Veronica Daycare Photos: Feelings and Pine Needles

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Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:39 PM
Subject: Our week at TSC

Hello preschool families,

During the week of December 16-20^th the preschool class has focused on the author Jan Brett. Some interesting facts we learned: she is from MA, her birthday is December 1, and she writes about feelings. Also in her illustrations she shows us foreshadowing. Therefore the children were able to predict what was happening next. We read The Mitten and The Hat. During Wednesday’s curriculum we read Sometimes I am Bombaloo, a book that talks about feelings. As Jan incorporates feelings in her books.  To extend on Bombaloo we also talked about problem solving techniques. Taking 3 deep breathes, calm down, think about the problem and think about a solution. Check out the book corner for our problem resolution aids. The preschoolers have also had the opportunity  to become authors and illustrators of two books Our Feelings and A Mitten.  Publishing to follow!

Our dramatic play area was transformed into a cave where children had the opportunity to reenact the story The Mitten. Animal masks and props were created by the children.

A clothes line was added to reenact the story The Hat. Felt clothes were designed by the children and teachers to be used in the clothes line.

The letter of the week was O, the children had the opportunity to use different tools; O stamps, tracing O’s, dobbing O’s, and O word cards.

In our science exploration we had the opportunity to paint with pine needles. Chisel treasures out of ice, manipulate snow and oobleck.

Have a great weekend!,

Arelhy