Examining the inside of a pumpkin - squishy fun!

Captain Rick Bruder visits Preschool to talk about fire safety.

Week of 10/26/09 - 10/30/09

THEME: HALLOWEEN

This week in Preschool we will pretend to have a Halloween party in Dramatic Play, review our letters and start using our notebooks, make footprint bats in Art, play hula hoop math games, sing Halloween songs, and learn all about taking care of ourselves, as we are God's creation, in Religion.

Wed, Oct 28 and Thurs, Oct 29 - Report cards sent home. Please sign for the first quarter and return report card in the folder. The report card will be yours to keep at the end of the school year.

Thurs, Oct 29 - Pizza order forms due for the Wed., Nov 4 pizza day.

Please remember to send warm outerwear for your child now that it is getting colder. Please put your child's name in coats, etc. We will go outside unless it is below freezing, raining, or snowing.

****Next week we will be learning about pets. We are considering allowing the students to bring in pets from home, with parent present, of course. Please let me know if your child has any pet allergies, fears, etc.

October 19, 2009

Week of 10/19/09 - 10/23/09

THEME: PUMPKINS

This week in Preschool we will examine real pumpkins using all of our senses. We will make a tasty pumpkin treat (pumpkin mousse), play in the Preschool Pumpkin Patch, see if fall items sink or float in a science experiment, learn all about the letter H, and hear the story of Adam and Eve in Religion, learning that God made all people special.

Tues. Oct 20 - Captain Rick Bruder from the Tulsa Fire Department will come to visit about fire

safety!

Thurs. Oct 22 - Spirit Dress/Spirit Night

Sun. Oct 25 - Fun Day at SPX from 2:00 - 5:00 - hope to see you there! Thanks for working in

our class booth.

Having fun in the Preschool Fire Station!

Look! It's Brice's butterfly right after it came out of the chrysallis!

It was amazing to watch the life cycle - thank you Brice and family.

October 11, 2009

Week of 10/12/09 - 10/16/09

THEME: FIRE SAFETY

Hello, all! This is one of my favorite themes as the kids really love it. This week we will be painting fire trucks in Art, playing in a pretend fire station in Dramatic Play (equipped with a "real" fire truck courtesy of Mr. Newton - he changed the bear cave into a fire truck), playing with Rescue Heroes and rescue vehicles, adding spots to a dalmation and counting them. We will also learn about "Stop, Drop, and Roll" and how to crawl under smoke. We will learn about our first vowel, the letter E. In Religion we will hear the story of "The Perfect Beach" and learn that we are called to care for all of God's creation.

Wed. Oct 14 - Picture Retakes
Thurs. Oct 15 - I will be attending an early childhood conference and Mrs. Lisa Bierig will be filling in for me.
Fri. Oct 16 - Speech Screenings

FUN DAY ALERT! Fun Day is just around the corner - Sunday Oct 25 from 2:00 - 5:00. This is our annual all-school Halloween celebration. Please sign up to work in our class booth. The sign-in sheet will be in our classroom and/or you can contact Becky Ripp (Holden's mom) with any questions. Hope everyone can make it - it's really a lot of fun.

October 4, 2009

THEME: AUTUMN LEAVES

Fall is in the air! What a beautiful time of year. I decided to switch the themes for the next two weeks so we'll be doing autumn leaves this week, and fire safety next week. This week we'll be talking all about the change of season. We'll make some beautiful leaves for our windows and we'll play in a leaf pile in the sensory table. We'll be learning our next letter, the letter F. In Religion, we'll be learning about the creation story and hearing a story and song about Abraham, as well. We'll make number charts with stickers, and of course, continue playing in centers and on the playground, and attending all of our specials. We'll keep working on getting along with our friends, sharing, and taking turns. Your kids are just wonderful and they make me smile every day! Thanks for sending them to our school.

Wed. Oct 7 is Picture Retake day and Fri. Oct. 9 there is no school due to a Diocesan Inservice day. Thanks to all of you for the continued donations of awesome treasure box items!

See the great picture below. The Tuesday - Thursday kids are having fun shucking corn and exploring corn products!

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 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!

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!