Week of 10/26 - 10/30

 Morning Zoom Meeting at 8:30am everyday 

Reminders:

Early Dismissal is not permitted for children who have doctor appointments. If your child has a doctors appointment he/she is to attend virtually for the day. 

Children may wear costumes Friday. 

November 13th, 12:00 noon early dismissal for virtual parent teacher conferences. 

 Exploration One 

Exploration 1: Our Community 

Essential Question: What is our community?

Focus Area: Self

Weekly Focus: Things We Like 

• What are something’s you like or dislike?
• What are some of your interest in the classroom?
• Teachers will be working closely with children, to help them find things they like or dislike. 

Monday

Hands Say Love By George Shannon 

• What are some of the things hands can do?
• What are some things you can do with your hands in the classroom?
• What things can you do with your hands now that you could not do when you were younger?

Activities 

Blocks: have your child explore blocks, you can hand then cardboard boxes or lego's. Let them work in their building then ask questions. Be sure to ask open-ended questions to keep conversations going with your child. 

please take pictures and send them to me of your child completing the assignment.

• I notice that you ____.

• This reminds me of ________.

• You put this ______ here and this _______ here.

• You are ____. Last time you played here you______. I wonder _________.

Workbook pages: 32 & 33 

Gross motor: Morning workout for kids 

QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS TO SUPPORT LEARNING:

• You’re _________. • What do you see?

• How does it feel outside today?

• I noticed you ______. Where did you learn that?

Tuesday

In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo

Witek

Goal P-SE 9. Child recognizes self as a unique individual having own abilities, characteristics, emotions and interests.

• What are some of the feelings the girl in this book has in her heart?
• How does the girl in this book feel when her heart is yelling hot and loud?
• Sometimes the girl in this book feels happy. What makes you happy?
• How does your heart feel today? Why?

Activities 

Math: Have your child choose to colors of construction paper, cut out a few heart shapes with your child. Demonstrate what a pattern is. Have them replicate the pattern on their own piece of paper and glue it. 

please take pictures and send them to me of your child completing the assignment.

Have your child Practice the letter Aa

Gross motor: Morning workout for kids 

QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS TO SUPPORT LEARNING:

• You’re _________. • What do you see?

• How does it feel outside today?

• I noticed you ______. Where did you learn that?

Wednesday

Hands Say Love By George Shannon 

• What are some of the things hands can do?
• What are some things you can do with your hands in the classroom?
• What things can you do with your hands now that you could not do when you were younger?

Halloween story :

Scaredy Cat Splat by Rob Scotton 

Art: have children draw or paint a picture of what they will be dressing upon for Halloween.

 Have them explain it to an adult, so that the adult can take notes and send it to me 

please take pictures and send them to me of your child completing the assignment.

Thursday 

Hands Say Love By George Shannon 

• What are some of the things hands can do?
• What are some things you can do with your hands in the classroom?
• What things can you do with your hands now that you could not do when you were younger?

Halloween story :

Pete the Cat Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean 

Art: Cut out paper in the shape of a ghost the children put glue over it and paste cotton balls all over. 

example:

then, add some eyes. 

you can also make Hand Monster 

Or a black Cat

please take pictures and send them to me of your child completing the assignment.

Workbook pages: 34 

FRIDAY

For more information please click here to view the lesson plan

Week of 10/19 -10/23

Morning Zoom Meeting at 8:30am everyday 

 Exploration One 

Exploration 1: Our Community 

Essential Question: What is our community?

Focus Area: Self

Weekly Focus: Our Families 

•How am I helping the children share information about their families?

•How am I learning about the children and their families and the unique perspectives they bring to the classroom?

•How am I helping the children learn to use and care for the classroom and the centers?

Tuesday

Book: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

  Questions 

The animals in this book can do many things. What did the giraffe do? What about the monkey?

What are some things you can do?

There are many animals in this book. What animals do you remember? Have you seen any of these animals before? Where?

Activities 

Art: have children use water paint to make an illustration of their choice. 

