Preschool Live - A circle time class with an introductory activity, songs, morning message, calendar activity, and a pre-readiness skill activity.  These 5 target skills will be touched on during each of our classes. These skills will be taught through songs, peer - peer and peer-teacher interaction, and games. Each week students will have the opportunity to engage with other students their age while learning key preschool skills. 

Introductory Activity- We will say our name and age and greet each other during this activity. We will choose different greetings in class. We will also learn about our class expectations while in our meeting.

Music- We will sing a Hello song and one other preschool song. This will change each class. 

Morning Message- The message will consist of a short sentence. Together we will talk about the letters and words in the sentence. We will begin to talk about how letters make words and words make sentences. 

Calendar Activity- This will include counting days and practicing some math skills.

Pre-readiness Practice- During this section of our meeting we will practice one skill per class; letter recognition, rhyming, shapes, number recognition, counting, and patterns. These skills will also be overlapped in our previous activities. 

We will close each class with a goodbye song. 

This is an ongoing class and we will meet 1x per week. The following standards will be addressed but not limited to. ( These are Illinois Early Learning State Standards) 
1.A.ECb Respond appropriately to questions from others.
1.A.ECc Provide comments relevant to the context.
1.B.ECd Engage in agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening, making eye contact, taking turns speaking).
4.C.ECa Recognize that sentences are made up of separate words. 
4.B.ECc With teacher assistance, match some upper/lowercase letters of the alphabet.


I look forward to meeting your young learner in Preschool Live. 
Teacher Jen