Marisa Ramsey
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!