Questions to ask during the activity: 

• Tell me about your art. • I notice that you _______.

• You are using __________. • What does this remind you of?

• When you ______, _______ happened.

Workbook pages 24 & 25

Gross motor: Halloween Yoga 

Wednesday

Book: Little Gorilla by Ruth Bernstein 

  Questions 

How many other animals loved Little Gorilla?

What was going to happen to Little Gorilla?

Activities 

Manipulative / Toys / Math: hand children a few toys of their choice. Allow them to play for as long as they like. Then, ask them questions and take pictures. 

when playing children are developing a sense of imagination, language, fine motor amongst other developmental goals. 

Questions to ask during the activity: 

• You are __________. • How do you know?

• Let’s count these together. • Look at this pattern.

• Are these the same or different? How do you know?

• You put _______ here and _____ here.

• I noticed this is _________ and this is ___________.

Workbook pages 26 & 27

Gross motor: Halloween Yoga 

Thursday 

Book: Little Gorilla by Ruth Bernstein 

  Questions 

How many other animals loved Little Gorilla?

What was going to happen to Little Gorilla?

Activities 

Cooking/Math : Bake some cookies with your child, between today and tomorrow. Have your child help and follow the instructions. After you are done have your child count how many cookies you make have.

Please send me pictures of the activities from this week!

Questions to ask during the activity: 

• Let’s look at the recipe. • How does it smell?

• What does this look like? • How does it feel?

• What happened when we added the ____?

• Have you ever tried/made ______ before? When? Where?

• What do you think will happen when we stir this?

Workbook pages 28 & 29

Gross motor: Halloween Yoga 

FRIDAY

Book: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

  Questions 

The animals in this book can do many things. What did the giraffe do? What about the monkey?

What are some things you can do?

There are many animals in this book. What animals do you remember? Have you seen any of these animals before? Where?

Activities 

Art: have children use water paint to make an illustration of their choice. 

Questions to ask during the activity: 

• Tell me about your art. • I notice that you _______.

• You are using __________. • What does this remind you of?

• When you ______, _______ happened.

Workbook pages 30 & 31

Gross motor: Halloween Yoga 

For more information please click here to view the lesson plan

Week of 10/12 - 10/16

                                          Exploration 1: Our Community 

Essential Question: What is our community?

Focus Area: Our Classroom 

Weekly Focus: Our Families 

Tuesday 

Safe and Sound by Jean Roussen

 

Questions:

• Animals live in many different places. Where do some of the animals in this book live?
• How do the big animals in this book keep the little animals safe and sound?
• How do your grown-ups keep you safe and sound?
• Your teachers are grown-ups and they help to keep you safe at school. What are some things that teachers do to keep you safe?

ART: Who are some people that keep you safe? Draw or paint  a picture of them. 

Gross Motor: Alice in Wonderland Yoga

Wednesday 

Today's book is Feelings by Sarah Jennings 

With three year olds it is important to discuss feelings, allow them to express themselves too that that feel understood. Compromise with them instead of dismissing them. 

You can also play this video The Way I Feel by Janan Cain

Often ask your children how they are feeling, and why. 

Library: Have your child pick a book of his or her choice and read it to them. Throughout the reading ask them questions to keep them entertain and build knowledge. 

Some questions can be:

• Tell me about this book. • This reminds me of _______.

• Have you read this book before? When? Where?

• This book makes me feel ______. How does it make you feel?

• What do you notice in this picture?

• What book would you like to read? Why?

Workbook pages: 18 - 19

Gross Motor: take your child for a nature walk and ask him or her questions about what they may see or hear around them.

ex. buildings, cars, police sirens, birds, people

Thursday

Today's book is In My Heart: a Book of Feelings by Jo Witek

If you  print out the sheet above for your child or simply draw them a heart and have them complete the activity. Speak about the different kinds of feeling they may feel in their heart and discuss how they can deal with their feelings. 

