waffles
Reading Time-one lesson in Teach your child to read
Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Group Motor Activity
Math/Science Skills-Phone number practice
Storytime
Goodbye Song

Wednesday and Thursday
Field Trip Day!
Please leave a car seat or booster
Have your child where their preschool T-shirt.
Meet at school at 9:00 am

More details will be e-mailed to you soon. I need to verify the times.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Watch it Grow-- Green



Seat Work
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day-- M, S, & A 40-50
Counting
Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Instruments-Did you ever see a lepracaun –Follow the lepracaun for playing the instrument
Social—Everything Grows- teach song and have each child identify something that grows
Counting --Two little black birds
Music Appreciation/Readiness—ABC cards mixup
Small and Large Movement Skills-That’s an Irish Lullabye
ABC/Reading—Rainbow song-name the letter each color starts with
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
Creating Project (arts and crafts) Shamrock Collage
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime--Toast w/ jam
Reading Time –
Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Group Motor Activity-Skip, Walk, and Run around the house
Math/Science Skills-Life Cycle
Storytime-The Tiny Seed
Goodbye Song

Seat Work
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Spotlights on Abigail
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day M, S, & A 40-50
Counting-
Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Instruments-I’m looking over a four leaf clover
Social—Little Johnny Brown
Counting-Ten little Leprachauns
Music Appreciation/Readiness-High, low, and middle notes w/actions
Small and Large Movement Skills—If your Irish and you know it
ABC/Reading-ABC song
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
Creating Project (arts and crafts) Green Crowns
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime- mandarin oranges w/ pineapple
Reading Time
Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Group Motor Activity-London Bridges Falling Down
Math/Science Skills-Magnet Activity
Storytime – How Big is a Baby & Big Dog…Little Dog
Goodbye Song
Home Project:  Count everything this week.  How many plates are on the table?  How many forks are in our drawer?  How many carrots do you want for lunch?  How many red cars can we count on the way to the store?  We have learned all the numbers from 1-40 and this week we are working on numbers 40-50.  Identiyfing a number is much different then counting how many you have of something.  One of my favorite toys to play with my kids is the abacus.  It’s basically a bead counter or a manual calulator.  We use it all the time to help with math and to help us count how many time they practice a spot in music lessons.  These are very inexpensive and may be a great investment to buy one.  Click Here for an example.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Show and Tell Tomorrow!

I forgot to remind you all last post about Show and Tell.  Tomorrow have your child bring something about their family.  It can be a picture of their family, or something that represents what they like to do with their family.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Families

Seat Work
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day-letter X and number 30-40
Counting
Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Spotlight-David-Happy Birthday!

Instruments-Music Jam
Social- How Many People Do You Love?
Counting--The ants go Marching
Music Appreciation/Readiness-Note Toss
Small and Large Movement Skills-Rolling a round ball
ABC/Reading-There was an old Lady
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
Creating Project (arts and crafts)--Family Drawing
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime-Mangos
Reading Time
Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Group Motor Activity-Sit ups and Stretches
Math/Science Skills-Uno Attack
Storytime
Seat Work
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day-letter X and number 30-40
Counting
Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Instruments-Oh When the Saints go Marching in -Have a marching band!
Social- We are a happy Family Talk about who is in our families
Counting--Counting up and counting back down again
Music Appreciation/Readiness-3 Blind Mice bell chart
Small and Large Movement Skills-She’ll be comin’ round the mountain
ABC/Reading-Alphabet Rumba
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
Creating Project (arts and crafts)--Don’t Eat Pete
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime-Popcorn
Reading Time
Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Group Motor Activity-Jumping Jack Jungle
Math/Science Skills-Mix color paint together to make new colors
Storytime

Announcements: Just a reminder for those that haven't paid, tuition is due on Monday or Tuesday. This month we have a field trip and I need one parent volunteer to help drive on Thursday. If you are willing and able please let me know. Thanks!
Homework Assignment: We do Calendar everyday in class. It would be good to reinforce this at home by showing your child your various calendars at home and ask them to point to what month, Day, Year, and what "number/date" is today.