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PRESCHOOL NEWS – January 27, 2012
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try and cheer someone else up.” (Mark Twain)
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YELLOW GROUP
Calendar: Good Morning Song; Attendance; Days of the week; Yesterday, today, tomorrow; Birthdays; Weather
Math: counting numbers on calendar; One-to-one; Patterning; sorting
Language: Little Red Hen. How would you describe the cat, the goose, and the dog? What words can you use to describe the little red hen? How do you think the little red hen felt doing all of the work by herself? How do you think the little red hen felt when all the animals wanted to eat the bread she had made? Why do you think the hen said the other animals could not eat the bread? How do you think the animals felt when the little red hen told them they could not help to eat the bread? What lesson did the animals learn? Do you think they will be more willing to help out next time? Why or why not? How would the story be different if all the animals had agreed to help the little red hen with the work? “Scholastic News”
Finger Plays/Songs: “The Little Red Hen’s Song”, “Little Puppy”, “5 Little Ducks”, “Soft Kitty”
Activities: stick puppets; farm animal lotto; coloring farm animals; circle cats; ducks
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BLUE GROUP
Calendar: Good Morning Song; Attendance; Days of the week; Yesterday, today, tomorrow; Birthdays; Weather
Language: Little Red Hen. How would you describe the cat, the goose, and the dog? What words can you use to describe the little red hen? How do you think the little red hen felt doing all of the work by herself? How do you think the little red hen felt when all the animals wanted to eat the bread she had made? Why do you think the hen said the other animals could not eat the bread? How do you think the animals felt when the little red hen told them they could not help to eat the bread? What lesson did the animals learn? Do you think they will be more willing to help out next time? Why or why not? How would the story be different if all the animals had agreed to help the little red hen with the work? “Scholastic News”
Finger Plays/Songs: “The Little Red Hen’s Song”, “Little Puppy”, “5 Little Ducks”, “Soft Kitty”
Activities: making “H” out of yarn and toothpicks, “H” poster, trace and cut “H” drawing on hats (alpha time); ducks, cats, drawing farm animals, animal lotto (unit)
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Snacks:Monday: granola bar, juice, milk NOTE: Meals served with 100% whole wheat, whole grain bread and margarine
Tuesday: popcorn, fresh fruit Meals served with choice of soymilk or unsweetened 100%juice
Wednesday: Cheese and crackers, juice, milk
Thursday: Cereal snack mix, juice, milk
Friday: Peanut butter sandwich, fresh fruit
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