Caterpillar, Butterfly & PDO Themes

We are very excited about our next unit!  The children will be learning about the "Rainforest".  We will learn about many of the animals that live in the rainforest and how several of these animals are endangered as well as the rainforest themselves.  We'll introduce some of the plant life and learn about the rainforest's environment.  As we go through many of our units this year we hope to expose the children to the "bigger world" around them.  At the same time, our goal will be to for the children to make connections with the classroom themes and their familiar surroundings. 

We have spent the last few weeks introducing the children to the sounds of the letters. We will now begin to introduce a  letter each week, this week we will be working on the letter  F,f.  

Art: Hand and foot parrots, make frogs and turtles, rainforest animals with shaving cream. 

Small Groups: Cut out snakes and leopards, F on chalk boards and with play dough, practice writing letter F.

Books: Hiding in a Rainforest, Ten Little Speckled Frogs, and In The Middle Of The Puddle, are some of the stories we will be reading this week.

A very important note to the parents: Please sign your child in and out daily. Also, remember that since the weather is still hot at times, your child needs to wear sunscreen and please bring a change of clothes in a back pack and make sure that everything is labeled with your student's name.

Don't forget to check baskets for important information to take home, at the end of class.