Notes for the Week:

Welcome to a wonderful new year of preschool. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any reason. Please
call me at 899-3075 ext. 2161 or email me at nash@wlake.org

Preschool is in session Monday through Thursday. There is no school on Fridays. Fridays are reserved for
home observations and evaluations.

Communication binders will be coming home daily. Please take a few minutes to fill in the information on the
communication forms. Please leave weekly forms in the binder throughout the year. All other papers can be
removed nightly.

Please be advised that daily lessons are subject to change. All of our activities are driven by the interactions
of the children. When a "teachable moment" arises during play and large group discussion, we will follow the
lead of the children and incorporate appropriate lessons. There are also many days that the greatest plans
don't entice the interest of a preschooler!

Picture Day is September 16th!

Fall Festival is October 2nd

There is no school for all children on October 15th and 16th

Please return slips for Hillcrest Field Trip~ Friday, September 25th

Afternoon class will start letter of the week~ Check your child’s binder for information regarding weekly
show-n-tell.

I have had several people ask me what they can work on at home with their child. No need for
homework at this time but here are a few suggestions that are developmentally appropriate for
preschool work:
Small group games ~ taking turns, following directions, winning and losing.
Coloring with crayons~ great fine motor practice. It is more fun if you color together.
Drawing pictures~ start with simple shapes and people (mat man)
Letter identification~ start with the letters in your child’s name. Move on to printing names
in all cap and then move to lower case (5 years old).
Snipping with scissors ~ paper or play dough
Play I spy
Cook together
IB UNIT: Who We Are
An inquiry into the Nature of the self, beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human
relationships including families, friend, communities, and culture; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human
Central Idea: Learning about self-identity and personal care help us make healthy choices.
Key Concepts:
Related Concepts:
Teacher Questions:
Function
Nutrition
What is unique about you?
Connection
Physical activity
What are the functions of your 5 Senses?
Responsibility
How are you responsible for your own Personal care?
The Learning Profile:
Attributes
Balanced
Knowledgeable
Attitudes
Respect
Confidence
Commitment
Week of: September 14- 17 Theme: 5 Senses Letter of the week Ll
Sensory Table: Sand
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: Greeting & Planning Time: Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs/ Review
BIG 3 New jobs this week.
Introduce our 5 Senses theme. Read: Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell: Learning About Your Five
Senses Pamela Hill Nettleton
PM~ Introduce Letter Ll words and explain Show-n-Tell procedures
Work Time: You might have heard that I was out last week. We fell behind on a few plans so we are
playing catch up this week. I think our ice cream activities will fall nicely in with our 5 senses and Healthy
me theme  Ice cream name and letter recognition
Guess what we are having for snack today???? You guessed it! ICE CREAM!!!
Large Group/Language Activity: Who is missing game~ by now we should all know the names of our
friends. Today we will put it to the test. One child out of our class will be removed from our large group
while another child tries to guess who is missing! I am sure our friends will help if we get stumped!
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time: SHOW-N-TELL (PM Class) Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs
I Use My Five Senses (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
I use my eyes to see, I use my eyes to see, (Point to eyes.)
And when I want to see a star, I use my eyes to see. (Look up.)
I use my nose to smell, I use my nose to smell, (Point to nose.)
And when I want to smell a flower, I use my nose to smell. (Bend down to smell.)
I use my tongue to taste, I use my tongue to taste, (Point to tongue.)
And when I want to taste a peach, I use my tongue to taste. (Pretend to eat a peach.)
I use my ears to hear, I use my ears to hear, (Point to ears.)
And when I want to hear a bird, I use my ears to hear. (Cup hand to ear.)
I use my hands to touch, I use my hands to touch, (Point to hands.)
And when I want to touch a cat, I use my hands to touch. (Pretend to pet a cat.)
Work Time: Finger painting!
Ice cream name and letter recognition
Large Group/Language Activity: Feely Bag~ you just never know what you might feel in our bag. It might
be smooth and soft, hard and cold, wet and gooey! We will definitely be expanding our expressive
language with all of the things we will explore with our hands today!
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: SHOW-N-TELL (PM Class) Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs
Sense sort: Look at your picture and place it under the sense that we would associate with that item
(skunk=smell, candy=taste, kitten=touch).
Work Time: HWT (Handwriting without Tears) & Letter of the week book
All about me page for our class book
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs/ Review BIG
Read: My Five Senses- Aliki
Work Time: We will paint with Kool-Aid today! The children will pick a picture to paint (oranges,
strawberries or grapes). Which flavor of paint do you think you should paint with? Can you smell it? Can
you taste it? Did you pick the correct Kool-Aid paint?
Color and color word identification
Large Group/Language Activity: Outdoor Sounds ~Use your ears, use your ears. Listen now and hear!
Use your ears, use your ears. What kind of sound do you hear? I will make a sound and the children will
