Welcome. Nature and Nurture is a Preschool Age Class offered in collaboration with the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Parks District. On our website, you can find this week's lesson plans, this month's snack menu, upcoming events, our policies, and more. Please have a look around.







Monday, February 25, 2013

Lesson Plans 2/25/13 - 3/1/13

Songs: If You're Happy and You Know It
           Who Sits Next to You?

Sensory: Playdough
              Water with Sponges

Monday 2/25/13
Book: How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?
Circle: Dice Game
Art: Puffy Paint
Special thanks to Haley for volunteering today!

Wednesday 2/27/13
Field trip to Valentino's at 9:30
562 Las Posas Rd
We will meet at the preschool at 9:00 to arrange carseats and will leave at 9:15
After the field trip, we will be going back to the preschool.
Special thanks to those parents who volunteered to drive!

Friday 3/1/13
Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons By Eric Litwin
Circle: What's Missing?
Art: Flower Painting

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Lesson Plans 2/20/13 - 2/22/13

Songs: Six Little Ducks
           Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Sensory: Playdough

Wednesday
Book:  Space Boy by Leo Landry
Circle:  Making a Mathematical Chart - How tall are you?
Art:      Chalk Paint

Friday
Book:  Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis
Circle:  Fair Play*
Art:      Group Painting Project

*We will do an activity that helps the children have fun with classroom rules and routines. We will also talk about friendship such as how to get along with others and how to ask for help. It is normal for preschoolers to need a refresher on this every few months. Letting the children take part in making and maintaining the classroom rules and routines makes it not only easier but more fun.

Six Little Ducks

Six little ducks
that I once knew
tall ones, short ones
fair ones too
but the one little duck
with the feather on his back
he led the others with a
quack quack quack
quack quack quack
quack quack quack
he led the others with a
quack quack quack.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Lesson Plans 2/13/13 - 2/15/13

Songs: Slippery Fish
           Please Stand Up

Sensory: Cornstarch and Water Goop

Wednesday
Book:  Mole Music
Circle: Color Matching
Art:     Tambourines

Friday

Book: Perfect Square 
Circle: Pattern Recognition
Art:     Tissue Paper Art