Families Week 4

Families – Week 3


Scholastic is Due Tuesday 10-12-10.

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
Whistle for Willie – Ezra Jack Keats
Corduroy – by Don Freeman
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin
• Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats

Small Groups:
Which Bear is 1st?
Animal Counting Game
Making names with plastic tiles
ABC Bingo
Boxes and Bands

** Some of these small groups will be continued into next week.

Choice Time:
-Dramatic Play- Making cookies with playdough
-Sensory Table- Water Movement using water wheels
-Art Table- Marble Painting
-Manipulatives – Exploring Fabric Swatches with Puzzles
-Blocks- Building with wooden blocks
-Easel- Coloring Mixing to make fall pictures
-Library- Reading to Babies
-Rug – Trains

Songs, Word Play, and Letters
-Old MacDonald
-Down by the Bay
-Bingo
- 5 Little Ducks
- I’m a little Teapot
-If your name starts with ____ raise your hand

Poems:
Stand Up
Ten Little Fingers