1/26 Classroom Update

This week, we learned about ways to stay healthy and help protect ourselves from getting sick. Our preschoolers were very excited to play in our classroom doctor's and dentist office, and we learned about many of the tools they might see at the doctor. We also finished up many of our progress report assessments this week. We can't wait to share with you all that we've learned!

Learning about beats and rests with Ms. Janet

Listening to the baby's heartbeat in the doctor's office

Cleaning teeth in the dentist office

Next week, we will be learning all about healthy eating and nutrition. Each day, we will cook our snack based on our story that day. On Monday, we will read Dragons Love Tacos and make tacos. On Tuesday, we will read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and make cookies. On Wednesday, we will read Stone Soup and make vegetable "stone" soup and on Thursday, we will read Pancakes! Pancakes! and make pancakes. All recipes are peanut and gluten free! 

Important Reminders/Upcoming Dates:

Preschool Enrollment for 2018-19: If you have younger children you plan on enrolling for the 2018-19 school year: open enrollment for 2018-19 preschool programs has now begun! The office will now process forms that are submitted both via email or in person. Enrollment forms can be found here.

WECC Illness Policy: Please keep your child home if they are throwing up, having diarrhea, or if they have a fever. Our rule at WECC is symptom free for 24 hours. Thank you!

Winter Progress Reports: Winter progress reports will be coming home in your child's folder this coming Thursday, February 1st.

Family Sensory Night: On Wednesday February 7th from 6-8 pm, Woodcliff will be hosting a Family Sensory Night for preschool families! Come and join us for some fun and messy sensory activities during the long stretch of winter. If you plan on attending, please sign-up with the number of family members attending on the sign-up sheets next to the tablets in the front entrance!

Mid-Winter Break: Please remember that there is no school Monday, Feb. 18^th (President's Day) for Mid-Winter Break!

Have a great weekend!

1/20 Classroom Update

Happy Saturday! In keeping with the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we focused on celebrating our differences and the importance of kindness to all people this week. We discussed some of our similarities and differences as a class, and wrote about things that make us special. We also thought about ways in which we could make the world a better place, played with multicultural dolls in our dollhouse, sorted things that were the same/different, practiced drawing Mat Man using multicultural crayons, and much more! We also conducted an egg experiment to illustrate that although people may look different on the outside, that we are all really the same in many ways and can have lots of similarities on the inside.

Sorting objects, letters and words that are the same and different

Drawing self-portraits for our portfolios!

Practicing writing the letter O in our HWT workbooks!

Painting the world for our "How would you change the world?" craft

Next week, we will be learning about germs and ways to protect ourselves from getting sick. With the flu going around, this theme is very timely!

Important Reminders/Upcoming Dates:

Preschool Enrollment for 2018-19: If you have younger children you plan on enrolling for the 2018-19 school year: open enrollment for 2018-19 preschool programs has now begun! The office will now process forms that are submitted both via email or in person. Enrollment forms can be found here.

WECC Illness Policy: Please keep your child home if they are throwing up, having diarrhea, or if they have a fever. Our rule at WECC is symptom free for 24 hours. Thank you!

Winter Progress Reports: Winter progress reports will be coming home in your child's folder on Thursday, February 1st.

Family Sensory Night: On Wednesday February 7th from 6-8 pm, Woodcliff will be hosting a Family Sensory Night for preschool families! Come and join us for some fun and messy sensory activities during the long stretch of winter. More details on this fun event coming soon!

Mid-Winter Break: Please remember that there is no school Monday, Feb. 18^th (President's Day) for Mid-Winter Break!

Have a great weekend!

1/12 Classroom Update

After winter break with polar temperatures, we had so much fun learning about polar animals this week! We learned about animals that live both in the Arctic Circle, as well as Antarctica. We located both the North and South Pole on a globe and map, and discussed what the climate is like and what kinds of animals live there. We learned that there are 17 different types of penguins in the world and learned identifying features of four popular types: emperor penguins, adelie penguins, rockhopper penguins, and chinstrap penguins. After reading the sweet friendship story Penguin and Pinecone, we also made our very own adorable pinecone penguins!

Painting Polar Bears

Practicing Matching, Building and Writing Numbers

Playing with Polar Animals in the Snow Table

Painting our Pinecone Penguins

Matching Opposites

Playing with Artic Animals in the Snow Table

Important Reminders/Upcoming Dates:

Preschool Enrollment for 2018-19: If you have younger children you plan on enrolling for the 2018-19 school year: open enrollment for 2018-19 preschool programs begins on Monday, January 15th at 7 am. Monday and Tuesday only hard copies of the enrollment forms will be accepted. On Wednesday through Friday, the office will process forms that are submitted via email and in person. Enrollment forms can be found here.

Winter Progress Reports: Winter progress reports will be coming home in your child's folder on Thursday, February 1st.

Mid-Winter Break: Please remember that there is no school Monday, Feb. 18^th for Mid-Winter Break!

Have a great weekend!