Monday, March 6th - Friday, March 10th
Step right up to the greatest show - the stupendous, dazzle and delight, wonder of wonders -the Sensory Art Circus!
That’s right, the Sensory Art Circus is coming to Little Land - did you get your tickets yet?! This week’s class is one you won’t want to miss! Channel your inner clown or acrobat and join us for some fun!
What to expect in class:
Discuss what is seen, heard, eaten, or observed at the circus.
Observe the element ‘texture’ through a variety of materials.
Create projects using cotton balls, shaving cream, rhinestones, paint and more!
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! Let the shenanigans begin! We’re getting a head start on the St. Patrick’s Day celebration this year!
Join us in class this week for an extra dose of luck from Little Land – and be sure to wear your favorite shade of green and channel your inner leprechaun! But don’t worry… if you forget your green, we promise you won’t get pinched!
What to expect in class:
Focusing on steady beat, high and low pitch, vocal development, memory and patterns.
Incorporate group work and Irish folk songs.
There is a lot of pressure on our kids when we send them to school for the first time. They’re expected to sit still, follow instructions, participate in group activities, communicate their wants and needs... all at the age of five or six. This can feel intimidating, especially to a child who hasn’t experienced a classroom setting before; and as their parent, we want to do everything we can to ease the feeling of overwhelm and make the transition into school as seamless as possible.
Keep scrolling to see what we’re up to in Little Learners this week!
See below for more information on what’s happening in week EIGHT of Little Learners!
Welcome To Week EIGHT Of Little Learners!
We are so happy you’re here!
This week in Little Learners, your child will cover the following lessons and objectives for each section of the schedule.
Daily Activites:
Circle Time
At Circle Time, your child will:
Orient themselves by establishing they are on their eighth lesson out of fifteen lessons. Choose a job and receive a special job badge for the day from the following: Schedule Checker, Marker Master, Line Leader, Paper Pusher, Tray Taker, Card Keeper
Review the class agreements as a group: “We are caring, we are peaceful, and we are respectful to ourselves and others.”
Lastly, practice an active listening and breathing exercise to get their body and minds ready to learn and do their best with their class agreements.
3. ABC’s
Through this lesson, your child will:
Practice handwriting - they will continue with letters from the combination-lined letter group for handwriting practice - letters G and P.
Practice building the letters with playdough, tracing the letters with Little Learners Letter Writing Cards, and tracing or copying the letters on Brightlines handwriting paper.
Complete a practical application activity for each letter:
Letter G- Your child will practice a 4-step sequence for chanting and gross-motor animal walks for animals beginning with Letter G.
Letter P- Your child will explore organic materials for sensory processing with P alliterations for pig’s play and potted plants. Children will mix soil and water to play like pigs before adding their mud to a pot with wildflower seeds.
Practice reading and phonetics: Your child will practice sounding out 3-letter CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words for each letter - next, they will explore sounds that relate to each letter.
G is for GO. “What does a green light say? ‘Go!’ What does letter G say? G-, G-. G is for Go.”
P is for PIG and POT. “What does a pig say? ‘Oink, Oink!’ What does letter P say? P-, P-. P is for pig.”
2. Emotional Elements
Through this lesson, your child will:
Identify emotional problem-solving solutions as controls.
Explore different controls to determine how they change personal emotions.
Confirm personal controls for balancing their elements.
4. Gym!
Your child will be invited to play team building or turn-taking activities to support executive processing development with: seek-and-find manipulatives, turn-taking with swings and slides, monkeys jumping on the bed on the bounce innertube, obstacle course building, stack and crash with blocks and mini-slides, building structures with large building blocks, or animal walks with phonetic practice
5. 123’s
Through this lesson, your child will:
Use Little Learners Number Counting and Writing Cards to practice reading, writing, and counting numbers 7 and 8. They will also use counting chips and flashcards to add 7+1=8.
Use shaving cream, dry-erase markers, and pencils with Brightlines handwriting practice paper, children will complete high repetitions of tracing and/or copying the numbers without realizing all the work they have completed.
Practice visual-motor coordination with Go Pup. Children will draw a Number Reading card to identify before crawling like a pup to push a ball with their head to target a cone with their matching number.
6. Gym, again!
Your child will conclude their class by adding a red circle sticker to their Name Cards. Red is the first color of the rainbow and will mark the first completed Little Learners class. Your child will finish their class in the gym, where parents can pick them up or stay to play!
Work Together At Home:
Explore Controls at home for supporting self-regulation.
Practice walking like a goat, gazelle, gorilla, and goose.
Review what your child needs to do to take care of their potted plant.
Practice targeting by throwing, kicking, and crawling to push a playground ball.
Reflection Questions:
What can you do to control your fire (or air, water, or earth)?
What can you make when you mix soil, water, and seeds?
What two letters did you learn about today?
What animals do you know that start with Letter G?