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 routinesÂ
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