Friday, December 19, 2014

PPCD News:  January 5-9, 2015
Reminders:
***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

Items needed by Wednesday for cooking:
We need fake snow, Crisco sticks, styrofoam pieces, cotton swabs.  
Items needed by Monday for crafts/classroom: 
* Please comment on Facebook if you are able to bring an item. Thank you!  
Upcoming activities

ECS WEBSITE:

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Triangle
White
Theme:
Winter
Books:
See Weekly Record sheet.
Songs
The Chubby Little Snowman
Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—C
The children will write letters on a white board with short crayons and in “snow” with their fingers.

Vocabulary
Car
Cap
Corn
Cup
Cookie
Carrots
Camera
Candle
Candy
Coin
Compass
Comb
Coconut
Cactus
Camel
Cat
Math:
We will sort pompoms and count snowflakes
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—Cut a snowflake.
Fine motor strength—Use tongs to move cotton balls into a bottle.
Practicing a functional grasp—Write on the board.
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.
Art
Create a snow globe.
Literacy:
The children will play a game with letters.
Sensory:

The children will make a snow scene with cotton items.  

Friday, December 12, 2014

PPCD News:  December 15-19
Reminders:
***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

Items needed by Wednesday for cooking:
We need 6 frozen ears of corn, tiny marshmallows and one canister of hot chocolate/cocoa mix.
Items needed by Monday for crafts/classroom: 
* Please comment on Facebook if you are able to bring an item. Thank you!  
Upcoming activities
Dec. 19                 Winter Parties, 9:55am & 1:55pm
Dec. 22                 Holiday Break Begins!
ECS WEBSITE:

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Circle
Green
Holiday
Sorting by shape
Counting
Patterning
Matching by color
Theme:
Holidays around the World
Books:
See Weekly Record sheet.
Songs
Cookie Match
Twinkle Twinkle Holiday Lights
Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—Review:  H T I E F L U
The children will write letters on a white board with short crayons and in “snow” with their fingers.

Vocabulary
Lion
Log
Horse
Hat
Tiger
Teeth
Egg
Elephant
Math:
We will sort little people. count candles on a menorah
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—Paint with their fingertips, write vertical lines, wrap paper around blocks, glue paper to a box for boxing day.
Fine motor strength—
Practicing a functional grasp--
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.
Art
A cup of hot chocolate.
Literacy:
Students put together a review letter puzzle and name pictures.
Is a flame hot or cold?
Sensory:

We will paint with corn. 

Thursday, December 4, 2014

December 8-12

PPCD News:  December 8-12
Reminders:
If you haven’t already sent extra winter clothes to replace the shorts and short sleeves, please make sure and send some. 
 ***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

Items needed by Wednesday for cooking:
We have what we need already for cooking.
Items needed by Monday for crafts/classroom: 
We are also in need of a new can opener for our kitchen and hot glue gun sticks.
-cinnamon
-ground gloves
-ground ginger
 -brown food coloring.
 * Please comment on Facebook if you are able to bring an item. Thank you!  
Upcoming activities
Dec. 8-12             Diversity Week
Dec. 11                 6:00pm-7:30pm Diversity Night
Dec. 12                 Diversity Parades, 9:15am & 12:25pm
Dec. 19                 Winter Parties, 9:55am & 1:55pm
Dec. 22                 Holiday Break Begins!
ECS WEBSITE:

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Oval
Orange
Gingerbread cookie
Counting
Patterning
Theme:
Gingerbread
Books:
The Gingerbread Boy
Snow Friends
Gingerbread Baby
Oval  Shape Book
The Three Snow Bears
Gingerbread Friends
The Brown Color Book
Polar Bear Live on Ice

Songs
Cookie Match
Picka Picka cookie
The gingerbread boy ran through the town
Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—Review:  U
The children will trace the letters on sand letters with their fingers, build letters with wood pieces and write on the board with short crayons.

Vocabulary
Umbrella
Gingerbread
House
Boy
Baby
Candy
Ice
Math:
We will count candles and pattern buttons.
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—The children will cut a line.
Fine motor strength—
Practicing a functional grasp--
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.
We write on the vertical surface to encourage big arm movements which increases strength.
Art
We will be making gingerbread house.
Literacy:
Students put together a letter U puzzle and name pictures.
 What would happen to the gingerbread man if he fell in the water?
We will look at pictures of items that start with the letter U.
Sensory:

We will paint a gingerbread man with scented shaving cream. 

