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Dear Parents,

Hello, my name is Margaret Weber and as many of you know I have been a student teacher in the classroom since February. I have really enjoyed getting to know and work with your children. I will be your child’s teacher during the week of April 28-May 2nd on Tuesday and Thursday for my teacher in charge week. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I have worked in the child development field for twenty-three years. I have a BA in psychology and will graduate this spring with an AS in child development. I started a group child care business with my mother in 1997 and then went down to having a family child care business when my mother suffered a brain aneurysm in 1999. In the spring of 2008, I closed my family child care business, married my husband and moved to Florida. Once I was settled in Florida I began working in one of the 6-12 month infant rooms at one of the child development centers on MacDill Air Force Base. I loved working with that age group and up until now infants and toddlers has been my main focus. In late 2012, my husband received word that he was accepted for a job promotion that would take us to Apple Valley. During the first half of 2012 I realized that it was going to be difficult to find a quality job in the child development field in the high desert. So with much support from my husband I enrolled in two online classes from Northampton Community College in Pennsylvania. In early 2013, I became eligible for California tuition rates and enrolled in Victor Valley Community College where I have maintained a 4.0 GPA and became a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. My goal is to find a position in a State Preschool setting or to work one on one with the zero to three age group in an Early Intervention program. My ultimate goal is to go on and receive my master’s degree in child development.

The theme that I chose for my teacher in charge week is bears in the spring time. One of the goals I have for the children is to learn that there is diversity among bears, to learn that bears live in different places around the world. Another goal I have for the children is to gain knowledge of bears, their habits; the different characteristics of bears and to gain knowledge about the different environments that bears live in. Through planned activities as well as through play children will gain skills in language & literacy, math, science, and physical development. Children will be learning how polar bears stay warm in the arctic through a science activity. They will get to learn math skills through a math activity with Goldilocks and more. The knowledge that I want the children to gain during this week is to learn about the different types of bears and where they live. I want the children to gain knowledge on what bears eat as well as when they eat more to prepare for hibernation in the winter. I want the children to gain knowledge on bears waking up in the spring after a long winter of hibernating, how they gather food, and the differences between the types of bears. I want the children to gain an understanding that bears are not the cute cuddly teddy bears that many of us have had at one time. For a fun activity the children with have the opportunity to have a Teddy Bears Picnic in the dramatic play area. On Friday May 2nd, the children will have a pajama day so please bring your child dressed in their pajamas.

I would like to invite families to become involved with their child’s learning. Spend some time at your local library and read books to your children. A possible list of bear books includes; Brown Bear Brown Bear by Bill Martin JR., & Eric Carle; Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury, then after reading the book create a bear hunt for you and your child to go on. Other books include, Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? By: Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle, Old Bear by: Kevin Henkes, Bear Feels Scared by: Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. This is just a small list of appropriate preschool books. Also here is a list of songs and poems that you can sing or say with your children in the car or around home.

Teddy Bear Teddy Bear

Teddy bear, teddy bear,

Turn around!

Teddy bear, teddy bear,

Touch the ground!

Teddy bear, teddy bear,

Jump up high!

Teddy bear, teddy bear,

Touch the sky!

Teddy bear, teddy bear,

Bend down low!

Teddy bear, teddy bear,

Touch you toes!

Teddy bear, teddy bear,

Turn out the light!

Teddy bear, teddy bear,

Say good night!

The Bear Went Over the Mountain

(Sung to: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow)

The bear went over the mountain,

The bear went over the mountain,

The bear went over the mountain,

To see what he could see

To see what he could see,

To see what he could see

The other side of the mountain,

The other side of the mountain,

The other side of the mountain,

Was all that he could see

Was all that he could see,

Was all that he could see,

The other side of the mountain,

Was all that he could see!

Little Bear

Are you sleeping

Are you sleeping little bear – little bear

You will sleep all winter

Through the cold, cold winter ...little bear –

little bear.

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping. . .little

bear – little bear.

You will wake in springtime. . .in the warm,

warm springtime

Little bear, little bear!

Do the Bear Hunt Chant

Like most songs of this sort, there are many different versions. Here are some sample lyrics, but feel free t"Going on a Bear Hunt" Lyrics

o make up your own. That’s part of the fun.

Going on a Bear Hunt (tap legs in walking rhythm)

Gonna catch a big one

I’m not afraid

What’s that up ahead? (shade eyes)

Oh no! Tall grass

Can’t go over it (hands high)

Can’t go under it (hands low)

Gotta go through it

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish (wave arms back and forth)

Repeat all of the above, and replace the part in italics with

A wide river

Splish splash, splish splash, splish splash, splish splash (swimming motions)

Yucky mud

Squish, squish, squish, squish, squish, squish, squish, squish (stepping motions)

A dark forest

Stumble, trip, stumble, trip, stumble, trip, stumble, trip

A big snowstorm

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo (wave arm, cover face)

A dark cave

Tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe (tiptoe stepping motions)

What’s that?

Fuzzy fur

Big eyes

Wet nose

Sharp teeth

It’s a bear!

Back through the cave

Tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe, tiptoe (tiptoe stepping motions, double time)

(Retrace steps at double time)

We’re not going on a bear hunt again!

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Ms. Margaret

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