February 21-24, 2011

Dear Families,
We hope everyone enjoyed their weekend (Yay, for warmer weather again this week).
Everyone was very excited about outside time last week! And it looks like we’ll enjoy more of it
this week. We’ll continue working on Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes. We’ve had a lot of fun
with Nursery Rhymes and even had a few laughs hearing silly nursery rhymes (new spin on
some familiar ones). We even noticed a few acting out The 3 Little Pigs outside in the Gas-N-Go
Mart. I’m amazed at how quick the older ones are picking up on rhymes. We’ll keep working
with the younger ones on reciting some of the familiar nursery rhymes and filling in the blank
when leaving off the end of the rhyme.
At home:
You can teach your child some nursery rhymes. For 4 and 5 year olds, have your child listen for
the rhyming words while you recite a nursery rhyme. In the car, you can try to come up with as
many words that rhyme as you can (real or nonsense words)! Below is a silly song we’ll be using
to work on finding rhyming words:
Higglety Pigglety pop! (knees)
The dog has eaten the mop. (cheese)
The pig’s in a hurry;
The cat’s in a flurry.
Higglety Pigglety pop! (knees) (replace underline words with some of the following:
knees-cheese; leg- egg; horn- corn; bear-pear)

Important Dates:
February 23rd- NO PRESCHOOL (early release)
March 9th- NO PRESCHOOL (early release)
March 31st- Spring Pictures
April 4-8th- Spring Break

Have a great week! 

Ms. Sara, Ms. Mary, and Ms. Teresa

*** NO PRESCHOOL WEDNESDAY! (EARLY RELEASE)

 February 21-24, 2011
Student of the Week: AM- Cameron; PM- Ruth
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Arts and Collage Free choice NO Water colors
Humanities PRESCHOOL:
Language Nursery Hey Diddle Diddle/Ms. EARLY Rhyming word
Arts/Fine rhymes/alphabet Chomper with bugs RELEASE match/sequence
Motor puzzle Hey Diddle
Diddle
Math Cookie Sorting food by Measuring
sorting/cookie size/cookie patterns objects with
counting rulers and cubes
Science/Social Wash dishes Viewmaster/exploring Sorting
Studies objects with rough/smooth
magnifying glass
Health Exhibit Exhibit independent Exhibit
Education independent behaviors independent
behaviors behaviors
Small Group Jack be Nimble Matching rhyming Writing
game word pictures/identify VWXYZ/iPAD
1st letter in name games(letters/words,
matching, colors,
shapes)
Circle Time Goldilocks and the 3 Little Red Riding Hood LIBRARY
Bears “Higglety Pigglety” (return books)
(Hey Diddle Diddle) rhyme The Ugly Duckling
“Higglety (Little Miss Muffet) Little Bo Peep
Pigglety..” Hooked on Phonics
Rhyming
Dramatic Play: Post Office, Blocks: General, Sensory Table: oats/glitter and measuring utensils, Easel:
paint
Kentucky Early Childhood Standards (goals we will focus on through activities above)
Arts and Humanities:
Develop skills in appreciation of visual arts
Language Arts:
3.3 Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet; 3.4 Demonstrates emergent phonemic/phonological
awareness; 3.5 Draws meaning from pictures, print and text;
Physical Education (fine/gross motor skills):
1.4 Performs a sequence of several motor skills with control and balance
Health Education:
Applies social problem solving skills; exhibits independent behavior
Mathematics:
Measures and describes using non-standard and standard units
Science:
1.5 makes and verifies predictions based on past experiences
Social Studies:
1.2 Uses environmental clues and tools to understand surroundings
1.3 Shows an awareness of fundamental economic concepts