McDanield Preschool Monthly News
January
Dates to remember:
Dec 20-Jan 6: Winter Break
*Check for district updates on possible SNOW DAYS
Jan 7: NO SCHOOL DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
Jan 7: Third Quarter Begins
Jan 8 & 9: Fundraiser: Bring $1 to wear PJ's on Wednesday, January 8 & Thursday, January 9 (2 for $1 deal)
Jan 20: NO SCHOOL/ Martin Luther King Jr. Day
What are we learning?
Letter, Number, Shape, Color, & Theme
1/7: Rr, Ss, 2/12, Star, Red
1/13: Hh, Qq, Ww, Y,y, 3/13, Diamond, Blue
1/21: Cc, Gg, Xx, 4/14, Circle, White
1/27: Ii, Aa, Ee, Oo, 5/15, Rectangle, Purple
Theme: Clothing
At home: Practice 10-20 minutes a day
-Identifying the letters, numbers, shapes, and colors of the week
-Prepositions (under, over, beside, front, behind, between, next to)
-Matching
-Count to 20 or more
-Identify greater and less than
-Find your name and identify the letters in it
Social-Emotional:
What are we learning?
Identifying Anxious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDFEW3eAIlg
When I am anxious, I can...
At home practice:
What can I do when I am anxious?
-Take a deep breath & count to 4
-Count to 10
-Take a break
Self Help Skills:
At home practice:
Zipping and unzipping coat
Zipping and unzipping backpack
Opening containers
Using the restroom independently (Pulling up & down pants)
Putting on coat, gloves, and hat
Taking coat, gloves and hat off
Parent Teacher Chat
Please download the USD204 app and join your child's classroom. https://www.usd204.net/page/rooms-support
Speech Corner
At home:
Name the vocabulary words and talk about them
Example: mittens, red mittens, we put mittens on our hands