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:

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

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.  

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:

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

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. 

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:

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

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.