SEPTEMBER 2023–2024 NURSERY SCHOOL
Early bird Registration Form for Nursery School 2023-2024 will be available starting January 13th 2023 for current customers only. Please return the forms with a $100 registration fee (before the rate increase) and you will be registered for the September 2023 school year. If you have any questions, please call the office at 781-3900. In February registration for September 2023 will be open to the public.
SCHOOL CLOSINGS
School will re-open on Tuesday January 3rd. We will be closed to students on Monday January 16th in honor of Martin Luther King Day; this day is used as a Staff Development Day.
REMINDER
**Mittens (instead of gloves), gloves are good for home not school.
**Please send your child to school dressed appropriately for playing outside in the snow. Snow boots are ok to wear to school. Weather permitting, we do go outside.
It is not necessary to send your child to school in a snowsuit if there is no snow on the ground. Mittens (instead of gloves). Boots should be big enough to slip on and off easily.
*CLASS TOM-TOM TO FOLLOW
A COUPLE OF WINTER REMINDERS
*CHRISTMAS TREES NEEDED*
PLEASE DO NOT DISPOSE OF YOUR REAL CHRISTMAS TREE YET PLEASE SAVE IT AND BRING IT TO US HERE AT BIG CHIEF. WE ARE BUILDING A WINTER FOREST FOR THE BIRDS. SO, WHEN YOU DROP OFF YOUR CHILD THROUGH THE DRIVEWAY, WE WILL TAKE IT FROM YOU, OR ON THE WEEKEND OR DURING THE WEEK YOU MAY JUST THROW IT OVER THE FENCE. WE WILL NEED ABOUT 50 TREES. THANK YOU.
If it is snowing when you wake up in the morning and you don’t know if Big Chief is open or not, you may listen to the school closings, check for the stations below. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK FACEBOOK; WE WILL POST IT IN THE MORNING AND WE WILL ALSO SEND OUT A TEXT MESSAGE.
SNOW CLOSINGS
News12.com Click on closing and delays
WBAB 102.3FM WBLI 106.1FM
KJOY 98.3FM WHLI 1100AM
Absences………………
If your child is absent from school, you must:
Call the office (781-3900) by 7:45 AM.
Remember there are NO make-up days!!
Parents remember to check your email for our monthly Tom-Tom and any school information.
Thank you for your cooperation in these matters, and if you have any questions, please call the office at 781-3900.
PARENTS REMEMBER NOW IS THE TIME TO SIGN UP FOR FEBRUARY DAY CARE. SCHOOL IS CLOSED DURING PRESIDENTS’ WEEK 2/20 to 2/24, HOWEVER TO HELP ACCOMMODATE PARENTS AND THEIR WORK SCHEDULE WE OFFER DAYCARE DURING THE WEEK FROM TUESDAY 2/21 TO FRIDAY 2/24 FROM 8 TO 4. THERE WILL BE NO DAYCARE ON MONDAY 2/20. PLEASE EMAIL ME WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE SO I CAN HELP ACCOMMODATE YOU (IF I CAN). THE COST FOR THIS IS $15.00 AN HOUR FOR 1 CHILD AND $20.00 AN HOUR FOR 2 CHILDREN. IF YOU KNOW YOUR SCHEDULE OF WHAT YOU WILL NEED, PLEASE EMAIL US. I NEED AT LEAST 10 CHILDREN. I DO NOT PLAN ON MIXING AGES, INFANTS WILL BE WITH INFANTS, 2 YEAR OLDS WITH 2 YEAR OLDS AND SO ON. OUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS: BIGCHIEFSCHCAMP@OPTIMUM.NET
PROGRAM:
MISS JEANNINE’S CLASS:
Theme: Winter and continuing nursery rhymes; I’m A Little Tea Pot”, “Twinkle Twinkle”. Making a winter barn.
Language Arts: Reading stories relating to winter. “The Mitten”, and “Spot’s Snowy Day”.
Science: Discussing cold and winter weather; what clothes we should be wearing(mittens, hats, scarves, coats, boots).
Physical: Dancing with instruments. Learn to put on our coat, hat and mittens.
Art: Water coloring tea pots, painting stars and making our winter book.
Cooking: Making hot chocolate.
MISS ALEXANDRIA’S CLASS:
Theme: Winter and continuing nursery rhymes.
