4/27 Classroom Update

Welcome to the world Hazel Louise! Ms. Carly and her husband welcomed Hazel Louise Kaloper on Tuesday April 24th at 10:35 pm weighing 7 lb. 7 oz. Mom, dad, and baby are all home and doing well! For the remainder of the school year, Mrs. Sarah Adloff will be filling in for Ms. Carly on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Mrs. Sarah is wonderful and we are so lucky to have her!

This week, we learned about what living things need and began our study of plants! We started an experiment to see what plants need to survive and will continue to observe our growing seeds over the next few weeks. We also planted radish seeds that we hope to see growing soon! We learned about the parts of a plant, the important job each part does, and the life cycle of a plant. Here are some picture highlights from the week: 

Sorting living and non-living things!

Playing in our garden table!

Planting flowers by number!

Gardeners at work!

Planting and watering our radish seeds!

Planting and watering our radish seeds!

Making and counting playdough seeds!

Making playdough flowers!

Observing our seed experiment!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Book Orders: Scholastic Book orders came home in your child's folder yesterday. If you are interested in ordering, please submit your order by Thursday May 10th. 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. May orders need to be placed by Thursday May 10th.

EGRPS Kindergarten Information Meeting: There will be two kindergarten information meetings held at Breton Downs on Wednesday May 9th at 9 am and 7 pm.

Spring Field Trip: We will be visiting Frederick Meijer Gardens on Thursday, June 7th for a Singing with the Sculptures Tram ride! Students will have the opportunity to participate in rhythms, sounds, rhymes, and raps as they roll along learning about the sculptures through fun and familiar songs! After the tram ride, we will have time to explore the Children's Garden at Meijer Gardens. I posted a sign-up sheet for drivers in the hallway or you can email me with the number of children you can drive if you'd like to join in on the fun! The field trip costs $6 per student (will be charged to their WECC preschool account) and $4 per adult (please give $4 cash or a check made out to WECC prior to the field trip to Ms. Katie).

Preschool Picnic for Families: Please join our class from a year end picnic to reminisce, create summer plans and say goodbye to friends on Wednesday, June 13th from 12:30-1:15. Bring a picnic lunch, and we will provide drinks and cake!

Last Day of PM Preschool: The last day of PM preschool will be Wednesday, June 13th. This differs from the EGRPS last day of school due to childcare being open for ages Preschool-5 in the afternoon on Thursday, June 14th. 

Have a great weekend!

4/20 Classroom Update

This week, we became Planet Heroes and experts in how to take care of planet Earth. We learned about the three R's: reduce, reuse, and recycle and how we can do these things in our everyday life to help preserve planet Earth! Here are some picture highlights from the week:

Learning about recycling and how to sort recyclables! 

 Playing a beginning sound match file folder game!

Making new crayons out of our old broken crayons!

 Practicing fine motor skills while painting the Earth!

Planet Earth is in our hands!

Next week, we will be learning about plants and what living things need. We will also be planting radishes and watching them grow!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Hearing/Vision Screenings: Hearing and vision screenings will take place this Monday 4/23 and Tuesday 4/24.

EGRPS Kindergarten Information Meeting: There will be two kindergarten information meetings held at Breton Downs on Wednesday May 9th at 9 am and 7 pm.

Spring Field Trip: We will be visiting Frederick Meijer Gardens on Thursday, June 7th for a Singing with the Sculptures Tram ride! Students will have the opportunity to participate in rhythms, sounds, rhymes, and raps as they roll along learning about the sculptures through fun and familiar songs! After the tram ride, we will have time to explore the Children's Garden at Meijer Gardens. I posted a sign-up sheet for drivers in the hallway or you can email me with the number of children you can drive if you'd like to join in on the fun! The field trip costs $6 per student (will be charged to their WECC preschool account) and $4 per adult (please give $4 cash or a check made out to WECC prior to the field trip to Ms. Katie).

Last Day of PM Preschool: The last day of PM preschool will be Wednesday, June 13th. This differs from the EGRPS last day of school due to childcare being open for ages Preschool-5 in the afternoon on Thursday, June 14th. 

Have a great weekend!

4/13 Classroom Update

This week, we were finally able to enjoy some spring weather as we learned about springtime! Yesterday, we were able to get outside for some parachute fun. We acted out how a seed grows through different parachute motions! We also added lots of different cleaning tools in our dramatic play center this week, and this center quickly became a class favorite. We also planted a beginning sound garden, matched uppercase and lowercase letter puzzles, and became sight word detectives!

Spring cleaning in our kitchen dramatic play center!

Playing with construction vehicles in the sand table!

Word detectives looking for sight words!

Butterfly letter find!

Painting soda bottle spring flowers!

Decorating spring playdough mats!

Painting tulips for spring!

Next week, we will participating in lots of Earth Day fun in anticipation of Earth Day on Sunday 4/22!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Spring Field Trip: We will be visiting Frederick Meijer Gardens on Thursday, June 7th for a Singing with the Sculptures Tram ride! Students will have the opportunity to participate in rhythms, sounds, rhymes, and raps as they roll along learning about the sculptures through fun and familiar songs! I will be posting a sign-up sheet for drivers in the hallway this coming week or you can email me with the number of children you can drive if you'd like to join in on the fun!

Last Day of PM Preschool: The last day of PM preschool will be Wednesday, June 13th. This differs from the EGRPS last day of school due to childcare being open for ages Preschool-5 in the afternoon on Thursday, June 14th. 

Have a great weekend!