Winter Fun

Winter Fun:  Letter P, Number 15
Monday and Tuesday
9:00  Self-Directed Play Time and Clean up
9:10  Seat Work (writing name, worksheet)
9:20  Weather, Calendar, Counting, Letter and Number of the Day
9:25  Reading Time/Phonograms (letter sounds)
9:30  Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Instruments—Marching UP w/ Drums
Large Movement Skills Social- Walking in the Air w/ scarves process their favorite things about winter
Counting- Ode to Joy with number cards
Music Appreciation/Readiness-- Treble Clef and Bass Clef placement
Small and Large Movement Skills-Snow is Falling all around
ABC/Reading- Alphabet Rumba w/ new letters
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
10:00  Outside Play (Dress appropriately for weather)
10:10  Snacktime/Storytime (story read by teacher while eating snacks)-Oranges
10:20  Creating Project (arts and crafts)--Snowflakes
10:45  Math/Science Skills-Number Bingo
10:55  Clean up and Goodbye Song

Wednesday and Thursday
9:00  Self-Directed Play Time and Clean up
9:10  Seat Work (writing name, worksheet)
9:20  Weather, Calendar, Counting, Letter and Number of the Day
9:25  Reading Time/Phonograms (letter sounds)
9:30  Music Circle Time –Spotlight Brock
Hello Song
Instruments-“Winter Wonderland” with Instruments
Social-“It Snowed” w/ bean bag-tell one thing they can do in the snow
Counting-Hickory Dickory Dock
Music Appreciation/Readiness-Lines and Space Toss
Small and Large Movement Skills-Once there was a snowman
ABC/Reading ABC letters starting on a different letter
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
10:00  Outside Play (Dress appropriately for weather)
10:10  Snacktime/Storytime (story read by teacher while eating snacks) –Cereal Trail Mix
10:20  Creating Project (arts and crafts)-Shaving Cream Snowman
10:45  Math/Science Skills-Phone Number Practice
10:55  Clean up and Goodbye Song

Announcements:  We are going to have music therapy students from  Utah State come once a week again.  This time they will be coming to the 4-5 year old class.  I will have them write a little biography for you and send it so you can know a little more about them once they begin.  We will begin learning phone numbers this week.  If I haven’t heard from you I will just choose one of the numbers I have on file.

Homework:  For those of you who have students who will be starting Kindergarten this year it’s time to be getting ready for registration.  Have you considered visiting your local public elementary and finding out when registration is, what requirements there are to register.  Are you up to date on your child’s vaccinations?  These are things to think about now.  When I was going to register my first child into school, I knew there was a charter school not too far from my house and decided I would just visit it to see what it was all about and then compare it to the public school.  I had no intention of sending my son there but after visiting both schools, my husband and I agreed this was the school that would be best for our family.  I am so grateful that I took the time to do this.  In this valley there are a lot of options for elementary school so check them out. We really have an advantage when there is more then one choice.  Here is the schools that I know about.  There may be more I don’t know so start asking around and choose the school that you know will help your child succeed and one you feel good about.
Public school kindergarten is usually in March. I couldn’t find any specifics online so you may want to start with the school to get more information.   http://www.ccsdut.org/index.cfm
Thomas Edison Charter School-There is one in Nibley and one in North Logan.  Kindergarten is selected by lottery and they hold their lottery January 20th.  They require you to visit the school and observe two classrooms so you have an idea of the teaching philosophy.  They also have you view a short video before you can register.  The school is public so there is no tuition fee. We have loved our experience at this school. http://www.thomased.org/
Edith Bowen Lab School is up on USU campus.  This is also a public charter school with no tuition.  This school has many hands on learning experiences.  For information on admission visit: http://edithbowen.usu.edu/htm/admissions
Bear River Charter School:  located at 75 S 400 W.  This school is small and has small class sizes.  They only take 20 students per grade.  The school teaches K-8th grade.   Enrollment is done by lottery and that takes place Feb.  11 2012 so you may want to check into this soon if you are interested.  http://www.brcs-logan.org/
For those students who still have another year before Kindergarten it is also time to think about preschool registration:
I will be starting preschool registration for the 2014-2015 school year on February 1st.  I wanted to give my preschool families first picks.  So here is the scoop.  I will be teaching two 4-5 year old classes next year on Tuesday and Thursday.  One class will be 9-11 am and the afternoon class will be from 12:30-2:30.   I will be giving any returning students a discount of $5 a month so it would be $55 a month.  .  If you are interested in keeping your child at Music Train please print off a registration form from the blog and turn that in with the registration fee so I can hold a slot open for you.  I will also have some registration forms printed off in my front entry way.  If you do not need another t-shirt you only need to pay $25.  Otherwise the registration fee is $35.   I will teach one 3-4 year old class on Friday Mornings from 9-11 am.  This will be just a once a week class.  I will also continue to teach the music classes at the Smithfield Recreation Center for children ages 0-5 and their parents.  I’m looking to hold these classes on Wednesday mornings.