Friends Unit - Week 3

Books This Week:
Hooray A Pinata! By Elisa Kleven
Dandelion, By Don Freeman
Small Groups:
-Art - Students will make a Pinata with their small group. They will decorate it and decide on a name together.
-Language - Students will talk about the Pinata Party we will have next week! They will think of their favorite stuffed animals and make invitations to invite them to the party.
-Letters -Students will make OPEN and CLOSED signs for the grocery store. They will match the letters and glue them to the sign.
Choice Time:
-Sensory Table- modeling sand and construction trucks

-Writing- making stationary and sending letters to friends
- Manipulatives table - Paper Mache Pinatas
-Library- Books about friendship
--Dramatic Play - Grocery store with various roles. Students will create shopping lists and play the roles of cashier, bagger, and shopper.
-Rug - Cars and car tracks on the rug

**Art table - We will begin learning about a new letter each week! This week we will learn about the letter "C". Students will use toy cars and paint to decorate the letter "C" and save the picture to create an alphabet book.** Please look around your house with your child to find something that starts with the letter "C." Send it in this week for show and tell!
Songs, Word Play, and Letters

Pizza, Pizza Pie
Alphabet Action Song

5 Little Ducks

I'm a nut

Down By the Bay

Head Shoulders Knees and Toes