SCHOOL CLOSINGS
Big Chief will be closed from Thursday April 6th thru Friday April 14th. School reopens on Monday April 17th. Day care days offered are Tuesday 4/11 to Thursday 4/13 from 8 to 4. Please pack your child’s lunch and 2 fruits. Also remember to send in peanut and tree nut free foods.
Email bigchiefschcamp@optimum.net if you would like to sign your child up.
WHAT’S BEST TO WEAR!!
Now that spring is here, we will be going outside as much as possible. Please have your child wear sneakers to school. Please NO crocks or sandals, it is much safer while playing, running, etc. in the playgrounds.
EARLYBIRD 2023 REGISTRATION
If you have not yet done so, please get your earlybird registration form in for September 2023. If you need a form, please call the office @ 516-781-3900, or go to the website.
TUESDAY 4/4 & WEDNESDAY 4/5- Your mittens that Big Chief provided will go home, along with their sheet and blanket. You will only send back their sheet and blanket. Please bring them in on Monday the 17th. We will also be taking out their Big Chief sweatshirts to have them ready when we return on Monday the 17th. If you did not return their sweatshirt please do so.
CLOTHES DRIVE- We will be having a Big brother Big sister clothing drive the week of 4/17 to 4/21, pick up will be on the 21st. If you are cleaning out your closets for spring cleaning remember to drop off your bags here. All sizes needed from infant to adult.
PIZZA FRIDAY’S –This month there are 2 Fridays so remember to send in your $6.00 if you are not on the lunch plan.
MS. KATYA & MR. ANDREY’S CLASS:
Special Events: On April 4th we would like to have a cultural feast. We are asking all parents to send in a food from their culture (about ½ tray). It should come in Tuesday morning (4/4,) with your child. The children will have a buffet that day of all the different foods. Remember allergy alert, NO PEANUTS/TREE NUTS. Send in ingredients. Please email me at bigchiefschcamp@optimum.net and let me know what you will be sending in.
PROGRAM:
MISS JEANNINE’S CLASS:
Theme: Spring, and continuing our Nursery Rhymes: “Rain, Rain go away and making our bear hunt book.
Language Arts: Stories: “Springtime” and sing songs such as “Rain, Rain go away.”
Science: We will go on nature walks to look for flowers, bugs, and birds.
Art: We will be making umbrellas, working on our book using all different paint textures. Making a spring egg.
Music and Movement: Marching with instruments, freeze dance, exercises, and parachute fun.
Physical: Kicking and throwing the balls. Climbing outside to build and strengthen small and large motor skills.
MISS ALEXANDRIA’S CLASS:
Theme: Spring and April showers.
Social and Independent Skills: Encouraging the use of language to express ourselves while we play and share with our friends. Talking about what we wear on a rainy day. Continue working on using a spoon and fork during lunch, drinking out of a 5oz plastic cup, and saying “please” and “thank you”.
Language Arts: Reading stories such as; “A Rainy Day,” “The Big Storm,” “My Red Umbrella” and “Kitten’s spring”. Nursery Rhymes such as; “Rain, Rain, Go Away,” and “Hey Diddle Diddle.”
Art: Exploring creative art with spring colors as we paint umbrellas, and decorate a Spring Egg. Making a spoon, dish, cow, and a moon.
Science: Looking for signs of spring on Big Chief grounds. Watching our bulbs grow, smelling the flowers, using our mirror, magnifying glass and color panels.
Music: Marching with instruments and dancing with scarves. Going through our tunnels and using our parachute.
Physical: Running in the field, kicking balls, catching bubbles, going down the slides, balancing on the swings and visiting our animals and coloring to strengthen our small motor skills.
MISS LIZ’S CLASS
Theme: April Showers, Spring, Easter, and Passover.
Art: Easel and finger painting, creating a spring egg and making decorative umbrellas.
Language Arts: “Spring is here”
“Spring Changes”
“Rain came down”
And books related to Easter and Passover. Each child will complete their own Brown Bear book.
Physical: Parachute and bean bag activities; races in the field with our streamers; blowing bubbles; throwing and kicking balls.
Science: During our nature walks, we will be looking for the bulbs the children planted in the fall. We will also begin hunting for bugs.
Math: Sizes (small, medium, large); and shapes; using our blocks to create shapes. Continue using scissors.
Cooking: Matzoh Brie
Theme: Spring, continue working on our community helper’s unit- mail carrier and dentist. After spring break, we will begin our transportation and air unit.
Art: Make an egg collage onto an oval.
Finger plays: “I Hear Thunder,” “Rain on The Grass,” and “Barney song.”
Language Arts: Books relating to the themes, such as: “Little Cloud,” “Honey,” “Wake up its Spring,” “Splish splash spring,” and “Going on an airplane.”
Math: We are sorting things that are small/medium/large. We are matching and sorting vehicles according to if they travel by land, air, or sea.
Movement and Music: “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring,” “Rain, Rain Go Away.”
Physical: Parachute play, creative movement and watching the clouds.
Science: Observe the environment around us before and after rainy days. Try to locate a rainbow after it rains.Taking a nature walk to notice the early signs of Spring (trees, grass, flowers, etc.). Games: Digging in the dirt to look for worms and guess what airplane is missing.
House Area: Turning our house area into a dentist office and a post office. (Please write a letter with your child and mail it to Big Chief attention Ms. Andrea’s class).
Block Area: Construct roads, buildings, and a train station.
Outside: Visiting our playgrounds, running, and jumping.
Cooking: We will be making Matzah Brei
Theme: Jungle, Zoo, Under the Sea, Spring.
