DATES TO REMEMBER
Tuesday, February 7th - Giving Tree Music  (Drum Circle)


OUR THEME THIS WEEK IS:  "HEARTBEAT."
LETTER OF THE WEEK:  R/r.

BOOKS WE WILL BE READING FROM:  It's Valentine Day; Be My Valentine; I'll Love You Forever; The Kissing Hand; Your Heart; Love, Ruby Valentine; Clifford's 1st Valentine's Day; Sweet Hearts; The Amazing Human Body; I Love You Like Crazy Cakes; I Love You a Bushel and a Peck!; My Heart and Lungs

MORNING CIRCLE

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 
Calendar, Weather, Daily Color, Daily Shape, Rhyming Words, Numeral Card


LANGUAGE ARTS

Monday
Review the letters A/a - Q/q.
Review how to make the letters in sign language.
Introduce the letter R/r.
Sing and sign the alphabet song to the letter R.
Introduce the phonological sound the letter R/r makes.  Go over the picture cards of words beginning with the letter R/r.
Sing, "This is the Tale of the Letters A/a through R/r."

Compare the upper and lower case R/r.  Discuss how they are made with straight and curved lines.

Review the familiar words:  hi, VPK, the, see, like, this, an, go, to, can, she, likes, look, at, is, my, on, and.

Review the familiar words for the week:  I, have, a. 

Track and read, "My R/r Book."

Song/Poem:  H-E-A-R-T  (tune:  Bingo)
                   Valentine Hearts

Tuesday
Review the letters A/a - Q/q.
Review how to make the letters in sign language.
Review the letter R/r.
Sing and sign the alphabet song to the letter R.
Review the phonological sound the letter R/r makes.  Go over the picture cards of words beginning with the letter R/r.
Sing, "This is the Tale of the Letters A/a through R/r."

Review the words:  hi, VPK, the, see, like, this, an, go, to, can, she, likes, look, at, is, my, off, and.

Review the familiar words for the week:  I, have, a.

Track and read, "My R/r Book."

Find and underline the word I  with a red pencil.
Find and underline the word a  with a blue pencil.

Fingerplay/Song:  Valentine Fingerplay
                             One Red Valentine

Library Bags

Wednesday
Review the letters A/a - Q/q.
Review how to make the lettters in sign language.
Review the letter R/r.
Sing and sign the alphabet song to the letter R.
Review the phonological sound the letter R/r makes.  Go over the picture cards of words beginning with the letter R/r.
Sing, "This is the Tale of the Letters A/a through Q/q.
Review the words:  hi, VPK, the, see, like, this, an, go, to, can, she, likes, look, at, is, my, off, and.

Review the familiar words for the week:  I, have, a.

Track and read, "My R/r Book."

Underline the word have with a green pencil.

Listening Activity:  Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse

Poems:  5 Pretty Valentines Were Having a Race
             5 Pretty Valentines

Thursday
Review the letters A/a through Q/q.
Review how to make the letters in sign language.
Review the letter R/r.
Sing and sign the alphabet song to the letter R.
Review the phonological sound the letter R/r makes.  Go over the picture cards of words beginning with the letter R/r.
Sing, "This is the Tale of the Letters A/a through R/r."

Review the familiar words:  hi, VPK, the, I, see, like, this, an, go, to, can, she, likes, look, at, is, my, off, and.

Review the familiar words for the week:  I, have, a.

Track and read "My R/r Book."

Find and circle all of the R/r's in their letter book.

Pocket Picture File - the letter R/r.

Journal:  Draw a picture of someone you love and tell why you love them.

Friday
Review the letters A/a - Q/q.
Review how to make the letters in sign language.
Review the letter R/r.
Sing and sign the alphabet song to the letter R.
Review the phonological sound the letter R/r makes.  Go over the picture cards of words beginning with the letter R/r.
Sing, "This is the Tale of the Letters A/a through R/r."

Review the familiar words:  hi, VPK, the, I, see, like, this, an, go, to, can, she, likes, look, at, is, my, off, and.

