December Family Project!

We are going to be making a Polar express train this year.  We need each child to save a box and decorate it for  a Polar Express Parade! The box needs to be big enough for your child to step into and carry around (see examples below)  Get in the spirit and help your child decorate a box!  Be Creative!  

Stay tuned for when these need to come to school.

A Week of Thanksgiving Activities at GFAA

 Making Native American Vests

 Making Our Handy Turkeys

 Writing About What We Are Thankful For

 Dressing Up For Lunch

 Making Text-to-Self Connections by Sampling Pie

 YUMMY

  Learning How to Draw a Turkey

Making Pumpkin Pie

Sight Words

This weeks sight words are:

go
dog

Please make sure you are frequently reviewing all of our sight words with your child.

Tom Turkey is Hiding Out at GFAA

 

Tom Turkey does not want to be eaten for Thanksgiving. He has shown up in the  GFAA Kindergarten hallway disguised as lots of interesting characters.

Focus Letter Ii

Next week, GFAA Kindergarten will be focusing on the letter Ii. Here are some ideas of things you can do at home.

• Make a list of as many words as you can that begin with the letter Ii.
• Scavenger Hunt: Look through your home for things that begin with Ii. For example: ice cream, iguana, inchworm, igloo, insects, Indians, ice skates, ice cube tray, icicle, infant, ink, iris, iron, ironing board, ivy.
• Play I Spy.
• Have a snack of ice-cream, iced cookies, or Mike and Ike candy.
• Read books and learn about Insects. Write about some of the interesting facts you learned.
• Create “Inkblot Pictures”. Use a piece of white construction paper. Squeeze drops of colored ink or food coloring on the paper. Help your child fold the paper in half. Have them gently rub across the paper and then unfold them to reveal the inkblot designs they created. Encourage your child to tell what they think their inkblots look like.
• I Is for In Game: Play a game by putting all their toys IN the toy box. Put all their dirty clothes IN the laundry basket. 
• Inches – Show your child a ruler or a yardstick and point out the inch marks. Use the ruler to measure such things as a pencil, a piece of yarn or a finger. Measure and find out how tall your child is in inches.
• Crawl like inchworms.
• Make Kool-aid ice cubes.
• Create imaginary insects with collage materials.
• Make an initial necklace.
• Make homemade ice cream.
• Pretend you are an inventor. Invent something new to help out your family at home.  

Have an INTERESTING interlude.

Jackets Jackets EVERYWHERE!!

Please label your child’s sweaters and jackets. We are having some mix ups!  Help your child with learning how to  put on their own jackets and to button, zip and tie!  

PIE!!!

We will be doing a fun lesson next week with the story I know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. We need Parents from each class to donate a pie for the students to eat that day. If you would be willing to donate a pie, please bring it by next Friday, November 18. THANKS!!

Focus Letter Tt

Next week, GFAA Kindergarten will be focusing on the letter Tt. Here are some ideas of things you can do at home.

• Make a list of as many words as you can that begin with the letter Tt.
• Scavenger Hunt: Look through your home for things that begin with Tt. For example: spinning Top; teddy bear; tiger, turkey or turtle stuffed animals; tape player; telescope; tractor; train; treasure chest; truck; Tyrannosaurus Rex; tablecloth; tambourine; tape; teapot; telephone; television; tennis racket; ticket; toothbrush; tray; tree; triangle; tricycle; T-shirt; toothpicks; tulips;toolbox.
• Play Tic-tac-toe.
• Have a snack of "Tootsie Rolls”; “Trix” cereal; “Twizzlers”; “Triscuits”; tomatoes.
• Read books and learn about trains. Take a trip on the Dart Train.
• Create “Tissue Triangle Art”. Cut triangles out of different colors of tissue paper. Set out brushes and diluted glue; Take a piece of wax paper. Brush glue on the wax paper and place the triangles on top of the glue. Encourage them to work on small areas at a time and to overlap their triangles to create new colors. For a shiny effect, brush more glue over the papers when they have finished. Attach construction paper frames. Then punch a hole in one corner of each frame and hang the papers near a window.
• Timer Game: Place several items (perhaps Tt items) on the floor next to a bag or box. Have the child name each of the items. Then have the child close their eyes while you hide one item in the bag or box. When they open their eyes, set a kitchen timer for the desired number of seconds and have the child try to guess which item you have hidden before the timer rings.
• Use colored toothpicks to practice sorting, making patterns or creating 2 dimensional shapes like, triangles, squares, and rectangles.
• Have a Tea Party with your child.
• Play “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear”. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn around. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, stand tall now. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, take a bow. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch your nose. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, tap your toes. Think of some more things that Teddy Bear can do!
• Paint with old toothbrushes.
• Go to the park and play on a teeter-totter.
• Make a terrarium.
• Talk about favorite TV programs
• Walk on tiptoe.
• Have Tuna Sandwiches for dinner and toast for breakfast.

Have a TERRIFIC time.

Can Food Drive

GFAA Kindness Club is collecting canned and boxed foods for a local Food Pantry. Please send as many items that you can. The class that collects the most will win a pizza party.