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As of April 11, 2008
the preschool is full in our MWF session for FOUR & FIVE YEAR
OLDS, for the fall, 2008. We still have a few openings for 4s in our TTH session and
openings in both sessions for 3 year olds.
Parents see below for school year calendarDinosaur Unit
SPECIAL EVENTS: Parent program and picnic: May 28/29, 2008 Notes will be sent home later with details Dear Parents, From the Spokesman Review February, 1986 (and still true in 2008) Kids Love Their Dinosaurs Philadelphia - Yes, the children surely do love their cuddly teddy bears and nursery rhymes about Jack and Jill and Mary's little Lamb. But not as much as they love big, ugly dinosaurs. And the bigger and uglier they are the better the wee folk love them. Weilbacher, "dinosaur teacher" at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science said, "They are fascinated." It does not surprise him to meet young children who not only can pronounce tyrannosaurus and triceratops, but can tell you the difference between them. "And knowing how to say the names is as important to children as knowing about the creatures themselves", he said. "It is something the adults can't do," Weibacher commented. "I can't think of any aspect of science that holds as much fascination for children." Objectives of The Unit 1. To excite curiosity 2. To develop awareness 3. To develop ability to perceive and describe 4. To answer questions using various positional words 5. To expand vocabulary and new verbal skills 6. To introduce language skills using verbal, visual, auditory and tactile experiences Fossils Fossils are the way we learn about Dinosaurs. What is a paleontologist? What does he/she do? We're all going to find the answer. The children will have a "hands on" experience searching for fossils and recreating their own fossils. These tasks will require the children to think, discuss, cooperate and use their visual perception and eye-hand coordination skills. BOOKS USED IN THIS UNIT Patrick's Dinosaurs by Carol Corrick.; Facts are skillfully woven about prehistoric animals into a story about a little boy with a colossal imagination. Ten Little Dinosaurs by Pattie Schnetzler -Rhyming verses describe the antics of ten different dinosaurs, including pachycephalosaurus, archaeopteryx, supersaurs, & triceratops I Can Spell Dinosaur by DLM Teaching Sources, Roach Allen.; A predictable storybook designed for class participation. Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp Creatures of long ago Dinosaurs If the Dinosaurs came back Eyewitness Books Dinosaur It's probably good dinosaurs are extinct What ever happened to Patrick's Dinos Digging up Dinosaurs The Trouble with Tyrannosaurs Rex Dinosaurs Danny and the Dinosaur There's a dinosaur in the park The Missing Dinosaur Bone The true book of Dinosaurs Dinosaur Time What is a Dinosaur? STUDY PRINTS FILMSTRIPS "Learning about Dinosaur Fossils" In Search of the Dinosaurs Videos: Busasaurus - From the "Magic School Bus" series Music: Our Dinosaur Friends, For Early Ages and others such as Fossil Rock Sincerely, Your Northside Learning Center Staff
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