Sunday, September 27, 2009

Sunday, September 27, 2009

THEME: FARMS

This week will be learning all about Farms. We will make torn paper pigs in Art to create a Preschool Pig Pen on our wall. We will harvest vegetables in Dramatic Play. We will play with feed corn and plastic mice in the Sensory Table. We will learn all about our first letter, the letter L. We will learn its sound, practice making it with play dough, and practice writing L in our workbooks. We will hear a story about how Kim's mom loves and cares for her in Religion. We will also compare different types of corn products (corn starch, corn meal, popcorn) and we will shuck our own ear of corn. We will also sing farm songs.

Please return the permission forms for the speech and language screenings by Thursday Oct. 1, if you are interested. So far we have only received two forms for the upcoming screening to be held on Oct. 16.


Sunday, September 20, 2009

Sunday, September 21, 2009

This week in Preschool our theme is apples. We will be using apples as paint stampers and will be making patterns as an Art and Math activity. We will explore apples with a magnifying glass, scale, and our taste buds. We will pretend to make an apple pie in the Sensory Table. We will continue learning how Jesus is our shepherd in Religion. In Handwriting we will continue working on crayon grip, coloring, and tracing.

Book Fair is this week in the Middle School Library! Stop by and shop, and see the Wednesday packet for more information about special events.

Wednesday 9/23 is Pizza Day! Please send money for your child if you have not already done so.

Thursday 9/24 is Spirit Dress! Your child may wear an SPX t-shirt and jeans/shorts.






HOORAY FOR TEDDY BEAR DAY!

SHH! THE BEARS ARE HIBERNATING!

Sunday, September 13, 2009

WEEK OF 9/14/09 - 9/17/09

THEME: Bears

THIS WEEK: We will have a teddy bear picnic in Dramatic Play, make circle bears in Art, hunt for bears in the Sensory Table, sort bears by size and color, and learn about hibernation. We will do an aim and trace activity in our handwriting books. In Religion we will learn that our names are special and that God knows us each by name.

Thurs. Sept. 17 - Pizza forms are due
PTC after school
Fri. Sept. 18 - No School - PTC

COMING ATTRACTIONS:
Sept. 21 - 25 - Book Fair in the Middle School Library
Wed., Sept. 23 - Pizza Day
Thurs. Sept. 24 - Spirit Night - your child may wear Spirit Dress to school

****YOUR CHILD MAY BRING A TEDDY BEAR FROM HOME ON WEDNESDAY (9/16) AND THURSDAY (9/17) FOR SOME FUN ACTIVITIES!

Monday, September 7, 2009

P.S.

Ms. Iten, our librarian, invites everyone to view her new blog at msitenslibrary.blogspot.com !
Monday, September 8, 2009

I hope that everyone had a great, relaxing, long weekend! This week in Preschool we will be learning all about colors. We will play in the Preschool Paint Store in Dramatic Play, we will observe two science experiments (mixing colors and liquid layers), we will finger paint in Art, and we will hear the story of Scat the Cat who changes colors "just like that!" In Religion we will learn that Jesus loves and cares for us just like a shepherd cares for his sheep. We will talk about others who love and care for us in our families, school, and the community. We will begin using our Handwriting workbooks. It's going to be a busy week!

Also, picture day is tomorrow and we are scheduled for 8:45 am. Retake day will be Wednesday, October 7.

Next week we have conferences after school on Thursday, Sept. 17 and in the morning on Friday, Sept. 18 (there is no school that day.) Conference times will be sent home on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

Many thanks to the Krout, Determan, and Burke families for the treasure chest goodies!