Sept.

20-23, 2010
Dear Families,
Over the next week we will be learning about Healthy Kids. We will read a story about the
importance of washing our hands and learning other important steps to keeping our bodies
healthy. The book is Those Mean Nasty Downright Disgusting but Invisible Germs. Through
activities this week the children will work on sorting, shape recognition, distinguishing between
items that belong and don’t belong, and eye-hand coordination.
Picture Day is Wednesday! Both classes will get their pictures taken when they first arrive
at their normal time.

At Home:
1. While playing, provide opportunities to make comparisons. For example, ask
your child who has the most cars or who has the least amount of juice.
2. While talking with your child, use words that deal with spatial relationships
like “under” and “on”. You can have your child hide an object and tell you if
it’s on, over, beside or behind something.
3. Encourage your child to describe objects and sort them. For example, sort
pennies and nickels into different piles or red and blue cars into play garages.
4. Read to your child
5. Create some fun exercises to do at home.

Don’t forget to check out the classroom blog: http://preschool-families.blogspot.com

(we posted a video of “Mat Man”)

**** Library books are due by Thursday****

IMPORTANT DATES:
Sept. 22nd- Picture Day
Sept. 29th- NO PRESCHOOL (Early Release Day)
Sept. 30th- Innisbrook orders due
Oct. 4-8- NO SCHOOL (Fall Break)
Oct. 27th-NO PRESCHOOL (Early Release Day)

Have a great week!

Ms. Sara, Ms. Mary, and Ms. Teresa
 Sept. 20-23, 2010
Students of the week: AM-Bill Ratliff; PM- Sadie Rhodes
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Arts and Water colors Collage Draw what Ms. Teresa’s
Humanities material germs might choice
look like
Language Stringing Scooping split Spelling words Snap
Arts/Fine Motor alphabet peas with magnet blocks/lacing
beads letters shapes
Math Shape match Shapes and Unifex Sorting
picture cards cubes/number heavy/light
(tangrams) peg boards objects

Science/Social Wash dishes Mystery box Food puzzles Animals in rice

Studies with healthy
items
Health Education Social Social Social Social
Cooperation cooperation cooperation cooperation
Small Group Interventions Draw simple Find what’s What goes
shapes/complex different together/doesn’t
shapes/writing belong
words
Circle Time 2nd Step Lesson Those Mean Nasty Healthy Me LIBRARY
Dirty Downright (books due)
Disgusting but
Invisible Germs
Dramatic Play: Housekeeping, Blocks: General, Sensory Table: sand, Easel: water colors

Kentucky Early Childhood Standards (goals we will focus on through activities above)
Arts and Humanities:
Develop skills in appreciation of dance
Language Arts:
Use non-verbal communication for a variety of purposes
Engages in active listening in a variety of situations
Draws meaning from pictures, print and text
Physical Education (fine/gross motor skills):
Moves through environment with body control and balance
Health Education:
Shows social cooperation
Mathematics:
Use the attributes of objects for comparison
Science:
Explores features of the environment through manipulation
Social Studies:
Knows the need for rules within the home and school