Weekly Newsletter

March 9-12

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend.

The weather is nice at the beginning of this week, so we are going to spend as much time as possible outside enjoying the nice weather.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Ss work- uppercase S and lowercase s tracing/writing/coloring, who has Ss in their name, Mystery Ss game, Ss is for stickers art

• All about rainbows/colors- Identify colors of the rainbow, identify colors (flashcards), how a rainbow forms, favorite colors

• Math: sorting by color/color scavenger hunt (Fruit Loops sorting mat)

• Religion: We love God and each other

• Projects: rainbow trace and color page, draw your own rainbow, Rainbow name cloud

• Science experiment: Grown a Rainbow Science experiment

Announcements and Reminders:

• There is a cough and cold illness going around the classroom currently; if your child shows any symptoms of a cough/cold illness (i.e. stomachache, fever, runny nose, cough, sore throat), please monitor their health before sending them to school

• Sign up Genius for our St. Patrick's Day Party on Tuesday, March 17: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4DAAA922A3FC1-62809055-stpatricks

• No School on Friday, March 13

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

-Ms. Monkman

March 2-6

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good week.

As a reminder, our Preschool Pizza Party is this Wednesday, March 4. 

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Rr work- mystery Rr game, uppercase R and lowercase r trace/write/color, who has Rr in their name, R is for rainbow project

• All about Construction: identify construction pictures, construction jobs, construction trucks and tools, what can construction workers build?, Rubble from Paw Patrol

• Math: Construction counting mats

• Religion: Jesus teaches us about love

• Projects: Bulldozer project, Truck tracks painting, paper bag house, color by number Paw Patrol picture, One Fish Two Fish puppets

• Celebrating Dr. Seuss on Friday of this week

• Science experiment: paper airplanes, construction STEM challenge

Announcements and Reminders:

• No school on Friday, March 13

• Preschool Pizza party is this Wednesday. If your child will not eat pizza, make sure they have other food packed in their lunches

• Our Preschool St. Patrick's Day party will be on Tuesday, March 17th. Information for the party will be sent to you later this week. 

• If you have not yet brought back your child's sleeping bag, please send it in tomorrow

• Our Preschool food donation drive is still going on through the end of this week. Any food donated will be donated to a local food pantry

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

-Ms. Monkman

February 24-27

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend, and that they had a good snow day yesterday.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Qq work- uppercase Q and lowercase q tracing and writing, things that start with Qq, Qq coloring, Q is for Queen art

• Math: counting past 10, counting backwards

• All around the World: learning about countries and continents around the world, including Asia/China, Australia, Africa, and Europe/France

• Religion: We Follow the Rules

• Projects: Dragon puppet, color a Koala picture, masks, watercolor paint Eiffel tower

• Science: designing paper airplanes

Announcements and Reminders: 

• Information for our preschool food donation drive is attached to this email. 

• No school on Friday, March 13

• Our Preschool St. Patrick's Day party is on Tuesday, March 17th

• Sleeping bags will be sent home this Friday (February 27)

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

-Ms. Monkman

February 17-20

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend.

This week- on Wednesday- begins Lent. On Wednesday in the morning, we will be going to church to receive ashes for Ash Wednesday.

What's Happening this Week:

• All about Letter Pp- tracing and writing uppercase P and lowercase p, who has P in their name, coloring letter Pp, things that start with P, Pp is for pizza art

• All about Teeth and Dentist: teeth, dentist, how to brush/clean your teeth, healthy vs. unhealthy foods for your teeth, tooth fairy

• Math: Tooth fairy counting game 

• Religion: Loaves and Fishes story and craft

• Project: "My clean tooth" craft (with toothpaste puff paint), Playdough flossing activity, Dentist coloring page, Dental tools coloring page, Healthy vs. Unhealthy food sorting poster, Teeth craft, Jackie Robinson craft

• Science: Playdough flossing activity, Chain reactions

Announcements and Reminders:

• No school on Friday, March 13th 

• Hot lunch is now open for the month of March, if you wish to order for your child

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

-Ms. Monkman

February 9-13

Good afternoon, I hope everyone is doing well, and that they had a good weekend.

