October 4 - October 10, 2010

What we're working on this week:

Monday 

We will spend our first day reviewing all of the different materials that we are using this year.

Wednesday

•  Letter "A" flashcard
• Snow White, pages 1-2: prewriting skills (strokes for A, K, M, N, V, W, X, Y, Z)
• Cinderella, pages 1-2: visual perception (recognizing circles), prewriting skills (tracing circles)
• Story Time: Henry's choice from the Good Books list

Friday

• Letter "B" flashcard
• Snow White, pages 3-4: prewriting skills (strokes for B, C, D, G, P, R, S)
• Cinderella, pages 3-4: visual perception (recognizing squares), prewriting skills (tracing squares)
• Rumpelstiltskin, pages 1-2: learning colors (blue), distinguishing one color from others (blue)
• Count with Peter Rabbit, pages 1-2: learning numbers (1, 2, 3)
• Story Time: Henry's choice from the Good Books list

Saturday

• Science Play!: Science Safari - looking for colors in nature, listening to nature sounds, feeling different textures and making rubbings with crayons and paper, collecting small samples of fragrant leaves and flowers, inspecting soil using a magnifying glass

Sunday

• Who Am I?: Review of book with Mom and Dad