Smart Start Week 5

Trucks, trains, towers, and tea parties!

Weeks five and six at Smart Start are all about the letter t and reinforcing the concepts we've been learning during the first quarter.

Week Five

October 12-14

Letter of the Week: T

Books: Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

My Letter T Book by Jane Belk

Tea Party Rules by Ame Dyckman

Numbers: Counting 1-10 and counting down from 5

Learning Centers & Play Invitations:

• trains & trucks (fine motor, reinforce the letter t)

• light table towers (fine motor, explorations of transparent/translucent)

• hair salon (fine motor, scissor skills, trimming)

• dentist office (teeth, tweezers, fine motor)

• tea party (table manners)

• tracing (letter and number formation)

• Play-doh (fine motor, sculpting, letter and number formation)

Fine Arts Invitations:

• Brain Dance (breath, tactile, cord-distal movement)

• toe dance

• Van Gogh tree painting

• Q-tip painting

• Mixed media tacos

• Step Inside the Television (improvisation, acting)

Miss Leah and Miss Jess and the Circle Time Show!

Circle Time, Stories, and Journals

• Draw and describe your favorite party

Science & Sensory Invitations

• bean bin letter find & sort

• Tea Party Science (observation, predictions, compare and contrast, taste, smell, feel)

What a TREMENDOUS week! We love immersive learning. It was such fun to dress up and be just a little bit fancy this week. From tea and table manners to tacos that make dragons breathe fire, this week was

TERRIFIC!