Important Dates:
Monday, December 21 - Tuesday January 5: Little Scouts CLOSED for Winter Holiday Break Wednesday, January 6, 2021: Little Scout classes resume Monday, January 18, 2021: Little Scouts CLOSED - Martin Luther King Holiday Monday, February 15, 2021: Little Scouts CLOSED - Presidents' Day Monday, March 1, 2021: Little Scouts CLOSED - LS Teacher In-Service Day |
Looking into.....
Little Scouts classes resume on Wednesday, Jan. 6th
- We will begin assessments to prepare for parent/teacher conferences
- 100th Day of School Celebration (tentatively Jan. 29)
- "Star of the Week" to begin in February (more information in Jan)
- Some "chilling" themes---Winter Fun, Arctic, & Penguins
This week in Pre-K
Monday:
- Introduction to letter "S"
- Read Franklin's Christmas Gift by Paulette Bourgeois
- Painted paper ornaments
- Played Ornament "Roll and Cover" - numbers
Tuesday:
- "S" homework
- Read The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever by Steven Kroll
- "S" workbook pages
- "Jingle Bell Shapes" - creating shapes using jingle bells as the corners and chenille sticks for the sides
- Traced, cut and painted bells for our New Year bulletin board
- Magnetic Jingle Bell Painting
- Story of "The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell" - then played a " What's Missing?" memory game with the items from the story
- Played with Magna-Tiles and jingle bells
Wednesday:
- Finished bells for bulletin board
- "Deck the Halls" Letter Recognition - colored the capital letter 'light bulb' that matched the lower-case letter the card shown
- Unifix cubes counting activity
- Colored Sammy Snake Zoo-Phonics page
Thursday:
- Played "Candy Land" Game
- Candy Cane Patterning - continuing an ABAB pattern
- Painted red stripes on candy canes
Friday:
- Pajama Day
- Holiday themed "Syllable Clapping" - clapped out the syllables in holiday words
- Numerical Order - putting numbered bottle caps into numerical order
- Watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas animated video
- Mrs. Claus visited and gave the children "Magic Reindeer Food"
- Played in the "Big Gym"