Transportation March 24-28

News: 
Science Center Show will be on Tuesday March 25.
Grease Show- We will go to the BHS Auditorium to have a special preview of their musical.
Please ask you child about them.

Books This Week:
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses
Mr. George Baker
Freight Train

Discussion Topics/Questions This Week:
-Pedestrian Safety
-Bus Safety

-Transportation for recreation
-Science Show

Small Groups For This Week:
1. Ramp Bowling (this will continue)- using a ramp we will roll a ball to knock down the pins. We will change the height of the ramp to see if it changes how the ball rolls.
2. Transportation Spinner Graphing Game- we will spin a spinner to see which mode of transportation it lands on. Then we will graph our results.
3. Uppercase Letter Sound Truck Sorting- We will listen to sounds in the beginning of words and put them in the correct truck to match the the uppercase or lowercase letter
1. Fine Motor Activity-Cut shapes then glue them to create a truck
2. Building Bridges- We will build a bridge out of paper, cardboard, and a block. We will put pennies on each and observe what happened.
3. Hoop Gliders- We will build them and then see how far we can make them go.  We will put numbers in the hall to reinforce number recognition with this activity

Centers
Rug Activity- ramps and cars
Science-things that spin and do not spin
Art Table: making paper airplanes
Blocks: building roads
Sensory Table: Sailboats and water
Book Area: books about transportation
Writing Table:drawing maps
Dramatic Play: Airport -We loved this so much we will repeat
Puzzles and Manipulatives: puzzles about transportation


Songs, Word Play, and Language
-Bingo (with FRITZ)
-She'll be coming around the mountain
-How do you from A to B?

Handwriting and Letter Play Small groups
-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 strengthen fine motor muscles.
-Sounds we hear in letters activity
-We are working on letters with diagonal lines such as K, M, W, V, X, and A.
-Alphabet Arc Activities
-Flipping Letters with spatulas

Preschool Manners
-When an adult tells you to wait, say, 'Okay', and your waiting words.
- Our waiting words are "When you wait quietly, I get what I want".
- This life skill is promoting appropriating ways in waiting for attention or objects.