Welcome to PreK

September Theme: Welcome to Pre-K 

Student Outcomes 
Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit: 
• My classroom and program are safe places where I learn, play and have fun. 
• I am an important member of my classroom community; my thoughts, needs, ideas and abilities matter. 
• My family, my teachers*, and other children make up my classroom community; their backgrounds, thoughts, needs, ideas and abilities matter. 
• The teachers and other adults at my program keep me safe, care about me and support my learning. 
• In my classroom I use materials carefully and make choices about where I work and play. 
• Classroom rules and routines help me learn and stay safe. 

Lesson and activities for the week:

Blocks-Encourage children to use blocks to build themselves (what blocks would work best for arms, how could you make your head? etc.)

Dramatic Play:Add a child-friendly cookbook (with lots of pictures). Encourage children to read the recipes and pretend to make them. Children might like to look for recipes they know their families like or things they think their families might like to try. Add the recipes that children write in the writing center.

Art:Invite children to create pictures of their families. Put the pictures in picture frames in dramatic play or on the fridge. If picture frames are not available, children can create them out of Popsicle sticks. Talk with the children about the people in their pictures.

Science/ Discovery:   

The children will collect small items for classroom collections such as acorns, leaves, buttons, etc. The students will use a magnifying glass to describe what they see. 

Toys and Games / Math Manipulatives: The children will be encourage to use table toys/manipulatives to build the classroom. Ask them to include the things they think are most important in the classroom.

Sand and Water / Sensory: Children will be encouraged to dig through

the sand to find themselves and their peers laminated pictures.

Library:The children will be provided with puppets or stuffed animals to read books from the classroom library.

Computer/Technology: Children will be provided with enriching learning games on the iPad. 

Writing: Children’s name cards will be placed in the writing center.   On each card, a picture of the child and the first letter of every name in red. The children will be encouraged to find his/her name card to write his/her name. 

Reminders:

Wednesday, September 28th School is Closed 

Home-School Connection:

• Look for things that can come in pairs, such as shoes and matching chairs. Have your child count these objects. 
• Encourage your child to point to written numbers such as clocks, telephones etc. 
• Place your child's snack in several small groups, and ask : Which group has three(or another number)? 
• Count the amount of objects your child can grab in one handful. Ask your child to describe the objects (size, color, shape..)

Weekly Lesson Plan