What I will learn this month in Ms. Kristen’s Class…
Themes of the Week (in addition to Montessori Work time)
10/03: Down On The Farm
-Learning ASL farm animal signs
-Learning what animals live on a farm
-Life cycle of the chicken
-Making butter, learning about other foods made from milk.
-Sink or float experiment with eggs
10/10: Pumpkins
-Learning all about the parts of the pumpkin.
-Discuss what we can make with Pumpkins.
-Decorating a white pumpkin in class using crayon.
-Taste testing Pumpkin Pie.
-Learning the Poem “ Five Little Pumpkins”
10/17: Fall
-Discuss the characteristics of Fall.
-Shading over leaves to make prints.
-Leaf sorting.
-Poems and Songs about Fall and Leaves.
-Parts of the leaf.
10/24: All About Bats/Spiders/Halloween
-Learning the parts of the Bat
-Reading “Stellaluna”
-Learning about echolocation, and how it helps certain species of bats see
-Ven Diagram comparing bats to birds
-Learning the parts of the spider.
-Discussing how spiders are arachnids.
-Halloween games and songs.
Letters of the Week: Try to find objects that begin with each letter wherever you go with your child.
10/03: Pp
10/10: Yy
10/17: Ss
10/24: Ii
Sight Words of the Week: Try to find each word in books as you read to your child.
10/03: Pig
10/10: Yes
10/17: Sit
10/24: It
Things to do at Home this Month to reinforce our themes:
-Take a fall hike together as a family. Have your child point out the changes they see around them.
-Ask your child to show you some of the ASL signs they’ve learned for farm animals.
-While reading to your child, point out the sight words they are learning this month.
-Pick out a pumpkin together with your child. Discuss with them what they have learned about how pumpkins grow, what foods we can make with pumpkin, etc.