おはよう、てんとう虫たち！幼稚園サークルタイム

Each morning your child can join me in my virtual classroom for morning circle just like in my traditional classroom.  As an Early Childhood Educator I know the importance of immersing young people in lots of language opportunities.  In my circle time your learner will sing a morning song to warm up and develop fluency.  We will then go around the circle and introduce ourselves and welcome each other to circle.  Following we will sing months of the year, days of the week and begin our calendar time. During calendar time we identify the month, day of week and count to help build awareness of calendar. This will be our daily routine.  After calendar time, I will introduce our theme of the day.  Show and tell time will begin after this.  Show and tell can be about the theme of the day or something special your child would like to share. I will choose a good listener to begin.  After show and tell we will sing a theme related song if applicable to work on fluency or recognition.  I will then share my show and tell items as a guessing game with help of my puppet Lily.  Students are then encouraged to draw with me. I usually upload a color sheet or they can draw on their sketch pads or paper.  I end the class with a story as the students finish their pictures and we say our goodbyes for the day.  The pictures and things discussed in class are great ways for your child to express themselves-creatively and verbally with conversation starters. I also encourage them to find other things in their home or outside about what was discussed during class.  (Can you find a colorful leaf?  Can you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch time?)

August 19 Colors Red, Orange, Yellow Green, Review
August 26  Colors:  Blue, Purple, Brown,
September 3 Black, White, Pink, Review
September 9 Shapes Circle, Square, Triangle, 
September 16 Shapes Rectangle, Oval, Diamond,
September 23 Seasons, Fall
September 30 Apples, Johnny Appleseed
October 7 Nursery Rhymes
October 21 Pumpkins
October 28 Halloween
November 4 Spiders
November 11 Turkeys
November 18 Thanksgiving and Thankful
November 25-29Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2Gingerbread men and Cookies
December 9 Cookie/Reindeer
December 16 Reindeer/Christmas
December 23-January 2 Winter Break
January 6 Winter/Snowmen
January 13 mittens/snow
January 20 winter animals
January 27 Friendship, Ground Hogs Day
February 5 Friendship/Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year
February 12 Valentine's Day, Healthy Habits
February 19 Healthy Habits
February 26 Weather
March 4 Dr Seuss and rhymes
March 18 Spring
March 25 Plants
April 1  Plants/April Fools Day
April 8 Plants
April 15 Ms. Amy is out of town
April 22, 25, 26 Earth Day
April 29, May 2, May 3 Bugs
May 6,9-Mother's Day
May 13, 16, 17 Dinosaurs
May 20, 22, 23 Picnics and Memorial Day
May  30, 31 Picnics continued
June 3,6,7 zoo animals
End of School Break
June 24 Going to the Beach
July 1 Fourth of July and Summer Fun
July 22 Ocean
July 29 Turtles
August 5 Farm
August 12 Break  This session will begin again on August 19