STARS Classroom News
May 8-12 2017
WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK?
Last week, we read the book The Wide Mouthed Bullfrog. We made our own book for home. We will send home this week. I hope you are enjoying the books the kids are making for home use. We made a frog, blue bird, brown mouse and alligator. We worked on sequencing, using ordinal numbers, and answering questions.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEK?
This week we will continue talking about Spring and reading The Wide Mouthed Bullfrog. We will try having the kids use the books they made at language circle prior to sending them home:)
MATT AND MOLLY- FROG IN A TREE
A copy of this story will be sent home last Monday! Here are ways to extend this story...
*use props
*act it out
*talk about position words with objects; in, on, off, on top, above, next to, between, under, in the middle. See if your child understands the receptive directions first then ask the expressive piece, i.e. "where did I put the car?"
TABLE TIME ACTIVITIES
MONDAY- Tissue paper flower- using tissue paper with fingers to crumble and glue; strengthening fine motor
TUESDAY- Paper plate flower- use dot markers to decorate and cut and glue petals of different materials; strengthening fine motor skills and sensory exploration
THURSDAY- CoffeE filter butterflies- painting coffee filter with watercolors
FRIDAY- Painting with pond/spring animal stamps- sensory exploration; using frog, fish, bird, alligator/any spring animal stamp and dipping in paint to make collage picture
THE WEATHER IS CHANGING CONSTANTLY
- Please check your child's extra set of clothes to be sure that it is weather appropriate.
- We go out to recess as long as the wind chill is over 20 degrees, at least for a short time. Please keep in mind that it can be very windy on our playground and that our am recess is at 10:10 when dressing your child for the day.
IMPORTANT INFO & UPCOMING DATES
Remember Tuesdays are library days!! Children checkout just one book to take home at a time. Please return library books by the following Monday
May 16- End of the Year Celebration
May 19- Last Day of School at Great Beginnings
GBEEC CALENDAR
Fun Sensory Ideas/Projects for Home
Other Related Books to Read
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT SONGS
CONTACT ME ANYTIME
Cassie Rychlewski
Great Beginnings Early Education Center
Office: (816) 986-2460
cell: text or call (816) 682-1445
Email: cassie.rychlewski@lsr7.net