What I will learn at school this month in Ms. Kate’s Class…
Themes of the Week (in addition to Montessori Work time)
09/03: All About Apples
- Johnny Appleseed
- Life cycle of an apple
- Apple graphing, apple tasting and cooking with apples
Afternoon lessons:
- Reviewing the letter “Ee”
- Baking with Ms. Ame
- Making different apple crafts
10/10: Autumn
- Why do leaves change color? Science experiment
- Charting what colors we find. Nature walk
- Having fun with leaf rubbings
- Singing songs about fall
Afternoon lessons:
- Reviewing the letter “Ff”
- Fall crafts
- Fall songs
- Reviewing calendar and weather
10/17: Pumpkins
- Life cycle of a pumpkin
- Using our five senses
- Sink or float with pumpkins
- Pumpkin investigations
- Pumpkin songs and finger plays
Afternoon lessons:
- Reviewing the letter “Gf”
- Pumpkin science experiment
- Fun fall crafts
10/24: Halloween
- History of Halloween
- All about spiders
- Halloween safety
- Field Trip to the Pumpkin Farm!
Afternoon lessons:
- Reviewing the letter “Hh”
- Reviewing calendar and weather
- Halloween crafts
- Halloween songs
Letters of the Week: Try to find objects that begin with each letter wherever you go with your child.
- 10/03: Ee
- 10/10: Ff
- 10/17: Gg
- 10/24: Hh
Rhyming Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.
- 10/03: cat
- 10/10: red
- 10/17: mat
- 10/24: boo
Things to do at Home this Month to reinforce our themes:
- While reading a book have your child point to all of the letter of the week she/he can find. Have them do this with the rhyming words as well. Play I‐Spy using things that only start with the letter of the week/ rhyming words.
- Go apple picking! Cut an apple in half and create apple prints. When you cut an apple, count together to see how many seeds there are. Every day you can create a new apple dish (applesauce, baked apple crisps, apple pie, etc.) Enjoy the Fall!
- Visit a pumpkin patch and bake pumpkin seeds together!
- Go on a “Fall Walk” together. Talk about what colors you see, the sounds you hear, and what the air smells like. Collect leaves and take them home for a leaf rubbings. Go to a pumpkin patch and find a pumpkin together. Guess how many seeds are in‐ side your pumpkin. When you clean out the pumpkin count the seeds together.