Saturday, January 26, 2019

Week of January 28, 2019

We were off to the races (literally) this week!  We had so much fun being scientists and making predictions, executing experiments, making observations and discussing our findings.  Yes, all of this at the young ages of 3 and 4!  Ask your child all about our "Windy Races."  Some key words you may want to use to help trigger some memories are blowing through straws, pom poms, cube, race track.  

If you catch your child staring up to the skies, don't be alarmed.  We learned about clouds too this week.  We had fun with using our imaginations to see what clouds look like.

We will continue to work on our weather studies this week with rain clouds and lightning.  We will also be learning about one of the most famous weather forecasters, THE GROUNDHOG, as well as  Groundhog Day (Feb 2nd) and shadows. 

Just when you thought things couldn't get more exciting....We will be bringing out SCISSORS this week!!!  (You may want to hide any you may have laying around the house for a while as your "cutting edge" little ones will surely want to practice their newly acquired skills!)

Valentine's Day:  We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Friday, February 15th in our classroom since we are not in session on the actual holiday (Feb 14th).  We will be exchanging Valentine Cards.  Please send in one card per child with only your own child's name on each as the from whom the card is and not the name for whom it is intended.  This will make distribution much easier as the children are only just beginning to recognize each other's names.  We have 12 children in our class.  The children can either make their own little cards or they may be purchased.  That is entirely up to you.  Please do not send in Valentines with food or candy as we have children with allergies in our classroom and school.  Your children may begin to bring in their cards starting on February 8th all the way through our party on the 15th.     

PreK Parent/Teacher Conferences:   Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedules to come in to school to discuss your sweet children and their progress.  I really enjoyed getting to know you better and of course discussing one of my favorite topics - your children!

This Week's Focus will be on:
Letter of the Week: Ll
Number of the Month: 5 and Review of 0-4
Colors of the Month:  Black and White
Shape of the Month:  Diamond
Themes:  Counting, AB Patterns, Sorting and Classifying, Graphing, Winter, Weather, Feelings, Polar Animals
Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace Before Meals, Making "Good" Choices,  "I Pray Every Day"

Show & Tell:  Friday, Feb 1st  Please bring in something you would like to show and tell our PreK friends about that either begins with the Ll sound, is black, white or diamond shaped, or is weather or groundhog related in some way.

Dates to Remember: 
Week Of January 27th:  Catholic Schools Week
January 27th:  Open House 12:30-2:00
January 30th:  Open House 9:00-11:00
February 2nd:  Groundhog Day - be sure to check out whether or not he saw his shadow!
February 8th-15th:  Send Valentine's Day Cards to school
February 15th: Valentine's Day Party with our Room Parents
February 18th:  NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Week of January 21, 2019

We had "SNOW" much fun in our Winter Wonderland Learning Center this week!  Our Preschoolers were soooooo excited to see the snow falling on Friday morning!  (It brought back such wonderful memories of my own children at this sweet age!)  Be sure to ask your child about our scientific observations on what happens to a bowl full of snow when we leave it in our warm classroom all morning.  Our little scientists were so excited about their observations!  We really had fun playing snowball basketball as well as snowball toss too.  Ask your little snow angels all about it!  

This week we will focus on cloudy and windy weather as well as continuing to work on our names..  
We will also be learning about some black and/or white polar animals too.

Just a little heads up that we will be exchanging Valentine Cards for Valentine's Day in February.  (I know many of the stores already have them for sale...)  Please send in one card per child with only your own child's name on each as the from whom the card is and not the name for whom it is intended.  This will make distribution much easier as the children are only just beginning to recognize each other's names.  We have 12 children in our class.  The children can either make their own little cards or they may be purchased.  That is entirely up to you.  Please do not send in Valentines with food/candy as we have children with allergies in our classroom and school.      

PreK Parent/Teacher Conferences:   I'm looking forward to discussing your child's progress with you this week.  All conferences will take place in our PreK-3 classroom.  

This Week's Focus will be on:
Letter of the Week: Kk and review of Aa-Kk
Number of the Month: 5 and Review of 0-4
Colors of the Month:  Black and White
Shape of the Month:  Diamond
Themes:  Counting, AB Patterns, Sorting and Classifying, Graphing, Winter, Weather, Feelings, Animals
Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace Before Meals, Making "Good" Choices,  "I Pray Every Day"

Show & Tell:  Friday, Jan 25th  FREE CHOICE DAY  Please bring in anything you would like to show and tell our PreK friends about... your choice! (We are working on making good choices and good decisions.  I can't wait to see what your little ones come up with!)

