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.

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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.