January 24-27, 2011

Dear Families,
We hope everyone had a good weekend. This week we will be reading the story The
Mitten. Using props, the children will get to retell the story throughout the week and sequence
the story in order. They will be creating their own story about a mitten, doing an experiment with
ice and mittens, and graphing whether they prefer mittens or gloves. We have a lot of fun
activities planned.
*** We had a parent send $6 last week. PLEASE let us know if you sent that in for
meals. It didn’t have a name and was put in the lunch bag before a name was put on it.
Also, please try to put your child’s name on the envelope or Ziploc bag so that we won’t
have something like this happen again. Thanks and sorry for the mix up!

Activities For Home:

1. After reading a story, act it out with your child with each of you playing different roles. Talk
about the events in the story with your child and do an art project together that illustrates
events in the story. (Some good stories to act out: The 3 Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the 3
Bears, The Mitten…)
2. Talk to your children about the letters of the alphabet but make it fun. Use alphabet books,
puzzles, or just the letters in your child’s name. Talk about letters you see around you- on
signs, books or notes that you write.
3. Have fun rhyming with your child. Sing rhyming songs and read rhyming books together.

Important Dates:
February 23rd- NO PRESCHOOL (early release)
March 9th- NO PRESCHOOL (early release)

Have a great week and stay warm! 

Ms. Sara, Ms. Mary, and Ms. Teresa
 Jan. 24-27, 2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Arts and Paint mitten Make mitten Decorate Dot markers
Humanities shape book mitten
Language Writing/drawing Build letters Retell mitten Push pin
Arts/Fine winter words with wood story shapes/lacing
Motor pieces mitten
Math Mitten match Measuring Counting Do you like
mittens using mittens mittens or
unifex cubes gloves? (graph
response)
Science/Social Magnet Mystery box Bears in rice Making
Studies experiment with shapes bubbles
Health Applies social Applies social Applies social Applies social
Education problem solving problem problem problem
skills solving skills solving skills solving skills
Small Group HWT Finish HWT Estimate how Graphing
Build letters L U many bears will mittens/gloves
Write L U
fit in mittens
Circle Time The Mitten The Mitten (act The Mitten (act LIBRARY
The Mitten song out) out) (return books)
The Mitten song The Mitten song
Dramatic Play: Housekeeping, Blocks: General, Sensory Table: oats/glitter and measuring utensils, Easel:
paint
Kentucky Early Childhood Standards (goals we will focus on through activities above)
Arts and Humanities:
Develop skills in appreciation of drama
Language Arts:
1.3 Speaks with increasing clarity and uses conventional grammar; 3.5 Draws meaning from pictures,
print and text; 4.2 Produces marks, pictures, and symbols that represent print and ideas
Physical Education (fine/gross motor skills):
1.2 Performs a variety of locomotor skills with control and balance; 1.5 Performs fine motor skills using
eye-hand coordination
Health Education:
Applies social problem solving skills
Mathematics:
Recognizes and describes shapes and spatial relationships; demonstrates an understanding of numbers and
counting
Science:
1.4 Collects, describes and records information through a variety of means
Social Studies:
1.2 Uses environmental clues and tools to understand surroundings