Hello Precious Families...;)
APOLOGIES:
I want to extend my sincere apologies to the SEALS. I inadvertantly left on the wrong time on the hard copy I had sent home to the SEALS regarding the time they had pictures done today. I am so very sorry about this mistake. I hope this did not cause to much of an issue for any family. If so, please accept my sincere apologies on this. When I made the hard copy picture flyer, I overlooked the time as I use the Polar Bear's flyer and just cut and pasted. I will be more vigilant on these details next time when pertentant info like this goes out.
Again, so very sorry for this unfortunate oversight on my part;(
Halloween Party day:
SEALS: Thursday October 27th
PENGUINS and POLAR BEARS: Friday October 28th
Costumes are allowed but NOT required. PLEASE make sure the costumes are not so elaborate that it prevents your little ones to not be able to funtion in class. I discourage masks and costumes where your child can not sit or stand without problems. Thanks for your understanding on this. I will touch base with those parents who have volunteered help with Halloween treats and help next week.
One thing I do have planned for all classes is "donut eating on a string". It is a very fun little activity but they should be able to get their little faces a little messy so just keep this in mind; )
A great Q&A came from a question regarding morning Halloween parties. See below:
1.) My child is in one of the morning classes and I do not want to give them sugary treats at 10ish in the morning. Can you suggest something?
Fruit treats are a great idea especially for morning students. I will give you an example of one thing I did: When my oldest was in morning kindergarten, I made small little fruit parfaits (in small paper cups) using a few basic "kid friendly" fruits (grapes, blueberries, strawberries, etc) and layered in with strawberry yogurt.
Keep it basic and relatively healthy. Another couple of ideas are fruit snacks and tiny donut holes. I hope this helps ;)
GYM:
I had to cancel gym for today (Thursday) as the portrait people were using the Multi-purpose room. It was raining today so we could not take advantage of the outside. My plan is to either do gym Friday or next week.
MUSIC:
Our wonderful music teacher, Mrs. Rodenberger, has offered to give each of our preschool classes a music class in her music room! She has SO many wonderful instruments and is so gifted in her instruction of music that I readily said "YES" Next week, the elementary is conducting their Terra Nova test so she will have some vacant class time that she is willing to give to the Preschool students! THANKS Mrs. Rodenberger.
The Pope:
Just wanted to let the PRE-K Polar Bear families know that I have introduced the concept of the Pope into our class this week. Since our letter of the week is 'P' we talked about St. Peter, our first Pope. I also talked to the children about our current pope. We described him as "like the president of the United States only he is president of the Catholic Church." We talked about how he is a leader and tries to lead our church toward glorification of God. I have brought in a picture of him.
Concluding Thoughts:
**We have our Smartboard up and running so we will begin do some activities using this wonderful technology. My intention is too eventually make this an occasional Literacy station that the children can work on independently.
May God continually bless you this week!
Mrs. Burd and Mrs. Bloom
