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Time for preschool! Teacher’s/Leader’s Guide for The activities below can help reinforce the material in this We Wonder ® workbook when used in the classroom. Many are experiential, helping students work together to better understand issues related to preschool and to improve skills needed for success in school and life. You can use these activities as presented or adapt them to support your specific curriculum. Page 2—Parents page Every We Wonder includes a guide for parents on page 2. Encourage parents to use this guide to help their children get the most out of the activities in We Wonder! Page 3—Preschool is fun! Use the scene illustrated on this page to help children understand what they will do at preschool. Talk to children about all the different things they will do at your preschool, such as: • read together • learn about numbers • play games • listen to music • draw pictures • dance • have snacks. Be sure to mention other activities not included in this list. Go over each activity again, and ask children if they can find an example of that activity on this page. Page 4—Let’s go to preschool! Ask the children to tell you how they get to school. Have each child draw a picture of how he or she gets to school and what they see along the way. Ask the children ways they can stay safe while they are traveling to school (such as riding in a child safety seat or booster seat in the car or holding hands if they walk). Page 5—You will learn a lot at preschool! • Ask children if they can think of places where they see letters. (Answers may include books, signs, food labels or school buses.) • Ask children if they can think of places they see numbers. (Answers may include books, signs or price tags.) Emphasize that numbers help us count and measure. • Ask children where they see different shapes. (Answers may include books, signs or toys.) Emphasize that we can see shapes everywhere. For example, a ball is shaped like a circle. Pages 6-7—A fun day at school! • Go through the game with children. Point to each activity (for example: “Fun with toys!”). Ask children where they do that activity in your room. • Have children create “books” to add to the reading section of the room. Ask them to fold a sheet of paper in half. Then ask them to draw book covers on one side, using crayons or markers. Ask children to tell you what the book is about. • Point to the spaces that show a paintbrush, book, ball and toy teacup. Ask children to identify each one. Then ask them if they know what letter it begins with. Ask if they know any words that rhyme (for example: book, cook, look). • Ask children to think of other instructions for the game spaces. For example: “Say the title of your favorite book,” “Make a noise like your favorite animal,” “Do a jumping jack.”  2014 Edition ©2003 Channing Bete Company, Inc. All rights reserved. (05-14-A) Channing Bete Company, One Community Place, South Deerfield, MA 01373 • 20D-0187 To reorder call (800) 628-7733 or visit www.channing-bete.com and ask for item number PS99854 Follow your organization’s policies and regulations (for example, those that apply to parental notification and consent) when using these activities. C O M P A N Y Channin ®