Language Arts: Reading stories about the zoo/jungle and under the sea animals. Discussing and answering questions about the content of the stories. Taking a lot of dictation on the information we are learning.
Art: Practicing cutting, collage, painting outside on the easels. Making different types of animals to put on our bulletin boards that we created into the various animal environments.
Block Area: Making animal habitats and discussing how animals live in the different habitats by creating tall trees, vines in the jungle, cages for the zoo etc… Discussing how animals live in which habitat.
Housekeeping/cooking: Going on safari, zookeeper, and park ranger. Make Matzah Brei.
Science: Discussing and describing body parts and physical characteristics of animals. For example, fur, feather, and scales. Comparing and contrasting ourselves with animals. Observing weather changes. Discussing what changes we are seeing outside.
Music and Movement: Parachute play, riding bicycles, obstacle courses, scarves, and streamers; using hula-hoops and balance beams. Instructional CD’s.
Dear Parents:
We are learning about these animals and their habitats. So maybe while you are on spring break you may be able to visit some of these places.
Jungle – A visit to the library to look at different jungle
books or even watch the “Jungle Book” movie.
Zoo – Maybe a visit to the Bronx Zoo would be nice
Under the Sea – Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead or the New
York Aquarium in Coney Island
Miss Patti’s class will be learning about Zoo’s and the animals in them the week of April 17th. If you have any stuffed animal that would live at a zoo, please feel free to send them in. Please be sure the stuffed animal is labeled with your child’s name on it.
MISS UMME’S CLASS
Theme: Jungle, Zoo, Under the Sea, Spring.
Language Arts: Reading stories about the zoo/jungle and under the sea animals. Discussing and answering questions about the content of the stories. Taking a lot of dictation on the information we are learning.
Art: Practicing cutting, collage, painting outside on the easels. Making different types of animals to put on our bulletin boards that we created into the various animal environments.
Block Area: Making animal habitats and discussing how animals live in the different habitats by creating tall trees, vines in the jungle, cages for the zoo etc… Discussing how animals live in which habitat.
Housekeeping/cooking: Going on safari, zookeeper, and park ranger. Make Matzah Brei.
Science: Discussing and describing body parts and physical characteristics of animals. For example, fur, feather, and scales. Comparing and contrasting ourselves with animals. Observing weather changes and making a weather chart. Discussing what changes we are seeing outside.
Music and Movement: Parachute play, riding bicycles, obstacle courses, scarves, and streamers; using hula-hoops and balance beams. Instructional CD’s.
Dear Parents:
We are learning about these animals and their habitats. So maybe while you are on spring break you may be able to visit some of these places.
Jungle – A visit to the library to look at different jungle
books or even watch the “Jungle Book” movie.
Zoo – Maybe a visit to the Bronx Zoo would be nice
Under the Sea – Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead or the New
York Aquarium in Coney Island
It would be nice if you and your child could visit these places. So, they can both comprehend and contribute to the class discussion. Your local libraries may have offers on discounted tickets.
Miss Umme’s class will be learning about the Zoo and the animals in the zoo the week of March 30th. If you have any stuffed animal that would live at a zoo. Please feel free to send them in with your child. Please be sure the stuffed animal is labeled with your child’s name on it.
Pre-Kindergarten Program
MISS KATYA & MR. ANDREY
Theme: Spring, and continue Multi culture. We will be finishing up our unit on multiculture with the USA. Then off to prehistoric time.
Art: We will be making the American flag, and passports to show what countries we have visited. Dinosaur sponge painting, dinosaur skeletons and dinosaur necklaces.
House Area: Working on learning our phone numbers and home address. We will be making apple pie for USA, dino oatmeal and tar cups, as well as Matzah.
Language Arts: Reading books about the different countries we are learning about. Book on Dinosaurs such as; “Danny the Dinosaur;”
‘The First Dinosaur;” “Fossil Detective;” and “If the Dinosaur came Back.” Continuation on our character books with “The Old lady.”
Science: Science experiments relating to April showers and homemade rain. Making Fossils, a volcano and watch it erupt.
Blocks: Building famous building such as; Empire state building, White house, and the statue of Liberty. Create a pre-historic tar mud pit and becoming paleontologists. Searching for different types of dinosaurs such as; Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Brachiosaurus, and pterodactyl. We will also be creating dinosaur skeletons with our blocks.
Math: Reviewing our math concepts from the beginning; 2 step and 3 step patterns, 1-1 counting. Playing board games to practice our math skills and taking turns. Why are games important? (Not video games) Brings families together, can teach important social skills such as communication verbally, sharing, waiting, taking turns, and enjoying interacting with each other. It also encourages mathematical thinking, problem solving etc.
Here are some games we use with the children:
- UNO
- Candyland
- Chutes and Ladder
- Go Fish
- Zingo
- Crocodile Dentist
- Rhyming words puzzle pairs
- Memory games (Matching)
Pre-Reading and Listening Comprehension:
Doing various activities to develop better skills. Work on Comprehension. Working on Instructional language. Continue working on writing and the alphabets.
Music: Listening to music from different cultures.
Movement: Dancing to music relating to Dinosaurs such as “We are the dinosaurs;” and “The Dinosaur Stomp”.
Special Events: On April 4th we would like to have a cultural feast. We are asking all parents to send in a food from their culture (about ½ tray). It should come in Tuesday morning (4/4,) with your child. The children will have a buffet that day of all the different foods. Remember allergy alert, NO PEANUTS/TREE NUTS. Send in ingredients. Please email me at bigchiefschcamp@optimum.net and let me know what you will be sending in.