1/4: Polar Animals
- The children will be making their own snow.
- The children will talk about ice fishing and then do some ice fishing in the classroom.
- The children will experience what it is like to be a penguin.
- The children will learn about all of the different polar animals.
1/11: Ocean Animals
- The children will learn about the ocean habitat.
- The children will compare their length to a blue whales length.
- The children will create waves in a bottle.
- Friday 1/15 NO SCHOOL | Teacher In Service Day
1/18: M L King
- Monday, 1/18 NO SCHOOL | MLK Day
- The children will learn what a hero is.
- The children will create a classroom “I Have A Dream Book”.
- The children will learn that even though everyone is different on the outside, we are all the same on the inside, through an egg experiment.
1/25: Zoo Animals
- Learning about different animals we find at the Zoo.
- On Friday 1/29 each child is invited to bring their favorite stuffed animal. The animal should be one commonly found in a zoo. They can have snack or lunch picnic style with their stuffed animal.
- The children will create zoo cookies.
Letters of the week
1/4: Mm
1/11: Nn
1/18: Oo
1/25: Pp
Things to do at home this month to reinforce our themes:
- Go to the pet store.
- Try and spot all the different animals outside during winter.
- Have a birthday party for M L King.
- Talk to your child about what his/her dream is and share yours.