ECSE Newsletter
April 4- April 8, 2022
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Apr. 4-8, 2022:
Zoo/Jungle Animals
This week we will have songs, stories, and activities all about zoo and jungle animals!
Circle Time
Color Song: Students' Choice of Red, Yellow, or Blue. We will sing and spell the color, and find things that are the chosen color.
Shape Song: We will sing about a variety of shapes, identify them by pointing, naming,or selecting the correct shape on our iPad, and draw shapes on our display and in our journals.
Letter Review: Student choice of letters A, B, or C, finding the letter in text, making the letter, and learning the sound
The Elephant Song with props
I Can Show the Number 1 and 2, counting and writing one and two, subitizing (instant recognition) of sets one and two
Story time/Read alouds
Five Little Monkeys
The Greedy Python
Play and Work centers
Sorting and identifying buttons by shape and color
Counting and matching numbers to sets of zoo animals
Journal writing strokes, shapes, letters, names, and pictures
Zoo Animal Art: shape creatures
Matching monkeys and bananas, upper and lower case letters
Home Center, Toy Center, Sensory bins, Fine Motor/Art, Books, Motor Lab on a rotating basis
Parent Corner
When you are working with your child on letter and number recognition, it's important to make it fun and engaging. While flash cards do have their place, it is more meaningful for children to interact with letters in more than a visual way. Here are some ideas for making letter work fun. You can do similar activities with numbers and sets!
Write upper and lower case letters on dried lima beans for your child to match. Have your child make his/her name, or spell out family member names, or little words.
Write upper and lower case letters on sticky notes to hide around the house for your child to find and match. Ask your child to sort letters by straight lines/curves/both, upper/lower case, letters in your child's name, put them in ABC order and sing the alphabet.
Make a sensory tray from a cookie sheet with sides. Add salt, flour, or shaving cream and have your child write letters using a finger, Qtip, or paintbrush.
Bend letters with pipe cleaners (chenille stems, available at craft stores).
Make sensory ABC bags. Add some oatmeal, beans, or dry pasta to a gallon zip top bag and insert letters written on paper scraps, scrabble letters, or plastic letters and zip it shut.. Have your child shake, manipulate, and squeeze the bag to find letters, and write them on a piece of paper until all letters have been found.
Invisible letters: write letters on a white piece of paper with a white crayon. Have your child watercolor paint the paper to make the letters appear.
Make name puzzles. Write your child's name on construction paper and cut the letters apart. Have your child rebuild his/her name.
Upcoming Events and Reminders
Apr. 4: Kindergarten registration begins online for students headed to kindergarten next year. You will register at the school in your attendance zone. Check the school's website for information on kindergarten orientation events.
This week is National Assistant Principal week! We love Mrs. Bailey!
Please check your child's backpack and restock with pull-ups or diapers as needed. Please label all outerwear, snack containers, etc.