May 2010

Skills to work on this month (work it into the lessons): Recognizing and writing the #11, Fiction or Non-fiction (what's the difference), continue cutting out shapes, hop on one foot, practice songs for assisted living center performance

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Adelia (Group A) Karen (Group B)
 
T-May 4th: Butterflies--their life cycle, (here are some ideas, more ideas)

Jana P (Group A) Karen (Group B)

Th-6th: Honoring your parents (Mother's Day is May 9th)--talk about obeying parents, and a parents' love, make a special present for mom

All Preschool Groups---Deanne
F-7th: Muffins with Mom--all the moms come and enjoy muffins with their preschool children and the kids present their special gifts to her

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Heather (Group A) Andrea (Group B)
T-11th: Outer Space/Astronauts-- (books, ideas) do something fun with glow in the dark paint, make space helmets, make a planet mobile that they can hang up, shoot off into outer space (your backyard)

Katherine (Group A) Andrea (Group B)
Th-13th: Hickory Dickory Dock (learning the basics of telling time)--learn which is the hour hand, which is the minute hand, at this age just basically being able to tell what hour it is, looking at digital clocks and mechanical clocks, use the rhyme to have fun

All Preschool Groups--Heather
F-14th: Field trip to Eakin Park--look for tadpoles and frogs in pond, explore the brook, play on the play ground, bring a picnic lunch

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Jana P (Group A) Jana F (Group B)
T-18th: Jungles--where are they in the world (find on map), what kinds of animals, (books, craft ideas)go on a safari (with binoculars) and look for wild animals (stuffed animals hidden around the house) and take pretend pictures of them, have them each pretend to be a jungle animal

Alex (Group A) Jana F (Group B)
Th-20th: Volcanoes--where some are in world (on map---emphasize that they are very far away from Virginia), watch some exploding volcano videos online, talk about the parts of a volcano, make your own volcanoes (using baking soda {make sure the baking soda is fresh} and vinegar)

All Preschool Groups--Adelia
F-21st: Preschool Pancakes in Pajamas (combined): come in your pajamas to preschool and eat pancakes and other P words with your friends (pineapple, pickles, punch, plums, peaches)

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Lara (Group A) Kylee (Group B)
T-25th: My Country/My Flag--talk about the blessings of living in the USA, showing respect for the flag, find on a map/globe, what language we speak

Katherine (Group A) Kylee (Group B)
Th-27th: Showing Respect for our Elders--talk about grandmas and grandpas, make a special present, practice your songs (2-3 they know well), talk about respect

All Preschool Groups---Karen
F-28th: Visit an assisted living center--bring them presents and sing songs (??)

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Alex, Adelia,  Andrea
T-June 1st: Preschool graduation