Week of October 29, 2018

Fall Fun Day was so much fun!  A big shout out to Mrs. Reed for organizing such a successful day and a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all of our amazing parent volunteers who went above and beyond their volunteer posts to ensure that all the children had a great time!  Be sure to spot the  adorable spiders the children worked together to make displayed on the trees in front of the Learning Center as well as on our playground.

We had so much fun turning our class pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern!  Ask your child how we did it!

We go outside to play on the playground on most days.   So, PLEASE, PLEASE dress your child appropriately for outdoor play as the weather is certainly becoming more and more chilly.  

HALLOWEEN is this Wednesday, October 31st.  We are looking forward to our party and parade.  Please refer to the letter sent home for all the specifics and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.  Also please be reminded that pick up is at the Learning Center front doors as opposed to the car line on Halloween.   

Our PreK Christmas Show will be here before we know it.  I am awaiting confirmation on the date and will let you know as soon as possible as I know many of you will need to take time from work to come see your sweet angels perform some holiday favorites.  More on this to follow shortly...  

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week:  Ff

Number of the Month: 2 and 3

Color of the Month:  Orange and Brown

Shape of the Month:  Triangle and Square

Themes:  Signs of Fall, Pumpkin Science, Leaves, Counting 0-2, Sorting, AB Patterns, Halloween, The Five Senses

Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, "The Good Shepherd Cares for His Sheep" 

Show & Tell:  On Friday, November 2nd, please bring in something that starts with the "F" sound (family photo, friend's photo, fox, frog, fish, fruit, fire truck, fire fighter, "funny" joke, etc.)  to show and tell our friends about.  If you have a hard time finding something, you can always send in a print out of a picture.  The children really do look forward to sharing their items with one another!

Dates to Remember: 

October 31st- Halloween Parade and Party - Parade will take place at approximately 11:15 followed by a small, outdoor, Fall Favorite Songs Performance and Photo Opportunity

November 9th- School Closed for NJEA Teacher Convention

November 21st- Noon Dismissal for ALL students

November 23rd- School Closed for Thanksgiving Weekend

December TBD- PreK Christmas Show

Hope everyone has a SPOOK-TACULAR week and Happy Halloween!

Paula Dobres  

Week of October 22, 2018

We had such a fun week in PreK-3 getting messy using our sense of touch!  Please ask your child to tell you all about our activities.  We also read some amazing dinosaur, dragon and dog books and made some cool crafts.  Hope our cute, little, itsy bitsy spiders didn't give you too much of a fright!  Our "Touch Art" activity was too wet to bring home on Friday so please look for it in your child's backpack on Monday. Be sure to ask your child why Lucy, the main character in the touching book we read, decided to make "Touch Art" instead of "Painted Art" for her Grandpa.  

Fall Fun Day, 10/24, is rapidly approaching and we are looking forward to a great day!  We will be participating in activities both inside and outside of the Learning Center.  Please dress your child for the weather as it is looking like it will be a cold day.  

We go outside to play on the playground on most days as long as it is not raining and the temperature is not below freezing. So, PLEASE, PLEASE dress your child appropriately for outdoor play as the weather is certainly becoming more and more chilly.  

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week:  Ee

Number of the Month: 2

Color of the Month:  Orange

Shape of the Month:  Triangle

Themes:  Sense of Smell, Signs of Fall, Counting 0-2, Sorting and Halloween

Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, "My Name is Special" & Different names for God

Show & Tell:  On Friday, October 26th, please bring in something that starts with the "E" sound (envelope, elephant, Easter egg, elf, eel, tell about an "exciting" time, eagle, etc.) or something you can smell, something orange or something triangular to show and tell our friends about.  If you have a hard time finding something, you can always send in a print out of a picture.  The children really do look forward to sharing their items with one another!

Dates to Remember: 

October 24th- Fall Fun Day (Wear your St Therese t-shirt if you have one.)

October 31st- Halloween Parade and Party (Parade will take place at approximately 11:15.  I sent home a letter through your child's backpack this week detailing all the procedures for this exciting day.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.)

November 9th- School Closed for NJEA Teacher Convention

November 21st- Noon Dismissal for ALL students

November 23rd- School Closed for Thanksgiving Weekend

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.  I know we will in PreK-3!

Paula Dobres  

Week of October 15, 2018

Last week was another short but busy week in PreK-3.  I am so proud of all of the children for coming back to school, after a full week off, without missing a beat!  They all remembered our routines and came right in ready to learn and play!

We continued learning about letter Cc and really enjoyed reading books about cars and making our own car craft.  We were busy making Halloween crafts to decorate our classroom and hallway.  Wait until you see how festive our Learning Center is beginning to look!  We also started learning a new Halloween song that we cannot wait to sing for you after our Halloween Parade on October 31st.

Fall Fun Day is rapidly approaching and we are looking forward to a great day!

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week:  Dd

Number of the Month: 2

Color of the Month:  Orange

Shape of the Month:  Triangle

Themes:  Sense of Hearing and Touch, Signs of Fall, Counting 0-2, Sorting and Halloween

Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, "My Name is Special" & Different names for God

Show & Tell:  On Friday, October 19th, please bring in something that starts with the "D" sound (dog, dragon, dinosaur, dots, a picture of Daddy or someone else whose name starts with the letter D, etc.) or something orange or triangular to show and tell our friends about.  The children have been so excited to share their items as well as listen to their friends' sharing their own.  It's never to early to practice public speaking as well as being a good audience!!

Dates to Remember:

October 12th- Fall Fun Day payment was due, if you haven't submitted it please do so as soon as      possible 

October 24th- Fall Fun Day (Wear your St Therese t-shirt if you have one.)

October 31st- Halloween Parade and Party (Parade will take place at approximately 11:15.  I will send home a letter through your child's backpack this week detailing all the procedures for this exciting day.)

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.  I know we will in PreK-3!

Paula Dobres  

Week of October 8, 2018

I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend!
Even though we had a short week last week, we got so much done in PreK-3.
It was so nice to learn all about fire safety from our Roxbury Fire Department.  The children all really enjoyed their visit!
We began learning about letter Cc and really enjoyed reading Pete the Cat  and making our own cat crafts as well as learning cool fire fighter songs, playing firefighter puzzles and games and making fire fighter crafts.
Thank you for all being so flexible with our Fall Fun Day date change.  We are looking forward to a great day on October 24th!

This Week's Focus will continue to be on:

Letter of the Week:  Cc

Number of the Month: 2

Color of the Month:  Orange

Shape of the Month:  Triangle

Themes:  Sense of Hearing, Signs of Fall, Counting 0-2, Sorting and Halloween

Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, "Jesus is the Good Shepherd"

Show & Tell:  On Friday, October 12th, please bring in something that starts with the "C" sound (car, cookie monster, cat, clown, etc.) or something orange to show and tell our friends about.

Dates to Remember:

October 12th- Fall Fun Day payment due

October 24th- Fall Fun Day

October 31st- Halloween Parade and Party (time TBD)

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.  I know we will in PreK-3!

Paula Dobres