Thought you would enjoy these fun pics from last week. We had a ball learning about Chinese New Year and celebrating the 100th Day of School! Now there is even more fun to be had during Catholic Schools Week. Hopefully, you've read about all of the activities in the Wednesday Packet and other emails.

In Preschool we will be attending some of the events and will also be staying busy in our room playing with trains, sand, kitchen and babies, legos, gyroscopes, and lots of manipulatives. We will be coloring pictures of Catholic school kids. We will learn about the letter D. We will learn that we are friends of Jesus just like the first apostles.

**Cafeteria will be closed Wednesday (2/1) for Family Lunch Day!

Bookfair all week in the Middle School Library.

Dress changes for the week are as follows:

Monday - Crazy Sock Day

Tuesday - Red, White, and Blue Dress Day

Wednesday - Spirit Dress

Friday - Crazy Hat Day

Week of 1/23 - 1/27/12

This week is one of my favorites: Chinese New Year! I just love all the traditions surrounding this Asian holiday. It is all about getting a fresh start for the New Year. We will make fireworks paintings in Art, play with red blocks and dragons in Blocks (it's the Year of the Dragon), and get ready for the New Year by sweeping and cleaning in the kitchen, putting gold coins in red envelopes, and getting hair cuts at the beauty shop. We will also learn about the letter J, practice writing numerals 1 and 2, and in Religion we will learn how families welcome visitors like Jesus had many visitors after he was born.

Friday, January 27 - Happy 100th Day of School!
January 30 - February 3 - Catholic Schools Week

We will be having a small party to celebrate the 100th Day of School on Friday, 1/27, at 9:00 am in our classroom. We will be making crowns, changing our counting caterpillar into a butterfly, and eating a special treat. If your child comes on T-Th, you are welcome to bring them to the party. It should last about an hour.

Thank you to all the families for sending snacks for our class!

Week of 1/17 - 1/20/2012

This week in preschool we will be learning all about Nursery Rhymes. We will act out nursery rhymes, make Humpty Dumpty in Art, play Hickory Dickory Dock in Blocks, look for Three Blind Mice in the Sensory Table, put Jack Be Nimble's candles in graduated order, and hunt for Little Bo Peep's lost sheep. We will learn about the letter S. In Religion we will discover that new babies are gifts from God, like baby Jesus was. We will learn that we were all babies at one time and became part of a family.

Wednesday, January 18 - Pizza lunch day - please send money for your child if you have not already done so.

If possible, please send a baby picture of your child for him/her to share with the class. Since we are talking about babies in Religion this week, it will be fun to see how we looked as babies and how we have all grown and changed. Thank you!

Week of 1/9 - 1/13/12

We are gearing up for our Winter Wonderland theme week in Preschool, although the weather outside has NOT been frightful :) We will make snowy day pictures in Art, play with ice blocks and arctic animals in Blocks, search for white things hidden in packing peanuts in the Sensory Table, pretend to sled and ice fish in Dramatic Play, learn about the letter G, have an indoor snow storm, learn about different types of penguins, learn about what priests do and hear some Bible stories in Religion.

Monday, January 16 - No School - MLK Jr. Day
Wednesday, January 18 - Pizza lunch day - Please return order forms by this Wednesday, 1/11

Don't forget to sign up your child for school next year at SPX. Call the school office to get them on the list.

Week of 1/4 - 1/6/12

This week our theme is Manners. We will brush up on learning about good manners and good behavior. This should be a great time to review this after our long break from school :) We will make placemats, make pretend bean soup, pretend to work at and visit a restaurant, review our letters, and hear the story of the Magi. We will learn that we honor Jesus when we are kind to others.

Monday, January 16 - No School - MLK Jr. Day

Don't forget to sign up your child for next school year at SPX! If your child will be going onto kindergarten, please call the school office to put your child's name on the kindergarten list. If your child will be coming back to preschool, please call the school office to put your child's name on the preschool list for next year.

Welcome to Mrs. Alli Adams, our newest teacher's aide! Mrs. Adams will be working Tuesdays and Fridays. Mrs. Lisa Bierig will continue working Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.