3/24 Blog Post

Important Dates/Reminders

Kindergarten Enrollment: The EGRPS website regarding kindergarten registration information has been updated. Intent to enroll forms are now available. The link to the page can be found here. Please let me know if you plan on enrolling your child and I will fill out a Preschool Teacher form for you! Intent to enroll forms were due March 1st. If you are planning on enrolling your child in kindergarten and have not already sent in the Intent to Enroll forms, please do so ASAP. 

Spring Break: There will be no preschool classes next Friday, March 31 through Friday, April 7. Classes will resume on Monday, April 10.

No School 5/29: There are no preschool classes on Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day.

MWF 3's Class:

This week, we began our exploration of all things Spring! This week, we talked about the change in the seasons, identified signs of spring and read a springtime poem together. We also discussed how it rains often during springtime and learned why rain is so important! We had fun learning a rain dance and singing other springtime songs. During center time, we practiced identifying and writing letters with a butterfly game, matched the letters in our names with raindrops, built flower gardens, and read/colored springtime books. We talked about windy weather and made kites to decorate for Spring! We also learned about the letter V and turned our handprints into volcanoes! On Friday, we had music with Ms. Lori and acted out different fish in the ocean to music. Next week we will continue to learn about Spring with a focus on flowers and the letter W. Here are some picture highlights of our week in 3's:

PM 5's Class:

This week, we learned that a community is a place where we live, work and play! We identified different places within a community and worked together to create a paper bag community with homes, public services, and businesses. We shared our favorite places in our own community and reviewed where we live. In order to prepare for our unit on community helpers starting next week, we also discussed why people work and different types of work people do at home, school, and work. We learned about needs and wants, and practiced identifying things that we really need versus things that we want. We discussed things help and hurt a communities and engaged in a community service project decorating bags for Kid's Food Basket. Now that we've finished all the letters in the alphabet, we began our exploration of word families! This week, we focused on the -at word family. By the end of the week, we were able to read and match many of the words in the -at word family with their pictures! We also visited the Tower Garden in the WECC lobby to see how our seed were growing. We should have a harvest of tomatoes, herbs, and peppers in a few weeks! Next week we will learn all about community helpers and focus on the -ad word family. Here are some picture highlights from our week in 5's:

Have a great weekend!