Dear Families,

We are on the third week of our Colors Unit, but this week we are also celebrating Valentines Day!  We will be doing Valentines themed activities this week for small groups, and we will have our Valentines party on Thursday.  Just a reminder that this is our last week before February Vacation.  School will be closed for the week of 2/18, and will resume on Monday, 2/25.  Here's what we will be reading this week.



Small Groups
Monday        Sorting hearts by attributes
Tuesday        Using hearts to build the first letter of our names
Wednesday   Making valentines mailboxes
Thursday       VALENTINES PARTY
Friday            Heart name puzzle


Choice Time
Red Table            Color puzzles
Yellow Table       Light Bright
Green Table         Wok and Roll game
Blue Table           Making patterns with unifix cubes
Rug                      Jungles
Dramatic Play      Kitchen
Block Area           Trains
Sensory Table       Rainbow Rice
Books


HWOT
This week we're working on the letter D and K.



-The Barnyard Buddies

Dear Families,

We've just started our Color Unit.  This week we will be exploring our primary colors, and how we can mix them to make secondary colors.  Here's what we will be reading this week.



Small Groups

Monday           Cutting shapes to make a rainbow
Tuesday           Mixing primary colors experiment
Wednesday      Brown Bear What Sound do you Hear? booklet
Thursday         Sorting big/med/small dog bones
Friday             Using "symmetry" to paint a butterfly


Choice Time

Red Table             Alphabet tub mats
Blue Table            Clothespin color wheels
Green Table          Button sorting
Yellow Table        Sensory bags with primary colors
Rug                      Jungles
Block Area          Trains
Dramatic Play      Construction site
Sensory Table       Rainbow rice
Easel                     Dot marker dog from Dog's Colorful Day



HWOT
This week for writing time we're finishing up our letter H and beginning our letter K



-The Barnyard Buddies