READ!

Out school has a fun tradition.  Every year, the teacher pose with a favorite book to promote reading.  We usually add props or dress up.  These are the photos we snapped for this year. You'll be able to see them in the main hall across from the office.

Miss Carrie

Miss Jen

Miss Jeana

August/September Week 1: Germs, Glitter, Bodies, and Bouncing

phoneme: /b/

Transition Song:  Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy

We don't use bouncy balls.  We choose body parts to bounce: hands, fingers, elbows, arms, legs, knees, toes, nose, ears, heads, shoulders, whole body.  This is a great way to work on labeling body parts.

Materials: Laminated letter B, sheet, glitter, sink, soap.

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: body parts, bounce, germs, soap, water, wash, top/bottom.

This week in Large Group with Miss Carrie we are learning the /b/ sound.  First we looked at the letter B and talked about the top and the bottom of the letter.  We used our pointer fingers (some of us had to learn pointer finger) to draw the letter B:

Start at the top and draw down.
Go back to the top and bounce around.

What words have the /b/ sound?  Banana, boy, bumble bee. (This list will get longer over the next month as the children understand the concept).

Next we learned how to wash our hands. 

This is the closest match to the song we sing.  

In Miss Jeana's class, we sing:

Tops and bottoms. Tops and bottoms.

In between. In between

Wash your thumbs. Wash your thumbs.

Now they're clean. Now they're clean.

In Miss Jen's class, we sing:

Tops and bottoms. Tops and bottoms.

In between. In between

Rub your hands together. Rub your hands together.

Now they're clean. Now they're clean.

We practiced using our elbows instead of our hands to sneeze and cough.  If you sneeze or cough into your hands, it will leave germs on your hands.  If you touch things with germy hands, that will leave germs on everything you touch. That will make everyone sick.  Miss Carrie, Miss Jeana, and Miss Jen DO NOT want to be sick.

We did an experiment where Miss Carrie pretended glitter was germs.  She pretended to sneeze and got glitter all over her hands.  When we touched her hands, we got glitter all over our hands.

When that happened , we had to wash our hands clean.  We lined up at the sink and used soap and water while we sang our hand washing song. We learned that it is important to not rinse off our hands until we finish the song so the soap has time to make the germs slide off.

DO THIS AT HOME:  It's great for your child to see everyone in the family washing their hands and talking about it.  Repetitive singing helps language in that your child can focus on producing the words over and over.  Ask your child to teach you the song.  Let them be in charge for a few minutes.

Here are some other things that happened in preschool this week.  Show your child and help them tell you about their day.