Monday, December 1, 2008
December Newsletter
Monday, November 3, 2008
November Newsletter
A Peek at the Weeks......
Week 1: Letter B- Bears/Bubbles
Week 2: Letter T-Turkeys, textures, tops, start Thanksgiving
Week 3: Letter I-Thanksgiving, Indians, Ice Cream
Week 4: Thanksgiving Feast
Feast Day!!!
Our Thanksgiving feast will be on Tuesday the 25th. It will include some of the foods that the pilgrims may have eaten at their first feast. This year we are asking 1/2 of the class to bring something for the feast and the other half of the class to bring a green treat to our St. Patrick's Party in March. We will send home a food assignment with your child the week before the feast. If you don't recieve one, we will ask you to bring something to the green party. The assignments will be something like a few apples, nuts, popcorn, rolls, etc. Please let me know if you have a problem with your assigned item. Thank you for your help with our feast.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
October Newsletter
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
September Newsletter
Disclosure Document 2008-2009
1.Please bring your child no earlier than five minutes before school starts and make sure they are picked up no later than five minutes after school, unless special arrangements are made.
2.If your child is hurt or feeling sad, I have a “Hug it better” policy. If you are not comfortable with little hugs or pats on the back, please let me know.
3.If a discipline problem arises, I use the time-out policy. The child will be in time-out for the amount of minutes equivalent to their age. Please contact me if you have concerns about this, but also bear in mind that most problems can be worked out without resorting to time-out.
4.Tuition must be paid by the first week of each month. We will send an E-mail reminder about tuition each month. Tuition is $75.00 for the M,W,F class, and $60.00for the T, Th class. Please write checks to Amber Peck.
5.For Show and Tell, I have a special bag that the kids will take turns bringing home. We will have Show and Tell everyday, but only one person at a time will have the spotlight. They should have a turn every few weeks. This way we won’t be in a hurry to get through everyone and it will be exciting for the kids.
6.Please send your child with a backpack or bag to put things in, a coat or jacket (if necessary), and a full stomach! We will have a snack each day, but not right at the first of class.
7.We have a class snack bucket that will be sent home with a different child each day (except for the days that we will provide special treats that go with the lesson). Please fill the bucket with enough treats for the class (number of students is listed on the bucket). Your treat could be as simple as a bag of marshmallows, pretzels, some fruit to cut up, or something even homemade. Drinks will be provided at school. Thank you for your help with snack time. We will also try to coordinate your snack turn with birthdays. Let me know if you have any concerns.
8.If possible, I am asking for donations of any of the following: Ziploc baggies (snack or sandwich size), a box of tissues, wipes, or a roll of paper towels. These items can be sent to school with your child anytime!
9.I will follow the Alpine School District schedule for vacations and holidays,
with the exception of the beginning and end of the school year.Alpine district has other days off, but they are on Mondays and Fridays. I only listed the ones that affect our preschool days. The holidays are as follows:
UEA/Prof. Dev………October 16th , 17th, 20th
Thanksgiving/Teacher comp…November 26-28th
Christmas/New Year........December 22nd-January 2nd (we will be back to school on the 6th)
Spring Break/Teacher comp……April 13th-17th
•Last day of school is Wednesday May 20th and Graduation will be held on Thursday May 21st.
Class Schedule
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:15-11:45 (optional Tuesday, Thursday)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 12:45-3:15
9:15-9:30 Name/cutting practice, books & puzzles
9:30-9:50 Calendar, Weather, Pledge, Show and Tell, Singing Time
9:50-10:00 Circle Time (intro to new letter, unit lesson, etc.)
10:00-10:30 Unit activities/Creative arts or crafts
10:30-10:40 Snack/Story time
10:45-10:55 Movement/Music activities
10:55-11:25 Alphabet work, Math, Science/Centers
11:25-11:40 Free time-creative play
11:40-11:45 Clean-up and wait for parents to arrive
I will follow this schedule but times may be arranged to accommodate certain activities.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call me. I anticipate a fun and stimulating year for your little learner.
Thank you, Amber Peck (768-1091)
Curriculum Outline 2008-2009
•Learn rules and routines
•Review colors
•Learn about our new friends at preschool
Unit 2-All About Me
• I am special and unique
• Learn to recognize name (also put letters in order)
• My body-parts of the body
• Feelings and emotions
Unit 3-The Five Senses (Letters M and S)
• Sight, smell, taste, touch, and hear
• Music-dynamics/High and low notes
• If You Give a Moose-make muffins
• Snakes!
• Science-sun experiments
Unit 4-Weather/ Ants (Letter A)
• Learn about seasons and weather
• Life of Ants
• Math-counting with ants
Unit 5-Fall-Leaves (Letter L)
• Signs of fall-why do leaves change color
• Math-tree/leaf counting boards & graphing
• Patterns & sorting
• L is for Ladybugs (counting spots)
Unit 6-Pumpkins/Pigs (Letter P)
• If You Give a Pig a Pancake-Prediction/re-telling
• Life cycle of a pumpkin
• Math-sorting, number recog., counting
Unit 7-Halloween (Letter H)
• Haunted House-Ghost Math (counting and recognition)
• Spiders and bats-math and science activities
• Monsters-review colors/sorting
Unit 8-Bookweek (Letter B)
• How to take care of books
• Draw picture stories
• Our favorite books (parents come and read to us!)
