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Friday, December 13, 2019

Dear Families,

This is the last week before winter break, so we will be finishing up our Fairy Tales/Nursery Rhymes unit.  Our Holiday Show is on Thursday! If you haven’t already, please send in the RSVP so we know who to expect. We will send out a reminder on Wednesday.  Here’s what we will be reading this week.



Work Times
AM Discrete trial work 1- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and file folder math games
Group Activity- Monday- Arts and Crafts-marble painting beans from Jack and the
Beanstalk
                         Tuesday- Handwriting without Tears- Color Purple tracing and
coloring within a space
                         Wednesday- Game- Wok and Roll
                         Thursday- OT- small group with COTA
                         Friday- Practice Play- Building bridges for Billy Goats
AM Discrete trial work 2- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and building letters with
HWOT lines and curves

Small Groups
Monday- Humpty Dumpty positional book
Tuesday- Sequencing smallest to biggest goldilocks characters
Wednesday- Collage gingerbread house for gingerbread baby
Thursday- HOLIDAY SHOW!


Choice Time
Red Table- Sorting fairy tale characters by book
Blue Table- building bridges for billy goats
Green Table- play doh gingerbread men
Yellow Table- Candyland Castle
Rug- jungles
Block Area- waffle blocks
Dramatic Play- Making “stone soup”
Sensory Table- Moon sand and jewels

Easel- dot marker princesses and gingerbread men


-Barnyard Buddies

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Dear Families,

This week we are starting our Fairy Tales/Nursery Rhymes Unit.  We are also
preparing for our Holiday show on December 19th at 1:30.  We will sing songs
for our families and do an arts and crafts project together.  If you haven’t already,
please return the RSVP form so we know who to expect. Here’s what we will be
reading this week.



Work Times

AM Discrete trial work 1- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and file folder math games
Group Activity- Monday- Arts and Crafts-dot marker holiday lights
                         Tuesday- Handwriting without Tears- Color Purple tracing and
coloring within a space
                         Wednesday- Game- Pretty Pretty Princess
                         Thursday- OT- small group with COTA
                         Friday- Practice Play- Jungles
AM Discrete trial work 2- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and building letters with
HWOT lines and curves

Small Groups
Monday- Sorting big, medium, and small items from Goldilocks
Tuesday- Fairy Tale math counting book
Wednesday- Sequencing the gingerbread man story
Thursday- Gingerbread alphabet book


Choice Time
Red Table- collage presents with wrapping paper
Blue Table- decorating crowns with jewels
Green Table- play doh gingerbread men
Yellow Table- peg boards
Rug- jungles
Block Area- waffle blocks
Dramatic Play- Making “stone soup”
Sensory Table- cutting wrapping paper

Easel- dot marker princesses and gingerbread men


-The Barnyard Buddies

Friday, November 1, 2019

Dear Families,

We’ve finished our Farm/Harvest Unit, and this week we are starting our Family
Traditions Unit.  We will be talking about what a “tradition” is and read books about
families who have their own traditions.  Here’s what we will be reading this week.



Work Times
AM Discrete trial work 1- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and clothespin color wheels
Group Activity- Monday- Arts and Crafts-
                         Tuesday- Handwriting without Tears- Color Yellow tracing and
coloring within a space
                         Wednesday- Game- Rhyming game and Feed the Dog
                         Thursday- OT- Lacing keys
                         Friday- Practice Play- Lincoln Logs
AM Discrete trial work 2- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and initial sound matching boards

Small Groups
Monday- Matching initial sound of pictures to corresponding letter
Tuesday- Tracing lines to tell the story of Max and Ruby
Wednesday- Fish Friends counting book
Thursday- Sequencing Napping House characters


Choice Time
Red Table- writing family words
Blue Table- magnet puzzles
Green Table- sorting Autumn pictures by shape
Yellow Table- lock puzzles
Rug- raking leaves
Block Area- foam blocks
Dramatic Play- babies
Sensory Table- leaves and pinecones

Easel- Painting-pumpkins and dot markers

-The Barnyard Buddies

Friday, September 27, 2019

Dear Families,

We had a great start to our school year!  We’re learning about school rules and expectations, and how to share and play with our new friends.  Just a reminder that next week is our Back to School Night, from 7:00-7:30pm. This night is for parents only, so please make arrangements for your children. Now that October is approaching, we will begin our first OWL unit; Farms and Harvest.

Work Times
AM Discrete trial work 1- 1:1, workbooks, and imitating block structures
Group Activity- Monday- Arts and Crafts- Snipping paper to make fall trees
                         Tuesday- Handwriting without Tears- Aim and Scribble pumpkins
                         Wednesday- Game- Memory
                         Thursday- Practice Play- Birthday party
                         Friday- OT- Button snakes
AM Discrete trial work 2- 1:1, workbooks, and matching bug alphabet cards


Small Groups
Monday- Sorting apples by size
Tuesday- Matching animal babies to their parents
Wednesday- Leaf color book
Thursday- Handwriting assessment

Choice Time
Red Table- Watercolor farm books
Blue Table- Button trees
Green Table- Farm animal puzzles
Yellow Table-Matching seed to plant cards
Rug- Dollhouses
Block Area- Cars and Ramps
Dramatic Play- Laundry
Sensory Table- Rainbow Rice
Easel- Painting leaves

-The Barnyard Buddies

Friday, April 12, 2019

Dear Families,

This upcoming week is April Vacation.  There will be NO SCHOOL next week, 4/15-4/22.  School will resume on Monday, April 22nd. 

When we come back from April vacation, we will be starting our Things That Grow Unit.  We will be talking about what the word "grow" means and what things grow and what things do not grow.  Here's what we will be reading this week.

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Small Groups

Monday           Matching letter flowers to picture pots with initial sounds
Tuesday           Identifying comparative language "longest" and "shortest"
Wednesday      Sequencing The Carrot Seed
Thursday         Reviewing handwriting strokes with sequencing a growing seed
Friday             Making a Very Hungry Caterpillar



Choice Time

Red Table           Using tulips to build vocabulary word gardens
Yellow Table      Animal habitat trays
Blue Table          Bug Stamps
Green Table        Matching Popsicle stick seeds to numbered sunflowers
Block Area         Cardboard blocks
Rug                     Farms
Dramatic Play    Building magnet flowers
Sensory Table     Vegetable garden


-The Barnyard Buddies