This Thursday we have our Valentine's Day party. We will exchange valentines and put them in each other's decorated boxes. Please send your child to school by tomorrow with an empty shoebox or tissue box; once everyone has brought in their empty box we will decorate them and they will be used at our party on Thursday.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Oo work: who has Oo in their name, uppercase O and lowercase o tracing and writing, mystery Oo game, O is for Orange art

• All about Love and Valentine's Day: what is love?; who/what do you love?; ways to say "I love you"; Valentine's candy and gifts

• Math: Valentine's Roll and Count (learn how to roll dice, count the dots on each side of the dice, and match the amount of paper hearts to the number rolled on the dice)

• Religion: Jesus is the Good Shepherd

• Projects: heart name puzzle; scrape paint hearts; Hershey Kiss craft; Alma Thomas painting

• Science: Candy hearts science experiment

Announcements and Reminders:

• If your child presents with any sort of illness or symptoms of any kind, such as a cough, upset stomach, sore throat, runny nose, please monitor their health before sending them to school. 

• Information for our Valentine's Day party this Thursday is attached to this email.

• We are in need of glue sticks in the preschool classroom. If any is able to bring in either the regular sized glue sticks or the jumbo sized glue sticks, the preschool kids and I would greatly appreciate it.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

-Ms. Monkman

Good afternoon, I hope everyone is doing well. The information for our Valentine's Day Party is included at the end of this email.

What's Happening this Week:

• Today (Monday), we talked about Groundhog's Day. We talked about what the groundhog does on Groundhog's day, then predicted if he will see his shadow or not and what happens if he sees his shadow. We also watched the livestream video of Punxsutawney Phil the Groundhog from this morning; we saw that he saw his shadow, which is supposed to mean 6 more weeks of winter

• Letter Nn work: mystery letter Nn game, things that start with N, who has N in their name, uppercase N and lowercase n tracing and writing, N is for newspaper art

• All about Kindness and Friendship: what does "kindness" mean, ways to be kind to your friends and family, what is a friend, how to talk to friends; kind vs. unkind things

• Math: Matching numbers to numerals (i.e. matching three blocks with the number 3)

• Religion: God Keeps his Promises

• Projects: Groundhog puppet, watercolor paint friendship banner, Paper heart game, Rock painting, Black History Month project: Garret Morgan traffic light

• Science: Cotton Candy Science Experiment

Announcements and Reminders:

• No school on Monday, February 16th

• February is Black History Month. To celebrate Black History Month, each week in Preschool we will learn about a notable individual (i.e. created something important) and do a project/activity honoring that person.

• Our first Black History Month Project this week will honor Garret Morgan, who created the traffic light signal

• Our Valentine's Day party will be on Thursday, February 12th. We will play games and exchange Valentine's with each other. Further details about our Valentine's Party is attached to this email.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

-Ms. Monkman

January 28-30

Good afternoon, I hope everyone is doing well, especially after all the snow and ice that occurred over the weekend. Despite the fact that we have a short week and we get out at 11:30 this Friday, we will get done as much fun and interesting activities and learning as we can.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Mm work- who has Mm in their name, things that start with M, uppercase M and lowercase m tracing and coloring, M is for Monster art

• Math: Sequencing puzzles

• All about Outerspace: id. the planets, planet Earth, stars/sun/moon, rocketships and astronauts, aliens

• Projects: Planet Earth watercolor paint, Rocket Ship craft, Handprint alien UFO craft

• Science: moon dough

Announcements and Reminders:

• Half day this Friday, we get out at 11:30 am, so plan accordingly

• No school on Monday, February 16th 

• Information will be coming out by the end of this week or beginning of next week for our Valentine's Day party

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

-Ms. Monkman

January 20-23

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good long weekend. 

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Ll work- who has Ll in their name, mystery Ll game, uppercase L and lowercase l tracing and writing, L is for Ladybug art

• Math: introduction to sequencing (putting things in order; 1,2,3...; "first", "next",...)

• All about Hibernation: define "hibernate"; what animals hibernate/where hibernate; all about bears, hedgehog, skunk, squirrels

• Religion: We talk to God; begin saying a new prayer "Our Father"

• Projects: Sleeping bear mask, hedgehog craft, skunk craft, q-tip paint squirrel

• Science: Build a hibernation house (for a stuffed animal that "hibernates")

Announcements and Reminders:

• For any winter weather that occurs, such as snow and ice, I will notify you as promptly as possible of any potential delays or school closings. 

• We have a half day on Friday, January 30th; we get out at 11:30 am that day

Do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

-Ms. Monkman

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend. As a reminder, we do not have school next Monday, January 19th due to MLK jr. day.

