Leaves!

Monday:

·         Letter L: Lollipop

·         Book: Luther’s Halloween by Cari Meister

·         Art: fall colors finger painting

·         Math: leaf matching

·         Science: examining & observing leaves

Tuesday:

·         Letter L: Lion

·         Book: It’s Fall! By Linda Glaser

·         Art: Sponge paint leaves

·         Math & Science: counting & graphing number of points on a leaf

Wednesday:

·         Letter L: lines

·         Book: Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

·         Art: Leaf People

·         Math & Science: counting and discussing veins on leaves

Thursday:

·         Letter L: leaves

·         Book: Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

·         Art: Leaf rubbing

·         Math: leaf estimation

·         Science: leaf sorting

Friday:

·         Letter L

·         Book: Leaves by David Ezra Stein

·         Art: Twirling leaves

·         Math: Leaf sizing (small to large)

·         Science: life cycle of tree

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins! (and spiders!)

Today we concluded our spider theme with a fun spider tea party! The rest of the week we will be focusing on pumpkins! We also are reviewing letters this week from the previous weeksJ

Monday:

·         Book: The Itsy Bitsy Spider

·         Art: Pumpkin painting & yarn spider webs

·         Literacy: Letter T

·         Math: geoboard spider webs

·         Science: hairspray spider webs

Tuesday:

·         Book: Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie! By Judy Cox and The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons

·         Art: pumpkin painting and parts of a pumpkin art project

·         Literacy: Letter M

·         Math: pumpkin math! Weighing and measuring circumference

·         Science: Examining the inside of a pumpkin

Wednesday:

·         Book: Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins by Dianne Ochiltree

·         Art: 5 pumpkins on a gate project

·         Literacy: Letter E

·         Math: counting pumpkins, ordering pumpkins largest to smallest

·         Food Science: Pumpkin Pie

Thursday:

·         Book: Pumpkin Cat by Anne Mortimer

·         Art: Pumpkin face shapes

·         Literacy: Letter F

·         Math: pumpkin seed math

·         Science: Growth of a pumpkin

Friday:

·         Book: Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas

·         Art: pumpkin mosaic

·         Literacy: Letter A

·         Math: pumpkin patterns

Spiders & Bats!

Monday:

·         Book: Aaaarrgghh! Spider! By Lydia Monks

·         Art: Glitter spider webs

·         Literacy: Letter B- beans

·         Math: spinner the spider game

·         Science: spider diagram

Tuesday:

·         Book: Bat Jamboree by Kathi Appelt

·         Art: Bat- bat mobile   

·         Literacy: Letter B- bus

·         Math: Bat counting book

·         Science: Bat diagram

Wednesday:

·         Book: Bat’s Big Game by Margaret Read MacDonald

·         Art: Handprint Bats

·         Literacy: Letter B- buttons

·         Math: Bat pattern template & shape sort

·         Science: sound vibration

Thursday:

·         Book: Squash the Spider by Nick Ward

·         Art: Spider art project

·         Literacy: Letter B- blue B bugs

·         Math: spider roll & counting/adding

·         Science: spider observations

Friday: Field Trip!

Firefighters!

We had an unexpected surprise at Discovery Garden on Thursday…a fire truck came to our school!! Our original plans to have a field trip at the fire station fell through, so we were beginning to make new plans for our field trip. Right in the middle of lunch, a fire truck rolls in our parking lot. We all rushed to the windows; we were curious as to what they were doing. After they parked the truck, the firemen came into Discovery. They came to see the kids!! Somehow amongst all the confusion, plans were made for the fire truck to visit us. Funny how it all worked out! The only bummer was that some of the kids missed outL

The firemen were sooo nice! They talked to the kids about fire safety, showed them their fire gear, let the kids touch their uniforms, and let the kids sit in the fire truck! It was very cool!

Fire Safety Week

This week is national fire safety week, as well as our theme for the week. The learning activities and art projects for the week will all be centered around fire safety. We will create our own song lyrics today during music time, and these will be posted laterJ

Monday:

·         Art: Fiery Art Painting

·         Book: The Little Fire Engine

·         Literacy: Letter E

·         Math: Telephone number and/or 911 number trace

·         Science: Candle experiment (demonstrates that a flame is put out when there is no oxygen)

Tuesday:

·         Art: Fire Truck Sponge Painting

·         Book: Fire Drill by Paul Dubois Jacobs

·         Literacy: Letter E-eye

·         Math: Firemen counting activity

·         Science: candle experiment

Wednesday:

·         Art: Fireman project

·         Book: Fred the Firefighter by Jo Litchfield

·         Literacy: Letter E

·         Math: phone number/ 911 trace

·         Science: fire discussion

Thursday:

·         Art: Shape fire engine

·         Book: Fire Safety by Sue Barraclough

·         Literacy: Letter E

·         Math: matching & shape sort

Friday:

·         Art: crayon melt

·         Book: Stop, Drop and Roll by Margery Cuyler

·         Literacy: Letter E

·         Math: Crayon color sort

·         Science: Effects of heat

Lyrics to Apples Apples on the Tree

The kids did an amazing job singing the apples song.  On Monday, the preschoolers gathered together to help me come up with apple lyrics to go with the tune Twinkle, Twinkle.  We talked about words we could use for apples on the tree and words that sound similar..aka rhymes.  Then together we came up with the song.  On other days we sang the song with the xylophone and keyboard. 

Apples, apples on the tree
come in many colors I see
some are red and some are yellow
some are green and in-between
apples, apples  on the tree
look so yummy for me to eat

CRUNCH  (they pretend to take a bite)

I'll try to have another mini performance on Monday and Tuesday.

Fall and Apples!

This week our theme will be fall and apples! Can you believe that it is already October?!

Also, the letter of the week is F.

I included what Mrs. Salouma’s class will be doing in parentheses. There are some days where the groups are small enough that the two classes will combine for activities, and other days we will do the same activity, just at different times.

Monday:

·         Art: Fall tree

·         Literacy: Letter F- fraction (Mrs. Salouma’s class: Journal writing- fall. Draw a picture playing in falling leaves.)

·         Math: number book (Mrs. Salouma’s class: apple fractions)

·         Science: Apple float and apple tasting survey

Tuesday:

·         Art: tissue paper apple

·         Literacy: Letter F- fruit loops (Mrs. Salouma’s class: journal writing- family. Draw a picture of family doing something on a fall day. )

·         Math: apple pattern block

·         Science: apple seed counting, compare & contrast

Wednesday:

·         Art: Apple tree (Mrs. Salouma’s class: seasons of an apple tree)

·         Literacy: Letter F- Four (Mrs. Salouma’s class: journal writing- fun. Draw a picture doing something fun. )

·         Math: apple counting and weighing apples

·         Science: apple oxidation ( effects of oxygen on apples)

Thursday:

·         Art: apple print painting (Mrs. Salouma’s class: steps to grow an apple art project)

·         Literacy: Letter F- Fish (Mrs. Salouma’s class: journal writing- fruit. Draw a picture of your favorite fruit)

·         Math: Roll an Apple Tree math game

·         Science: observing an apple

Friday:

·         Art: Autumn Tree paper tearing project

·         Literacy: Letter F- Fall (Mrs. Salouma’s class: Journal writing- friend. Draw a picture of you and one of your best friends.)

·         Math: Apple patterning

·         Food Science: making applesauce

Happy Monday!