January 2015 Newsletter
Steward Integrated
Preschool
Miss Judy, Miss Diane and
Miss Robyn
It’s hard to believe that we’re half way
through the school year. We’ve had
several students join our class since the beginning of the school year. In turn, I’m attaching an updated class list. You and your child may want to refer to this
list when buying or making Valentine’s for the class.
THEME
The current theme in preschool is
“Mittens” and the color of the month is blue. The children have been extending an ABC color
pattern (green mitten -yellow mitten-blue mitten) on the January calendar. They used eye droppers and paint to make
pairs of mittens. It was a great way to
explore symmetry in art and the mittens look beautiful on the bulletin board! The children will practice lacing mittens cut
from bristol board and paint different shapes or patterns onto mittens using
sponge rollers. During choice time, the
children have had the opportunity to play a mitten matching/memory game, hang
mittens numbered 1-10 on a clothesline in the dramatic play area, paint a giant
mitten at the easel and look at books about winter and/or mittens. We will create a class graph to find out if
more children like to wear mittens or gloves when playing in the snow. They will listen to The Mitten by Jan
Brett and use stick puppets to act out the story. They will play the game “What’s inside the
mitten?” and sing the song “The Mittens on my Hands”. Today,
the children learned the following fingerplay:
Mittens for the snow time, when the world is
white. (sign snow)
Mittens for my two hands, (hold up hands)
Mittens left & right. (hold up left & then right)
Mittens with a thumb place, (show thumb)
Mittens warm and snug,
Mittens make me feel like a bug inside a rug. (hug self)
Mittens left & right. (hold up left & then right)
Mittens with a thumb place, (show thumb)
Mittens warm and snug,
Mittens make me feel like a bug inside a rug. (hug self)
Our room parents will be contacting you
to see if you are able to provide a food item or other item for our Valentine’s
Day parties. Your help is greatly
appreciated!
Miss Judy, Miss Diane and Miss Robyn
