Dear Families,

We've had a mixed-up couple of weeks from our snow storms!  This past week was spent finishing up some of our makeup work from our Community Helpers Unit, and celebrating St. Patrick's Day with some small group activities.  This week we will get back to our Transportation Unit.  We are going to talk about the word "Transportation" and what it means, as well as talk about different kinds of transportation we use.  Here's what we will be reading this week.





Small Groups

Monday              Sorting land, sea, and air transportation
Tuesday              Float and Sink experiment
Wednesday         Sequencing number train #1-10
Thursday            Pattern block shapes to make a truck
Friday                 Matching uppercase/lowercase letters to picture



Choice Time

Red Table        Train color match
Green Table     Play doh with vehicles
Blue Table       Dot marker transportation pictures
Yellow Table   Gears
Rug                  Legos
Block Area      Trains
Books
Sensory Table  Boats in water
Dramatic Play  School bus



-The Barnyard Buddies

Dear Families,

This is the last week of our Community Helpers unit.  This week we are reviewing all the different kinds of community helpers we see, and how different community helpers need different tools and vehicles to do their jobs.  Here is what we will be reading this week.




Small Groups

Monday           Matching initial sound of mail words to letters
Tuesday           Counting buttons on a shirt book
Wednesday      Sorting uniforms, tools, and transportation
Thursday         Body parts book
Friday              What do I want to be when I grow up? writing activity



Choice Time

Rug                           Lincoln Logs
Blue Table                Button snakes
Green Table              Geo Boards
Red Table                  Matching colored bandaids
Yellow Table            Using straws to blow water on to "fire"
Block Area               Construction vehicles
Books
Dramatic Play          Pizza shop
Sensory                    Sand


Don't forget, this Wednesday, March 7th is picture day at school!  Our time is 9:15am, so please send your child to school in the clothes you would like them to wear for pictures.  If you would like to send in an extra set of clothes to change into when pictures are finished, that is fine.  If you haven't send in picture forms yet, but you would like to order photos of your child, please do so by Wednesday so we have them for the photographer.  Thank you.

-The Barnyard Buddies