Dates to Remember: 
January 21st:  NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King Jr Day
Week of January 22nd:  Conferences - Please check your individual time 
Week of January 27th:   Catholic Schools Week 
January 27th:  Open House 12:30-2:00
January 30th:   Open House 9:00-11:00

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Week of January 14, 2019

We are continuing to have lots of fun learning about weather with snow having been our focus this past week.  It looks like a Winter Wonderland in our Learning Center!  

This week we will focus on sunny and windy weather as well as continuing to work on our names by doing some fun activities to recognize and write our first names.  

We will review all the letters we have been learning as well as explore the letter Kk and will make some cool Kk projects. 

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

This Week's Focus will be on:
Letter of the Week: Kk
Number of the Month: 5 and Review of 0-4
Colors of the Month:  Black and White
Shape of the Month:  Diamond
Themes:  Counting, AB Patterns, Sorting and Classifying, Graphing, Winter, Weather, Feelings, Animals
Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, "Treating Others As We Want to Be Treated"

Show & Tell:  Friday, Jan 18th  Please bring something in to show and tell our PreK friends about that either begins with the letter Kk sound, is diamond shaped or is black and/or white in color.  

Dates to Remember: 
January 21st:  NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King Jr Day
Week of January 22nd:  Conferences - Please check your individual time 
Week of January 27th:   Catholic Schools Week 
January 27th:  Open House 12:30-2:00
January 30th:   Open House 9:00-11:00

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Week of January 7, 2019

We are having lots of fun learning about weather.  We kicked off our unit with deciding if we liked cold weather or hot weather days the best and talking about the reasons why.  We also started learning about snow.  Be sure to ask your child about it!
This week we will also be focusing on our names by doing some fun activities to begin recognizing and writing our first names.  This will be an ongoing focus for the next few months.
We will continue to review all the letters we have been learning as well as exploring the letter Jj and doing some exciting Jj projects and activities. 

PreK Parent/Teacher Conferences:   I'm looking forward to discussing your child's progress with you.  Everyone should have received a conference time through your child's folder.  If you need to reschedule, please reach out to me as soon as possible so we can come up with a new time.    

This Week's Focus will be on:
Letter of the Week: Jj
Number of the Month: 5 and Review of 0-4
Color of the Month:  Black and White
Shape of the Month:  Diamond
Themes:  Counting, AB Patterns, Sorting and Classifying, Graphing, Winter, Weather, Feelings, Animals
Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, "A Visit From My Family" 

Show & Tell:  Friday, Jan 11th  Please bring something in to show and tell our PreK friends about that either begins with the letter Jj sound, is diamond shaped or is black and/or white in color.  

Dates to Remember: 
January 21st:  NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King Jr Day
Week of January 22nd:  Conferences - Please check your individual time 
Week of January 27th:   Catholic Schools Week
January 30th:   Open House 9:00-11:00

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Week of January 2, 2019

Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas enjoying time with your families and loved ones.  I hope all of your sweet little ones are back to their healthy selves!

This week we will be doing lots of reviewing of concepts, especially since our entire class hasn't been all together in over a month!  We will also be kicking off our new STEAM Unit on Weather.  I'm sure the children will enjoy all the special activities we have planned. 

PreK Parent/Teacher Conferences:   Please check your child's folder for your conference time.  I am so happy that I was able to accommodate everyone's first choice in time slots but should you need to reschedule, please reach out to me and I will do my best to work something out.    

This Week's Focus will be on:
Letter of the Week: Review of letters Aa through Ii
Number of the Month: 5 and Review of 0-4
Color of the Month:  Black and White
Shape of the Month:  Diamond
Themes:  Counting, AB Patterns, Sorting and Classifying, Graphing, Winter, Weather, Feelings
Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, "A Visit From My Family" 

Show & Tell:  There will be NO SHOW AND TELL this week due to the shortened week.  

Dates to Remember: 
January 21st:  NO SCHOOL
Week of January 22nd:  Conferences - Please check your individual time 

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