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Friday Fun Club
Fridays, 9:15-11:45
Lead Teacher - Mrs. Helene Betz
Assistant Teacher - Mrs. Cristin Van Dyke
WHAT: FRIDAY Fun Club
WHEN: All Fridays when school is in session, 9:15-11:45
AGE: Student must be 3 years old and potty trained
WHERE: Room 8
TEACHERS: Mrs. Betz and Mrs. Van Dyke
COST: $25/per Friday (You can pick 1, 2 or ALL!)
Did you know that people actually celebrate pickles? There's a day for that! Good and Plenty Candies? Yup! There's a day for that! Rhinos? You guessed it, they've got their own day too!
Join us in honoring some Silly National Days in our all new Fun Friday Club!
Mrs. Betz & Mrs. Van Dyke will launch some learning through play using stories and songs with props, movement, snack and crafty activities!
Sign up for 1 or all Fridays now! Registration will be ongoing throughout the school year as long as pace is available.
OCTOBER
October 3
Theme: National Look at Leaves Day
Books: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves, Going on a Leaf Hunt
Songs/Movement: “All the Leaves Are Falling Down”, “The Leaves on the Trees”, Five Little Leaves
Fine Motor/Sensory: leaf shape match, pom pom pictures, coloring, squirrel soup bin, outdoor leaf exploration, collection, inspection, and collage
Play/Props: Story pieces for retell, magnet boards
Snack: leaf cookies
October 17
Theme: National Pasta Day
Books: The Great Pasta Escape
Play/Props: restaurant play, playdoh noodles and meatballs, yarn and pom pom sensory bin, shape creation with spaghetti noodles, shape and color sort pasta, stringing pasta on pipe cleaners, coloring
Craft: spaghetti paintbrush pictures
Music/Movement: “On Top of Spaghetti”, “Ravioli Song”
October 24
Theme: National Good & Plenty Day
Books: Are You Eating Candy Without Me?, The Spooky Express Pennsylvania
Craft: Train engine
Play/Props: candy match memory game, candy playdoh mats, “I Spy” candy page, candyland playmat, train color game, train track shape trace, coloring
Song: “Choo Choo Charlie”
Sensory: five senses to describe Good & Plenty candy
Snack: Train Car Choices
October 31
Theme: Halloween
Book: Corduroy’s Best Halloween Ever, The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything (interactive movement story), I Spy Spooky Night
Craft: scarecrow
Play/Props: story retell pieces, story match pieces game, Halloween theme building blocks, cups for building towers, magnet boards, coloring
Song/Movement: “Pumpkin Song”, “Walk Around the Pumpkin” “Five Little Pumpkins”, “Old MacDonald Had a Haunted House”, Halloween movement cards
Sensory: pick and play Halloween bin, green ghoul goop bottle, I Spy bottle
Snack: Witches Brew
Upcoming Themes:
November 7 National Give A Bear A Hug Day
November 14 National Pickle Day
November 21 National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 5 Bathtub Party Day
Hope You’ll Join Us!!
-Mrs Betz & Mrs VanDyke