Friday, November 21, 2014

December 1-5

PPCD News:  December 1-5
Reminders
We will be need 12 premade gingerbread cookies(Pepperidge farms or Little Debbie has them)a large roll of gingerbread cookie dough, gumdrops, 2 tubes of red icing and M&M’s  for cooking next week by Wednesday.  We are also in need of a new can opener for our kitchen.  Please comment on Facebook if you are able to bring an item.  If you haven’t already sent extra winter clothes to replace the shorts and short sleeves, please make sure and send some.   Thank you!
***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
Upcoming activities
Nov. 24-28            Thanksgiving Week – No School!
Dec. 4                  Picture Retakes
Dec. 8-12             Diversity Week
Dec. 11                 6:00pm-7:30pm Diversity Night
Dec. 12                 Diversity Parades, 9:15am & 12:25pm
Dec. 19                 Winter Parties, 9:55am & 1:55pm
Dec. 22                 Holiday Break Begins!
ECS WEBSITE:
http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home
CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Theme:
Fall – Gingerbread
Books:
The Gingerbread Boy
Snow Friends
Gingerbread Baby
Diamond Shape Book
The Three Snow Bears
Gingerbread Friends
The Brown Color Book
Polar Bear Live on Ice

Songs
The Mitten Match
Little Snowman
Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—Review:  E,  I, T, H, L
We will be putting the letters of their names in order and fishing for letters.
Vocabulary
Gingerbread
House
Boy
Baby
Candy
Ice
Math:
We will count buttons and pattern beads.
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—The children will cut a line.
Fine motor strength—
Practicing a functional grasp--
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.
We write on the vertical surface to encourage big arm movements which increases strength.
Art
We will be making gingerbread man.
Literacy:
Students use the review letters puzzles and name pictures.
 Who chased the gingerbread man?
We will name items that start with our review letters.
Sensory:

We will use play dough to make gingerbread men

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

November 17-21

PPCD News:  November 17-21
Reminders
We will be needing one dozen spice muffins and a small bag of grapes for cooking next week by Wednesday.  We will be needing lots of pine cones!  Please comment on Facebook if you are able to bring an item.  Thank you!
***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
Upcoming activities
Nov. 24-28            Thanksgiving Week – No School!
Dec. 4                  Picture Retakes
Dec. 8-12             Diversity Week
Dec. 11                 6:00pm-7:30pm Diversity Night
Dec. 12                 Diversity Parades, 9:15am & 12:25pm
Dec. 19                 Winter Parties, 9:55am & 1:55pm
Dec. 22                 Holiday Break Begins!
ECS WEBSITE:
http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home
CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Theme:
Fall – Celebrations and thanksgiving
Books:
I’m no turkey
Thanksgiving
5 Wild Turkeys
Feast for 10
The Best Nest
12 days of Thanksgiving
Think Twice, Be Nice
Good Food
Celebrations
Diamonds
The First Thanksgiving
Songs:
5 Fat turkeys
5 Little Turkeys
Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—Review:  E,  I, T, H,
We will be putting the letters of their names in order and fishing for letters.
Vocabulary
Pumpkins
Seeds
Iguana
Igloo
Invitation
Insects
Ice cream
Iron
Ivy

Math:
The children will pattern feathers and sort “you guessed it” TURKEYS! 
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—The children will snip paper for our feathers hats
Fine motor strength--
We will roll out play dough with rolling pins
Practicing a functional grasp--
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.
We write on the vertical surface to encourage big arm movements which increases strength.
Art
We will be making a Thanksgiving plate of food, a placemat with their name as the feathers and a pine cone TURKEY!  Who would have guessed?
Literacy:
Students use the review letters puzzles and name  pictures.
 What will we eat on Thanksgiving?
Who will come to the feast?
We will name items that start with our review letters.
Sensory:

We will use play dough to make pies.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

