JANUARY

Week/Date: January 6-9
Theme/Letter: Winter/Letter I
Books/Songs: The Mitten, A Loud Winter’s Nap, A Cozy Goodnight, Animals in Winter, Stranger in the Woods, Clifford’s Snow Day
Crafts: Winter hat craft, paper bowl snowman, symmetry-mitten painting, “hot chocolate” mug
Skills: Symmetry Mitten Painting, scientific discovery: snowstorm in a bottle, building a snowman

Week/Date: January 13-15
Theme/Letter: Farm Animals (Farm Show Week) Letter J
Books/Songs: We are the Gardeners, Charlie the Ranch Dog, The Ugly Duckling, The Hungry Duckling, Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” “Bingo”
Crafts: chicken plate, muddy pig
Skills: Solving farm riddles, Gross motor farm movements, Fine motor-building a farm fence, Preschool “farm” experiences
You-tube Videos: Guess the Farm Animal Sounds for Kids, Farm Animals for Kids (Learn Bright)
Additional Farm Week books: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, Cock-a- doodle-do: Barnyard Hullabaloo, Down On The Farm, Inside a Barn in the Country

Week/Date: January 20-23
Theme/Letter: Artic Animals/Letter K
Books/Songs: The Lonesome Polar Bear, Polar Bears, Penguins to the Rescue, Owl Babies, “Penguin Dance”-Jack Hartmann
Crafts: Snowy owl, winter magic watercolor craft, torn paper penguin
Skills: Penguin ice skating, scientific discovery-“blubber”, “How Do Penguins Stay Dry?”
YouTube Videos: A Walk in the Artic for Kids, 11 Amazing Snowy Owls Facts You Didn’t Know

Week/Date: January 27-30
Theme/Letter: Bears/Hibernation (Bear week)/Letter L
Books/Songs: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Bears in the Forest, Bear’s New Friend, Paddington Bear, Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light, Shh! Bears Sleeping
Crafts: Fork bear face painting, Handprint bear, Bear den
Skills: Positional words (The bear and its den). Bear hunt: Sequencing a story/interactive story, Gross motor: We’re going on a Bear Hunt

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Classroom needs/Upcoming Dates:
In-house registration begins Week of January 5!
No school Friday, January 16 (MLK day weekend)
No school Tuesday, January 22 due to off-site teacher training
February-Black History Month
February-Spring Assessment Month
We will have our classroom Valentine’s Day party on February 12 (no school February 13). We will send a student name list home so you can prepare valentines if you choose. Valentines are not required, but, if you are doing them, we ask that you include all students!
Mrs. Foose will be on vacation (Disney) the week of February 10-12.
Kindness week-February 17-20—More information will be coming

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