Friday, October 13, 2023

Week of October 16, 2023

 


This will be our NEW Blog format with photos at the end so our families don't have to scroll so far down to get our important dates, updates and information.

πŸπŸ‘»πŸŽƒHope this helps you stay in the loop.πŸŽƒπŸ‘»πŸ

Weekly Recap:  

We had a short but very busy week learning Letter Dd, Triangles, Number 2 and having some spoooooky Halloween Fun!  Ask your little one all about it!

A Peek at our Week Ahead:

We are looking forward to exploring all of our senses as we celebrate this beautiful Fall Season at our Fall Fun Day on Wednesday!  We will be working on Letter Ee, continuing to learn about Fall as well as making some spooky Halloween masterpieces!

πŸ‚Fall Fun Day: πŸ‚We are collecting newspapers for our scarecrow and spider stuffing if you happen to have any.  Also, please send your child to school with a towel to sit on for our Fall Fun Day entertainer presentation as we will be sitting on the lawn out back.  Please label your child's towel with their name.  Also, if your child has a STS PreK shirt, please have them wear it to our Fall Fun Day.πŸ‚

Donation Request:  Thank you to all the families who donated classroom supplies.  We have been using lots and lots of baby wipes as we clean our hands frequently with them throughout the school day.  If anyone is able and willing to donate more baby wipes in the next few weeks we would be so appreciative.  We are well stocked with disinfecting wipes and tissues right now.  Thank you so much for your generosity.

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week: Letter Ee
Number of the Month:  2
Color of the Month: Orange
Shape of the Month: Triangle
Monthly Themes: The Five Senses, Season of Fall, Counting 0-2, Sorting, Halloween, Fire Safety & Community Helpers, Pumpkin Science
Religion: Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, Helping and Caring for One Another

Show and Tell:  Friday, October 20th:  Please bring in ONE item to Show and Tell our friends about.  This will be our first FREE CHOICE WEEK when your child can bring in anything (no theme) they'd like to show their classmates. 

Dates to Remember:

October 18th morning (rain date 10/20)- πŸ‚πŸFall Fun DayπŸ‚πŸ Newspaper and Towels Needed

October 27th (Friday) 11:15amπŸŽƒPreK Halloween ParadeπŸŽƒ Families and Friends invited!  Details coming home soon... Our Parade is separate from the Big School 10/31 AFTERNOON Parade.  For those interested in attending, the STS Trunk or Treat is in the evening on 10/27 as well.  DETAILS COME HOME THROUGH YOUR CHILD'S FOLDER THIS WEEK.

November 11th- NO SCHOOL- Veterans' Day (observed)
November 17th- πŸ“·Class Picture Day (group shot) and Picture Retake Day- Wear your BEST SMILE!
November 20-21:  PRESCHOOL will be in full session even though K-8 will have Noon Dismissals for conferences.  Our PreK Conferences will take place in January. 
November 22nd, Wednesday-πŸ¦ƒ NOON DISMISSAL- No After School Care- Thanksgiving Break
November 23rd and 24th- NO SCHOOL- Thanksgiving Break

December 8th 9:00am:  Save the Date- πŸŽ„Tentative PreK Combined 3's and 4's Christmas ShowπŸŽ„
December 21st: NOON Dismissal (No After Care)
December 22nd-29th:  NO SCHOOL - Christmas Break

Our Week in Photos:


Our Full Week Friends worked hard learning Letter D!


D id for Dots!


Rainbow Writing was so COOL!


Ssshhhh!!!  They think they are playing... but really, we were working on sorting and fine motor skills!!


Prewriting is so much more fun with MARKERS!!!


Triangle Fun!



πŸ™God gave us special community helpers that help us take care of one another.πŸ™


D is for Dog!







We used TRIANGLES to make our spooky Jack-o-Lanterns!
We got to design them any way we wanted to!


Some were happy, others were grumpy...


And they were all ADORABLE!




Number 2 was so cool to learn and paint!




This is step one in a pretty spooky craft that we will be working on this week!


(This should explain why some of us were a bit green on Wednesday!)


Playing Outside is GREAT for our Gross Motor Development!




And great for our Social Development as well!!





Peek-a-BOO!



High Fives with Father Jun are so much fun!


Our Five Day Friends had so much fun learning about crows and using triangles to make their own!
Did you know that crows are really smart birds?!?


They are now flying about in our classroom!


Our Five Day Friends are doing so well coloring by number (and letter too)!
Great Job Boys!!


Dd is for Dinosaur Puzzles!



d is for dinosaurs!



D is for Doing great on our Public Speaking Skills!












πŸ’—D is for all of our sweet little  DARLINGS!! πŸ’—


Hope you have an exciting week!
πŸπŸ‚πŸπŸ‚
Paula Dobres


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