November 2-6
Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend and a good Halloween. Though tomorrow is Election Day and you can have the opportunity to go vote, school is still open (as we are not a polling place).
What's Happening this Week:
Letter Dd work- uppercase D and lowercase d work, coloring, things that start with D, D is for Dog art
All about Feelings and Emotions- identifying the emotions; ways to calm down, using words to express how we feel; focus on: happy, sad, angry, love
Math: Sorting by size (big vs small, long vs short), using paper pumpkins, bears, cubes, etc.
Religion: Jesus is followed by people who love him- explain how Jesus is a leader (like a coach or a teacher); introduce the concept of Saints
Introducing our Classroom Saint- Saint Martin of Tours
Science: Emotions Explosions
Projects: I am feeling... coloring page, Happy Emoji puppet, Blue Sad Face Plate, Anger Monster, Coffee Filter Heart
Announcements and Reminders:
Half day on Wednesday, November 25 (11:30 am dismissal) and no school November 26-27 due to the Thanksgiving Holiday
Information for our Thanksgiving Party will come out on Friday
As we continue to learn about Jesus, more topics and ideas will be introduced. This week, we will introduce the concept of Saints. With this, we have a classroom Saint- Saint Martin of Tours. We will do service projects each month to help us perform good deeds, just like Saint Martin of Tours (and Jesus) did. The service project for the month of November will be announced on Friday
Any ways/methods we practice at school to help us calm down and express our emotions using words, I will share with parents
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns
Thank you,
Ms. Monkman
October 26-30
Good afternoon, thank you to everyone that attended the Preschool and Kindergarten Halloween costume Parade this morning. After the family members left, we did parade inside the classrooms in the school and the children received candy. Their candies are in a paper bag with their name on it, and they will be coming home with it today.
What's Happening this Week:
Halloween fun- Halloween costume Parade and Pumpkin Decorating party
All about Halloween- spooky monsters, candy, trick or treating, and so on
Practice tracing and cutting lines
Announcements and Reminders:
Half day (11:30 am dismissal) this Thursday and no school this Friday
Our pumpkin decorating party is tomorrow. Please make sure your child comes to school with a pumpkin tomorrow. Decorating supplies will be provided, they just need to bring pumpkins
We will still have Show and Tell this week, even with the shorter week, it will be on the normal days
Because we have a short week, sleeping bags will be sent home on Wednesday of this week. They can be cleaned and returned by next Monday, November 1st.
Our Walkathon Fundraiser is still going on. The general link to the fundraiser is included below. We are still raising money- our goal is $8,000 to raise- and we will walk outside as a school on Thursday morning.
Walkathon Fundraiser (general link): https://independent.pledgebrite.org/fund/steugene26
Please enjoy the attached pictures of our Halloween parade this morning.
-Ms. Monkman
October 19-23
Good evening, I hope everyone had a good weekend. We have a fun week planned in preschool. As a reminder, Picture Day is this Wednesday. There are more announcements and reminders included in this email so please read the entire email.
What's Happening this Week:
Letter Cc work- things that start with letter Cc, mystery Cc game, who has letter Cc in their name, uppercase C and lowercase c trace/write/color, C is for Caterpillar art
All about Pumpkins- pictures of pumpkins, where and how pumpkins grow, parts of a pumpkin, looking inside of a pumpkin/what pumpkins feel like, Jack O Lanterns and Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Math- counting with pumpkin seeds game
Science: Pumpkin Volcano; Pumpkin Carving
Projects: Draw your own pumpkins, Pumpkin Name puzzle, Pumpkin Patch thumbprint paint, Inside My Pumpkin Project, Spookley pumpkin craft
Religion:
We will go on our Fall Scavenger Hunt at the end of the week, and play in the leaves too
Announcements and Reminders:
Half day on Thursday October 29 (11:30 am dismissal); No school on Friday, October 30.
Our Pumpkin Decorating Party information and Pre-K/Kindergarten Halloween Costume Parade information is attached to this email.
Picture Day this Wednesday: For picture day, the preschool kids can wear what they want. If you order pictures online, you can send me the confirmation email and I can make sure the photographer knows you paid online. If you pay for pictures with cash, you must have exact change, as we cannot give change out.
As we enter the season of Fall, it has begun to get colder in the mornings. Please make sure your child comes to school wearing a jacket that will keep them warm when we go outside to play.
