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Even our oldest children are captivated by the idea of special vehicles for special purposes.  We will use this theme to create more playful ways to extend their school day learning.    Children will learn to use strategies and logic as they play Battleship, improve spatial concepts by mapping the center and using the maps to give directions, and experimenting with modifications to paper airplanes, and measuring and comparing the distances they will fly.

December 28 – 31 – After a discussion on the tradition of making changes at the beginning of the year, we will make a list of personal and class Resolutions to starting the New Year.  We will post the list in the classroom so we can read and review it frequently.

January 4 – 8 – We will make a cheerful room decoration using colorful paper to make a train with 26 cars.  Each car will be labeled with a letter of the alphabet.  Throughout the week we will write words on the train cars that begin with the alphabet label and load the train car with pictures of things that start with that letter of the alphabet.

January 11 – 15 – We will blast off to outer space.  Each student will make a Moon Monster, and then we will sort them by their distinctive characteristics (1 eye, green skin, or 3 arms).  We will create Moon Rocks with a mixture of plaster of Paris, glitter, and other interesting things

January 18 – 22 – How fast will a parachute drop?  Children will use string, weights, and fabric scraps to make a parachute.  After enjoying the fun of dropping it from the top of a step ladder they will use a stopwatch to time the drop and experiment with changing the size of the cloth, length of the string, height of drop, and the attached weight to see what will make it go fastest.

January 25 – 29 – We expect lots of giggles as we play I went to Arkansas (in an automobile eating an artichoke, wearing alligator skin shoes).  This is a classic but still a lot of fun (and phonics practice).  The first child starts with the letter A naming a place they would like to go.  The second child repeats the destination and adds a mode of travel starting with the same letter of the alphabet, the third repeats both and adds a food, the fourth repeats it all and adds an article of clothing, and then they start on the second letter of the alphabet.

Our Theme in JANUARY

With TRANSPORTATION as a theme the children will classify air, land, and water transportation; learn transportation terms; become alert to many different and unusual methods of transportation and to people who use specialized forms of transportation.  The children will have a “homework assignment” for this unit, we would like them to cut out pictures of transportation to bring in for our bulletin boards.  Their assignment includes cleaning up any mess they may make cutting.

 

Skill Goal Focus in JANUARY

Focused language skills this month will include patterns and vocabulary including opposites, placement words, rhymes and personal and standard sight words.  In the area of math, children will be working with money and on number recognition.  Children will become more aware of themselves as they work on recognizing and naming body parts and becoming more independent in dressing themselves from putting on their own shoes and socks to buttoning and zipping their coats.  To develop both fine and gross motor skills, children will work with puzzles and balls.

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Our Daily Theme Activities

Jan
19
Tue
all-day Theme: Specialized Vehicles
Theme: Specialized Vehicles
Jan 19 all-day
PROJECT: Wheel Stamp
Jan
20
Wed
all-day Theme: Protection Vehicles
Theme: Protection Vehicles
Jan 20 all-day
Theme: Protection Vehicles
PROJECT: Car Paint
Jan
21
Thu
all-day Theme: Vacation Vehicles
Theme: Vacation Vehicles
Jan 21 all-day
PROJECT: Whirley Bird
Jan
22
Fri
all-day Theme: Seasonal Vehicles
Theme: Seasonal Vehicles
Jan 22 all-day
PROJECT: Straight Edge Design
Jan
25
Mon
all-day Theme: Vehicles Alike & Different
Theme: Vehicles Alike & Different
Jan 25 all-day
Project: Car Tracks
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