N E W S & L E S S O N S F R O M M S. P A S C A L ’S C L A S S
Issue October 19 - 30, 2020
Our theme: Halloween
Art:
Halloween cutting and gluing practice (develops fine motor skills)
Halloween Crafts
Cultural Arts/Geography:
Land/ Air /Water Vehicle Classification (develops vocabulary, order, concentration)
Skeleton Floor puzzle
Language:
Sandpaper Letters and Object Boxes [h] and [p]
Metal Insets: Circle, Triangle, Square (preparation of the hand for writing)
Human Organs Object/ Picture Matching (Oral Language/ Visual Discrimination)
Autumn Leaves/ 3-part cards (develops vocabulary, hand-eye coordination)
Play I-Spy [h] and [p] (develops awareness of sounds in words)
Jack O’Lantern Memory Game (develops focus, concentration and thinking skills)
Math:
Numerals and Spiders 1-10
Halloween Patterns
Hanging Bead Stair 1-10
Count and Clip/ Pumpkin themed cards
Practical Life:
Dry pouring / blacks beans
Lacing ghosts and pumpkins
Stringing pony beads through pipe cleaners
Scrubbing a Pumpkin
Carving a Pumpkin into a Jack O’Lantern
Grace and Courtesy: interrupting someone
Science:
Nocturnal animals
Parts of a Pumpkin
Life Cycle of a Pumpkin
Sensorial:
Pumpkin color mixing (red + yellow = orange)
Grading pumpkins by size (small, medium, large)
Sound Cylinders (develops Auditory Discrimination)
The Skeleton Dance
Remember to look for the monthly calendar with current reminders being sent home!