PPCD News:  January 20-23, 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 Monday for cooking/crafts:

Two of each fruit:  apple, kiwi, pear, strawberry, orange, one bag of rice, semi-sweet chocolate chips, pretzels, sour skittles, popcorn, salt

***please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

Upcoming activities

No School Monday January 19, 2015 to observe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tool Time Potty Talk Friday, January 30^th 8:30-10:00 a.m.

ECS WEBSITE:

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

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Oval

White

Theme:

5 Senses-continued

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Songs

5 Senses song

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—Q

Glue Q-tips to make the letter Q and write the letter Q on a sensory bag with a Q-tip.

Vocabulary

Quarter

Quail(Bird)

Quadruplets(5 babies)

Quartz

Quill

Question mark

Quilt

Math:

We will pattern music sounds.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills—Cut snips

Fine motor strength—Glue and place Q-tips

Practicing a functional grasp—Write on the board  and write with a Q-tip.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.

Art

Paint with fruit and jello powder.

Literacy:

Chart characteristics of popcorn

Sensory:

The children will touch and measure rice in the sensory table.