Pre-K 4 (B)

Welcome to Mrs. Marnie's class!

Week of February 25, 2019

This week we are celebrating our uniqueness with the letter U!!!  We will start the week reading, Designed By God So I Must Be Special.  Afterwards, they will create a self portrait and describe what makes them unique.  During center time we will be utilizing our unifix cubes to work on patterns and counting.  There will be a variety of letter and picture patterns for the children to play with in our fine motor center.  Our friends will partner up and create there own patterns using the unifix cubes and dot markers.  In addition to the unifix cubes patterns, we wil be following movements though songs (movement patterns) for our large group activity.  

Our friends will have fun with matching games where they can practice matching the correct begining sound with the object.  They will do the same with our counting cards so they practice counting letter U objects and matching them to the correct number.  During art we will have fun fingerpainting and making a hot air balloon to go along with our book, Up, Up! We will create and underwater mural and practice our cutting skills.  Our friends will experiment with paint, water and coffee filters to make rain!  In our sensory center the children will explore "under the see" with sand, shells, sea creatures and water.  

We are hoping for better weather next week so we can fly our kites outside!!
Have a great week!











Week of February 18, 2019

This week we are introducing the Letter K for kindness.  It is important that we take this time to remind the children what it means to be kind and how we should treat each other.   We can begin the week by discussing a variety of kind acts we can do for our friends and family throughout the day!  

We have many fun activities for the children that include making our own kites and hopefully being able to fly them outside,  if the weather permits.  We also have Kite dice games, where the children can practice their counting and identifying there numbers.  In our art center our friends will make a King's hat with the letter K and paint with Kool-Aid.  We will explore sound by making our own Kazoo with cardboard tubes.  They will decorate them with paint and ensemble the kazoo using a variety of materials.  Once it is completed they can experiment with the different sounds.   

One of our favorite centers in Pre-K 4 is the kitchen.  We added a variety of textured items in our kitchen area to provide the children with a sensory experience while cooking there favorite meals.  For extra practice of letter identification, we have added alphabet soup for them to serve there friends as well.  

During our learning and moving time the children will participate in our Kangaroo jump game. Our friends will take turns jumping on our number path to a specific identified number or jump the quantity of the specific number picked.  We can also switch it up to work on our letters and they jump to the letter chosen.  We will learn how far a kangoo can jump and then measure how long we ourselves can jump and compare our results.  In our fine motor section our friends will work on patterns with pattern blocks with the letter K, sequencing letter K items by size,  and match/sort a variety of kites by color, shape and size.   Some of our books for this week include The Kissing Hand and Kite Day!

We do try and go outside whenever possible so please make sure your child has a hat a gloves to wear, Thank you!

Have a great week!

Lisa Marnie

SBS Teachers make every effort to check email as their schedule allows, but may not be able to respond until after the school day. Mrs. Marnie can be reached at mmarnie@stbl.org.

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Monday:  Art class with Mrs. Crowner
Tuesday: Library Story Time with Ms. Sheen in the morning and Technology Class with Mrs. Geller in the afternoon
Wednesday: Music Class with Mrs. Jordan
Thursday: Physical Education Class with Mrs. Wallace -  Gym uniforms and sneakers are required on gym days.  If you have not received the gym uniform yet, please dress your little one in clothing appropriate for moving and grooving in gym class.  Sneakers or supportive shoes are suggested to wear daily in pre-K because we are active and visit outside for play during the day.  
 

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