Colors and Shapes

Seat Work
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day-letter Z and number 21
Counting
Music Circle Time

Hello Song
Instruments-Deep in the Heart of Texas
Social- Bluebird Bluebird–have each person choose a new color to make our bird
Counting–The ants go Marching
Music Appreciation/Readiness-Three Blind Mice
Small and Large Movement Skills-The Green Grass grows all around

ABC/Reading-Passing an egg with a letter in it—When the music stops the person with the egg opens and identifies it.  Then they choose another letter with help of teacher –Pass the egg to my friend….And don’t let it stop.  A letter is inside, an alphabet letter.  Oh Pass the egg to my friend and now we can stop.

Singing—Child Chooses Songs

Creating Project (arts and crafts)–Write name with yarn
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime-Graham Crackers and milk
Reading Time
Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Group Motor Activity-Jumprope spin
Math/Science Skills-Bean counter-Have students group their beans in groups of 10
Storytime
Goodbye Song
Seat Work
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day-letter Z and number 21
Counting–
Music Circle Time

Hello Song
Instruments–We like the shapes–Play instruments with these shapes

We like the shapes, we like the shapes.
We can paint them all right here.
We like the shapes, we like the shapes.
We can paint them all right here.
This one has four sides and it is called a square.
The square’s four sides are all the same. (All the same)
This one is a circle and it is so round.
The circle always looks like this. (Like this)
This one is a triangle. It has three sides.
We draw a triangle like this (Like this)

Social–Baa Baa Black Sheep
Counting-Counting to 10 and then back to one
Music Appreciation/Readiness-Three Blind Mice
Small and Large Movement Skills-Bluebird Bluebird
ABC/Reading-Rainbow Song–identify what letter starts each color
Singing—Child Chooses Songs

Creating Project (arts and crafts)-My favorite color/food project
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime- Fruit
Reading Time
Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Group Motor Activity-London Bridges
Math/Science Skills-Old Maid
Storytime
Goodbye Song


Announcements:  FYI: Our art projects this week will be saved here for our end of the year binder.  We have been collecting these throughout the year it will be nice for them to have a memento to help them remember preschool and what they did.   Thursday March 1st (this week) we will be having a short day.  Preschool will go from 9:00- 10:30 am.  I would like to get March Calendars out next week.  Our computer with most of my preschool information is being fixed right now so if we can get it running I will hopefully have those out soon.  Next week is Show and Tell.  We will be talking about Families next week so I would like them to bring something that represents their family.  It could be a favorite activity you do together, a picture of your family, or anything else that would represent their family.  

Homework Challenge:  I have noticed some of the children are struggling with identifying ABC’s  so this week I thought it would be good for families to do something at home this week with letters.  (Here is a few ideas)  If you have suggestions of something you have done please share it by replying on the e-mail or posting a comment on the blog.  Thanks!
1.  One fun game you can do at home is to play the alphabet game while you are eating breakfast with the cereal boxes, or while you are reading a book.  It’s hard to do this in the car because you can’t be sure your child actually saw it.
2.  Get out your ABC puzzles, blocks, magnets, any toys that emphasis letters and play with your child and help identify letters with them
3.  One fun game is the alphabet word game where you find a word in a magazine or newspaper starting with every letter in the alphabet.  You could even cut it out and paste it on a paper.  If you do this I would love to see it, have them bring it to school to show their class mates.