January 2010

Skills to work on this month (work it into the lessons): Recognizing and writing the #6, recognizing and drawing rectangles, cutting on lines, working on their goals

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Adelia (Group A) Jen (Group B)

T-January 5th: Goals--Heber J Grant, help them set their own goal (writing last name, learning address, etc) or a group goal (like learning a song), make a chart so they can see progress, (read about last year's ideas)

Th-7th: Trains--(Little Engine that Could---ties into the Goals theme), make a train with a letter on each car, then string together to form their name (or other word), have fun with toy trains


 Jana F combined activity

F-8th: Preschool Indoor Camping Activity (Combined)--set up a tent indoors, "roast" marshmallows, kids bring pillows, flashlights, and sleeping bags, tell stories, sing campfire songs, if you have a fireplace then have a real fire

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Heather (Group A) Andrea (Group B)

T-12th: Horses--how important they were in olden days, taking care of them, have them pretend to ride them, learning "giddyup and gee", notice their teeth (and in preparation for the next lesson mention how farmers take care of their teeth)

Th-14th: Taking care of our teeth--talk about proper way to brush teeth, why we brush teeth, make teeth on yellow paper then have the kids paint them with white paint with a toothbrush for a paintbrush,

Adelia (both preschool groups)

F-15th: Field Trip to Dentist Office (Dr. Girish Banaji does tours on Fridays, but dates need to be reserved at least a month or two in advance)

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Jana P. (Group A) Mina (Group B)

T-19th:Martin Luther King (MLK day is 1/18)--what did he do?, learn about discrimination, his dream, white egg/brown egg demonstration, treating people with respect (keep working on goal)

Th-21st: Africa--find on globe/map, make mudcloth, African traditions, food, etc. (keep working on goal)

Lara (Group A) Mina (Group B)

F-22nd: Color mixing--using colored water or paint have fun mixing colors, let them experiment, have them make a color wheel?

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Katherine (Group A) Jana F (Group B)

T-26th: I am a Child of God--everyone is unique/special, explore our talents, what makes us special (keep working on goals) (idea, idea, plus I have a cute FHE packet on this theme)

Th-28th: Babies--the special care they need, how they are made (hehe--just kidding), being gentle, teaching them, let them meet a real baby, role play with dolls (keep working on goal)

Andrea (all preschool groups)

F-29th: No Preschool (Fairfax County teacher workday) --Field Trip to Air & Space Museum