This week our question of the week is Who makes clothing?  We will continue to ask this question all week as we read The Jacket I wear in the Snow and Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up her Wash.  The students have really enjoyed examining their own clothing as to if it soft or scratchy and if it has numbers or letters on it.  These questions are great ways to stimulate conversation with your child.

Mrs. Sheridan our Speech Pathologist will be in our room on Monday to re-read the story The Jacket I wear In the Snow and work on speech goals.

We will be finishing our Christmas gifts, reviewing the letters D, E and F, patterning and having fun along the way.

Winter Program: Please make sure you have turned in your seat request for the Winter Program.  If not ,you can attend the dress rehearsal on Thursday morning at 10AM. For our afternoon students who attend the dress rehearsal, families are responsible for them as the AM class is in session.  You will need to take them home after the dress rehearsal and bring them back for class in the PM.  ***Please be at school no later than 6:45 and in the room for the Winter Program.

We are singing, The Reindeer Pokey, Do you want to build a snowman and This little light of mine.  We are so excited to sing for you all!!

Welcome Back!

The students will have an opportunity to add to their binder by creating a picture of their favorite thing they did or ate over the Thanksgiving break and writing a story about it. We love to scribe what they are telling us as their stories are very sweet.

This week we will be reading The Mitten, a Hungarian folk tale, as we begin our study on Clothing. The housekeeping area will be set up for sorting  and washing the laundry.  Using clothes pins to hang up laundry will help strengthen fine motor skills. For art we will paint our hands white and place them onto mittens.  For those students who are able to use scissors we will encourage them to cut out their own mittens.  Math is sorting and our letters are Y and Z.  By the end of the week the students will be able to retell the story of The Mitten using paper manipulatives.

We will begin to practice our songs for the Holiday concert this week.  A reminder that when the reservations for seats is sent out, please return them ASAP as requests for seats go very quickly.

WELCOME BACK!!

It is very hard to believe that we are now beginning a new year in DAP.  As we return to school we will be returning to our clothing unit to finish it out, create patterns and review all the letters we have covered since the fall; M, S, R, T, N, C, A, D, I, G, F.  Before school begins have your child find things around the house that begin with the letters that we will review and encourage them to make the letter sounds.  They will be prepared to review when we come back to school.  These activities coincide with the book we will read Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina.

Art this week will again enhance the clothing unit along with sensory activities.

Both classes have new students joining in the new year.  Please welcome, Ben, Ben, Claudia, Calvin, Louisa, Natalie, Kamden.  As you know we have to keep a 50/50 ratio in the class at all times which is why we are adding so many new students.  We look forward  to an amazing beginning to our new year with new friends and new activities.