Hello Great Preschool Families!
As I sit here in my wool sweater and fuzzy slippers I am confident autumn is definitely here to stay! Brrrrr! Hope you all are keeping warm;)
INTRODUCING....
Last week I forgot to introduce our newest helper to our preschool family. My apologies.
We are blessed to have another helping hand in our classroom on Monday and Friday mornings....Miss Angel Blake. Angel is a St. Francis parishoner and a graduate of Utica High School. She is the daugther of Jeanne and Don Blake. Angel loves to interact with children and has been doing a great job with helping out during our Penguin morning class as it is our largest class of students with 13 children. Welcome Miss Angel!
HALLOWEEN PARTIES:
Just a reminder that we will have small Halloween parties. Different classes will have different days for their parties. They are the following:
THURSDAY October 27: The SEALS will have their party on this day. The SEALS class can dress up this day and we will have a game, a small treat, and a craft. Remember that costumes should not be so elaborate that the child can not sit and interact during class. We will also parade to the kindergarten classes.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 28: The PENGUINS and POLAR BEARS will have their party this day. The PENGUINS and POLAR BEAR classes can dress up this day and we will have a game, craft and a small treat. Remember that costumes should not be so elaborate that the child can not sit or interact during class. We will also parade to the kindergarten classes.
I will be sending home request Monday and Tuesday to the parents that have signed up to help for the Halloween parties;)
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU....!~
I want to give a HUGE shout out to all the parents that donated disinfecting wipes and Lysol spray! This so appreciated as we are currently battling some yucky respiratory flu. We are so blessed to have such generous parents. Thanks so very, very much!
What will be doing this week...
Our theme this week will be: Fall animals: Owls, Spiders and Bats ; the letter 'O' ; the color black; and the number ' 7 '( for the Penguins and Seals.) We still have our "Farmers Market" in the Imagination Station. Our Math & Science Station still features the "things of Fall" box and the Buckeye and Acorn Measure. For the Polar Bears, I have added a new station this week. It is the "Overhead Station" The child play a 'spell and find' game with their sight/ theme words. I will work with the younger classes using the overhead but it will not be an individual station for them yet.
Quote of the Week:
All classes had gym class this past week. We played "Red Light, Green Light". We did different movements. One of the movements I told the children to "walk like a mummy...and growl like a mummy too." One of the children spoke up and said...
"walk like a mummy and growl like a daddy."
Needless to say, Mrs. Bloom and I had a hard time keeping a straight face! What a hoot!
BOOK ORDERS: If you are interested in ordering a scholastic book order from the October forms, please do so within the week as due dates are upon us soon. I will be sending out to you the holiday order forms soon.
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS:
I introduced something called The Peace Rose to the Polar Bears. This is a Montessori concept that helps teach young children to resolve small conflicts peacefully. It helps childrent to tattle less and how to solve problems that arise when we interact with others. Mrs. Bloom and I have been modeling how to use the Peace Rose the last couple of weeks. Last week it seemed to have really kicked in as we have had situations where children having simple conflicts have used it and it worked! What a great thing to see!
I just want to tell you how much growth and wonderful learning I see out of all the children in all classes and it is only October! I am so blessed with such wonderful children and great parents! God bless and have a super week.
Yours in Education,
Mrs. Bloom and Mrs. Burd
" I am convinced of this, so I will continue with you so that you will grow and experience the joy of your faith."
Philippians 1:25
