1/6 Classroom Update!

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful winter break and a very happy holidays! This week, we focused on the story The Mitten by Jan Brett, and we practiced retelling the story in lots of different ways! We acted out the story, sang a song about the story ("The Mitten in the Snow"), made retelling bags to tell the story, and read The Mitten mini-books. The mini-books and retelling bags are great ways for your preschooler to tell you about the story at home! We also wrote our own class version of the story, where each preschooler chose what they would like to go inside the mitten. We had some very creative ideas ranging from ghosts to rainbows to babies! They were all very excited to hear their own writing during story time!

We also learned about adjectives, or describing words, and brainstormed lots of different words we could use to describe different mittens during center time.  During center time, we each designed our own mitten, and then wrote a sentence to describe our mitten. Later in the week, we worked on fine motor skills by lacing yarn around our mittens. We also measured and counted how many animals and cubes fit inside real mittens (one mitten held 50 cubes!) and paper mittens.

Next week, we will learning about the letter H and ways to stay healthy. We will specifically be talking about how germs can make us sick as well as the importance of washing our hands and brushing our teeth! We will also be learning how to sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" in Spanish!

Reminders:

Winter Weather: Brrrrr - winter is now here in full force! If the wind chill or temperature is below zero, we will not go outside to play during our outside play time. We have the wonderful opportunity to play in the gym during our outside play time on certain days when we cannot go out. If we are in the gym, I will leave a note on the classroom door and you may pick up your child from the gym.

Preschool Open House: Preschool Registration for next year is right around the corner! We will hosting a Preschool Open House on Thursday, January 19th from 6:30-7:30 pm. You can find our preschool brochure as well as preschool enrollment forms here. Enrollment for current WECC families will begin on January 16th, and open enrollment begins on January 23rd.

Record Day: There will no preschool classes on Friday, January 27 for Record Day. Childcare will be open all day.

Have a great weekend!