Hi families,

I added two more videos for some optional learning opportunities.  We’re reading The Adventures of Taxi Dog and doing a sorting activity with street signs.  Have fun!

Our fish miss their Barnyard Buddy friends!!

Shannon

Hi Families,

Day 1 of our optional online learning is up and running on YouTube, just search for conroybpsk12.  Our story of the day is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and our academic activity is from our Handwriting Without Tears curriculum-“rainbow writing” with the letter F.  If you want your child to follow along with the activity, you’ll need a piece of paper with a dot on the top left corner and rainbow colored crayons.  Have fun, and if you have any feedback I’d be happy to hear it!

Shannon

Dear Families,

I apologize for the January hiatus!  In the month of February, we’ve been talking about

Community Helpers.  We learned that our community is Burlington, and that community

helpers are people who live or work in Burlington to help us.  Some community helpers

we’ve talked about are teachers, librarians, firefighters, police officers, mail carriers,

doctors/nurses, veterinarians, dentists, chefs, and farmers.  We’ve also talked about

places in our community where we can visit, such as Town Hall, the Library, the park,

school, the police station, the fire station, stores, restaurants, and the supermarket. 

This week we are learning about the kinds of tools and transportation our community

helpers need to do their jobs. Here are the books we will be reading this week.

Work Times

AM Discrete trial work 1- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and sorting colors on the

Colorpillar

Group Activity- Monday- Arts and Crafts-Making a mouth with marshmallows

                         Tuesday- Handwriting without Tears- Color Grey tracing and coloring

within a space

                         Wednesday- Game- Bingo and Memory

                         Thursday- OT- Button Snakes

                         Friday- Practice Play- Grocery Store

AM Discrete trial work 2- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and Alphabet tubs

Small Groups

Monday- Matching initial letter/sound to community helpers

Tuesday- ID body parts in a band-aid book

Wednesday- Sorting tools/transportation community helpers need

Thursday- When I grow up...job writing activity

Choice Time

Red Table- Matching tools to community helpers

Blue Table- Practice brushing teeth

Green Table- Matching band-aids to shape bears

Yellow Table- Using blow straws and spray bottles to put out “fires”

Rug- Musical instruments

Block Area- Trains

Dramatic Play- Babies

Sensory Table- Recycling paper, plastic, compost, and aluminum

Easel- Painting

-The Barnyard Buddies

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

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

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

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