What time is it? It's circle time! Our Disney friends are here to join us, too!

In this ongoing course, we will meet 2 times per week to have circle time.
⭐️ Since this is an ongoing course, you may join in at any time! We will not be going in a particular order, so please feel free to come and go as you please. Since this is an ongoing course, you will be charged weekly (on Sundays) to attend class.

We will start off class by saying hello to each other and singing our welcome song. Then, we will go over the calendar and figure out what day of the week it is and what month we're in. This is an excellent concept for children to learn and understand as they are entering into Kindergarten. Then, we will talk about what the weather is like and how we're feeling. We will also have a new question of the day. Questions will vary, but an example of a question would be: "What is your favorite food?" Each student will have the opportunity to share their answer with the rest of the class. 

Then, we will move onto talking about the following concepts: letter of the week, number of the week, shape of the week, and/or color of the week:

🔸 Letter: Learn to identify our letter, learn about its letter sound, locate different objects that start with our letter, + practice writing our letter
🔸 Number: Learn to identify our number + practice counting to our number
🔸 Shape: Learn to identify our shape + talk about different objects that are the same as our shape (ex. sun is round like a circle)
🔸 Color: Sing our rainbow song + talk about different things that match our color of the week

At this time, I like to present clues for learners so they can guess who our Disney character of the week is! Based on the clues provided, each learner will have the opportunity to guess who they think our character is, if they choose to. Some week we may have 1 Disney character that joins us, others we may have 2 or more! I will incorporate 1 song that goes along with our character to get some music and dancing into class!

Each week, I will have a worksheet that covers the letter, number, shape, and color of the week. While it's not mandatory for you to print out and use these worksheets, I find it to be beneficial for learners. Not only will we go over the worksheet in class together, but it's also great practice for you to work on outside of class, if you choose to do so. I have many other resources as well that I am happy to share with you if that's something that interests you. If you don't have a printer, a blank sheet of paper or a dry-erase board works great.

🖍🧸 On Thursdays, we will do a craft that goes along with our letter of the week. For example, we may make a "C is for Cat" craft. I really enjoy incorporating these crafts into my classes because I think it's a great way for learners to practice their letters and letter sounds in a fun, hands-on way! Also on Thursdays, learners are encouraged to bring in 1 item to share with the class for show-and-tell. This will take place at the end of class. Usually, I like to tie our show-and-tell into either our letter of the week, shape of the week, or color of the week. For example, a learner may bring in a Bear to go along with letter B. In the classroom page, I will let you know at the beginning of each week what our plan is for show-and-tell.

- - Here is a tentative outline of our class schedule - -

⭐️  Tuesdays:
- Hello and Welcome 
- Calendar/Weather 
- Number of the Week
- Letter of the Week
- Disney Character Reveal

⭐️  Thursdays:
- Hello and Welcome 
- Calendar/Weather
- Color (or Shape) of the Week
- Letter of the Week Craft 
- Show-and-Tell!

This class is a fun way for students to come together to socialize and have fun, while also learning key concepts. This class will help them get ready for Kindergarten with some excellent key concepts under their belt!