January Fun!

This month has been crazy with the weather!  It's like Mother Nature can't figure out if she wants a warm January or a cold one!  But, nonetheless, the students have been enjoying a "Polar" January!

We've created a floating iceberg island for some arctic animals in our sensory table! 

The students have read Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Eric Carle.  We worked on articulation of our target sounds in the animal names. 

We worked on using our speech and language in cooperative play with the Mega Blocks.

Our Zoo Phonics letters this month have been P, Q, and R.  Students have been using their targetted speech sounds to answer "what doing" questions and in social skill/cooperative play lessons. 

The Brownsburg Community Preschool program has adopted HighScope as a curriculum and structure for our 2, 3, and 4 day classes, while the whole curriculum and structure won't fit in or work with a 1-hour phonology preschool class, Ms. Lorraine and I have used part of the structure during our circle.  The students will get to "read" our Morning/Afternoon message at circle to help them know what we have planned for the day.  Here is an example of Morning Message:

It is still winter and weather certainly is a little "bipolar" here in Indiana!  If Brownsburg Schools calls a 2-hour delay morning classes will NOT meet, but afternoon (1:15 and later) classes will meet at their normal time.  I will try to either post a message on the blog and/or send out an email if those days occur.  The "alternative" preschool schedule that is posted on delay notices refers to our 2, 3, and 4 day classes. 

Upcoming reminders:  We will NOT be meeting the week of President's Day in February (February 18-February 22).  Brownsburg Schools will be closed for TWO weeks for Spring Break (March 25-April 5), so we will not be meeting those weeks. 

Stacey Leland, a graduate student working on her Master's degree in speech-language pathology will begin a 9 week externship with us February 25, 2013.  She will be here through May 10, 2013.  Ms. Stacey is looking forward to working with our preschool staff and students.  She will send a letter home with the students introducing herself after she arrives. 

Have a wonderful weekend.  Enjoy the 60 degree day today and bundle up for the 21 degree night for tomorrow night...crazy Indiana weather. 

--Ms. Sarah and Ms. Lorraine