Wind and Water

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We will be going out to play on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Please send in snowpants (or a pair of pants to be put on over pants, boots, coats, hats and mittens/gloves). We would like to be able to go out as often as possible when the weather cooperates. Please make sure that all items are labeled.


January 4-8 Wind and Water Theme

This theme allows children explore wind and water using observations, experiments, and books to learn more about topics such as evaporation, weather, temperature, insulation, rain, and snow. This week we are reading:

*Giberto and the Wind by Marie Hall
*One Dark Night by Hazel Hutchins

Small Groups this week
* Shape Bingo Game(Math)
* Inflating balloons and observing their movement in wind(Science)
* Picture Card memory game using words from unit 3 storybooks (Games)

Center Activities this week

Art: Decorating Pinwheels and Small Boxes

Easel: Painting with colors from the book Gilberto and the Wind (black, brown and white paint)

Writing: blank books with crayons, pencils and markers

Sand and Water: blowing sailboats with straws in water

Library: exploring books

Puzzles and Manipulatives: matching uppercase alphabet letters with clothespins

Dramatic Play: playing house, clothes line and clothes pins for dramatic play

Blocks: building with blocks

Sensory: playdough

Songs, Word Play, Letters Songs: Come On and Join in the Game; Clap Your Hands; Apples and Bananas Poems: Hands; Stand Up; My Big Balloon; Mix a Pancake; Five Little Owls in an Old Elm Tree

Literacy Skills: Beginning sound of children’s names (If your name starts with /b/) and Rhyming

Ideas to try at home:
· Help your child observe the sky for signs of weather (trees blowing in the wind, snow falling from the sky, etc.) Discuss the clouds, rain, temperature and storms.
· Play rhyming games with your child as you do chores, go for a car or bus ride.
· Just for fun see which activities you were able to engage in with your child during the month from the Activities for you and your child sheet.