Themes and Lessons:
Welcome to Preschool!
We are learning our classroom routines, exploring our new environment, and making new friends. The first few days are all about helping the children feel comfortable, safe, and excited to come to school.
This week we read:
The Kissing Hand
Pete the Cat Rocking his school Shoes
Howard B Wiggle Bottom
My Mouth is a Volcano
Religion: God Made Me
Practice daily classroom prayers: Morning Prayer, Mealtime Prayer, Rest Time Prayer, and End-of-the-Day Prayer
Learn the importance of prayer and talking to God
End each day by reading a Bible story
Learn about God’s love and the Good News shared in the Bible
Encourage children to show kindness, love, forgiveness, and gratitude each day
Writing: Our Names are special!
We introduced ourselves, recognized our names and began to practice writing our names
Language and Literacy:
Rhyming words
Vowels
Beginning Sounds
Middle Sounds
Ending Sounds
Blending and segmenting words
Clapping and counting out syllables in words we hear
Math:
Counting to 30
Identifying numbers 1-10
Identifying shapes
Adding and Subtracting numbers 1-10
Songs and Music:
Good Morning Song, Good Bye Song
Days of the week, Months of the year, Seasons
The Better Alphabet Song
Science:
Social Studies:
Learn the words to the Pledge of Allegiance.
Stand tall and face the American flag.
Place your right hand over your heart.
The Pledge is a promise to our country.
It shows love and respect for our country and flag.
It reminds us that we are one nation and one community.
Practice saying the Pledge together each morning.
Small Groups:
Each week the children will have different learning centers that they will work at in groups of 3 to 4 students. The learning centers focus on building what we are learning in preschool (fine motor, names, letters, shapes, numbers, working together, problem solving).