Week of February 3, 2020

SNOWBALL FUN

SHADOWS

SHADOWS

GROUNDHOG SHADOWS

FLASHLIGHT SHADOWS

We have some exciting news in PreK-3!  We will be welcoming our new student named Addison starting this week!  She is so blessed to be coming into a class full of warm, loving and welcoming children and families!  We cannot wait for Addison and her family to become a part of our PreK family here at St Therese!  Her wonderful addition brings our class total to 10 children, four boys and six girls.  Please be sure to update your number of Valentine's Day cards to include our new friend.  Thank you!!

We had so much fun learning all about groundhogs and Groundhog's Day!  Be sure to check the news reports on Sunday, February 2nd, to see whether or not he saw his shadow!  We will be discussing the results on Monday as part of our Weather and Seasons Units. 

Learning about shadows was a blast!  Ask your little weather reporter to demonstrate on their groundhog craft... all you need to supply is a flashlight!  You may want to ask him/her to sing you our groundhog song too.  If they forget the first line, you can start it up to trigger their memory...  Sung to "I'm a Little Teapot,"  "I'm a little groundhog, furry and round..."  That should get them going!

We also worked on our gross motor skills with some snowball fun.  Ask your little one all about it!

This upcoming week is looking to an exciting one.  We will be learning all about letter Nn as well as discussing the Groundhog's prediction.  We will also be kicking off our new February themes.... I  know they will LOVE them! 

Valentine's Day:  A notice went home through the children's backpacks but here's a little recap:  We will celebrate Valentine's Day on Friday, February 14th in our classroom.  We will be exchanging Valentine's Day 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 10 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 school.  Your children may begin to bring in their cards whenever they are ready through our party day on the 14th.  This little homework idea is completely optional: you may want to take this opportunity to have your child write their first initial (or full name if they are able to) on each of their cards and then finish the rest of their name for him/her.

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week: Nn
Number of the Month: 6
Colors of the Month:  Red and Gray
Shape of the Month:  Heart
February Themes:  Counting 0-6, Sorting, AABB Patterns, Feelings, Winter, Weather, Camouflage,                  Name Recognition, Name Writing, Scissor Skills, Calendar, Valentine's Day, Dental Health

Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals,  Noah's Ark, "God is Love" and
                                             Praying for someone other than ourselves

Show & Tell:  Friday, February 7th   Please bring in something that you LOVE to show and tell
                                                                                       our PreK-3 friends about.

Dates to Remember:
February 3rd through February 14th:  Bring Valentine's Day Cards to school
February 14th:  Valentine's Day Party  (Due to space restrictions, open to Room Parents only)
February 17th: NO SCHOOL - Presidents' Day
Tentative Date  May 13th (Rain date of May 15th):  Land of Make Believe Trip  (more info to follow)


Hope you have a Nice week,
Paula Dobres