ππ¦Valentines for Winter Birds!π¦π
A Sneak Peek at Our Upcoming Week: We will be beginning to learn Letter Pp, learning about Lent, focusing on two special "P" Arctic Animals, learning about Camouflage, learning all about Dental Health and using some cool Painting Techniques!
IMPORTANT: If you have not already done so, please RSVP to our FAMILY FIELD TRIP for PreK-3, PreK-4 and Kindergarten – to The LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER on April 24th even if you do not intend to go: https://forms.gle/RnjQjbuTvb8HGFiM9
This Week's Focus will be on:
Letter of the Week: Letter Pp
Number of the Month: 6
Colors of the Month: Red, Pink, Gray
Shape of the Month: Heart
February Themes: Counting, Numbers 0-6, Sorting, AABB and ABCABC Patterns, Feelings, Winter, Weather, Camouflage, Name Recognition, Name Writing, Scissor Skills, Calendar, Valentine's Day, Dental Health, Presidents' Day, Groundhog Day, Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes
Religion: Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, Praying for Others, "God is Love"
Show & Tell: Friday, February 20th: FREE CHOICE WEEK!
Important Dates to Remember:
February 16th: NO SCHOOL- Presidents' Day
February 18th: Ash Wednesday: Father Vic is planning on distributing Ashes to our PreK-3 Students in our classroom after mass
March 17th: 8th Grade Tag Day: πWear Green for St Patrick's Day
March 27th: (rain date 3/30) π°PreK Easter Hat Parade and Egg Huntπ° (information coming soon)
April 2nd: NOON DISMISSAL - Holy Thursday
April 3rd: NO SCHOOL - Good Friday
April 6th-10th - NO SCHOOL - Easter Break
April 24th:
FAMILY FIELD TRIP for PreK-3, PreK-4 and Kindergarten – to The LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER – Please RSVP using the link above or the link on the email I sent a few weeks ago.
May 4th (rain date 5/11): PreK Walking Field Trip to the πRoxbury Public Libraryπ(Volunteers Needed)
May 22nd: 8th Grade Tag Day: Wear Red, White and Blue 
May 22nd: Noon Dismissal – No After School Care
May 25th: NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day
May TBD: πPreK Summer Fun Weekπ (Volunteers Needed)
June 12th: TENTATIVE πPreK-3 Graduation Ceremony 10:00amπ(may change due to snow day use)
Our Week in Photos:
πΈ Here's A Little Snap Shot of Our WeekπΈ
O is for Owl!
Be sure to ask your little biologist to tell you some cool owl facts!
Learning about them was a real hoot!
We started a cool George Washington craft!
Then we put his finishing touches on later in the week!
Be sure to ask your little Presidential Historian to tell you some cool facts about the Father of our Nation!
Did you hear about our Color Mixing Experiment this week?!?
Do you know what you get when you mix White and Red paint????
PINK VALENTINE HEARTS!!!!
PreK-3 Dance Breaks are THE BEST!!!
After learning about Winter Birds and reading a beautiful Valentines for Winter Birds Poem, our sweet friends headed out into the Cold Winter Elements to deliver some much needed Valentines to our special feathered friends!
Can you guess what our Valentines were?
Then we came back inside and made our own Winter Birdies out of HEARTS!!!
We are getting so good at Search and Find challenges!!
Dance Break!
And we wrapped up the day with Learning Board Games!
We love playtime!
We learned a new, tricky, tricky pattern this week!!
Our Weather Bear continues to dress appropriately for these cold Winter Days!!
o is for octopus!
Be sure to ask your marine biologist to tell you some cool octopus facts!
Cheerioooooooooo suction cups are the best!
Our Five Day Friends loved learning all about Abraham Lincoln!
Making his log cabin was so much fun!
Then we moved onto some sensory play letter review and table cleaning too!!!
Learning Centers were back by popular demand!
Then THE BIG DAY finally ARRIVED!!!!
We LOVED making our deliveries!
We did so well on our Super, Duper, Shlooooper, Scissor Challenge!!!
π©·Be sure to ask your little Valentine all about it!!π
It was the first time we cut through a folded piece of paper to reveal a MYSTERY SHAPE!!!
It was soooooooo exciting!!
We played Valentine Movement Games!
We sang our special Valentine's Day Song!
Valentine's Day Math Games "added up" to lots and lots of FUN too!!!
We DANCED our HEARTS OUT!
Then our sweet Valentines got "so very, very tired!"
I really do LOVE all of our little SWEETHEARTS!!!
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Wishing everyone a picture perfect week,
Paula Dobres