November 10-14

PPCD News:  November 10-14
Please remember to join my Facebook group.  Let me know if you didn’t get the invitation.
Reminders
We will be needing lots of apples of all colors next week. We will also need apple pie filling and flaky biscuits for cooking on Friday.   Please respond on Facebook what you plan to send so we don’t have duplicates.  Thank you!!!
***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
Upcoming activites
PTA meeting November 13  6:00 p.m.
Tool time November  8:00 a.m.
The Thanksgiving Activities on November 21st has been changed to 9:55 and 1:55.  Also, please note that the parents will not be participating this year. 
Thanksgiving break November 24-28.
ECS WEBSITE:
http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home
CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Theme:
Fall – Pumpkins and Apples
Books:
Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins
There was an old Lady who Swallowed some Leaves
The Apple Pie Tree
The Bumpy Little Pumpkin
Songs:
Tap Big Line
5 Little Apples
Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—I
Vocabulary
Pumpkins
Seeds
Iguana
Igloo
Invitation
Insects
Ice cream
Iron
Ivy
Math:
The children will count seeds from the pumpkin and make a garden.
The children will make a pumpkin patch with their fingers and count the pumpkins.
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—The children will count vines for the pumpkin patch.
Use child size and adaptive scissors to cut along lines.
Fine motor strength--
We can dig small, tiny objects our of play dough. We will have to really dig and pull. It is great for building muscle strength.
Practicing a functional grasp--
We can use very short crayons to force a functional grasp instead of a fisted grip.
We can use a vertical surface (easel) to encourage students to bend the wrist.
Art
Paint a pumpkin plate and make a leaf hand print.
Practice putting an art smock on and off.
Literacy:
Students use the seasons box to put together puzzles and match pictures.
 What do we wear in Fall?
What color are the leaves in Fall?
Apples grow on__________________
Sensory:

We will use cookie cutters to make pumpkins and apples.

Friday, October 31, 2014

PPCD news
I am changing up the way I communicate!  The weekly record sheet has a new look. The idea is to make it easier to read and understand and give more detail on the activities    Also, I will be sending home a PPCD newsletter each week and I am placing the same information on the blog.  In the past, I have used the BLOG to share pictures but it is very time consuming since I have to put each picture on one at a time.  One of my team members uses a Facebook private group to share pictures, share information and request supplies as needed.  I will be sending you an invitation through e-mail.  The way it works is you will not actually be friend with me (since this is not allowed by the district while your child is in my class) but I will invite you to the group.  Please be on the lookout for the invitation on your e-mail.   I would love feedback on if you like it or if it is NOT working for you!  I am also interested  to see if you prefer e-mail or the BLOG! 
Reminders
PUMPKINS--Please send a small pumpkin to school. Fall activities are coming soon.
***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
Upcoming activites
Fire drill-November 6th
City of Frisco community parade November 8th  10 a.m.
PTA meeting November 13  6:00 p.m.
Tool time November 8:00 a.m.
The Thanksgiving Party on November 21st has been changed to 9:55 and 1:55.  Also, please note that the parents will not be participating this year. 
Thanksgiving break November 24-28.
ECS WEBSITE:
http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home
CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Theme:
Fall – Leaves and Pumpkins
Books:
What Makes the Season
Autumn Leaves
The Big Leaf Pile
We’re Going on a Leaf hunt
The Bumpy Little Pumpkin
Songs:
Little Hoot Owl
Pretty Leaves
The Leaves on the Trees
Friendly Shapes

Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—T
Vocabulary
Pumpkin
Leaves
Toast
Teeth
Ticket
Television
Turkey
Toothbrush
Top
Turtle
Tennis
Tiger
Tulip
Toilet
Tomato
Toolbox



Math:
Sorting fruit by color-start with 2 colors and add more of a challenge for children that are able to easily complete the task.
Pattern-The children will use leaves to pattern in an AB pattern
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills--
Use child size and adaptive scissors to cut along lines.
Fine motor strength--
We can dig small, tiny objects our of play dough. We will have to really dig and pull. It is great for building muscle strength.
Practicing a functional grasp--
We can use very short crayons to force a functional grasp instead of a fisted grip.
We can use a vertical surface (easel) to encourage students to bend the wrist.
Art
We will create a handprint tree.
Dip transportation stamps in paint. Create a collage of ways to travel.
Practice putting an art smock on and off.
Literacy:
Students will make scarecrows out of pre-cut shapes and pick if they want them happy, sad, mad or scared.
 What do we wear in Fall?
What color are the leaves in Fall?
Sensory:

We will make pumpkin play dough.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Transportation

This week is all about transportation. We will introduce ways to travel. How do you travel to school? Maybe a car or a bus? How do you travel to the grocery store? How do you travel to Nana and Pa-Pa's? What will you use to travel on water? What will you use to travel in the air? We will read books like, "Things That Go!, Big Trucks and "Freight Train."

PUMPKINS--
Please send a small pumpkin to school.
Fall activities are coming soon.

STORYBOOK PARADE--
Friday, October 31
First session--9:15 am
Second session--12:25 pm
Parents can enter through the cafeteria doors OR the front office foyer doors.
Doors will open 5-10 minutes prior to the parade. 
Bring your cameras.

BOOK FAIR--
Oct. 27-31
Come on by!

***IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

ECS WEBSITE:
http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home