October 9th! Amazing Arachnids!!!

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Week 5-Amazing Arachnids

Welcome, to arachnids week! All arachnids have eight legs, most are carnivores, and they have two kinds of eyes! We will be focusing on spiders for Amazing Arachnids week!

Housekeeping: Thank you to all of you who invited friends to “Bring a Friend” week! This is a great way to introduce new people to the program! Here are some dates I want to bring to your attention: October 30th come dressed up in a costume for "I can be ANYTHING" week, November 6th-13th is priority enrollment for all registered families, November 14th new registrants for winter semester will be allowed to enroll (let your friends know this is the day to sign up for winter IF there are any openings left). Some of you have already earned some credit toward your winter semester tuition for referring a friend to the program! Good for you!!! Also, I would love to have some more quotes to post on the website about the program (just email me)! Thank you!!!

Rock Stars! We are going to have so much fun with Amazing Arachnids week! We will be counting to 8, learning the word carnivore, exploring tempo through using the words adagio/allegro, and working on voice projection when we’re startled by a spider! It will be a blast to take turns sitting on a tuffet and replacing Miss Muffet’s name with our little ones’ names, exploring kicking and passing balls, singing 5 Little Spiders, making thumbprint spiders, and enjoying the story Aaaarrgghh! Spider! By: Lydia Monks.

SuperStars! Get ready to creep and crawl around the dance floor as we explore spiders for Amazing Arachnids week! We will have a blast counting 5 spiders’ legs and adding them together to reach the number 40, learning the word carnivore, exploring tempo through using the words adagio/tempo, working on voice projection as we get startled by a spider to Little Miss Muffet, exploring all sorts of balls by kicking, passing, and shooting, singing 5 Little Spiders, making thumbprint spiders, and enjoying the story Aaaargghh! Spider! By: Lydia Monks.

Parent "Hand-out"

Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss/Mister ______________
(child's name)

Sat on a tuffet.

Eating her/his _______________ and _______________.

(food of choice) (food of choice)

Along came a spider

Who sat down beside her/him

And frightened Miss/Mister _________________ away.

(child's name)

The Spider in the Web

(tune of Farmer in the Dell)

The spider in the web,

The spider in the web,

Spin, spin, oh watch it spin,

The spider in the web.

The spider gets a fly,

The spider gets a fly,

Spin, spin, oh watch it spin,

The spider gets a fly.

The spider gets a ____________,

The spider gets a ____________,

Spin, spin, oh watch it spin,

The spider gets a ____________.

Five Little Spiders

Five little spiders crawling all around.

The first one said, "See the bug I found?"

The second one said, "My web is neat."

The third one said, "I have eight feet."

The fourth one said, "We're all so small!"

The fifth one said, "Time for autumn leaves to fall."

Then whoosh went the wind and out went the light

And the five little spiders crawled out of sight!

See you, October 9th!!!

I like to Move it, Move it! Parent Hand-out!

Parents! I will be posting all of the "hand-outs" on the blog! Please, cut and paste these activities into a new document on your computer and print it off for yourself! Have fun!!!

The Shining Stars Kids Creative Arts Program
I like to Move it, Move it!
The 5 Senses and Body Parts

Put Your Finger in the Air
«Learning Skills: gross/fine motor development, learning body parts, language development.

Put your finger in the air, in the air,
Put your finger in the air, in the air,
Put your finger in the air, then put it in your hair,
Put your finger in your hair, in your hair.
Put your finger on your nose, on your nose,
Put your finger on your nose, on your nose,
Put your finger on your nose, then put it on your toes,
Put your finger on your toes, on your toes.
(repeat with arm/leg, cheeks/chin, lip/hips/, neck/back, then)
Put your finger on your finger, on your finger,
Put your finger on your finger, on your finger,
Put your finger on your finger, and then in your lap,
At the end of the song, give a clap!

Variation: Substitute elbow, knee, hand, or foot, or other body parts for finger.
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Shoe Store
«Learning Skills: balance, coordination, gross motor development, matching, classification

1. Select several pairs of shoes from your closet.
2. Place shoes in center of the room.
3. Let you little one explore the shoes.
4. Mix up the shoes and let him find matching pairs.
5. Then let him put on the shoes and try to walk around.

Variation: Set up an obstacle course for him/her to maneuver. Have your little one walk in shoes that don’t match!

