Miss Gina's Preschool

WELCOME to a new year of Pre-Kindergarten.  WE have 2 classes of Pre-k.  One redbirds and bluebirds.  The teachers are Ms. Gina, Ms. Taylor, and Ms. G. WE rotate our rooms according to the subject.  We will have a MATH, READING/literacy, CRAFT, AND circle time center each day.  Your children will have all of us as their teachers.  Their main class will be one of the colored rooms above.  After a few months of school we will then developmentally place your child in the center group that most fits their learning needs or strengths.  This is what we do daily:

1.  CIRCLE TIME:  our subject or letter discussed and stories, puppets, songs, frolics, and other teaching tools will be used to reinforce the letter and help solidify the concept.  WE will do sign language, Spanish, and ABC each day along with the pledge and warm up songs.
2. CRAFT CENTER:  A craft will also be used to correlate with the letter or theme.
3. MATH:  number corresponding, recognition, and other developmentally appropriate games.
4. READING:  Phonetics and whole language used to teach the site and sound.  Writing the letter in this center in our JOURNALS each week. Weekly Readers each week as well.

Our center bases their curriculum on the 5 areas of development and so does our focus on each child.  The physical, creative, emotional, cognitive, and social child.

Notes:  Workbook will always stay here until Parent review. 

Share and tell is always TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY each week. 

PARTY DAYS will also land on a Tuesday and Wednesday in the morning only
schedule for day:
7-9: Free time for all Pre-k children. Our theme table will be set up during that time for children to come and cut out their letter, catch up in their workbook, have computer time, or any other lesson if needed.
9-9:30: Home room base (Ms. gina rotates to all rooms as they clean up and come together to their team color (green, blue, or red). Circle time begins. Our letter of the week, sign language lesson, spanish lesson and stretch for the day).
9:30-9:50: Snack time for each room
9:50-11:00: 3 centers begin (Literacy, Math, and Creative Center)
11:00-11:15: Second circle time and refresh of days lesson
11:15: Red and Bluebirds clean up for lunch
11:15: Green birds do pm lesson then head outside
11:30-12: Lunch for Red and Blue and Green birds outside
12:00: Green birds go home
12-12:45: Leapster and quiet time for Blue and Red Birds
12:45-1:30: Pm lesson/craft time
1:30-2: Clean up and Snack time
2-2:45: Free time or outside time.
3:00: pick up time for 3:00 friends
3-5:30: Aftercare (play doh, creative art, puzzles, free time inside or out, and story time)

EVERY MONTH:
1. Writing Journals will always be done on Monday and Tuesday and left here at school
2. Weekly Readers (MGP) paid will always be done on Wednesday and Thursday
3. Share and tell (something YOUR child is to bring – toy or special something) every Tuesday and Wednesday. (Refer to curriculum for special items to bring)
4. Crafts and papers should be reviewed in the evening by family. Take 10 minutes to talk about their day, go over their work and compliment the achievements they are making. Teachers will begin putting notes on work that need extra attention after we get into the program and begin to move into concept centers.
5. Practice writing their name with Capital first then lower case letters. (From left to right)
6. All about me posters going home first week so share with circle time and hang at school.

KINDERGARTEN SCREENING BEGINS.

WEEK 4 (February 27-March 3)
Letter Rr, ALL ABOUT RHYME WEEK and OPPOSITE WEEK
Fairy Tales: The Golden Nugget, Lon Po Po, The talking Fish
Country: China (music, foods, dancing, and art)
Dr. Seuss Week, Fairy Tales: The Mitten, The Hat, and the Umbrella

SPECIAL NOTES:
FRIDAY, 3/17 (NO SCHOOL..CHILDCARE ONLY/SIGN UP)
MON-FRIDAY 3/27-31: SPRING BREAK (NO SCHOOL SIGN UP FOR CHILDCARE ON GENIUS APP)
CONTINUE:
KINDERGARTEN SCREENING
OPPOSITES AND RHMING WORDS
Animals Fun begins (room decorated each week for Animal theme)

Week #1 (March 6-10) Letter Ss, Number 15, Spring Animals
Where do animals come from? Matching Mother to baby and learning baby names
Animal center: Caring for our baby chicks…what does a mother do?
Week #2 (March 13-17) Letter Tt, Number 16, Rainbows, St. Patricks, Zoo animals
Zoo Center: What is the job of a zoo keeper? Learning different habitats of animals (mammal vs reptile0
Week #3 (March 20-24) Letter Uu, Number 17, Welcome Spring, Farm Animals
Farm Center: what items to we get from a farm? Touching , tasting, and learning in our Farm room
Week #4 (March 27-31)
Spring Break/No classes/Review of All March)/childcare only with Preregistration
Vet Center opens with doctor supplies, x-rays, animals, and doctor tools (Come be a Vet or Nurse!!!!)