Social Studies: Talking about the weather (wind, cold, sunshine and snow if it snows). How we dress for the cold weather. Play with our mittens as we learn to put them on. Putting on and taking off jackets and mittens. Wiping noses and washing hands. Practice using the plastic 5oz disposable cups to drink.
Language Arts: Reading stories relating to winter. “Frosty the Snowman”, “The Three Little Kittens”, “My Mittens,” “Humpty Dumpty” and “Hey Diddle Diddle”.
Science: Nature walks.
Physical: Rolling like a snowball, crawling through our tunnel and jumping. Introduction to lacing cards.
Art: Decorating our mittens, finger paint and stuff a Humpty Dumpty. Color our Three Little Kittens.
Music: Dancing to Frosty the Snowman, Winter Wonderland and Let It Snow.
Math: Matching big and little circles (as we make our snowmen). Matching mittens,
************PARENTS PLEASE SEND IN A SHOE BOX*************
MISS LIZ’S CLASS:
Theme: Winter and classic children’s stories.
Language Arts: Reading stories relating to our theme. “The Snowy Day”, “The Mitten Tree”, “ The Mitten” , “You make me smile”, “Brown Bear”, “Goldie locks and the three bears”, and “Three Billy Goats Gruff”.
The children will be making individual books or puppets of the classic stories and will be acting them out in class. Please encourage your child to tell you the stories when they bring home their completed work.
Science: Discuss cold weather and how to dress appropriately. We will be taking walks in the snow (when possible) so please provide snow boots and MITTENS (Not Gloves) for these days. We will be feeding the birds outside and also experimenting with shaving cream indoors.
Physical: Continuing aerobics; introducing new dances and movement such as; Old Brass Wagon, Ball in the Jack freeze dance and parachute activities. Outdoor playtime (weather permitting).
Art: Making individual collages of winter clothing; creating a winter tree; easel painting; introducing scissors; working on individual books and props for storytelling; Goldilocks bulletin board.
Math: Making shapes with our blocks, counting the children during snack time, lunch and while lining up. Winter bingo.
Theme: Winter weather and self-help skills. Gingerbread Man. Telling the stories “The Mitten” and “Goldilocks and the three bears”.
Art: Winter mural, snowflakes and snow painting. Decorating and lacing our own mittens and making a snowman. Using shaving cream.
Language Arts: Reading the following stories:
- “The Mitten” By Jan Brett
- “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”
- “The Snowy Day”
- “Frozen Noses”
- “The First Snowflake”
- “Ten Shiny Snowflakes”
- “Winter Is”
- “Gingerbread Man”
Cooking/Nutrition: Hot chocolate, oatmeal and making Gingerbread cookies.
Math: Mitten matching, hanging and counting mittens on a clothesline, counting how many boys and girls are in the class.
Fingerplays: “Five Little Snowmen”, and “I am a Little Snowman”.
Small Motor Coordination: Lacing Mittens and cutting with scissors.
Science: Discussing the changes that take place during winter. Discussing weather – wind, cold, snow, frost. Discussing what we need to dress for the weather, hats, boots, mittens, scarves, etc. Taking a nature walk, feeding the wild birds. Looking for tracks in the snow, feeling snow and ice. What happens when you leave a bowl of water outside? The children will be amazed that it turned into ice.
Physical: Catching snowflakes on our tongues on a snowy day. Following directions on our movement CD’S. Taking nature walks to note the changes to Big Chief’s outdoor environment.
MISS PATTI’S CLASS
Theme: Community Helpers and Winter Weather.
This month we will be discussing community helpers and how they work together in our community. Our focus will be on Dentists, Police Officers, and Firefighters. Beginning supermarket. Also, during this month we will be watching videos about community helpers.
Science: Discussing changes that take place in the winter. Observing Big Chief grounds and seeing what animals may be around; feeding our outdoor birds. If it does snow, we would like to bring it in and see how it changes from outside to inside. What makes it change from solid to a liquid, make ice cubes.
Language Arts: Listening to the story “Going to the Doctor” “When I see my Dentist” “Let’s Meet a Police Office”, “Curious George at the Fire Station”, “Firefighters to the Rescue”, For the winter – : The Hat and Mitten” and “Snowy Day” and other winter stories.
Cooking: We will be making fruit salad and smoothies.
Math: Counting matching and winter items.
Music/Movement: Scarf dancing, beanbags, musical chairs and instruments. Fast and slow sounds and different community helper’s sounds.
Family Living Center: This area will be changed into a doctor or dentist office, and then a Post Office or Firehouse.