What's Happening this Week:

• Math: Continuing with patterns- making patterns with 2 colors or 3 colors

• All about snow/winter animals- Polar Bears, Penguins, Moose, Walrus, Narwhal

• All about Letter Kk- mystery Kk game; what starts with K, who has K in their name, tracing and writing uppercase K and lowercase k, K is for King art

• Science: Melting Snowman science experiment; Scrape paint narwhal

• Projects: Polar bear on ice project, Shapes Penguin art, Handprint moose craft, Walrus art, Scrape paint narwhal

Announcements and Reminders:

• No school Monday, January 19th due to MLK jr. day

• We have a half day on Friday, January 30th, and we get out of school at 11:30 that day

• As we continue through the winter season and illnesses occur, please monitor the health of your children before sending them to school

• Catholic Schools Week is January 25-30th. There will be daily activities during that week at school. Once I have that schedule, I will send it out in an email to everybody.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

-Ms. Monkman

January 5-9

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a happy and healthy Christmas/winter break. We have returned to school, ready and excited for what we are learning about.

What's Happening this Week:

• Reviewing the alphabet- singing the ABC song, practicing identifying and spelling name

• All about Wintertime- winter weather, winter clothing, snow/snowflakes, snowmen

• Math: Introduction to patterns

• Religion: God made me special

• Science: Melting snowman science experiment

• Projects: Design your own snowman, mittens coloring page, "Thank you God" mittens, Snowflake mosaic collage, melting snowman craft, Frosty the Snowman coloring, Olaf watercolor paint

Announcements and Reminders: 

• No school on Monday, January 19th due to MLK jr. Day

• We have a half day on Friday, January 30. We get out at 11:30 am that day

• There are various Winter illnesses going around; please monitor the health of your children before sending them to school (i.e. cough, sore throat, fever/chills, vomit/upset stomach, etc.). We would like to minimize the spread of germs as best we can

• Please have your child practice the letters of the alphabet at home, at least practicing how to identify and spell their names.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Ms. Monkman 

December 9-12

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend. This week will be busy for us in preschool, with all the learning we will be doing and all the practicing we are doing for our Christmas Concert next Tuesday.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Jj work- tracing and writing uppercase J and lowercase j, letter Jj coloring, mystery letter Jj game, J is for Jello art, Jello taste test

• Math: Christmas tree counting pages

• All about the birth of Jesus

• Religion: Jesus is born

• Projects: Baby Jesus manger craft, Mary and Baby Jesus craft, Nativity Ornament, craft stations, Christmas tree craft

• Science: Christmas tree snack science

Announcements and Reminders:

• We are off for the Christmas holiday from December 22nd to January 2nd. We will return to school on Monday, January 5th

• Our Christmas concert will be on Tuesday, December 16th at 1:30 pm

• Our Christmas Cookie Decorating Party will take place on Monday, December 15th.and our Coloring Book exchange will take place on Wednesday, December 17th. The information for those events was previously sent. 

• If you need me to resend you the Sign Up Genius link for the cookie decorating party or the document for our Coloring Book exchange, please let me know. 

• It is very cold this week, especially in the mornings. Please dress your children according to the weather and make sure their coats are warm enough, especially since we will try to go outside to play a few times this week.

• As we enter into the cold and flu season, please monitor the health of your children before sending them to school (i.e. cough, sore throat, fever, stomach issues, runny nose, etc.). 

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

-Ms. Monkman

December 1-5

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving weekend. Please read this entire email, as it includes information about our Preschool/Kindergarten Christmas Concert and two activities that Preschool will be doing to celebrate the holidays.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Ii work- who has Ii in their name, things that start with Letter I, uppercase I and lowercase i tracing and writing, I is for insect art

• All about Food- healthy vs. junk food; kinds of food (vegetables, fruit, grain, protein, dairy), healthy eating plate

• Math: sorting food (by coloring, amount, type, healthy vs. unhealthy)

• Religion: We wait for Jesus with Joy; Angel food cake project snack 

• Projects: healthy eating plate, painting with broccoli, carrot stick puppet, pasta name initial, food taste test

• Science: Magic Milk science experiment

• decorating the classroom for Christmas

Announcements/Reminders:

• No school on Monday, December 8th due to a church holiday

• Preschool/Kindergarten Christmas Concert will be on Tuesday, December 16th at 1:30 pm. All are welcome to come and watch the kids perform Christmas songs and the Nativity play

• Preschool has 2 activities planned for Christmas: Christmas Cookie Decorating Party and a Coloring Book exchange

• The Christmas Cookie Decorating Party will take place on Monday, December 15th. Cookies will be provided by the teachers. A sign up genius is included in this email- you can sign up to bring in one item that we can use to decorate cookies with

• The Coloring Book exchange will take place on Wednesday, December 17th. Information for this is attached to this email.

