This coming week we will be tackling the theme of living healthy, and specifically how doctors and nurses help to keep us healthy and safe. We will have a dramatic play area designated as the ‘doctors office’, where kids can pretend to go to and be the doctor/nurse, a sensory table full of ‘germs’ that the kids will have to sort out with tongs and popsicle sticks (white cotton balls vs. colored ‘germ’ cotton balls), and much more fun! We will be reading books about going to the doctor and how they help to keep us safe and healthy. Looking forward to this week of fun!
This week we will take time to explore all the benefits of camping. In the dramatic play area there will be a real tent and some camping chairs set up around a campfire!!! We will pretend to roast marshmallows, go on a bear hunt, look at the stars and make a campfire for art. At the end of the week we will have S’mores for snack. This is one of my favorite weeks. The kids will love it.
A Few Notes:
Just a reminder that the second quarter has ended and we will be sending home progress notes for those children who receive them quarterly. We are also in the process of thinking about next year’s classes. We will be having our Spring screening for role models in early March. Date to be announced. If you know anyone who has a child that you think would be a wonderful role model for the DAP class, please share your experiences with them and have them send one of the teachers an email with their interest. We are always looking for strong role models.
If the district is closed due to inclement weather, DAP is closed as well. Also just wanted to let you know Miss Peggy will be out for awhile starting January 25th. She will be out for approximately 12 weeks for a hip replacement. Miss Fiona (the student teacher she had that has just graduated with a degree) will be taking over Miss Peggy’s class while she is out recovering from surgery. We wish Miss Peggy well and a speedy recovery!!
This month we will have four themes that the children will use their imaginations and create their own play around castles and dragons, pirates, camping, and The Three Little Pigs. Play in a child’s world is their work, according to Piaget. Offering an opportunity for children to play and create their own characters also increases their ability to read later on. Using imagination in play helps a child develop the ability to see characters and plots once they begin to read. It is amazing what play can do for all of our children.
Here is a fun story about a dragon to get us all ready for the week. Enjoy.
