Weekly report (12/3 to 12/7/07) Name: ____________________
Letter “J” Color: White Number: “9” theme: “nice mice”
Monday: circle: Letter “j” Days of the week song, counting 1-3. Discussion: introduce the sign language symbol for “mouse.” where do mice live? We work with children identifying their first and last names and identifying their names on a flash card. Language: We invite children to try to write names, pencils, paper and cards with their names on them are provided. Music & movement: letter “J“ rhyme. Mouse maze (we create a maze and invite children to enter. Arts & Crafts mouse nest collage. math: mouse shape match box.
Note to family: Please see the handouts given at pick up.
Tuesday: Circle: Discussion: what do mice eat? , days of the week song, counting 1-4, weather & month recognition. music & movement: song/finger play: mouse in my house.
Game: “mouse, mouse where is your cheese” (Children guess who is holding the cheese). Math: Chef‘s cheese: children are invited to match cheese cut outs based on sizes. language: Book of the month: a house for mouse. arts & crafts: Make a Mouse ear head band!
Wednesday: Circle: Greeting: toss a bean bag to a friend, that friend says their name. What noises do mice make? Are they noisy or quiet? Days of the week song, month/weather counting 1-5. music & movement: Song: hickory, dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
Arts & crafts: wax paper sun catcher (holiday ornament). language/social: Clocks and alarms: children learn about a clock, what it is for and listen to the alarm. We can pretend to be sleeping and wake up to an alarm (props: sleeping bags, blankets, clock).
Note to family: ideas for this week: visit a pet store to see mice, or check out a mice book from the library. A good mouse book is : if you give a mouse a cookie.
Thursday: circle: Discussion: what do mice do in winter? . Days of the week song, letter “H“ rhyme and flash cards month and weather recognition, calendar, counting 1-6. music & movement: Song: itsy bitsy mouse song. Bowling game. Arts & crafts: Our friends create a stuffed mouse. language: Directions: we use the mice we made during arts + crafts time to practice positional concepts such as up, down, place your mouse on. . . (head, knee, etc.)
Math: Game: chef‘s cheese: children arrange cheese cutouts based on sizes.
Friday: circle: mice are around us in different ways: can anyone name mice from cartoons or books? (stuart little, mickey mouse, maisy mouse, etc). Days of the week song, month/weather recognition counting 1-7. We look at some of the pictures of mice in stories. We talk about the difference between them and real mice music & movement: “how are you” song. Game: cat and mouse (tag). arts & crafts: finger print mice: children are invited to make fingerprints, draw mouse features (ears, tails, whiskers). Dramatic play: Continue “Clocks and alarms“ from wednesday.
Note to family: Have a great weekend.
We are on menu #1 this week. Please see our blogsite for pictures of some of the activities we are doing this week. Thanks everybody!
Letter “J” Color: White Number: “9” theme: “nice mice”
Monday: circle: Letter “j” Days of the week song, counting 1-3. Discussion: introduce the sign language symbol for “mouse.” where do mice live? We work with children identifying their first and last names and identifying their names on a flash card. Language: We invite children to try to write names, pencils, paper and cards with their names on them are provided. Music & movement: letter “J“ rhyme. Mouse maze (we create a maze and invite children to enter. Arts & Crafts mouse nest collage. math: mouse shape match box.
Note to family: Please see the handouts given at pick up.
Tuesday: Circle: Discussion: what do mice eat? , days of the week song, counting 1-4, weather & month recognition. music & movement: song/finger play: mouse in my house.
Game: “mouse, mouse where is your cheese” (Children guess who is holding the cheese). Math: Chef‘s cheese: children are invited to match cheese cut outs based on sizes. language: Book of the month: a house for mouse. arts & crafts: Make a Mouse ear head band!
Wednesday: Circle: Greeting: toss a bean bag to a friend, that friend says their name. What noises do mice make? Are they noisy or quiet? Days of the week song, month/weather counting 1-5. music & movement: Song: hickory, dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
Arts & crafts: wax paper sun catcher (holiday ornament). language/social: Clocks and alarms: children learn about a clock, what it is for and listen to the alarm. We can pretend to be sleeping and wake up to an alarm (props: sleeping bags, blankets, clock).
Note to family: ideas for this week: visit a pet store to see mice, or check out a mice book from the library. A good mouse book is : if you give a mouse a cookie.
Thursday: circle: Discussion: what do mice do in winter? . Days of the week song, letter “H“ rhyme and flash cards month and weather recognition, calendar, counting 1-6. music & movement: Song: itsy bitsy mouse song. Bowling game. Arts & crafts: Our friends create a stuffed mouse. language: Directions: we use the mice we made during arts + crafts time to practice positional concepts such as up, down, place your mouse on. . . (head, knee, etc.)
Math: Game: chef‘s cheese: children arrange cheese cutouts based on sizes.
Friday: circle: mice are around us in different ways: can anyone name mice from cartoons or books? (stuart little, mickey mouse, maisy mouse, etc). Days of the week song, month/weather recognition counting 1-7. We look at some of the pictures of mice in stories. We talk about the difference between them and real mice music & movement: “how are you” song. Game: cat and mouse (tag). arts & crafts: finger print mice: children are invited to make fingerprints, draw mouse features (ears, tails, whiskers). Dramatic play: Continue “Clocks and alarms“ from wednesday.
Note to family: Have a great weekend.
We are on menu #1 this week. Please see our blogsite for pictures of some of the activities we are doing this week. Thanks everybody!
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