Remember, all lyrics to the songs for weeks 1-3 can be found on: http://www.kididdles.com/

Week 4- I like to Move it, Move it-Bring a Friend Week!

Week 4-I like to Move it, Move it and Bring a Friend week!

Welcome, to week 4! This week is all about the five senses, body parts, and keeping our little ones active! There are physical, psychological, and social benefits to consistent physical activity. Plus, is should be fun for everyone! Creative Movement is a great way to foster a love for physical activity and creativity for your little one!

Housekeeping: This week is Bring a Friend week! I'm looking forward to meeting the friend your little one chooses to bring to class! I will have a waiver for parents to sign before they start the class (Superstars-if you will be bringing a friend without a parent, I will email you the waiver to be signed ahead of time). Our Refer a Friend program is a great way to get you child's friends in class and earn some credit toward winter semester's tuition! For each friend you refer, you will earn a $10 credit toward winter semester. If you refer 4 friends who sign up, you could earn a $40 credit toward winter semester! When we come back from fall break, I will have winter semester schedule ready, Suzie Hatch (our service coordinator) will have a service project for us to participate in, and the website will be closer to being updated! I would love to add a little blurb from any of you on the website! Just jot it down and stick it in your folder and I'll post it on the site. I would love to hear your feedback about class times that work for you! If the time you are in is the only time that works for you let me know! We are looking to add some classes on Tuesday afternoons for winter semester (plus a 7-9 year old class). Also, the second payment of tuition is due on the 25th! You may leave the check in your folder this week or mail it to: 277 E. 7800 S. Midvale, UT 84047! Here is a website with the lyrics to the songs we've been singing in class! In addition, this website has music sheets, activity sheets, and songs to listen to! Have fun with it! www.kididdles.com

RockStars! This week we will be exploring our five senses and body parts! We will creatively move to the song I like to Move it, Move it using scarves, explore clapping and stomping to Clap Your Hands, enjoy doing the actions to Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes, have a blast doing Chocolate Pudding Art, and participate in story time to Head To Toe by: Eric Carle! Get ready to move, move, move!!!

SuperStars! Come ready to move, move, move your body!!! We will do creative movement using scarves to I like to Move it, Move it, explore rhythm to Clap Your Hands, enjoy doing the actions to Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes, have fun doing the Hokey Pokey, partner up for a mirroring activity, have a wonderful time doing chocolate pudding art (I will have a toothpick for each of you to etch a body into your pudding-this is an early experience in etching-of course, etching is usually done with metal, acids, heavier tools, etc-but, for these little ones pudding and toothpicks get the etching experiences started!), and participate in story time with Head To Toe by: Eric Carle!

See you, Friday! Remember, to bring a friend!!!

Week 3-Mouseling Adventures! Professional photographer coming!!!

Week 3-Mouseling Adventures!

Before we speak about Mice, let’s take care of some housekeeping items! This week, I have a professional photographer coming to update the pictures for the website. Yes, this means your little one may be featured on the website! I would also like to add more quotes from some of you parents onto the website! If, you have a little blurb about your experiences thus far, jot it down and stick it on your folder on Friday! Next week, is bring a friend week! This means, if your little one has a friend that fits within the age limits of the class, he/she may come and enjoy the class with him/her! Be thinking of somebody to invite for next week!

Week three is all about acknowledging our little as the adventurous, energetic, and curious ones they are, plus counting! Mouseling Adventures week is a fun theme because mice seem to pop up everywhere in movies, plays, stories, cartoons, and songs! We have Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Tom and Jerry, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Nutcracker, etc! In many cartoons, we see people (especially elephants) acting afraid of the mice, but, mice are actually very gentle and social creatures!

RockStars! We will do counting activities with mice using the parachute, explore an obstacle course, enjoy the song Three Blind Mice w/sticks, make mice puppets to take home, and read the story Mouse Party by: Alan Durant!

Superstars! We will enjoy a game of Duck, Duck, Goose using the words “Squeaky, squeaky, Mouse!” (be prepared to run on the word Mouse), explore an obstacle course, sing Hickory, Dickory, Dock, and read Hickory, Dickory, Dock by: Keith Baker! *The shark books will be put it each of their folders! Please, grab them out of your folders on your way out! I was having so much fun playing Shark Tag that the shark books were forgotten!*

I’m excited for Mouseling Adventures week! See you, Friday!