12/16 Classroom Update

We had such a fun week reading different versions of The Gingerbread Man and participating in many different winter activities! We made our own gingerbread babies, played a gingerbread math game, identified beginning sounds of winter words, baked gingerbread cookies (they were a big hit!), decorated gingerbread houses with playdough, and practiced rhyming with a gingerbread rhyming game!

Making Gingerbread Babies

Practicing beginning sounds and letter writing

"Ice Skating" in our classroom

Singing and dancing with Ms. Janet

Our family has very exciting news to share this holiday season. Payton and Webster are expecting a baby brother in May! Sending best wishes for a joyous holiday season from our family to yours!

Reminders:

Winter Gear: Please label all coats, hats, mittens, boots, and snow pants. We have many students with similar items so it is very easy for them to get mixed up if they are not labeled!

Winter Break: There will be no preschool classes from Monday, December 19 through Monday, January 2nd. Preschool classes will resume on Tuesday, January 3rd. Childcare will be open on December 20-22 and December 27-30.

 Have a wonderful winter break!

12/9 Classroom Update

I am so proud of what an amazing job our preschoolers did this week at their concerts! They all worked so hard learning and practicing all the songs, and they were very excited to show off all of their hard work! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of the parents that helped out with our parties and made the day even more special for our preschoolers!

Making snowman necklaces at our AM Winter Party

This week, we talked about winter and the letter W. We read the classic story The Snowy Day, and used special "snow" paint to make our own snowy day adventures. During center time, we constructed snowmen out of marshmallows and pretzels, made a walrus for our letter book, created animal tracks in playdough "snow," built dens for hibernating animals, completed snowman patterns and much more!

Painting snowy day adventures

During circle time, we made a chart of words that begin with the "w" sound, sang a silly letter W song, and practiced writing the letter W. We also started learned different weather words in Spanish and practiced them during calendar time when naming the weather!

An example of one of our letter charts (Please excuse my terrible drawing skills!)

Next week, we will be reading many different versions of The Gingerbread Man. We will be participating in many gingerbread man themed activities, including making gingerbread cookies during class on Wednesday. 

Reminders:

Winter Gear: Please label all coats, hats, mittens, boots, and snow pants. We have many students with similar items so it is very easy for them to get mixed up if they are not labeled. Mittens are also ideal for students this age because it helps them be more independent when getting ready to go outside. If you notice that your preschooler is coming home with snow pants on backwards or a backwards hat, don't worry! We are working hard to teach them independence in getting dressed for the snow! 

Winter Break: There will be no preschool classes from Monday, December 19 through Monday, January 2nd. Preschool classes will resume on Tuesday, January 3rd. Childcare will be open on December 20-22 and December 27-30.

Have a great weekend!

12/2 Update!

It's hard to believe that it is already December! This week, we learned all about the letter M, and read lots of fun monster books. A few of our favorites included Go Away Big Green Monster, Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Where the Wild Things Are, If You're a Monster and You Know It, and Monsters Love Colors. During center time, we mixed colors to make new colors, made mice for our letter books, played many different monster games, compared same and different monsters, made monster masks, and went on a monster hunt. We also practiced our colors in Spanish and sang our Spanish colors song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpLQSdu4V94).

Playing "Monster Letter Match"

Playing "Monster Match: Same or Different?"

Making "Glad Monster, Sad Monster" Monster Masks

Playing with Monster Goo

Next week, we will learn about the letter W and talk about winter. We will also be learning different weather words in Spanish!

Reminders:

Scholastic Book Orders: Books make great holiday gifts! December book orders went home this week and are due by Tuesday, December 6. You can order books online by completing the steps below. You may also turn in your paper order and payment to me and I will input your order for you.

1. Go to the Scholastic Reading Club Website here.
2. Click Connect to your Teacher and enter our class activation code: PJFBX.
3. Then click to order from this month's flyer. Our default flyer is the "Early Childhood" flyer; however, you may order from any of the flyers. You can view more details about each book and add them to your cart by clicking on them in the flyer. 
4. After selecting your items, click on the cart to create an account or sign-in to your existing account in order to check-out.  
5. December Orders need to be placed by this coming Tuesday, December 6th in order to make sure they are delivered in time for winter break!

Winter Concert/Party: Please join us in the Board of Education Room for our Winter Music Concert with Ms. Janet on Wednesday, December 7th at 10:30 am and 2:30 pm. After the concert, we will meet in our classroom for a winter celebration! We hope to see you all there! If you would like to help out with our parties, please sign-up using the links below:

• AM Class Party Sign-Up: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4daca62aa2fe3-amwinter
• PM Class Party Sign-Up: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0f4daca62aa2fe3-pmwinter

Winter Break: There will be no preschool classes from Monday, December 19 through Monday, January 2nd. Preschool classes will resume on Tuesday, January 3rd. Childcare will be open on December 20-22 and December 27-30.

Have a great weekend!