Theme: Winter Olympics
Dates: February 16-26
From: Tanya

Language Experiences:

• The teachers will reveal another "Made for Television" skit...The Winter Olympics!!!:)
• Make flags to carry in our "Opening Ceremony" on Friday.
• Make a torch to carry in our "Opening Ceremony."
• Have an "Opening Ceremony" in the Northern Voices hallway/gym.
• We will have a special guest visitor to demonstrate cross country skiing (Erika O.'s husband).
• Talk about the winter Olympic sports we like to play and make medals....because we are all winners at Northern Voices!
• Make yummy Popsicles! We will also experiment with ice and talk about the ice rink where the Olympians play hockey and ice skate.
• If the weather is nice...we will go "Bobsledding" outside!

Vocabulary: snowboarding, excited, winter, speed skating, figure skating, Olympic rings, winner, medal, flag, goggles, (downhill) skiing, torch, hockey, team, bobsled, ice rink, chair lift

Notes: Thank you to all of the parents who helped out with the Valentine party! It was tons of fun! The best way to reinforce this theme of "Olympics" at home, would be to expose your child to the olympics when they are on t.v. You could point out all of the different sports while using the vocabulary and language to go a long with it. This will provide your child more meaning and connection to this theme. It was more like a comedy show when the teachers acted out the olympics in the gym!!:) But lots of fun too! Thank you for all you do to help your child learn to listen and speak. They reap the benefits each and everyday!!

Show and Tell Dates:

Monday: Kennedy and Ben D.

Wednesday: Isiah and Frank

Friday: Rilee and Sooah