• Balloons-static experiments
• Button centers-sorting, lacing, matching
• Fun with Bubbles
• Math-counting/matching numbers
Unit 9-Turkeys (letter T)
• Life of a Turkey
• Teepees/start Indians-Indian art
• Math-number recog./matching
Unit 10-Thanksgiving (Letter I)
• Indians-typical day, make Indian fry bread
• Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving
• Ice experiments/Make ice cream
• Music-rhythm
• Thanksgiving Feast!
Unit 11-Christmas Around the World
(Letter C)
• Germany-Gingerbread men, Christmas trees, ABC review, counting, number recog.
• Mexico-piƱatas, ABC review
• Holland-leave out shoes for Sinter Claus, Math-number recog/ counting, patterns
• Hanukkah-Dreidles, make latkes
Christmas Unit Cont.
• France-advent calendars, nativity, make crepes
• Sweden-Christmas trees for the birds, St. Lucia, Match upper and lowercase letters (review)
• USA- (Letter C) candy canes, reindeer, Math-patterns, measurement, memory, lacing, Christmas party-gift exchange
Unit 12-Snow/Snowmen (Letter O)
• Snowmen-size discrimination and sorting/following directions
• What is snow?
• Math #2, number recognition, counting
• O is for Octopus
Unit 13-Animals in Winter (Review)
• Math #3/number order, recognition, and writing practice
• The Mitten-story re-telling
• ABC review
Unit 14-Space (letter N and J)
• Moon, sun, planets, astronauts, space food
• Math #4 & #5 sorting, patterns, number order
• Memory/Lacing
• Jell-O Jigglers
Unit 15-Groundhog Day/Safety/Manners
(Letter Y)
• Groundhogs/Shadow science
• Science-yeast experiment
• Safety with Little Red-strangers
• Manners with Goldilocks
• Math #6/counting
Unit 16-Valentines/Presidents’ Day
(Letter V)
• Same and different/sharing/ matching
• Math #7/counting, sorting, number recog., coin recog, patterns, addition & subtraction
• Science-Volcanoes
• Lincoln/Washington-our profiles
Unit 17-Community Helpers (Letter Q&D)
• Firemen-counting/size disc./shapes
• Police officer-guest speaker
• Community Helper Center-doctor, carpenter, library, storekeeper, etc.
• Fieldtrip to Library and Kohlers
• D is for Dads-what do our Dad’s do? What do I want to be?
• Math #8/addition with dominoes
Unit 18-Wind/Wild and Wooly weather
(Letter W)
• Science-wind and water experiments
• Math #9 and 10/counting/patterns
• March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
Unit 19-Spring/Colors (Letter K)
• Sign of spring-sorting
• Math-counting, recognition, missing numbers, review 1-10
• Mixing colors-Jell-o science
• Kites
Unit 20-Leprechauns/Rainbows(Letter R)
• Science with rainbows-prisms and bubbles
• Review colors/sorting
• Green party/Leprechauns
• Match upper and lowercase letters
Unit 21-Rain/Umbrellas (Letter U)
• Math-addition and subtraction, sequencing, counting and # recognition
• Science-raindrop experiments
• Water cycle/Lightening
Unit 22-Seeds/Grass/Growing (Letter G)
• Science-bean exploration/growing
• What seeds need to grow
• Math-estimation, sorting, counting, review 1-10, addition and subtraction, patterns
• Make Granola
Unit 23-Eggs/Easter/Bunnies (Letter E)
• Science-Egg experiments
• Math-sorting, patterns, number order, counting, addition and subtraction, tracing practice
• Bunnies-food and lifestyle
• ABC review-match upper and lowercase letters
• Easter Egg Hunt fieldtrip
Unit 24-Spring/Chicks (Letter X)
• Math-counting, number recog, correspondence,
• X marks the spot treasure hunt
• Little Red Hen-cooperation/make bread
Unit 25-Fish/Ocean and Beach (Letter F)
• Math-sorting, gold fish addition and subtraction, counting and number recog.
• Beginning sound review/rhyming
• Science-sea shells/Float and Sink experiments
• Rainbow Fish-we are special/ sharing
• Swimmy-teamwork/Make No-bake cookies
Unit 26-Zoo Life/Zebras (Letter Z)
• Zoo animals
• Lacing, sorting
• Math-counting, writing numbers, perimeter
• ABC order, beginning sound review, fact recollection
Unit 27-May–flowers/Mother’s Day
(Review)
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom-ABC review
• Our Mom’s are special
• Sunflower science-predicting
• Math-review
Unit 28-Mail (Review)
• Postal carriers/parts of a letter
• Math-addition and subtraction, review numbers
• Practice blending words/review ABC
• Fieldtrip to the Lehi Post Office
Unit 29-Transportation (Review)
• Wheels/Wind and Air
• Car safety rules/stoplights
• ABC order
• Science-What sank the boat?
This list gives you an idea of the units and skills we will go over throughout the year. It may seem repetitious in the math area, but most of the activities are math games or centers that involve a particular skill (the more practice the better!). The list does not include the movement activities, art and craft projects, or specific unit and letter activities. I’m sure you will see these things coming home throughout the year. You may also look at our complete curriculum any time. Because of the Alpine district schedule, the units will not go exactly in this order. That information will be on the monthly newsletter. Thank you, Miss Amber