Complete workbook pages: 20 - 21

 Friday

Book: You Be You by Linda Kranz

Complete workbook pages: 22 - 23

Gross Motor: Morning workout

Week of Oct 5 - Oct 9

10/5 Happy International Teacher Day to all teachers! 

 Exploration One 

Exploration 1: Our Community 

Essential Question: What is our community?

Focus Area: Our Classroom 

Weekly Focus: Our Teachers

• This week teachers will work with students to help them understand that teachers will keep them safe. 
• Teachers will be working with children to build a relationship with each child. 

Monday 

Book: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

  Questions 

·       Where did the owls in this book live?

·       When the baby owls woke up, they noticed their mummy was gone. Where did the baby owls think she went?

·       What did Bill say while his mummy was gone?

·       How did the baby owls feel when their mummy came back?

Learning the letter Tt song 

Have children write the letter Tt or just simply try to write it 3 times. 

Writing: Workbook pages 12 - 13

Gross motor: Cosmic kids tiny T-Rex yoga

How to make Play-dough at home 

With younger children it is important for them to have a visual of things to follow so that it becomes more understanding for them, as well as repetition. 

For example how to use the bathroom and how to wash your hands are important. 

Tuesday

Love is a Truck by Amy Novesky

• What are some of the truck the boy has? 
• What are the trucks used for?

Blocks: They may begin to create enclosures and start to explore concepts of sorting, ordering, counting, one to one correspondence, size and shape. Later, children begin to combine structures and build vertically. Additionally, their block play may become more social in nature. Hand your children Blocks, Lego, or any building materials that you may find around the house. Let them explore the objects and observe what they do. 

Ask them open-ended questions like:

 • I notice that you ____.

• This reminds me of ________.

• You put this ______ here and this _______ here.

• You are ____. Last time you played here you______. I wonder _________.  

Every child is at different developmental levels whatever your child creates is great do not tell them what to do or do it for them, it will just hold them back. 

Writing: pages 14-15

Gross motor: have your children engage in some physical activities daily 

Colonel Crockles the Crocodile yoga 

Wednesday

Book: My Friends by Taro Gomi 

Social Emotional: Ask you children about all the different things they have learned to do? How they learned to do them and who taught them how to do them?

Art: They may use water paint to illustrate something they learned to do and the person who taught them how to do so.

Gross Motor: Dance Songs for Kids/Super Simple Songs

Friday 

Book: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

  Questions 

·       Where did the owls in this book live?

·       When the baby owls woke up, they noticed their mummy was gone. Where did the baby owls think she went?

·       What did Bill say while his mummy was gone?

·       How did the baby owls feel when their mummy came back?

What is the first letter of your name? Write the letter, cut out little bits of scrap papers, glue the bits of pieces along side the first letter of your name.

Writing: Workbook pages 16 - 17

Gross motor: Cosmic kids tiny T-Rex yoga

Week of 9/28 - 10/2

Exploration One 

Exploration 1: Our Community 

Essential Question: What is our community?

Focus Area: Our Classroom 

Weekly Focus: Our Space 

Monday 

Llama Llama misses mama by Anna Dewdney

P-SE 5. Child uses basic problem-solving skills to resolve conflicts with other children.

How do you feel about coming to school?

What are some of the things Llama did at school?

What are some of the things you can do in our classroom?

Writing: 

Complete pages 2 - 3

Art: Have children use Watercolor paint to paint a picture of themselves with their moms or dads 

*SEND ME A PICTURE OF THE CHILD'S ACTIVITIES*

Tuesday 

There’s a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins

P-SE 5. Child uses basic problem-solving skills to resolve with other children.

Mouse seemed really frustrated that Bear was in his chair. What are some things Mouse did to try to get Bear out of the chair?

How do we know mouse was frustrated?

Who can help you when you are having a hard time with someone?

Where did Mouse go when he left?

 

Writing: Complete pages 4 - 5

Science: take children out for a nature walk. have them collect different things in nature for example, acorns, leaves, sticks. you can have you children wear gloves if you like. Have them explain what they have discovered. 