Review the familiar words for the week:  I, have, a.

Track and read, "My R/r Book."

Practice writing the letter R/r in sand using a stick like Abraham Lincoln did, and then write the letter in their letter book.

"Broken Hearts - Letter Matching"
(matching upper and lower case letters) 


MATH

Monday
"Valentine's Day Pattern Cards and Counters"  (patterning) 

Sensory/Discovery:  "Are You Magnetic?"  (yes and no chart)
   (predicting, small motor, language)

Tuesday
Review 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes.

Play "Color and Shape Bingo."

Wednesday
"Heart Halves!"  (counting and matching)
 
Sensory/Discovery:  Clear Tubing, Blue Water, Cups
   (language and investigation)

Thursday
"Counting Hearts"  (counting)
Use heart erasers, dice, and numbered hearts.

Sensory/Discovery:  Water paint the outside ramp, sidewalk, and deck  (weather permitting).
(SKILL:  observation of evaporation)

Friday
"Matching Hearts"  (matching)

"Can You Trace Where the Blood Flows?"  (connect the dots 1-14)


HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Wednesday
"Activities for the Heart"

Friday

A visit from Dr. He-No-Head  (scientist)


SOCIAL STUDIES/LANGUAGE ARTS

Monday
LET'S FIND OUT - "Valentine's to Quack You Up"
(cultural traditions, feelings, oral language)

Show the word card Valentine's Day.
Ask the children what they know about Valentine's Day.  How do you celebrate it?  Have you ever given a valentine?  How did you feel about the person you gave it to?

Read some Valentine's Day animal riddles.

Tuesday
LET'S FIND OUT - "Valentine's Day Rhymes!"
(traditions, feelings, phonemic awareness/rhyming)

Read and listen for rhyming words and find heart shapes in unusual places.

Look at pictures of children showing different emotions.  Ask the children how they think the child in the picture might feel and why?

Sensory/Discovery:  (morning)  "Curious Bones"
                                  (afternoon)  "Glow Bones"
     (small motor, investigation, language)

Wednesday
SPANISH with Ms. Dea Dea.


SOCIAL STUDIES

Thursday
LET'S FIND OUT - "A Valentine's Day Secret"
(holidays/traditions, ways to say I love you)

SENSORY/DISCOVERY:  Cornmeal in the black tub with foam hearts.
   (small motor, sorting, classifying, observing, language)

Friday
LET'S FIND OUT - "Lincoln's Log Cabin"
(civics, people in history, how things change over time)

Read to learn about Abraham Lincoln and what life was like in a log cabin.

"Inside a Log Cabin"
(vocabulary, visual discrimination, critical thinking)

Poem:  All About Abe


ART

Monday
Finish their "Jungle Giraffe" pictures and, if time permits, begin to assemble their "Valentine Bags."

Tuesday
Begin tissue paper/heart sun catchers as a collaborative piece.

Wednesday
Stamp their collaborative tissue paper sun catcher.

Begin decorating their "Owl" valentine bag.

Thursday
Finish decorating all "Valentine Bags."
Begin decorating their "Kangaroo Valentine" cards for their parents.

Friday
Continue with all valentine projects.


MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
Aikendrum (using their drums)
Drum Patterning  (using their drums)
The Sticks on the Drum (tune:  The Wheels on the Bus)
Dum Ditty
Bringing Home a Valentine
Will You Be My Valentine?
I'm Gonna Wrap Myself in Paper
Rock n' Roll Rhythm Band (musical instruments)
Chapel Songs


PRAISE AND WORSHIP
I've Got Joy
Today is the Day
Change My Heart
I Will Be Real Like Jesus
Character
The High Road

CHAPEL - Friday


GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES
Kicking balls into a net.  (Skill:  kicking)
Throw balls into a tub.  (Skill:  coordination)
Practice running backwards.  (Skill:  coordination)
Walk on High-Steppers. (Skills:  balance, coordination)
Jump over blocks.  (Skill:  jumping with two feet)