Warm Clothing: As it gets colder, please send your child with warm clothing for outside time each day. Many items look similar, so please label your child's coat, boots, hat, and gloves/mittens. We go outside daily as long as it is not raining and the wind chill is above zero. If there is snow in the forecast or on the ground, please also send your child with snow pants as well.
Kids Food Basket Drive: Thank you to everyone that has already donated! For the remainder of November, we will continue collecting items for Kid's Food Basket. Kid's Food Basket is a wonderful organization that works to fight food insecurity in children in Kent, Allegan and Muskegon counties. We appreciate your help in ensuring kids get the nutrition they need! We will be collecting the following items through the remainder of November:
- Fruit cups or pouches
- Pudding cups
- Meat sticks (i.e. Slim Jims)
- 8lbs. or XL brown lunch bags
Thanksgiving Break: There are no preschool classes next Wednesday, November 24th through Friday, November 26th for Thanksgiving Break.
Pajama Day: Thursday, December 16th will be a pajama day at WECC! Friends are welcome to wear their pajamas and hard bottom slippers to school. If your child chooses to wear slippers, please send a pair of boots or shoes in case we go outside!
Winter Break: There are no preschool classes Friday, December 17 through Friday, December 31. Classes will resume on Monday, January 3, 2022.
T/Th 3's Class:
This week, we learned all about turkeys and the letter I. We had fun playing a turkey letter recognition game, painting turkey pot holders, and shopping in our new grocery store dramatic play. We also painted turkeys with dish brushes, practiced cutting turkey feathers and built name turkeys. We learned about the sounds the letter I makes, the American sign language sign for the letter I, and identified things that begin with the letter I. We began discussing gratitude and what it means to be thankful. We will continue to count our blessing next week! Here are some picture highlights from this week in preschool:
PM 5's Class:
This week in 5's, we learned all about turkeys! We learned about the parts of a turkey, the life cycle of a turkey, and compared turkeys and chickens. We also learned about and practiced Three Star Coloring which includes making the white go away, staying in the lines, and coloring things the right color. We worked on identifying beginning and ending sounds in words, listening for rhyming words, and segmenting words into syllables. We also learned about the letters G and Q, and continued to work on our letter book portfolios by making the letter G into a goldfish and the letter Q into a queen. We began talking about gratitude and things we are grateful for. We played a fun hot potato game to name some of the things we are grateful for! Here are some picture highlights from our week in 5's:
Have a great weekend!
