Week of January 11, 2021

We LOVED celebrating Mrs. McDonald's Birthday with her!!!

Our trip to the Church to see the Manger display was so much fun!

We LOVED our milk and cookies treat from the HSA!

Pretending to be HIBERNATING HEDGEHOGS was so COOL!

Night, night little hedgehogs... see you in the Spring!

We had so much fun PAINTING this week!

We hit the ground running this week with a fun kick off to our new STEAM Unit on Weather.  Our little meteorologists were so excited to dress our Weather Bear for the weather and to learn our new Weather Song.  (Expect to hear some new tunes this month!)

We are also learning to recite The Pledge of Allegiance.  Don't be surprised to be expected to say it along with your little Patriot any time they see the Flag!

We pretended to be hedgehogs and had so much fun hibernating for the Winter before completing an adorable hedgehog craft.  Be sure to ask your little hibernator all about it!  The photos above should spark some fun memories for them!! 

We also worked on our first author study this year - Jan Brett!  The children absolutely LOVED her stories.  Be sure to ask them all about our favorite character of hers- Hedgie the Hedgehog!

A great BIG THANK YOU to our amazing HSA for providing us a fun cookies and milk snack and cool craft to celebrate Three Kings Day! 

Calendar Corrections:  Please update your calendars.  Catholic Schools Week is now scheduled to begin on January 31st and our new projected PreK-3 Graduation date is June 11th.

PreK Parent/Teacher Conferences:   I'm looking forward to discussing your child's progress with you next week over Zoom.  

This Week's Focus will be on:
Letter of the Week: Kk
Number of the Month: 5
Colors of the Month:  Black and White
Shape of the Month:  Diamond (rhombus)
January Themes:  Counting 0-5, Sorting, AB Patterns, Feelings, Winter, Weather, Hibernation,                                          Name Recognition, Name Writing, Scissor Skills
Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals,  Praying for someone other than ourselves

Show & Tell:  Friday, Jan 15th  Free Choice over Zoom.  I will email you the information with our daily lessons.

Dates to Remember:

January 11th:  Virtual Learning begins for two weeks - please refer to the emails I sent

January 18th:  NO SCHOOL:  Martin Luther King Jr Day

January  20th- 22nd:  Virtual Conferences

January 31st through February 5th:  Catholic Schools Week

January 29th:  Tag Day- Rainbows

February 12th: Tag Day - Valentine's Day Colors

February 15th:  NO SCHOOL: Presidents' Day