find the picture that the sound belongs to.
September 21- 24th Theme: 5 Senses Letter of the week Ff
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs/ Review BIG
PM~ Introduce Letter Ff words and explain Show-n-Tell procedures
Read: My Five Senses - Margaret Miller
Work Time: Shaving Cream ~we will practice writing our letters (upper case and lower case) in our shaving
cream.
Large Group/Language Activity: Can you find that ringing phone? It is somewhere in the room. Listen
carefully!
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time: SHOW-N-TELL (PM Class) Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs/ Review
BIG
Work Time: 5 senses bingo & Senses coloring page
Large Group/Language Activity: Volcano! This is so much fun. We will wrap up our senses unit using all
of our senses! We can taste, smell, see, feel and hear the Volcano erupt! Very cool!
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: SHOW-N-TELL (PM Class) Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs
Read: The Listening Walk - Paul Showers
Work Time: HWT (Handwriting without Tears) & Letter of the week book
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs
Work Time: We will make maracas today!
We will have popcorn today for snack ~we can hear it, smell it, taste and see it!
Large Group/Language Activity: What’s behind the triangle window? We will open small windows in a file
folder and use our eyes to see what is hiding. We may need to open more than one window to solve the
mystery.
September 28th- October 1st Theme: Feelings & Emotions Letter of the week Ee
Sensory Table: Beans & Rice
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: Greeting & Planning Time: Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs/ Review
BIG
Read: The Feelings Book by: Todd Parr
(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)I have feelings, you do too,
Let's all sing about a few. I am happy, I am sad. I get scared, I get mad.
I am proud of being me. That's a feeling too, you see.
PM~ Introduce Letter Ee words and explain Show-n-Tell procedures
Work Time: Emotion cut and paste
Picture sort: Healthy choices, personal care and self-identity
Large Group/Language Activity: How would you feel? Pull a statement out of the jar and let’s read it
together. If that happened to you how you would feel? (You are walking on the sidewalk and a big dog
comes up and licks your arm).
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time: SHOW-N-TELL (PM Class) Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs
Read: The Very Grouchy Ladybug By: Eric Carle
Work Time: Grouchy Ladybug Craft
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Clifford Goes To Dog School By; Norman Bridwell introduce
vocabulary; begging, heeling, walking, shaking, sitting. Discuss how the differences between print and
pictures.
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: SHOW-N-TELL (PM Class) Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs
Work Time: Grouchy Ladybug Craft
HWT (Handwriting without Tears) & Letter of the week book
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs/
Emotion ping pong game~ Just like Captain Kangaroo & Mr. Green Jeans , we will have ping pong balls
falling from the sky. Each child will race to get a ball and return to the circle. We will identify the emotion
(sad face, tired face) on the ball and state the last time we felt this way.
Work Time: Pasta emotion faces
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Clifford Goes To Dog School By; Norman Bridwell introduce
rhyming patterns; dog, log, hog, frog.
Discuss characters from our story and who we liked the best!
October 5- 8th Theme: Our Healthy Bodies Letter of the week Hh
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs/ Review BIG
Introduce word wall words for healthy choices. What healthy choices do you make every day?
Pack a Lunch Activity: We have two brown bags, one has a smiley face and the other one will have a sad
face on it. In front of the bags will be pictures of various foods. Some of the food will be healthy;
vegetables, milk, etc. and some food will be unhealthy; cookies, candy, ice cream, etc. The children will be
asked to pack a healthy lunch with all healthy food!
Work Time: Body coloring sheet
Hand Soap craft! We need to make LOTS of bubbles when we wash our hands!
Large Group/Language Activity: I can move cards. Pick a card and follow the directions. These cards
will give us plenty of ideas on what we can do to keep our bodies strong.
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time: SHOW-N-TELL (PM Class) Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs/ Review
BIG Read: Goodnight Moon: Getting a good night’s sleep is an important part of keeping our bodies
healthy.
Work Time: Food Riddles
Food sort in food groups
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin and John
Archambault. We will look at the difference between print and pictures while reading. We will also review
color words.
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: SHOW-N-TELL (PM Class) Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs
Healthy Heart Game: Each child will come up and pick a colored heart. We will read the message on the
back and follow the directions. Each heart will direct us to do an activity to keep our blood pumping! 10
pushups, 15 jumping jacks, 3 sit ups!
Work Time: HWT (Handwriting without Tears) & Letter of the week book
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: Calendar/ weather/jobs/songs
Syllable clap with healthy foods
Work Time: Counting food objects & numeral identification
Food sort in food groups
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin and John
Archambault. Today we will highlight and discuss characters and settings in our story. We will also explore
rhyming patterns.
Next Week: Down on the Farm
How the world works