Thank you to everyone who completed their Verification Forms! We’re happy to share that we’ve now received all of them and I can now start posting pictures in our weekly updates! 

Here are all of the photos we took this week: Nov 3 - 7

At the bottom of this update, you’ll also find a link to our photo folders from September and October, so you can look back at more great moments from the past few months.

This week, we read ARGH SPIDER! — a delightful story that the students really enjoyed during our read-aloud time. I’ve included a link to a read-aloud of the story below in case you’d like to enjoy it together at home. This story also gave us a great opportunity to practice some of the core words we’re focusing on this month, such as LOOK and GO.

We also practiced the 5 Little Pumpkins poem throughout the week as a class. Each week, we engage with a poem or song to help strengthen our speech sounds and expand our vocabularies. 

We had a blast exploring pumpkins this week! Students practiced their fine motor skills by hammering golf tees into our pumpkins. We also had fun decorating the pumpkins and even washed them off afterward!

We also explored our first science experiment this week! Students used eye droppers to add an orange liquid to their containers to reveal hidden items inside. They loved watching and listening to the fizz as the vinegar reacted with the baking soda. Throughout the experiment, we encouraged them to use their senses by smelling, looking, and listening, and to make predictions about what they thought might happen. 

Students also had fun painting their own pumpkins using puffy paint!

To honor Remembrance Day in EIPK, we watched the video below and reflected on how the Bunny’s world became dark and scary for a little while, but how eventually the skies brightened and became happy again as the Bunny explored the poppy field. We talked about the poppies and how they serve as a gentle reminder to be thankful for all the helpers and heroes who work to keep our world safe.

Afterwards, students had the special opportunity to create their own handprint poppies. Together, we assembled them into a beautiful wreath, celebrating bravery, hope, and gratitude.

SEPTEMBER PICTURE FOLDER

OCTOBER PICTURE FOLDER

• Upcoming important dates: 

  • • Fall Break - November 10 - 14 (No School)

    • November 25 & 26, December 9 & 16 - IPP Meeting/Planning Day (No EIPK) 

      • • These four dates are when our second IPP meeting will be held. Here is the link to sign up for a timeslot if you have not already done so: 

          • • • AM EIPK IPP Meeting Sign Up

              • PM EIPK IPP Meeting Sign Up 

    • Picture Retakes - Tuesday, November 25 (AM only)

      • • If you would like your child to have retakes and they are in morning ASH, ELM or OAK class, please send me an email so I can take them to get their pictures redone.

        • If your child is in the afternoon program or PINE group and you would like retakes, please bring them into the school first thing in the morning (9:00 AM) to have their pictures redone.