Theme: Circus

Dates: March 17-27

From: Tanya


Language Experiences:

• Make Shamrock snacks
• Happy St. Patrick's Day! We will celebrate with a St. Paddy's Day Bike Parade
• Act out the circus (jump through hoops with/without fire, balancing on tight ropes, tricks acrobats do, pretend to be an animal trainer, be the ringmaster, balance a ball on our nose like a seal etc.)
• Make Tiger face pictures
• Make lion face masks
• Play the animal trainer
• Make clowns
• Make a circus snack
• The circus comes to Northern Voices! (we'll be putting it on)

Vocabulary: ( Your child will be exposed to these words throughout the next two weeks. However, they will only be expected to learn 10 words expressively). circus, audience, curly, straight, zebra, giraffe, tight rope, balance, tiger, lion, flying trapeze (swing), acrobats, animal trainer, wig, clown, make-up, costume, Big Top (circus tent), seal, unicycle, cotton candy, juggle, ring master

Notes: Please remeber to send show and tell with your child on the date listed below. We play guessing games to reinforce categorical language during this time. I appreciate all you do to make this a fun experience for your child!

Show and Tell days:

Monday: Levi and Isiah

Wednesday: Henry and Ashden

Friday: Sadie and Ella B.

Theme: Under the Rainbow (Rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, kaleidoscope)

Date: March 2-13

From: Tanya


Language Experiences:

• Read Rainbow Fish
• Make a rainbow fish
• Make rainbow pudding
• Make a beautiful stained glass picture with crayons
• Make rainbow crayons
• Explore various objects that look like rainbows
• Field trip to Dodge Nature Center (Flower garden)
• Make a layered rainbow
• Make shamrock shakes
• Learn about leprachauns and St. Patricks Day

Vocabulary: rainbow, dip, easel, splash, painter (artist), teal, mix, pinwheel, stripes, long, short, kaliedescope, crayons, markers, paint, painting, glue bottle, glue stick. We will also review previous vocabulary from the next 125 word list.

Notes: What an exciting time of the year it is! It's been amazing to witness all the growth your child has made in their language, speech, and auditory skills thus far. Thanks for all you do to make this possible! Please remember to send show and tell with your child on the days listed below.

Show and Tell Days:

Monday: Levi and Isiah

Wednesday: Henry and Ashden

Friday: Sadie and Ella B.

Theme: Good Night, Sleep Tight (Moon Activities, stars, nighttime activities, dreams, bedtime, night animals)

Date: February 17-20

From: Tanya



Language Experiences:

• Field trip to Dodge Nature Center
• Make a "stuffed" teddy bear
• Pack and overnight bag for our pajama party
• Bedtime routines
• Read/act out "Goodnight Moon"
• Learn about bats or owls
• Make nighttime toast with moons and stars
• Make nighttime wind sock
• Have pajama day next Friday!

Vocabulary: During the next two weeks I will be reviewing vocabulary from previous themes to assess what the students learned and retained. Some of these categories will include: body parts, furniture, school items, food clothing, and verbs.

Notes: Thanks to those who were able to attend the field trip. It was a great help to have the extra set of hands!


SHOW AND TELL DAYS:

Monday: Levi and Isiah

Wednesday: Henry and Ashden

Friday: Sadie and Ella B.

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Theme: Transportation

Dates: January 18 -January 30

From: Tanya


LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES:

• Field trip to Dodge Nature Center: Space/air travel
• Make a rocket ship with paper towel tubes
• Make a parachute with coffee filters
• Make a hot-air-balloon
• Make a edible banana airplane
• Make a sailboat and float it in the water
• Do a science experiment to learn about sink/float
• Make an edible train
• Make a transportation poster by sorting vehicles into land, sky, or water.

VOCABULARY:

school bus, city bus, bike, car, train, sun, moon, stars, water, land, airplane, rocket ship, sailboat, half moon, full moon, tractor, hot-air balloon, helicopter, truck, snowmobile, submarine, 4-wheeler, earth, canoe, parachute, ship, fishing boat, sky

NOTES:

Please remember to send show and tell with your child on their given day. A show and tell item be related to the theme of the week or anything your child chooses. I will send a note home if there is something particular I am looking for the students to bring for show and tell that week. Let me know if you have any questions! Here are the student show and tell days:

Monday: Levi/Henry

Wednesday: Ashden/Sadie

Friday: Ella B./Isiah

THEME: Fun, fantasy, and feelings (Pretend, Fairy Tales, Toys, Magic, Real/Make Believe, Dragons, Monsters, Giants, Afraid, Excited, Happy)

Week 1: We will focus on the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfts"
Week 2 (January 12-16): We will focus on magic and the fairy tail "Cinderella"

DATE: January 6-9

FROM: Tanya

LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES:

• Read and act out "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
• Make mirrors and repeat the chant "Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the prettiest one of all?"
• Talk about things that you can eat/drink and things that you can't and refer it back to the poisonious apple that Snow White ate.
• Make a headband with our favorite dwarf.

VOCABULARY:

Snow White, Prince, Queen, castle, wand, magician, princess, mirror, excited, afraid/scared, happy, mad/angry, tired, sad, surprised, hungry. (Some of this vocabulary will carry over into next week along with new vocabulary from our new story "Cinderella").

NOTES:

Happy new year and welcome back! It's great to see all of your smiling faces again! I've missed all of you! Please see the previous blog and hard copy of show and tell details. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Show and Tell….

**Each student will bring a show and tell item in one day a week on every week until the end of the school year. Here are the days for each child:

MONDAY: Levi and Henry will bring show and tell.

WEDNESDAY: Ashden and Isiah will bring show and tell.

FRIDAY: Ella and Sadie will bring show and tell.

HERE’S HOW IT GOES….

1. Please help your child pick something for show and tell on their assigned day. It can be anything from toys, food, drink, sporting equipment, notes, pictures,…ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING! Help them to say a few things about their item…I’ve suggested a few ideas on the attached paper.

2. Please put the item in a separate bag or their backpack so no one can see. We will play games (to work on categorical language) to guess what they brought.

3. The item will be returned home each day. Try to encourage your child to pick something different, but don’t worry if they want to bring the same thing as they did the day before.

4. Please don’t send anything valuable or breakable.

If you have any questions or suggestions….please let me know! Thanks for all you do to help your child learn to listen and talk!

WEATHER

Date: December 1-5
From: Tanya

Language Experiences:

• We did a wind experience using various objects around the room and a blow dryer. The students predicted what you blow or not blow away. Then, we went outside to feel the wind! It was not windy that day!
• We made umbrellas out of paper and decorated them with feathers and jewels. Check them out on the wall in my room!
• We made a Tornado in a bottle using two 2 litter bottles, food coloring, and water. We watched as the tornado was spinning into the opposite bottle. The kids were amazed!
• We made fake snow.
• We watched "The Snowman" a movie about a boy who builds a snowman that comes to life. The students were "glued" to the movie as I narrated it using appropriate language targets.

Vocabulary: windy, snowy, rainy, sunny, tornado umbrella, boots, cloudy, wet, stormy, rainbow, mittens, gloves, lightning, puddle, rain coat, scarf. (We will continue with some of these words next week!)

Notes: Reminder: Grandparents Day is Tuesday, December 9th at 11:00 am. All grandparents are welcome to join their grandchild to build a yummy gingerbread house. If grandparents are unavailable, a special friend or parent is welcome to join. Also, the Bake sale will take place in the staff room from Tuesday until Wednesday afternoon. Come on in and purchase some holiday goodies! All proceeds will go to purchasing new playground equipment for the children at Northern Voices. Other than that...have a wonderful weekend!