Week of January 2, 2023

🎉🥳Happy New Year!🎉🥳

 

Gingerbread was such a fun theme!

We even played Gingerbread House Making Games on our Learning Board!

Making our own Gingerbread People was so cool!

We loved working on our fine motor skills while making our Christmas wreaths!

Our afternoon friends created such beautiful masterpieces!

Gingerbread shapes were cool too!

Our friends are so creative!

Playing with our new classroom toys was so much fun!

(We were working on our fine motor skills without even realizing it!!)

Play time is sooooo much fun!

K is for Kangaroo!

K is for king!

Be sure to ask your Gingerbread Taste Tester to tell you what they bit off first!!

More Gingerbread Fun!

Check out these amazing SOCKS!!!

Our five day friends made such silly elves!

🎵"Away in a Manger..."🎵

We loved visiting The Beautiful Nativity outside our St Therese Church.

A Sneak Peek at Our Upcoming Week:  We will be kicking off our STEAM Unit on Weather as well as learning about Winter and Hibernation.  We will also be learning The Pledge of Allegiance and celebrating our AMAZING MRS. McDONALD's BIRTHDAY!!!!!  

Our Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on January 26th.  Please check your email for more information and the Sign Up Genius link to choose your time slot.  If you did not receive the link via email, please reach out to me asap so I can resend it.  

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week: Letter Ll
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, The Epiphany, Praying for Others

Show & Tell:  Friday, January 6th -  LOL SHOW and TELL 🤣:  Please have your child bring in ONE "Funny" item or joke...  We will be learning Letter L this week and focusing on Laughing- "LOL" for our Show and Tell.  Ideas include learning a joke (send it in written down if your child needs prompting), a funny photo, a funny toy, funny song (we have access to YouTube if you send me a link), etc.  Looking forward to starting off the new year with a smile on our faces!

Dates to Remember:

January 3rd:  School reopens

January 5th:  Mrs. McDonald's Birthday!!! 🎂🥳

January 11th:  Priority Registration for 2023/2024 School Year begins

January16th: NO SCHOOL- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day

Friday, January 20th:  PreK Pajama Party- Wear your favorite pajamas to school!!

Thursday, January 26th:  PreK-3 Parent-Teacher Conferences

Friday, January 27th: 8th Grade Tag Day - Pajama Day

January 29th: Catholic Schools Week Begins

February 20th: NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day

Looking forward to a wonderful 2023 with your little one!

Paula Dobres