• We have off for Christmas break December 22- January 2.

Sign Up Genius Link for Preschool's Christmas Cookie Decorating Party: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4DAAA922A3FC1-60847746-christmas

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out.

-Ms. Monkman

November 17-21

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend. On Wednesday of this week, the 8th grade students will be selling Tastycake treats for $1 each. You can send in $1 on Wednesday for your child to buy a Tastycake treat, if you would like. 

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Hh work- mystery letter Hh game, tracing and writing uppercase H and lowercase h, H is for hearts art project, who has h in their name

• Tracing and spelling names

• Math: sorting toy bears by categories (size, color, amount)

• All about animals: identifying kinds of animals (zoo animals, land animals, flying animals, ocean animals, farm animals)

• Religion: Jesus is our King; St. Michael the Archangel

• Projects: Zebra craft, Cat project, Fish project, Bird project, Muddy pig project

• Science: Water grow animals

Announcements and Reminders:

• We have a half day on Wednesday, November 26. We get out at 11:30 am.

• No school on Thursday, November 27 or Friday, November 28, due to the Thanksgiving holiday

• Our preschool Thanksgiving lunch will be on Tuesday, November 25. The sign up genius link was previously sent last week. If you need me to resend the link, please let me know

• We have been having the kids practice putting their coats on independently, everyone is getting very good at putting their coats on themselves

• Each morning this week, we will be practicing tracing and spelling our names. You can also practice this at home.

• Today, your child will be going home with the pictures you ordered for their school pictures

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions

-Ms. Monkman

November 10-14

Good evening, I hope everyone had a good weekend. Today we are walking to support our Walkathon fundraiser; thanks to everyone who supported our fundraising efforts, we have raised a little over $10,000.

Included in this email is the information for our Preschool Thanksgiving brunch. 

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Gg work- mystery letter Gg game, tracing and writing Uppercase G and lowercase g, letter Gg coloring page, G is for green art

• All about Families- what is a family, where do families live, relatives, pets, love

• Math: Sorting by size

• Religion- The church prays all year; Church year in colors science experiment

• Projects: Encanto watercolor paint, Paper bag house, Paper bag dog, I love my family coloring page, Thank you cards

• Science: Magic candy science

Announcements:

• Our preschool Thanksgiving Lunch will be on Tuesday, November 25. There is a Sign Up Genius link that will be sent out tomorrow if you wish to sign up to bring something in for the Thanksgiving Lunch 

• We have a half day on Wednesday, November 26. We get out at 11:30 am.

• No school on Thursday, November 27 or Friday, November 28, due to the Thanksgiving holiday

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns. 

-Ms. Monkman

November 3-7

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good Halloween/long weekend.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Ff work- tracing and writing uppercase F and lowercase f, things that start with F, who has Ff in their name, F is for Feathers art

• Math: Sort by color

• All about Feelings and Emotions- identifying emotions, how to calm down when angry or too energized, how to tell people how we feel

• Religion: We celebrate together

• Projects: I am feeling... Emojis art, Happy face plate, Anger monster craft, Sad face plate, Emoji masks

• Science: colorful emotions science

Announcements and Reminders: 

• Please make sure you are going through your child's folder, to see what projects or worksheets, or even important papers come home

• Attached is another picture from when everyone was in their Halloween costumes last week

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

October 27-30

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend.

Your child is going home with their report card in their folder; it will be in the pocket on the right side of their folder. Please review the report card, sign where it says "parent signature", return by Thursday of this week.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Ee work- tracing and writing uppercase E and lowercase e, mystery Ee game, who has Ee in their name, E is for Elmo art

• Math: candy counting pages

• All about Halloween- spooky monsters, trick or treating, ghosts and pumpkins, being safe with candy/stranger danger, costumes

• Pumpkin painting party, Halloween costume parade, School Walkathon

Announcements and Reminders:

• Our school Walkathon is this Thursday. There is still time to donate to it

• Sleeping bags will be going home on Wednesday to be cleaned and returned

• We have a half day on Thursday, October 30th and no school on Friday, October 31st (Halloween), both due to Parent Teacher Conferences

• Parent Teacher Conferences for preschool are used to discuss your child's progress in preschool so far. Here is the link for conferences- please only sign up for one time slot:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4DAAA922A3FC1-59316066-preschool

Our Preschool/Kindergarten Halloween parade is this Wednesday at 8:30 am. Information for that is attached to this email

A separate email will be sent with pictures from our Pumpkin painting party from today.

