Focus:
This month our class will be learning all about CLOTHING! We will be working on identifying, sorting, and matching articles of clothing. The children will use their self-help skills to gain more independence with dressing themselves. They will also practice dressing dolls. A zipper club will help motivate the children to flip their coats over their heads and zip up (flip and zip!). Hopefully you can use this at home! The class will also have fun washing articles of clothing in the sensory table. During our clothing unit, our school will participate in SPIRIT FRIDAYS! Please see below.
Core Concepts:
Week 1 (Jan 8-10) What is clothing?
Week 2 (Jan. 13-17) What are the features of clothing?
Week 3 (Jan. 21-24) How can we make and take care of clothing?
Week 4 (Jan. 27-31) What special clothes do people wear?
Skills:
Dressing skills
Body parts
“Wh” questions
Positional words (on, off, under)
2 step directions
Literacy:
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow, Shirley Neitzel
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, James Dean and Eric Litwin
The Mitten, Jan Bret
Froggy Gets Dressed, Jonathan London
Pete the Cat, I Love My White Shoe, James Dean and Eric Litwin
Reminders:
Friday, January 10th: Sports Day
Tuesday, January 14th: Early Release. Dismissal at 11:10
Friday, January 17th: Hat Day
Monday, January 20th: NO SCHOOL
Friday, January 24th: Crazy Sock Day
Friday, January 31st: Pajama Day
*To help connect home and school, give your child the extra time and support to get dressed by themselves. Your child can also help pick out their clothes for the day. Continue to check our blog for more up to date information on our classroom.