Sunday, November 04, 2007

A copy of this weeks report (what we will be studying)

Weekly report (11/5 to 11/9) Name: ______________________
Letter “g” Color: brown Number: 7 theme: “Animals in winter”

Monday: circle: Letter “g“: flash cards, Days of the week song, month/weather recognition. Discussion: many different animals hibernate in winter. What is “Hibernation”? Music & movement: Letter “g“ rhyme. Bean bag toss. Arts & Crafts nest collage. dramatic play: Ready for winter? Cold weather clothing and pictures of winter activities in the house keeping area. sensory: hot and cold water in the sensory table.
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Tuesday: Circle: Discussion: Some animals and insects do not hibernate in winter but move to warmer climates. Days of the week song, month/weather recognition, calendar. music & movement: “Little geese” song. Pretending to fly south like a goose! Arts & crafts: geese in flight collage.
Math: floating feathers (our friends are encouraged to catch feathers before they hit the ground. How many did we get? language: What’s missing? 3 items are shown and then covered with a blanket. Only 2 emerge. Which one is missing?
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Wednesday: Circle looking at animals with thick fur; it helps them stay warm in winter. Days of the week song, month/weather recognition, calendar. music & movement: “sing with me“ song. Freeze tag. Arts & crafts: Watercolor resist (our friends are encouraged to create with a crayon and paint over it with watercolor. language/social: Brown hunt. Who can find brown items in and outdoors? Sensory: soft and cuddly. WE fill the sensory table with items that are soft (cotton balls, pipe cleaners, teddy bears, etc.) Math: #7 how many fingers is it? What does the number look like?
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Thursday: circle: Squirrels and chipmunks store their nuts and acorns at this time of the year, why? Days of the week song, letter “g“ rhyme and flash cards month and weather recognition, calendar. music & movement: “five little squirrels” song. Looking for “nuts.”
. Arts & crafts: foot prints in the snow (our friends are invited to make foot prints with white paint on brown paper). Science: what happens to a seed when an animal forgets where they buried it? A sprout grows by spring. We plant seeds and look at them later this week.
Math: “Oh nuits” sorting nuts in muffin tins.
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Friday: circle: Greeting: When winter comes it is harder for animals to find food. How can we help them prepare ? Days of the week song, month/weather recognition, calendar, letter “g” rhyme and flash cards. math: Hibernating bears (our friends are invited to matched colored bears to caves with corresponding colors). Cooking: delicious dill dip (cream cheese with dill lemon juice and parmesan cheese. Friends are invited to make and eat. arts & crafts: easy bird feeder: stringing cheerios on a piece of yarn.
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We are on menu #3 this week (please ask for more menus if needed.) Please see our blogsite for pictures of some of the activities we are doing this week. Thanks everybody! J
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