Hello everyone, I hope that you are all doing well! We had such a great time learning together in class this week. We learned about the letter F and enjoyed many unique show and tell items from home! The children loved talking about all of the words they learned starting with the letter F. Next week we will not be including a letter of focus due to the shortened week. We began introducing scissors this week at the playdough center, and the class has been doing great with them

Good Evening Families,   We want to say thank you so much to the Pearson Family for donating the veggie stix for our friendship feast. We appreciate it! I cannot believe next week is Thanksgiving and we are near the end of November already. Time flies when you're having fun! We hope everyone who attended the PJ story time enjoyed themselves, we sure did and it was great to see so many smiling faces.    **Next Tuesday, snack time will be at our friendship feast. Each class is

Hi All,   Please make sure that your child has a coat, hat and mittens daily. And that these items are in their coat sleeve before they enter the classroom in the morning! When we get ready for recess, the children just grab their coat from the hallway. We have many children that either don't have what they need or can't find where their hat and mittens are.  Also, do not send gloves unless your child can put them on independently.  Thank you!    Our Reading Street book this

Hello everyone! I hope that you are all doing well. We had a fun and busy week at Jack and Jill; we are very proud of how much the children are learning and supporting one another in the classroom! This week's letter of the week was D, next week we will be learning the letter E. Thankyou to everyone who has donated to the food drive so far. Here is a look at what we did throughout the week.   The art table- This week the class made fall leaf sun catchers, used glue and torn t

Good Evening Families,   November is off to a good start in Older Preschool. It is always exciting when all the centers change! We had our first parent volunteer today, thank you Sandra (Leandro's Mom) for coming in. We all loved having you and thank you for your help! If you want to volunteer in the classroom make sure to check in with Mrs. Lay.  We had one of our former students, who is now in 1st grade come in to read to our class on Monday. He read Elephant and Piggie: I

Hi Everyone,   November is Literacy Month at Jack and Jill! We are working as a class on active listening. This enables children to develop vocabulary, comprehension and language skills. These important communication skills are the building blocks of literacy and learning. As Literacy Month kicks off, please try to ask your child some questions about the stories you are reading together at home.    Our Reading Street book this week was another book from our Transportation Uni