The First Full Week in Older Preschool!

Hello everyone!! 

We had another wonderful week. The kids are starting to get comfortable with our school routine. Now that we have our first full week of school complete, please allow the children to enter the classroom on their own. If you need to share something with one of us, please do so at the doorway. If it's more personal we will be happy to chat once everyone else has left. 

Here are some schoolwide reminders: 

• Please check your family box at least weekly for important school wide information.

• Label everything: Please be sure to clearly label all items your child brings to school — especially water bottles, lunch boxes, jackets, and backpacks. Many children have similar (or identical) items, and labeling helps us make sure everything gets back to the right owner.

SNACK: Please pack your child's snack in a separate Ziplock bag labeled with their name and the word SNACK on it. Snack also needs to consist of 2 components. Water is not considered a component. Some examples are:

·  goldfish, apple sauce and water.

·  cheese stick, strawberries and water.

LUNCH: Please pack your child's lunch separately in a lunch box also labeled. Lunch needs to consist of 5 components. Some examples are:

·  pizza, apple slices, yogurt and a juice box.

·  chicken salad sandwich, veggie sticks, carrots, blueberries and water.

·  mac and cheese, pretzels, watermelon and a juice box. 

Another tip for both snack and lunch: if possible can you send any fruits/vegetables already peeled to make snack and lunch easier. Also, including a napkin in the lunchbox is very helpful for the students to practice table manners. Thank you for your help with this. 

Extended Day Children: blankets for rest time will be sent home at the end of each week. Please launder and send the blanket back in on Monday. Please make sure the blanket is labeled with your child's name.

The books we read this week were Chicka Chicka Boom Boom(we read it again so our Tuesday and Thursday group could hear it), Chicka Chicka 123, Kindness Cookie & What are Germs? 

Centers

Listening Center: Llama Llama Learns to Share.

Playdough Table: Green playdough with letters, cutters, rollers and scissors. 

Dramatic Play: Barn with barn animals.

Art Table: Painting paper plate pigs & Cotton ball sheep

Science/Math table: Sorting shapes & Identifying farm animal footprints 

Sensory Table: It has farm animals and shovels filled with corn and beans. 

Art Easel: farm animal sheets with dot markers.

Writing Table: Traceable farm animals and line tracing sheets. 

We always have blocks, puzzles, and writing boards available during centers every week. The children loved the toy barn with animals so we kept that at blocks this week. During music and movement everyone joined in on the dancing which was great.  

We haven't received everyone's family pictures just yet, if you would like to send one in please do this week (: We will send it back home at the end of the year. 

If you have any questions or concerns don't hesitate to reach out. See you all next week. Enjoy your weekend.

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Derbyshire & Mrs. Deighan