Ms. Lauren's Class : February
January 27th-February 7th 2020
Dear Families,
The children have enjoyed all of our winter activities that we have been doing this month with snow, snow balls, winter clothing and winter animals. We will continue with the cold weather and talk about polar bears and read the Eric Carle story, Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? We will practice listening to different sounds and animal sounds, make a polar bear, make different animal masks, explore ice, a matching game and make a polar bear snack.
Our theme for the next two weeks will be "Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear!"
Vocabulary words we are using:
· Winter, cold, polar bears, ice, elephant, lion, leopard, flamingo,
· hippopotamus, zebra, snake, peacock and zoo keeper.
Movement:
· Wednesday music, gym time and yoga
· The students will practice throwing fake snowballs
· Winter yoga with Carolyn (OT)
We are reading:
· "Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?" By: Eric Carle
Art Projects:
· The students will sponge paint with white paint to make a polar bear individually
· The students will make different animal masks on a paper plate
· The students will make a collage of the different animals in the story “Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you hear?”
We are singing:
· Animal Dance (To the tune of :”Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around”)
Polar Bear, Polar Bear
Turn around.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear
Touch the ground.
Polar Bear, Polar Bear
Growl real loud
Polar Bear, Polar Bear
Sit on the ground.
*Seal- Arf
*Penguin- Squak
*Snowy owl- Hoot
We are cooking/eating:
· Rice cake Polar Bear
· Animal crackers
Sensory:
· Exploring fake snowballs and real or fake snow or ice cubes
You can follow through with this theme at home by-
· Read the story, “Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear” or other winter stories at home
· Using vocabulary words listed above
· Practice the different animal sounds and listening to animal sounds
· Pretend to be different animals
Reminders:
· With the cold weather please be sure to dress your child to go outside.
We try to get out as much as we can.
· Check backpack and notebooks for notices and notes
· Label all clothing
Have a good week!
Ms. Lauren, Head Teacher
