Page 2 - Preschool Newsletter January 2019

Important Dates Why Art?

Monday, January 7 and Tuesday, January 8 Art helps preschoolers develop mentally, socially and
ABC AM and AIL school supplies due emotionally. Creating art may boost young children's ability to
analyze and problem-solve in myriad ways, according to Mary
Friday, January 11 Ann F. Kohl, author of Primary Art: It's the Process, Not the
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Product. As kids manipulate a paintbrush, their fine motor
Tuesday, January 15 skills improve. By counting pieces and colors, they learn the
February, 2019 tuition is due basics of math. When children experiment with materials, they
dabble in science. Most important perhaps, when kids feel
Wednesday, January 16 and Thursday, January 17
Goodyear Fire Dept. Firefighter & Fire Truck Demo good while they are creating, art helps boost self-confidence.
And children who feel able to experiment and to make
Friday, January 18 mistakes feel free to invent new ways of thinking, which
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Monday, January 21 Source: parents.com
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No School
Weekly Themes Art Curriculum

January 7-11 ART EXPLORATION
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Letter of the week: K, k
role in the learning
January 14-18 process and it’s a fun
Five Senses way for students to learn
Letter of the week: L, l and explore. Art creation
encourages students to
January 22-25 express their feelings
Art Appreciation and ideas while gaining
Letter of the week: M, m
fine muscle control and
January 28-February 1 strengthening eye-hand
Love Your Pet coordination. Students
Letter of the week: N, n learn how to control
paint, crayons, scissors,
Spirit / Show & Tell and a variety of art
tools.

Art exploration helps
January 9 and 10 children with perceptual
Collage of healthy teeth and pretty smiles. abilities including an

January 16 and 17 awareness of colors,
Something you can do! Students will show the class shapes, forms, lines,
something they know how to do, such as sing, tell a joke, a and textures while learning control and making individual
dance routine, cheer, etc. choices and decisions. It also encourages children to share
their ideas and understand that other people have different
January 23 and 24 ideas. It teaches them to listen, follow directions and complete
Post your preschooler’s art on our Facebook page. a project in the proper sequence.

January 30 and January 31 Ms. Rita loves teaching art to children, “I enjoy seeing the
Pajama Party! Wear your favorite winter pajamas and bring excitement in their faces when they show me what they’ve
a snuggly stuffed animal. made. We display art in the classroom and it’s fun to see the
students show their friends what they’ve created, compare their
Contact Information own ideas on the project and watch how proud they are of their
own accomplishment.”

Ms. Seye White To date the Preschool’s art exploration has been focused on
Litchfield Park Preschool the letter of the week art projects, reinforcing the learning of the
100 S Old Litchfield Rd. letter. Students have been learning the shape of letter, how to
Litchfield Park Arizona write it and the phonetics while relating the letter to an object.

623-935-9040 The 2019 art curriculum includes the introduction of both
swhite@litchfield-park.org structured art and processed art projects.
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