Jaybirds/Birds

Weekly Newsletter: Jaybird /Birds
January 15-19, 2024

Here are samples of activities that your child may be participating in this week.

Monday- CLOSED for Martin Luther King Jr Day

Tuesday- I have a Dream…

Parent as Teacher: Encourage your child to dream big! Talk with them about what they may want to be when they grow up or how they want to see the world when they get bigger.

Book – Museum Shapes (Amazon)
Art – Puffy paint Clouds
Cognitive – Diversity experience/dream clouds
Music – Bounce your knees

Bird Activities

Wednesday – Sunshine House Birthday Party

Parent as Teacher: Remind your child they will be celebrating Sunshine House’s 38th Birthday!

Book – A birthday cake is no ordinary cake
Art – Sunshine House Birthday
Science – Balloon Rockets
Music – Copy Cat

Thursday- Jack & Jill

Parent as Teacher: Repeat the rhyme, Jack & Jill, at home and on the road.

Book – One Bean (Amazon)
Phonics –“J says, j,j,j,j,j, jaybird…I talk until I’m heard.”
Art – Water paint a pail
Math – Measuring water/fill the bucket
Music – Something in my shoe

One Bean Read Aloud

Jack and the Beanstalk Read Aloud

Jack and the Beanstalk Activities

Friday- Jellybeans

Parent as Teacher: Build your child’s math skills by counting and sorting jellybeans together.

Book – The Jellybean and the big art adventure (Amazon)
Action – Taste jellybeans
Art – Jellybean Flowers
Science – Jellybean Experiment
Music – Pull my ears

The Jellybean and the big art adventure Read Aloud

January newsletter