Below is a sampling of some activities your child may participate in during the month of November 2011.

• Infants 
• Toddlers 
• Discovery-Preschool 
• Preschool 
• Prekindergarten 

 

Infants

For infants, the theme is “All Around Me.” Sample activities include:

• Library & Language: Playing with farm animal puppets; Singing “Ten Little Fingers”
• Motor: Coloring with chunky crayons; Filling and dumping out soft blocks from a plastic container
• Cognitive: Exploring textures of fabric pieces; Shaking rattles of different sizes and sounds
• Sensory: Exploring pumpkins and leaves

 

Toddlers

For Toddlers, the theme is “The Farm.”  Sample activities include:

• Library & Language: Exploring books, photographs, and magnets about the farm and farm animals
• Creative Arts: Making collages using tape; Playing music instruments as a band
• Sensory: Washing pumpkins
• Dramatic Play: Pretending to be farmers tending to animals and crops with farm-related props and accessories

 

Discovery Preschool

For Discovery Preschool, the theme is “The Farm.” Sample activities include:

• Library & Language Arts: Exploring farm-related books, photo cards, and photos; Using farm-related finger puppets and flannel pieces to tell farm stories; Featured books: Let’s Go Visiting by Sue Williams and The Cow That Went Oink by Bernard Most
• Creative Arts: Creating black and white art; Painting with corncobs
• Science & Sensory: Exploring tactile cards; Removing kernels from corn cobs
• Dramatic Play: Pretending to be farmers and customers in a farmer’s market
• Math & Manipulatives: Measuring pumpkins; Sorting shapes

 

Preschool

For Preschool, the theme is “My Community.”  Sample activities include:

• Library and Language Arts: Sorting words; Discussing letters and words in community signs; Featured Book: Worksong by Gary Paulsen
• Creative Arts: Creating signs
• Science & Sensory: Exploring play dough with tools, cookie cutters, and plastic vehicles and people
• Dramatic Play: Taking on a variety of roles in a beauty shop
• Math & Manipulatives: Identifying numerals in home addresses

 

Prekindergarten

For Prekindergarten, the theme is “My Community.”  Sample activities include:

• Library & Literacy: Writing letters; Exploring books and photographs about communities and community-related items; Worksong by Gary Paulsen
• Creative Arts: Creating grocery collages; Stamping with alphabet and number stamps at the easel
• Science & Sensory: Exploring the melting of ice; Writing and forming letters with flubber
• Dramatic Play: Role-playing and pretending in a grocery store
• Math & Manipulatives: Sorting objects by various attributes