Children may also play some games on Sesame Street

*SEND ME A PICTURE OF THE CHILD'S ACTIVITIES*

Wednesday

You Be You by Linda Kranz

Goal P-SE 11. Child has sense of belonging to family, community and other groups.

The fish in this book swim many different ways. What are some of the ways they swim?

Some of the fish in this book are red and some are blue. Can you find something red in our classroom? What about something blue?

Some of the fish in this book look different and some look the same. What are some of the things that look the same about us? What are some things that look different?

Some of the fish in this book swim together. What are some things we do together in our classroom?

Math: Open up their  Transition to school Journal. Ask your child how old she/he is, Help him or  her find the Tactile number card of his or her age. Have them Trace the number and then Write the number in the journal. 

Writing: Help your child Write the first letter of their name. 

              Handwriting workbook: Pages 6 - 7

Thursday

 

ZOO-OLOGY by Joelle Jolivet

What are some of the places the animals live?

What are the groups of animals your found?

What are some of the animals you see?

Writing: Handwriting Workbook 8-10

Reading: Read a book to your child and discuss what was his or her favorite part. they may draw a picture if they like it is optional. 

Friday 

There’s a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins

P-SE 5. Child uses basic problem-solving skills to resolve with other children.

Mouse seemed really frustrated that Bear was in his chair. What are some things Mouse did to try to get Bear out of the chair?

How do we know mouse was frustrated?

Who can help you when you are having a hard time with someone?

Where did Mouse go when he left?

 

Writing: Handwriting Workbook page 11

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Week of September 21 - 25

Exploration Topic: Our Community 

 

Essential Question: What is our community?

 

Monthly Focus Area:  Our Classroom

 

Weekly Focus: Our Space 

Teachers will be introducing children to the classroom space. Each area will be introduced to the children. The toys and their used will be demonstrated  to the children. 

Teacher will also work on building a relationship with each child and help them understand that they will be attending school but they will go home to mommy eventually. 

For parents at home with virtual students please show your child or children the picture of the classroom that will be posted. Also speak to your children about separation. Let them know that one day they will be attending school also and that would require them to be away from home for a few hours but eventually they will return and be home with their families. 

After each activity please send me a picture. 

MONDAY 

Please click the book title below to listen to the story

Book: That’s me Loving You by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 

Questions: 

• What are some ways we might remember thats someone loves us?
• This book is about love. Who are some of the people you love?
• Does love stop when you can't see someone?

Activity

Art: If you have paint and a paint brush at home please have your children freely paint anything of their choice. Simply introduce them to the items. For example, the paint brush, the paper, the paint palette... If you do not have paint, you can use an alternative, markers, crayons, do the same in produce them to the item and let them freely draw. 

TUESDAY

Book: Safe and Sound by Jean Poussen

 

• Animals live in many different places. Where do some of the animals in this book live?
• How do the big animals in this book keep the little animals safe and sound?
• How do your grown-ups keep you safe and sound?
• Your teachers are grown-ups and they help to keep you safe at school. what are some things that teachers do to keep you safe?

Activity

Blocks: At school we have a Blocks Center where children are able to build anything of their choice. If you have blocks or legos please speak to your children about the different things they may build. allow them to freely build. 

WEDNESDAY

Book: Rosie Goes To Preschool  by Karen Katz

Questions 

•What toys did you notice Rosie has in her classroom?

•Can you name two activities or different areas in Rosie’s classroom?

•What area do you like best in Rosie’s classroom? Why?

THURSDAY 

Book: That’s me Loving You by Amy Krouse Rosenthal 

Questions: 

• What are some ways we might remember thats someone loves us?
• This book is about love. Who are some of the people you love?
• Does love stop when you can't see someone?

 Activity

Focus on the letter of the Week have children Write the letter T t. have you child right the letter T 3 times.

Draw a picture of mommy and you!

 

please click here to view lesson plan

 

Gross Motor