Art: Making our own Doctor’s bag, designing our own toothbrush, making police badges and fire trucks Having creative art opportunities; such as, when it does snow, we will make snowflakes for our tree and snow art using paint, crayons, cotton balls, etc.…
Block Area: Building hospitals and creating roads for cars and ambulances to get there, building police stations and fire stations, going over traffic lights and signs. Discussing safety and wearing seat belts. Playing with our fire trucks and police cars. We will be designing a community of houses for our bulletin board.
Special Notes: If you are a community helper (Doctor, Vet, fireman, dentist or postal worker) and would like to donate any items to the class so we can look and go over the items please contact the office. Lastly, we are in need of Christmas trees, after the holiday please send in your trees for our science area and bird habitat.
On January 27th and 28th your child may send in a labeled stuffed animal as we will be talking about the animal hospital.
Ms. Umme’s class will be making bird feeders.
MISS UMME’S CLASS
Theme: Community Helpers and Winter Weather.
This month we will be discussing community helpers and how they work together in our community. Our focus will be on Dentists, Police Officers, and Firefighters. Beginning supermarket. Also, during this month we will be watching videos about community helpers.
Science: Discussing changes that take place in the winter. Observing Big Chief grounds and seeing what animals may be around; feeding our outdoor birds. If it does snow, we would like to bring it in and see how it changes from outside to inside. What makes it change from solid to a liquid, make ice cubes.
Language Arts: Listening to the story “Going to the Doctor” “When I see my Dentist” “Let’s Meet a Police Office”, “Curious George at the Fire Station”, “Firefighters to the Rescue”, For the winter – : The Hat and Mitten” and “Snowy Day” and other winter stories.
Cooking: We will be making fruit salad and smoothies.
Math: Counting matching and winter items.
Music/Movement: Scarf dancing, beanbags, musical chairs and instruments. Fast and slow sounds and different community helper’s sounds.
Family Living Center: This area will be changed into a doctor or dentist office, and then a Post Office or Firehouse.
Art: Making our own Doctor’s bag, designing our own toothbrush, making police badges and fire trucks Having creative art opportunities; such as, when it does snow, we will make snowflakes for our tree and snow art using paint, crayons, cotton balls, etc.…
Block Area: Building hospitals and creating roads for cars and ambulances to get there, building police stations and fire stations, going over traffic lights and signs. Discussing safety and wearing seat belts. Playing with our fire trucks and police cars. We will be designing a community of houses for our bulletin board.
Special Notes: If you are a community helper (Doctor, Vet, fireman, dentist or postal worker) and would like to donate any items to the class so we can look and go over the items please contact the office. Lastly, we are in need of Christmas trees, after the holiday please send in your trees for our science area and bird habitat.
On January 27th and 28th your child may send in a labeled stuffed animal as we will be talking about the animal hospital.
Ms. Umme’s class will be making bird feeders.
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM:
MISS KATYA, & MR. ANDREY
Theme: Sense of sight, winter, hibernation, and migration.
Science: Hearing: Use the Kaleidoscope, color paddles and magic mirrors. Hibernation: talk about why animals hibernate, not enough food so animals have to sleep. How do animals prepare for hibernation? Eating more food then usual to store extra fat. Vocabulary: hibernation, migration, torpor. Which animals hibernate? Bears (torpor) sleep for a while, wake up to eat then go back to sleep. Migration: A group of animals move from one place to another then back again. Animals know when to hibernate or migrate because of the changes in the weather, length of day and availability to food. Experiments Liquid to Solid, Ice Painting, Ice Fishing and Musical Jars.
Art: Monoprints, making our own color paddle. Activities relating to winter and hibernation such as bear cave, ice sculptures, chalk drawing, snake bats and butterflies & geese.
House Area: Sight: Converting our house area into an ophthalmologist’s office. Taking turns being the doctor, patient or receptionist. Setting up a waiting room and pretend eye chart, writing prescriptions to then take to the optometrist who will be in the block area. Create a cave in our house area for hibernation play.
Language Arts: “Don’t wake up the bear”, “The Bear snores on”, “Time to Sleep”, “It looked like spilt milk”, and “Arthur’s Eyes” plus other books on Winter, hibernation.
Block Area: Converting our block are into an Optometrist’s office. Making hibernation tunnels and caves.
Math: Review graphing, number at the concept level. We will also be starting our math program from the beginning to reinforce out math skills starting with 2 step patterns.