Family

Families Theme

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

Small Groups:

-Writing – Children will draw a family portrait and explain why their family is special.

-Name Matching – Children will match names
-Letter Matching- Children will match uppercase letters in small groups.
-Art – Hand and Foot prints
-Making bottle shakers – exploring music

Choice Time-Dramatic Play- Taking Care of Babies

-Sensory Table- Water Movement using squeeze bottles and funnels

-Art Table- Making foam shape collages

-Writing- Writing my name with letter stampers

-Blocks- Building with wooden blocks and drawing the building on a white board

-Math-Sorting buttons by color, shape, and number of holes

-Library- Books about families                    

-Science – Playing with Floam

-Easel – Painting with primary colors

Songs, Word Play, and Letters
-Five Green and Speckled Frogs
-If Your Happy
-Itsy Bitsy Spider
-Down by the Bay
-If your name starts with ____ raise your hand

-Poem - Stand Up

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We are still collecting family photos to be shared with our class and displayed on the wall.

Reminder – There is no school on Monday, September 27, 2010 for staff development.