The November hot lunch menu is open for ordering. Please talk to your kids before ordering to make sure they will like to eat the hot lunches you wish to order. The November hot lunch menu will close on October 31 at 11:59 pm
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.
-Ms. Monkman
Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend. This week, we have a full and busy week at school.
What's Happening this Week:
Letter Bb work- what begins with Bb, mystery Bb game, uppercase B and lowercase b tracing/coloring/writing, letter Bb workbook page, coloring
Math: counting with Pumpkin seeds
Introduction to the 4 Seasons
All about Fall- Fall weather, fun Fall activities, Fall animals, leaves
Science: Fall Sink or Float experiment
Projects: Four seasons coloring page, Fall weather dress up person, Leaves & Rake craft, Fall things scavenger hunt, Squirrel project, Cardboard leaves painting
Religion: Introduction to Jesus- Jesus is a friend/Jesus is God's son
Announcements and Reminders:
Conference Sign Up Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4DAAA922A3FC1-66567330-preschool
Half day on Thursday, October 29 and no school Friday, October 31 due to conferences
Information for the Preschool Pumpkin Decorating Party and the Pre-K and Kindergarten Costume parade are attached to this email
This week, we are continuing with learning letters- as the children come home from school, you can encourage them to tell you what they may have learned about the letter of the week (this week, letter Bb), such as something that begins with Bb or if they have that letter in their name
Show and Tell continues on the normal days this week. Please email me if you do not remember the Show and Tell day for your child
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns
-Ms. Monkman
September 28- October 2
Good evening, I hope everyone had a good weekend. I am hoping the weather is clearing up so we can spent lots of time this week outside in preschool.
What's Happening this Week:
Continuing to practice with scissors and glue sticks
Introducing paint- washable paint and watercolor paint
All about apples- what apples look/feel/smell like, kinds of apples, how apples grow/lifecycle of an apple, apple orchards, parts of an apple, apple taste test
Diagonal lines trace and writing, Circles trace and writing, Curvy lines trace and writing
Math: Introduction to counting- testing to see what numbers each kid can identify (from 0 to 10); using paper apples to count to 5
Projects: ripped up paper apple, Apple tracing page, Apple core art, Watercolor paint apple, Apple stamping paint
Science Experiments: Apple Sink or Float experiment, Dancing apple seeds experiment, Apple Taste test, Apple Volcano
Show and Tell Starts this Week!
Announcements and Reminders:
This week, Show and Tell will begin. Show and Tell will take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays each week. The children can bring in anything they want, like a photograph, toy, stuffed animal, book. They will be assigned a Show and Tell day, either Wednesday or Thursday, each week where they will be able to bring in something that day for Show and Tell. This will help Show and Tell run smoothly. The assigned Show and Tell days are as follows: Wednesdays (Lincoln, Kolton, Florence, Cikari) and Thursdays (Malaya, Greyson, Lucas).
Today in your child's folder, is a Scholastic Book Club catalog. I send these catalogs home throughout the school year. The Scholastic Book Club is an online site that you can order books off of for your child. At school today, the children went through the catalogs and saw all the books that can potentially be ordered. The catalogs change pretty much monthly; this month, the books are of a large variety, and there are lots of Fall and Halloween books. There are also much more books offered online. If you would like to order any books for your child, the instructions are attached to this email. Please order by Sunday, October 11 if you wish to order any books for your children. (If you do order, they get shipped and will arrive at school and then they'd be sent home with your child).
Sleeping bags will be sent home this Wednesday, September 30 to be washed and cleaned. They can be returned at your earliest convenience. Sleepings bags are sent home monthly
Reminder, no school on Wednesday October 7
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns
-Ms. Monkman
September 21-25
Good evening, I hope everyone had a good weekend. This week, we have a lot of fun games, activities, and projects planned.
What's Happening this Week:
Practice tracing and cutting straight lines across
All about 5 senses (hear, see, touch, smell, taste): what parts of our bodies we use with our senses, naming the senses, etc.
