Camping Unit June 2-6

**Our End of the Year Celebration is on Wednesday June 4.  We will sing songs and have a slide show to remember all of the fun we had in the cub cadet classroom this year. ***
Please remember to arrive at 11:40 because our show will begin promptly at 11:45.
Please remember do not park directly in front of the school. Buses will be arriving during our celebration.

Books This Week
Curious George Goes Camping
Molly Goes Hiking

Let's Talk About It
-What do we need to go on a hike?
-What will we need to go on our hike around the high school next week?
-What do you do if you get lost?

Small Groups For This Week:

-We will be practices our songs for other classrooms.  We are very excited to sing for other classrooms. This will happen during our small group time on Monday and Tuesday.  We hope our siblings and friends from other classrooms enjoy our songs.
-Camping Vocabulary Books
-Handwriting Small Groups Using a door to write letters using flashlights- We will send home more information about this activity so you can do this at home with your child.
**We are also working on a top secret project-- shhhh!!
Centers
Rug Activity-Legos
Art Table: necklaces for our show
Blocks:  blocks
Sensory Table: water and boats (creating boats from tin foil)
Book Area: books about The Great Outdoors
Writing Table: writing invitations for our friends to come to our show
Dramatic Play: Lincoln Logs
Puzzles and Manipulative: puzzles

Songs and Word Play Activities
-Owl Hooting Game (Who's Missing) - One child covers their eyes. A child will hid and hoot like an owl. The child will have to guess who is missing.
-A camping we will go.
- Tapping sticks and other rhyme sticks songs

Future builders

Today we built a city in the block area. 

Marching band surprise today

Today on the playground we were surprised by the BHS marching band.  They were amazing!  Everyone stopped to eat and listen as they passed by. What a treat!!

Camping Unit Week 3

**Our End of the Year Celebration is on Wednesday June 4.  We will sing songs and have a slide show to remember all of the fun we had in the cub cadet classroom this year. ***

Books This Week
Curious George Goes Camping
Bailey Goes Camping
Absolutely Not
Molly Goes Hiking

Small Groups For This Week:

1. Math-Counters in a cup. We will be using marshmallows to count to 10. Then we will put some in the cup and leave others out of the cup.  We will record how many different ways we will make 10.
2. Language- Camping Vocabulary Books
3. Sequencing Camping Scene- We will be coloring then sequencing a camping scene. We will give details about the pictures and try to tell an oral story about the sequence.
- HWT- Using a door to write letters using flashlights- We will send home more information about this activity so you can do this at home with your child.
**We are also working on a top secret project-- shhhh!!
Centers
Rug Activity-Legos
Science-Tadpoles are growing legs!!
Art Table: bear activities
Blocks:  blocks
Sensory Table: sticks, small stones,  and tissue paper to make a camp site
Book Area: books about The Great Outdoors
Writing Table: Unit Vocabulary Words
Dramatic Play: tent for 3 friends to go into. We will use flashlights inside the tent to make shadows and tell camping stories.
Puzzles and Manipulative: puzzles

Songs and Word Play Activities
-Owl Hooting Game (Who's Missing) - One child covers their eyes. A child will hid and hoot like an owl. The child will have to guess who is missing.
-A camping we will go.
- Tapping sticks and other rhyme sticks songs

Camping Unit Week 2 May 19-23

Books This Week

Just Me and My Dad
Bailey Goes Camping
Sheep on a Hike

Small Groups For This Week:

1.Math- Sets of 5. We will creates sets of 5 objects using camping pictures.  This is to introduce simple addition sentences( 2+3=5)
2. Phonemic Awareness- We will play a rhyming game based on camping words.
3. Science- Sink and Float Exploration with "canoes" and some cargo.

1. Art Project- Multi-step campfire activity.Using red and orange paint and cutting brown paper to create a campfire (This is a 2 day projects for small groups)

Centers
Rug Activity- Building Tracks
Science-Ipads
Art Table: dandelion art- using yellow paint with forks to make flower and green paint to make stem
Blocks: blocks to build boats with
Sensory Table: floating fish and boats
Book Area: books about The Great Outdoors
Writing Table: Unit Vocabulary Words
Dramatic Play: paper tubes, red and orange tissue paper, Lincoln Logs(sticks) and white pom poms(marshmallows) to roast smores and tell campfire stories
Puzzles and Manipulative: puzzles

Songs and Word Play Activities
-Owl Hooting Game (Who's Missing) - One child covers their eyes. A child will hid and hoot like an owl. The child will have to guess who is missing.
-A camping we will go.
- Tapping sticks and other rhyme sticks songs

Picnic reward today

We earned another class reward! A picnic lunch outside!

