Thursday, March 26, 2015

March 30-April 3

PPCD News:  March 30-April 3, 2015
Reminders:
Make sure your children are getting to bed early.  We have had lots of complaints this week about being tired.  I think the effects of the time change are still lingering.  Thank you for your help in this matter.
*If you are missing a grey hoodie (Kids Korner size 4-5), please e-mail me.
*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***
Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  
Wheat thins, cheese sticks, grapes
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!
 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.
Family size boxes please not individual packages.
Upcoming activities:
Upcoming Spring Events:
April 17                                 Letter Parades (9:15 & 12:25)
April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday
May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week
May 25                                 No School
May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!
June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:


CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Triangle
Blue
Theme:
Animals
Books:
See Weekly Record sheet.
Song
The Elephant song
Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—A
See Weekly record sheet for details.
Vocabulary
Apron
Ants
Ambulance
Alligator
Angel
Abacus
Acorn
Anchor
Apple
Math:
We will be covering heavy and light.
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting out a letter A
Fine motor strength- We will be peeling stickers to make an ant
Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter A in the air and on the white board.  
Creativity
The children will create a chick on a plate with paint and glue.
Sensory:

The children will use play dough to create the letter A. 

Friday, March 20, 2015

March 23-27 part 2

I got in a hurry and send this before I added the vocabulary words.

Theme:
Animals
Vocabulary
Kayak
Key
Kazoo
kiwi
kite
kettle
ketchup
kangaroo

kitten

March 23-27

PPCD News:  March 23-27, 2015
Reminders:
*If you are missing a brown hoodie, please e-mail me.
*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***
Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  
Goldfish crackers, Vanilla wafers, grapes, graham crackers, pirate booty
-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:
Upcoming Spring Events:
April 17                                 Letter Parades (9:15 & 12:25)
April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday
May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week
May 25                                 No School
May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!
June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Triangle
Blue
Theme:
Weather
Books:
See Weekly Record sheet.
Songs
Kooka Burra
Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—K
See Weekly record sheet for details.
Vocabulary
Math:
We will be sorting by size.
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—cutting out a kite
Fine motor strength—writing on a white board and using a fork to paint.
Practicing a functional grasp—The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter K in the air and on the white board.  
Creativity
The children will create a lion.
Sensory:

The children will walk farm animals through shaving cream. 

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

March 16-20

PPCD News:  March 16-20, 2015
Reminders:
*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org
and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org
and call transportation @ 469-633-6562
*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***
Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  
Bananas, strawberries, celery
-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:
Upcoming Spring Events:
March 9-13                         Spring Break! No School!
April 17                                 Letter Parades (9:15 & 12:25)
April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday
May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week
May 25                                 No School
May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!
June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK
Triangle
Blue
Theme:
Weather/Spring
Books:
See Weekly Record sheet.
Songs
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Pre-writing
 Letter of the Week—R
See Weekly record sheet for details.
Vocabulary
Rattle
Rocket
Rock
Rooster
Rope
Rose
Rat
Ribbon
Rug
Rabbits
Raccoon
Raspberry
Robot
Ring
Math:
We will be counting one to one with a 10 frame.
Fine motor:
Pre-cutting skills—snipping
Fine motor strength—writing on a vertical surface and painting a rainbow
Practicing a functional grasp—The children will be practicing picking up a crayon with our HWT song
We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter R in the air and on the white board.  
Creativity
The children will create a flower
Sensory:

The children will dig for insects in rice.