Pictures of the Preschool Room

WORK SPACE

WORD WALL/BOOK NOOK/LISTENING CENTER

A PLACE TO HANG MASTER PIECES

RUG TIME

KITCHEN

PUPPET THEATER

Circle Time

**CIRCLE TIME**
We will begin our day with Circle Time as a group.

During Circle time we will:

Sing Days of the Week

Months of the Year

Review old letters

Learn new letters

Phonemic Awareness Activity

Daily Graphing

Daily Graphing

**DAILY GRAPHING**

One of the first things students will do when they get to school is put their "face magnet" 

under "yes" or "no".  As a group we will tally up the results during circle time..

EXAMPLE OF DAILY GRAPHING:

Phonemic Awareness

PHONEMIC AWARENESS:
A pre-reading skill; manipulating sounds.

Isolation: recognize individual sounds in words 

Example: What is the first sound in cat? (/c/)

Substitution: substitute a phoneme for another

Example: Say cat.  Now change the /c/ to /h/ (Now you have hat)

Segmenting: segment or separate the sounds

Example: Say all of the sounds in cat. (/c/-/a/-/t/)

Blending: blending individual sounds together.

Ex: The teacher says (/c/-/a/-/t/).  The teacher then asks the person to blend the sounds together. (cat)

Deletion: deleting a sound.

Example: Say cat.  Now say cat without the /c/. (at)

EXAMPLE OF GROUP PHONEMIC AWARENESS ACTIVITY:

Phonemic Awareness Concept: "Substitution".

The teacher chooses one letter to put in the blanks.  Example: /b/

I love to eat bapples.

Their buicy and bweet.

The one thing I don't know

is which one to eat.

Literacy Centers

**LITERACY CENTERS**

Students will rotate to 3 centers (Literacy and Math).

LITERACY CONCEPTS THAT WILL BE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:

Rhyme

Beginning sounds

Syllables

Onset and "rime"

Word Families

Identify upper and lowercase letters

Identify letter sounds

Recognize environmental print

High frequency words

EXAMPLES OF LITERACY CENTER GAMES:

Pocket Chart

**POCKET CHART**

The pocket chart will usually have the same words as the easy reader book box books.

It is a way for the whole class to see the words easily.

The pocket chart will be available for students to read on their own during literacy centers as they 

"Read Around the Room".

Read Around the Room

**READ AROUND THE ROOM**

This is a literacy center.

The students get to put on glasses and use a pointer to read everything 

they possibly can around the classroom.

Book Boxes

**BOOK BOXES**

Each student gets their own book box.  

During each unit we will read and re-read short books together as a class. 

These books will then be put into their book boxes. 

During literacy centers they will get a chance to read their books using a phone.

The phone allows the students to hear themselves read.

These books give the kids loads of confidence!

Math Centers

**MATH CENTERS**

Students will rotate to a group of 3 centers (Math and Literacy combined).

MATH CONCEPTS THAT WILL BE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:

Recognize, read, and write numbers from 1-10.

Match the number of objects in a set to the correct numeral (1-10)

Demonstrate one to one correspondence using objects.

Count to 20.
Place Value (Tens and Ones)

Recognize and make AB patterns.

Compare objects by size.

EXAMPLES OF MATH CENTER GAMES:

Plays

**PLAYS**

We will be doing several group plays throughout the year.  These plays might consist of finger plays, puppets, or costume plays.

EXAMPLE OF A FINGERPLAY:

The students will wear gloves with 10 apples (1 on each finger).

Each time we say the words the students will take one apple off of a finger.

OTHER PLAYS WE WILL BE DOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Stellaluna

The Gingerbread Man

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Cooking

**COOKING**

During each unit we will be cooking.  

Cooking will usually be an extension to a book we have read.

EXAMPLE OF COOKING:

"Bite-Sized Apple Pies"

Art

**ART**

We will do art projects for every unit.

The art project will usually be an extension to a book that we read.

EXAMPLE OF ART PROJECT:

Writing

**WRITING**

We will write every day.  Levels of writing will be different for each child.  Some children will make marks on their papers that represent words or letters.  Some children will write just letters that represent words.  Other children will be able to write words.  Do not be worried if you child is not writing yet.  It will come.  The important thing is that we will be writing and expressing ourselves every day.

Forms of writing we will be doing: 

Books

Letters

Cards
Shopping List
(A list of items cut out of magazines.)

Responses
(to cooking, books, and activities we have done in class)

EXAMPLE OF WRITING:

Play Centers

**PLAY CENTERS**

Students will get to choose what play centers they would like to go to.  This will give them a chance to play and interact with other children in their class.

Play centers include:

Sensory Bin

Dramatic Play

Cars

Tools

Blocks

Legos

Play Doh

Kitchen

Games

Doll House

Puppets

Books

Puzzles

Computer

Leapster

Instruments

Dramatic Play

**DRAMATIC PLAY**

Dramatic play is one of the "play centers".

Research has shown the dramatic play offers children vast opportunities to learn about themselves, others, and the environment in which they live.  Benefits of play in the classroom include:

Physical: Children increase motor skill development.

Cognitive: Children increase in skills such as problem solving, creative thinking, planning, organizing, and language.

Social and Emotional: Children have enhanced development of cooperation, sharing, taking turns, less egocentrism, increase self-esteem, and helps to practice appropriate social roles.  

EXAMPLE OF DRAMATIC PLAY:

This is an apple market.

Children can wear overalls and cowboy hats.

Buy and sell apples, muffins, apple pie, and apple sauce.  

Make signs for the apple market (apples for sale, 25 cents, sale, etc.)

DRAMATIC PLAY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:

1. Dr's Office (with stuffed animals and dolls as patients)

2. Apple Market

3. Pumpkin Patch

4. Car Wash (play cars, that is)

5. Farm

6. Mail System

7. Flower Shop

8. Veterinarian's Office

9. Aquarium