Four year old preschool for October 17, 19 and 21

Happy Monday!
This week in my plan book was marked as emergent- that means I plan according to the students' interests. Lately we have been looking at seeds, watering plants during play time, seeing leaves fall to the ground and been interested in what is going on outside. So, I decided to look at plants this week. We listened to the letter Pp at the beginning of plants and we will continue to look at, play with , make with shapes and just generally investigate plants this week!

If your child is especially interested in a topic, please email me and I would love to make it so we can share each others interests at school too!

Some of the KDIs we are concentrating on this week are-

Use of resources: Children gather information and formulate ideas about their world.- We are doing this as we look at the falling leaves, look at plants and observe how they grow and what they need to grow.

Personal care: Children carry out personal care routines on their own.- Especially hand washing and washing our food this week to keep ourselves healthy.

Vocabulary: Children understand and use a variety of words and phrases.- Plant talk this week- photosynthesis- leaves are food factories- they may not totally understand how it all works, but it is great to hear the language and try it out.

Ecology: Children understand the importance of taking care of their environment.- How can we help plants to grow? Water, sun, soil and air. Take care of the creation God has entrusted us with.

Jesus Time- The students were excellent listeners today as we heard the story of how Joseph helps and forgives his brothers. "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."  Genesis 50:20. Joseph knew and trusted that God would make it all work out for good and God does the same in our lives too!!

Books of the Week- "Tops and Bottoms" retold and illustrated by Janet Stevens, "The Carrot Seed" by Ruth Kraus, "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle.

Book orders were sent home today, due by October 28.

Our next field trip is the Detroit Zoo on Thursday, November 17th. I will be sending home attendance slips for that next week as we need a head count and payment ahead of time.

 And we did get confirmation for a field trip to the DNR's Outdoor Adventure Center on Wednesday, December 7th!! We need a minimum of 20 guests to get the $2/person price. Looking forward to that exciting field trip.

Have a wonderful week!!
Mrs. Schneck and Mrs. Dostal