Do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

-Ms. Monkman

October 20-24

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend. 

On Wednesday of this week, we have picture day. A form was sent home in your child's folder last week that you use to order pictures. Your children can dress in what they want (i.e. a dress, button up shirt, etc.); also, follow the directions on the form on how to order/pay for pictures, and make sure the form and/or proper payment is returned for picture day on Wednesday.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Dd work- mystery letter "D" game/what starts with D, tracing and writing uppercase D and lowercase d, D is for Dot art

• Math: pumpkin seed counting

• All about pumpkins- how/where pumpkins grow; what colors pumpkins can be; what pumpkin weigh/feel like; the insides of pumpkins; Jack O' Lanterns

• Religion: My family cares for me; We live as Jesus taught

• Projects: Paper plate pumpkin; Spookley the Square pumpkin craft; Name pumpkin puzzle; Draw your own pumpkins; Coffee filter pumpkin craft

• Science: Fuzzy pumpkin science

Announcements and Reminders:

• Picture day this Wednesday, October 22

• We have a half day on Thursday, October 30th and no school on Friday, October 31st (Halloween), both due to Parent Teacher Conferences

• Parent Teacher Conferences for preschool are used to discuss your child's progress in preschool so far. Here is the link for conferences- please only sign up for one time slot:

• https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4DAAA922A3FC1-59316066-preschoolWe will have our Preschool pumpkin painting party on Monday, October 27th

• We will have our Preschool/Kindergarten Halloween costume parade on Wednesday, October 29th

• Information for our Preschool Pumpkin painting party and our Pre-k/Kindergarten Halloween costume parade is attached to this email in a word document

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

-Ms. Monkman

October 13-17

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend.

Though it is a dreary, rainy start to the week, I anticipate we will have a lot of fun with all of the projects and learning we will be doing in preschool this week.

What's Happening this Week:

• All about Letter Cc- what starts with C, tracing and writing Uppercase C and lowercase c, letter Cc coloring, C is for Cat art

• Math: All about triangles and stars (tracing, identifying, searching for these shapes, building these shapes with playdough)

• All about Community Workers- Police officers, Doctors, Postal workers/delivery workers, Garbage workers, Construction workers

• Religion: Jesus cares for his friends; Jesus helps us

• Projects: Police badges, Bandaid bodies, Mailman's bag craft, Tissue paper trash truck, Construction paint hat

Announcements and Reminders:

• We have a half day on Thursday, October 30th and no school on Friday, October 31st (Halloween), both due to Parent Teacher Conferences

• Parent Teacher Conferences for preschool are used to discuss your child's progress in preschool so far. Here is the link for conferences- please only sign up for one time slot:

• https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4DAAA922A3FC1-59316066-preschoolThere is still time left to order books for your child off of the Scholastic Book Club ordering site. Please order by this Wednesday; once you place your order, I can hit submit and then the book orders should hopefully come before Halloween

• We will have our Preschool pumpkin painting party on Monday, October 27th

• We will have our Preschool/Kindergarten Halloween costume parade on Wednesday, October 29th

• Information for our Preschool Pumpkin painting party and our Pre-k/Kindergarten Halloween costume parade is attached to this email in a word document

October 6-10

Good afternoon, I hope everyone enjoyed their weekends. We have a fun week planned in preschool this week. Please read the entire email, as it contains information about Scholastic Book club orders.

What's Happening this Week:

• All about letter Bb- tracing and writing uppercase B and lowercase b, coloring letter Bb pages, finding things that start with letter B, who has B in their name, B is for blue art

• Fire safety- what to do if there's a fire; firefighters; firestation; firetrucks and fire dogs (dalmatians); Stop, Drop, and Roll; what's a real emergency/dialing 911

• Math: All about circles and squares- tracing circles and squares; finding everyday objects shaped like circles and squares; building circles and squares with playdough

• Religion: We thank you, God; Jesus is God's son

• Projects: Tissue paper fire flame; Firefighter craft with handprints; Shapes firetrucks; Dalmatian craft

• Science: Bubbly fire science

Announcements and Reminders: 

• We have a half day on Thursday, October 30th and no school on Friday, October 31st (Halloween), both due to Parent Teacher Conferences

• Parent Teacher Conferences will be offered for preschool. Information for conferences will be sent out by Friday of this week

• Scholastic Book Club ordering:  Scholastic Book Clubs is a website used by schools and teachers where you can order books for your children. There are many kinds of books to order, all for a fairly affordable price. This is optional and not required, but if you would like to order books for your children off of the Scholastic Book Club site, please order by Wednesday, October 15.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

-Ms. Monkman

September 29- October 3

Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend.

