Week 3 in the 3's!

Another fun week at school!

A couple of housekeeping items first:

* This is a reminder that if your child has a runny nose or a cough please keep them home. We know all too well that this is also allergy season, which can make things tricky. But if your child doesn't have a history of allergies and documentation from a doctor, please play it safe. Having been away from large groups for a while has affected our immune systems, which means colds will spread like wildfire. Thank you for your help in keeping everyone as healthy as possible. We also appreciate the donations of disinfectant wipes, antibacterial hand soap and paper towels!

* Next week we'll be talking about families, and how each one is different. Please send in a picture of your family (whatever that means to your child) so that we can use them for a piece of art to display in our classroom! It would be great if you could hand us the picture at either drop-off or pick-up. Our morning is VERY busy, so searching for the pictures in backpacks would be very difficult for the teachers.

This week at CIRCLE TIME we read An Apple A Day by Melvin Berger. It's a non-fiction BIG book about how apples grow, the different kinds of apples, and how they get to us! The real pictures helped the kids relate to the book because these are real things that they can or have seen themselves! We also started talking about the school rules (1. Take care of your friends and teachers 2. Take care of your things) by playing a game where the students were given a picture of kids doing things that