Camping Unit Week 1- May 12-16

   Our Last Unit: Camping

Books This Week

Just Me and My Dad
Bailey Goes Camping
Absolutely Not

Small Groups For This Week:

1. Math- We will spin a spinner then record which picture is the outcome.  We will create a chart and discuss math terms such as most, least, and equal.
2. Language- We will play a articulation game that focuses on the sounds /t/ and /d/. We will identify if we hear each /t/ or /d/ in the beginning or end of words.
3. Gross Motor- We will navigate through a river rock obstacle course in the hall. Each time we complete the course, each child will pick up a rock with a letter and say the sound the letter makes before starting again.
1.Math- Sets of 5. We will creates sets of 5 objects using camping pictures.  This is to introduce simple addition sentences( 2+3=5)
2. Phonemic Awareness- We will play a rhyming memory game.
3. Science- Sink and Float Exploration with "canoes" and some cargo.
Centers
Rug Activity- Lincoln Logs
Science- Plastic bugs to explore with magnifying glasses
Art Table: Campfire craft
Blocks: building "campfires" with blocks and red tissue paper
Sensory Table: fishing
Book Area: books about The Great Outdoors
Writing Table: making camping lists
Dramatic Play: BBQ cooking (hot dogs and hamburgers)
Puzzles and Manipulative: puzzles

Let's Talk About It

-What activities do you do outside for fun?

-Outdoor Safety

-Cooking Outside(BBQ, camping, fishing for dinner)
-Recreational activities in the water(canoe, swimming,kayaking..)

Handwriting

Camping Vocabulary Handwriting Books
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.

Preschool Manners
-When someone comes into an area you are playing in, say "Hello" or something else that is nice.

-When someone looks hurt or is upset, ask the question, "Are you okay?"

Mobile safety street demonstration

Today we went to a mobile safety demonstration at the high school. We learned how to be safe at home, how to walk across the street safely, and bus safety. A paper is in your child's backpack to reinforce what they learned today. 

Effects of throwing a stone into soup

Today we conducted an experiment to see the size of the splash when we held a stone at different heights above the water. It was so fun. We learned the higher the object is the bigger the splash. We also tried a small stone and compared it to the splash of a big stone.  

Jello in the sensory table

Yesterday we made jello. We did not use our sense of taste but our sense of touch today in the sensory table. It was a favorite activity at choice time today. Ask your child about it. 

Five Senses May 5-9

Our Five Senses
Books This Week
Princess and the Pea
Stone Soup
Hero Cat


Let's Talk About It
-Sound and air vibration
-Effect of throwing a stone into soup/splashing
-Building towers (creating a sturdy base)


Small Groups 
1.Identifying shapes and letters through layers- Just how the princess in our story The Princess and the Pea, we will try to identify shapes then letters by only using our sense of touch
2. Math- Building Stairs.  We will create stair patterns using blocks to first go up and then increase to repeat the pattern going down.
3.Creating 5 Senses Books- Each child will create a book about how they use their 5 senses.  We will create a flip book to bring home when we are complete.
1. Compound Word Activity- We are learning how we can use 2 words to create a new word. For example: cup + cake = cupcake. We will create a chart and illustrate a picture to show the new word.
2. What's Missing Game- We will show objects to the small group.  They will cover their eyes and one or more object will be taken away. They will then uncover their eyes and recall the missing object.  We will increase the number of objects for a challenge.
3./p/ sound sorting- We will build a bed for the princess.  She only likes pictures that begin with the /p/ sound. Then we will draw a picture of the princess

Centers 
Rug Activity-Castle Towers
Science-Observing Tadpoles
Art Table: Making Instruments
Blocks: Building Towers
Sensory Table: Alphabet Soup (bowls, water, ladles, and letters)
Book Area: books about senses
Writing Table: Unit Vocabulary Words
Dramatic Play: Ice cream shop
Puzzles and Manipulative: puzzles about senses

Songs, Word Play, and Songs
Compound Words
Bingo with the word QUEEN
Ending Sounds in our names

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 strengthen fine motor muscles.

Preschool Manners
-When someone is in your way or has something you want, say "Excuse Me" to get their attention, then say"May I _____" to get what you want.