This week at school will be busy in preschool. We have a lot to learn and a lot of projects and activities to complete.

What's Happening this Week:

• Letter Aa work- mystery "Aa" game (what starts with A), tracing and writing uppercase A and lowercase a, coloring letter Aa pages, A is for apple art

• All about Fall and Leaves- what you see in Fall, Fall weather and clothes, Fall foods, animals that you see in Fall, and so on

• Math: pumpkin size math (big, medium, small)

• Religion: God created the world

• Tabletop activity: Fall activity pages

• Projects: paper leaf art, tinfoil tree art, acorn painted Squirrel, Scarecrow paper craft

• Science: Fall sink or float

Announcements and Reminders:

• As we begin to learn about the letters of the alphabet, I encourage you to have your child practice tracing/writing the letter that we are learning each week. This week we're learning about letter Aa, so they could practice letter Aa at home.

• Please have your child practice covering their mouth with their elbow when they sneeze and cough, and blowing their nose with a tissue when they have a stuffy nose. It is something we are practicing at school as a habit to keep germs from spreading

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

-Ms. Monkman

September 22-26

Good afternoon, I hope everybody had a good weekend.

Here's What's Happening in Preschool this Week:

• All about apples- how/where do apples grow?; what colors can apples be?; are apples heavy?/what do apples feel like?; what's on the inside of apples?; what do apples taste like?

• Math- apple themed counting

• Tabletop activity: practice with scissors

• Tracing diagonal lines, wavy lines, and circles

• Projects: Paper plate apple, Fingerpaint apple poem, Paper apple seed painting, Apple seed counting game

• Science: Fizzy apples science experiment

Announcements and Reminders:

• No school Monday, September 29

• We have begun to use scissors and glue sticks in the classroom this week. I can encourage you to work with your children at home on using scissors safely and glue sticks too

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

-Ms. Monkman

September 15-19

Good afternoon, I hope everybody had a good weekend. This week, we have a busy week planned with a lot of fun projects and activities.

What's Happening this Week:

• Continue to practice school routines 

• Practice tracing lines: straight lines across and straight lines down

• Tabletop activity: Coloring

• All about the 5 Senses and Body Parts- identification of 5 senses and what they do, 5 senses activities and games, identification of body parts and what they do, etc.

• Projects- Rainbow paper person, skin color paint project, Hand touch project, Nature walk, Tongue taste project

• Science- Mystery touch game, Mystery smell game, Listening game, Nature Walk

• Math- Introduction to numbers 1-5 (numbers 1-5 coloring book)

Announcements and Reminders:

• No school on Monday, September 29

• To prepare for tracing and writing the letters of the alphabet, we will spend the next two weeks practicing tracing different lines and shapes. These lines and shapes are what form the letters, so this is a good practice for us

• We are continuing to practice for our Fire Drill and our Lockdown Drill. The children have been doing very good so far practicing for both of these things

• We are starting class jobs this week. Each kid gets assigned to a certain job, and that is their job for the entire week

• Show and Tell begins this Wednesday and Thursday. Whichever day you send something in for your child to show during Show and Tell, please make sure it is packed in a bag/baggy labeled with their name

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns

-Ms. Monkman

Good evening, I hope everyone had a nice weekend.

This week is our first full week of preschool, which includes having lunch for the first time and also taking rests after lunch each day. This week also begins our Specials Computers, Art, Gym, and Spanish.

What's Happening this Week:

• All about School Safety- how do you get to school?, crossing guards, how to be safe at school, etc.

• All about Colors- what's your favorite color?, can you identify the colors?

• Practice school routines

• Projects: Stop sign project, School bus project, Crayon craft, Colors collage

• Our first science project: Paint blob science

Announcements and Reminders:

• We have gym class on Thursday. Please make sure your child wears sneakers and athletic type clothes to school Thursday so they can participate safely in gym class

• We will have our very first Computer class tomorrow, followed by Art class on Wednesday, Gym class on Thursday, and end with Spanish class on Friday

• After rest time today, most of the children said they were hungry. A few children had not eaten their entire lunches, but the rest had eaten their snacks and lunches and had nothing left. Please pack an extra snack that is labeled "afternoon snack" that they can eat as an afternoon snack. I will make sure it is put aside in a bin so they can only eat it as an afternoon snack

Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

-Ms. Monkman