Sept.

13-16, 2010
Dear Families,
The children were very excited about having their grandparents/family/friend
come and eat in the cafeteria with them last week. You are more than welcome at any
time to come and eat with us. We’d be glad to have you in the classroom to volunteer, as
well. You could read stories to the children in the book area or do an art activity. Please,
let us know of a time you’d like to come in. We’d be glad to have you (just remember
you need to have filled out the youth leader form). This week we will be learning about
feelings. The goals for the week are to recognize our own feelings, as well as the feelings
of others. We’ll also be working on how our behavior affects the feelings of others.
At Home:
1. Show an emotion on your face and have your child guess what feeling you are
showing.
2. Tell your child an emotion (happy, sad, mad, tired, scared…). While looking in
the mirror have them make that face.
3. Name an event, food or object (i.e. snakes, going swimming, dogs, bugs, eating
ice cream…) and ask them how it makes them feel.

We do have classroom celebrations and parties throughout the year. Please let me know if
there’s any holiday or other event that your family doesn’t participate in so we can make
other arrangements. We’d also like to teach the children how other cultures/countries
celebrate holidays. If you would like to share any traditions during the holidays, please let
us know.
Newsletter:
For those that wanted the option of receiving the newsletter through email, we
will start that next week. If you have not received it by next Monday evening, please
contact me so I can figure out why you didn’t receive one. Also, at any time you can
change your mind and request a hard copy of the newsletter again.

Don’t forget to check out the classroom blog: http://preschool-families.blogspot.com

(we posted a video of “Mat Man”)

**** Library books are due by Thursday****

IMPORTANT DATES:
th
Sept. 14 - Book orders due
Sept. 22nd- Picture Day
Sept. 29th- NO PRESCHOOL (Early Release Day)
Sept. 30th- Innisbrook orders due
Oct. 4-8- NO SCHOOL (Fall Break)
Oct. 27th-NO PRESCHOOL (Early Release Day)

Have a great week!

Ms. Sara, Ms. Mary, and Ms. Teresa
 Sept. 13-16, 2010

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Arts and Draw picture Free choice Group collage Marble Art
Humanities of How we
are feeling
Language Snap Tongs with Copy shapes in Books about
Arts/Fine Motor blocks/chalk objects/scoop sand feelings/sequence
boards with balls story in order
Math Classifying Feelings match Sorting objects Shape/color
mats BINGO
(grouping
similar
objects)
Science/Social Mystery Puzzles Making Jelly crystals
Studies box/view bubbles
masters
Health Education Social Social Social Social
Cooperation cooperation cooperation cooperation
Small Group Assessment Assessment Shape sort Find what’s
different/Identify
feelings &
discuss why we
feel that way
Circle Time 2nd Step Lesson Today I Feel Silly When Sophie Gets LIBRARY
“If you’re happy Angry-Really, (books due)
and you know it” Really Angry…
Dramatic Play: Housekeeping, Blocks: General, Sensory Table: sand, Easel: water colors

Kentucky Early Childhood Standards (goals we will focus on through activities above)
Arts and Humanities:
Develop skills in appreciation of dance
Language Arts:
Use non-verbal communication for a variety of purposes
Engages in active listening in a variety of situations
Draws meaning from pictures, print and text
Physical Education (fine/gross motor skills):
Moves through environment with body control and balance
Health Education:
Shows social cooperation
Mathematics:
Use the attributes of objects for comparison
Science:
Explores features of the environment through manipulation
Social Studies:
Knows the need for rules within the home and school