2/2 Classroom Update!

Ms. Jackie and her family welcomed Audie Allen VanderPloeg on Wednesday, February 1. He was 8 lbs. 11 oz. and 22 inches long. Mom and baby are doing well. Congratulations to the VanderPloeg family!

We also have very bittersweet news to share: Ms. Mackenzie accepted a Math & Reading Interventionist position at Vista Charter School. Her last day at WECC will be Friday, February 10th. We are so excited for Mackenzie as she begins this wonderful opportunity, but we will miss her greatly! We are so grateful for all the love and care she has provided for our preschoolers while at WECC. Ms. Mackenzie will be telling the preschoolers her news on Monday. Ms. Brittany (from Childcare) will join our class to shadow Ms. Mackenzie a little bit this week, and will permanently join our class on Monday, February 13th. 

This week, we learned about the letter U, birthdays, and opposites. We also learned how to sing "Happy Birthday" in Spanish, and took turns singing happy (early) birthday to all of our friends with summer birthdays. During center time, we made our hand prints into birthday cakes and reviewed our birthdays. We matched our uppercase and lowercase letters with birthday cupcakes, and practiced beginning sounds while sorting presents. We also completed opposites puzzles, an opposite sort of hard and soft objects, and played in our new classroom bakery!

Completing opposites puzzles

Decorating Birthday Cakes in our classroom bakery

Next week, we will be learning about the letter V and will begin a two week focus on friendship. We will read lots of stories about friendship and talk about what good friends do, differences between friends, how friends solve problems, and much more!

Reminders:

Valentine's Day: The week of Feb. 13^th- Feb. 17^th will be spent participating in Valentine’s Day activities in Preschool and discussing friendship. In lieu of a party and students bringing in individual Valentines for each member of our class, we are asking for students and their families to create ONE BIG VALENTINE using a heart that will be provided by school. I sent home instructions and your child's valentine heart in folders yesterday. Please return your “Class Valentine” to school by Monday, Feb. 13^th (any day before then is fine too!) so that your child share it with the class and we can display it for our school community.

Mid-Winter Break: Please remember that there is no school Monday, Feb. 20^th for Mid-Winter Break!

Have a great weekend!