PreK 3

Religion - Advent: The children will know that Christmas is Jesus’ birthday. They will understand that sometimes we show our love by giving gifts, and God’s gift to us is Jesus.

Language/Literacy - Shared book experience. Building oral language through repeated readings of favorite stories to encourage children to “read” along on parts of the story they remember. Use of rhyme and alliteration to build phonological awareness. Letter Focus of the Week: Jj.

Math - Observing similarities and differences of attributes to sort and classify. 

Specials - Music with Mr. Showstead. Media with Mrs. Hoglund.

PreK 4

Religion - Advent: The children will be excited about preparing for the birth of Baby Jesus. They will know that at Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus. The children will desire to prepare for Jesus’ birthday and think of several kind acts they might perform as a gift for Jesus. 

Special Religion Lesson: “The Story of the Candy Cane”: the legend of the candy cane shows us that the candy cane was designed to be a delicious reminder of what Christmas is all about - Jesus.

Science - Candy Cane Slime - Slime introduces kids to the scientific concepts of polymers, non-Newtonian fluids, viscosity and more. Preschoolers will begin an understanding of how 2 different liquids can come together to form a new substance! The children will follow directions as they mix and measure ingredients to form slime! 

STEM - “Jj” is for Jingle Bell Lego Maze: The children will collaborate in groups as they engineer a maze using Legos. Their challenge will be to navigate a jingle bell through the maze as a team.

Literacy - OWL - Unit 3 - Week 2: All Kinds of Communities - “What kinds of communities do people live in?”  Alphabet Knowledge: match letters.  Phonological awareness: identify rhyming and non-rhyming word pairs Writing: writing letters. Concept words: country, farm, neighbor, people, town. Amazing words: bloom, garden, stem, breeze, sprinkle, vine. Blend onset and rime. Categorize words. Identify ending punctuation. Answer questions about a book. Retell a story. Gingerbread Man Unit: We will explore this holiday folk tale by comparing/contrasting different versions focusing on characters, outcome, and repeated phrases. Identify similar/different beginning sounds. Delete syllables from words. Letter Focus of the Week: Jj.

Math - Geometry: Name and describe attributes of  common solid shapes: cone, cube, sphere. Identify and combine solid shapes to create new ones. Create common three-dimensional shapes. Demonstrate that the order of counting sequence is always the same. Extending patterns. Graphing 2-D flat shapes. Sorting by size.

Specials - Music with Mr. Showstead. Media with Mrs. Hoglund.

Preschool+Plus

Christmas Around the World!  We will be celebrating diversity as we learn about other cultures and traditions. Activities involved will help foster enthusiasm and curiosity for other customs and celebrations around the world. Our holiday unit will focus on: Christmas celebrations in Holland, England, and Germany, Las Posadas in Mexico, and Hanukkah in Israel.