Beginning Thursday, November 1st, our new magic word will be Monsters introduced
and reinforced by Muffy Monkey and McKensie Moose. The letter will be Mm.
New Centers
Numbers: Cookies and Cookie Monster
Macaroni and Meatballs
Monsters in Closets
Baby Monsters to Mommies
Snack: Munchkins
Munch Ems Crackers
Macaroni and Cheese
Milk
Crackers and Marmalade
Sorting: Monster Lotto
Muffins
Musical Instruments
Elmo’s Tickles (cookies)
Sesame Street Monsters
Cookie Monster’s Cookies
Monster Match
Mini Wheats
Monsters and Their Favorite Objects (i.e. Oscar the Grouch and his Trash)
Scoop Table: Macaroni
Gluing: Macaroni on Monsters
Mini Wheats on M’s
Fur on Monkeys
Fuzz on Monsters
Macaroni on Mice
Cooking: Cookies
Muffins
Macaroni
Discovery Center: Making Macaroni Necklaces
Cutting: Monsters
Magic M’s
Monsters and their objects
Art: Monsters to Decorate
Monster Sponge Painting
Marble Painting
Monster Faces
Masks to Decorate
Feather Painting
Easels: Monster Surprise Paper
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Play Dough: Modeling Clay
Ooblick (cornstarch and water)
Slime
Writing: Name Wipe-off cards
Magic Markers
Monster Stencils
Mazes
Books: Huggly the Monster
Huggly Goes to School
Monsters on the Bus
Monster Mess
Mouse Mess
Huggly Gets Dressed
Sesame Street Storybook
Just Like Ernie
Grover Sleeps Over
Herry’s New Shoes
Molly’s Monster
Where the Wild Things
Dramatic Play: McDonalds
Monster Puppet Theatre
Concepts Introduced and Reinforced at News and Meeting House Times
Pretend vs. real
Emotions such as silly, scared, funny, angry and surprised
Small, Medium and Large
Big, Bigger, Biggest
Descriptive words such as furry, soft, hard, smooth, bumpy etc.
Things to Talk About at Home
1. Discuss times when your child was afraid of monsters either in the past or in the
present.
2. Talk about real and pretend.
3. Find monsters in the environment (i.e. Monster toys, books, on TV—the movie
Monsters Inc. etc.)
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
Science and Technology
“Children will be able to identify the observable properties of objects such as size,
weight, shape and color.”
--This will be addressed as children sort the various monsters by size, shape and color.
There will be a variety of monsters represented each day at sorting.
“Children will be able to make predictions based on past experiences with a particular
objet or material.”
--This will be addressed as the children help us make the pasta. It will start out hard, cool
and dry and will turn soft, hot and wet after it is cooked. The children will recall the
steps involved in cooking macaroni and what will happen to it as it cooks.
Children will be able to describe and communicate observations through discussion,
drawings, simple graphs and writing.”
---The children will be encouraged to describe and discuss the changes that occur while
making slime (cornstarch and water). The teacher at the art center will lead an
exploratory discussion by asking such questions as “What do you think will happen when
we add the water?” “What does it look like?’ “How does it feel?” She will be careful to
ask open-ended questions so that the children will be able to expand their expressive
language skills by answering with a variety of responses, not just with a yes or a no
response.