Projects: Ears headband, My Sense of Touch page, Things that Help me see page, Nature Walk/Scavenger Hunt
Science: Mystery Sound Game, Mystery Touch Game, Mystery Smell Game, Taste Test, Scented Shaving cream art
Announcements and Reminders:
This week we are beginning with our classroom jobs, where everyone will get a chance to complete a job each day/week at preschool. The jobs alternate each week, which means that each child will have a different job each week and they will all get a chance to try the different jobs
The October hot lunch menu is now open and you can order hot lunch for October for them. It will be open to order for October until September 29 at 11:59 pm. Please talk to your children before ordering hot lunches for them (to see what they like vs. didn't like, especially if they have previously eaten the hot lunches they may not have liked everything)
We are continuing to practice our lockdown drill and fire drills this week.
We are continuing to practice lining up and walking quietly in the hallways.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns,
Ms. Monkman
September 14-18
Good afternoon, I hope everyone had a good weekend.`We have a busy week planned in preschool.
What's Happening this Week:
Practice identifying our names
Practice writing and tracing straight lines down
Introducing scissors in the classroom- how to safely hold and cut with scissors (cut lines, cut paper)
All about body parts- identify body parts, how to move different body parts (kick, run, jump, throw, etc.); how to be safe with our bodies; germs (handwashing, how to stay clean)
Projects: Body Parts person craft; Body Parts Smash matching game; Body Parts flashcard matching
Science: Glitter Germ Science Experiment
Announcements and Reminders:
There is no school on Wednesday, October 7
As we are practicing how to safely hold and cut with scissors at school, if your child has a pair of kid scissors at home, they can practice cutting paper at home too
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.
-Ms. Monkman
September 8-12
Good afternoon , I hope everyone had a good weekend. This is our first week in preschool, and it's going to be a productive week.
What's Happening this Week:
Specials classes begin this week; Lunch begins this week
All about school safety: who keeps us safe at school (teachers, crossing guards, police officers, lunch ladies, etc.), stop signs, school buses, how to walk safely, how we get to school
All about colors- testing our knowledge on the colors (flashcards, sorting objects by color)
Projects: Stop Sign craft, School Bus craft, Name crayons, Color collage craft
Announcements and Reminders:
CARES (the school's afterschool program) begins today. If you have registered and paid the registration fee, your kids can now go to CARES whenever they need to go. If you are interested and still need to register for CARES, please let me know and I can send you the information for registering for CARES.
If you believe that your child will be going to CARES everyday, please let me know. Or on any days that you need to end up sending your kid to CARES, please let me know so I can make sure they get to CARES
Rest time began today. We will have rest time every day after lunch. With that, sleeping bags will be sent home at the end of every month to be cleaned.
We have gym class on Wednesdays. Definitely make sure your child comes to school in sneakers and clothes they can comfortably run around in so they can participate and have fun in gym class
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.
-Ms. Monkman
September 1-3
Good evening, I hope everyone had a good weekend. Tomorrow is our first day of preschool at St. Eugenes. I am excited for the first day, and to see all the kids tomorrow.
As a reminder, we are in school Tuesday-Thursday this week for half days. That means we get out at 11:30 am each day this week. Please be patient, as the preschoolers are dismissed last, after walkers and kids taking buses.
What's Happening this Week in Preschool:
First day of school
Practicing school routines, including cleaning up toys, putting away backpack/lunchbox/etc., lining up and walking in hallways, handwashing and bathroom routine, circle time, and so on
Taking tour of classroom and of school
Getting to know the classroom and new friends, playing get to know you games
First day of school coloring page
Announcements and Reminders:
September 1-3: Half days, school is in 7:45-11:30 am.
No school Friday, September 4 or Monday, September 7 due to Labor Day Weekend
Tuesday, September 8th we begin full days at school. Full days are 7:45-2:45 am
The earliest you can drop off your child is 7:30 am. Come to the clear glass doors at the front of the school, and I (or another faculty member) will let your child in). This is the same every day your child comes to preschool
Please do not park along the wall of the school, as that is where buses will be be to drop off and pick up kids. Instead, park in spots in the main part of the parking lot
Anyone that was not able to make it to Meet the Teacher night last week will have the paperwork that was handed out that night in their child's folder.
School supplies can be brought in to school any day this week
I send emails out twice a week, once at the beginning of the week, and once and the end of the week. I try to respond promptly to emails, so if you have any questions or concerns at any time, I respond as promptly as I can.
I also have a class webpage, where I will post a weekly newsletter and pictures (under the "Daily Happenings" section).
Have a good night, I will see everyone for the first day of school tomorrow,
Ms. Monkman