Community Unit March 10-14

This is our last week of Community
Books This Week:
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Knuffle Bunny
Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs

Small Groups For This Week:
We will be completing a uppercase to lowercase matching book using mailboxes and envelopes.
1. Community Helper Bingo Game
2. Building Buildings- We will use blocks to build buildings.  We will balance them until they fall then record how many blocks we used before it fell.  Then we will compare our results using words such as the most, least, and equal.
3.Community Helper Tool Book. We will talk about what types of tools each helper would use then create a book.

Let's Talk About It
Caring for our community
More discussion about pulleys and ramps

Centers
Art Table: ramp painting 
Block Area: Blocks and community people
Sensory Table: Dinosaur Dig- Dino bones, sand, and paintbrushes
Book Area: books about community
Easel: open ended painting
Writing Table: markers
Dramatic Play: Eye Doctor
Puzzles and Manipulatives: simple machines(ramps, pulleys)

Handwriting
We will continuing a program called Handwriting Without Tears. It's focus is on letter formation and letter awareness. This program reinforces proper grasp and trying to strenghten fine motor muscles.
-We are working on letters with diagonal lines such as K, M, W, V, X, and A.

Songs, Word Play, and Language
-Hello Neighbor Song
-Firetruck Truck
-Diagonal Line Song (HWT)

Preschool Manners
We are continuing on this skill.
-When someone is in your way or has something you want, say, "Excuse me" to get them to look at you, then you say"May I____________?" to get what you want.