Families Week 2

September 27 – October 1

Scholastic Book  Orders are Due 9/28/10.  You can order online or by filling out the forms and sending in a check made payable to Scholastic Book Clubs in your child's backpack.

Birthdays - Due to the significant increase in food allergies the Burlington Integrated Preschool will be instituting a new procedure. We will no longer celebrate birthdays with food. A student's special day will still be acknowledged with a birthday crown and singing. You are encouraged to celebrate this special day with your child, by attending our snack time as well as sending in a special snack for your child only. If you wish, you may send in a nonfood treat, such as stickers, to be passed out to the other children. Please let us know ahead of time you are interested in coming in for your child’s birthday.

Volunteers – We welcome parents to volunteer in our classroom. Volunteering can take many forms. We have field trips planned for this school year and will be seeking chaperones for these fun events. All volunteers will need to have an updated CORI form completed in the Superintendent’s office. Parents are also welcome to come in to assist with special projects or to spend some time ‘just playing’ in our classroom.



Families – Week 2

Children will be exploring and talking about families and the many different ways families relate to and help one another. Through the Story Time books, children will hear about a boy who helps his family take care of his baby sister, a boy who realizes how much he has grown when a new baby arrives, a girl who behaves badly when she want attention, and a lonely stuffed bear who finds a new friend. Besides listening to stories, children will begin to recognize initial sounds in words and identify rhyming words as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills. They will also be participating in a variety of music, poetry, mathematics, science, and art activities during Center Time and in Small Groups.



Theme Concepts:
*Family members have role names: mother, father, sister, and so on.
*Some family members live together; some live in other places but are still family members.
*Grown-ups in a family take care of the children. Younger children need more care. Older children can help take care of younger brothers and sisters.
*Children sometimes get angry at parents and may feel that their parents don't love them as much as their siblings.
*Sometimes grown-ups in a family don't like things that children do and tell them to stop or be quiet.
*Families do things together that are fun.


Books This Week:
Oonga Boonga by Frieda Wishinsky
Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells


Small Groups:
Math – Watch Me Count
Math – Creating Houses with paper shapes
Science – Paper Fans
Science – Paint Chip Matching
Writing – Self Portrait

Choice Time:
-Dramatic Play- Taking Care of Babies
-Sensory Table- Water Movement using squeeze bottles and funnels
-Art Table- Tissue Paper Collages
-Science – Sorting Acorns
-Blocks- Building with wooden blocks and drawing the building on a white board
-Easel- Coloring Mixing
-Library- Books about families


Songs, Word Play, and Letters
-I’m a little teapot
-Old MacDonald
-Down by the Bay
-10 Little Fingers
-If your name starts with ____ raise your hand