4/26 Classroom Update

This week, we learned about planet earth and the importance of taking care of our planet! We learned about ways that we can protect the earth, as well as all about recycling. We learned about different types of items that can be recycled and how different objects can be reused to cut down on garbage waste. We also learned about and practiced reading words in the -an word family. Here are a few picture highlights from the week:

We recycled old, broken crayons in our classroom by making them into new, fun-shaped crayons!

We practiced our fine motor skills by painting the world with Q-tips!

 We played with animals from all over the world in the mulch table!

We learned about ways to take care of the earth because the earth is in our hands. We used dotters to paint planet earth!

This week, we practiced writing the numbers 3 and 4.

Important Dates/Reminders:

Scholastic Book Orders: Last week, I sent home Scholastic book orders in your child's folder. April book orders are due by this coming Tuesday, April 30th. 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 and send in 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. April orders need to be placed by Tuesday, April 30th.

KDL Classroom Visits: KDL will come visit our classroom next Tuesday to talk about "everything library." KDL will also visit on 5/14 with some fun STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities.

Spring Sing: Join us for a Spring Sing concert on Wednesday, May 8th at 2:30 pm  in the WECC Board Room. Afterwards, we will celebrate family in our classroom with a special snack and refreshments!

Hearing and Vision Screenings: The Kent Count Health Department will be at WECC to conduct hearing and vision screenings on May 14th and 15th.

Memorial Day: There is no school on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.

Swiss Lane Farms Visit: On Wednesday, May 29th, Swiss LaneFarms will be visiting WECC to teach us all about the daily workings of a dairy farm, cows, and dairy nutrition. They will also be bringing a calf with them for us to meet!

End of the Year Family Celebration: Please join our class for a year end celebration on Tuesday, June 4th from 2-3 pm to reminisce, create summer plans and say goodbye to friends. We will provide cake and drinks!

Last Day of School: The last day of school for PM preschool students is Wednesday, June 5th. We will be having a fun water day to celebrate our last day! More details to come.

Have a great weekend!

4/19 Classroom Update

This week, we learned about plants and living things. We learned that living things need air, water, and food to survive. They also grow, reproduce, and sometimes move. We also learned about the -ad word family! Here are some picture highlights from the week: 

 We sorted objects based on whether they were "living" or "nonliving."

We practiced cutting different types of lines: straight, curvy, and zig zag!

We played in our classroom garden sensory table!

We planted radish seeds and will continue to take care of them and watch them grow in our classroom!

We finished our last letter book page for our letter books this week - Q is for Queen!

Our dramatic play center housed many new "spring cleaning" toys. Friends has a blast cleaning up our classroom!

We took a walk to watch construction trucks tearing down a house a few houses down from school!

We learned about the parts and functions of each part of a plant/flower!

We practiced reading words from the -at and -ad word families and sorted them by word family.

We practiced number recognition by playing "Where is the carrot?"

Important Dates/Reminders:

Scholastic Book Orders: This week, I sent home Scholastic book orders in your child's folder. April book orders are due by Tuesday, April 30th. 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 and send in 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. April orders need to be placed by Tuesday, April 30th.

KDL Classroom Visits: KDL will come visit our classroom on 4/30 to talk about "everything library." KDL will also visit on 5/14 with some fun STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities.

Spring Sing: Join us for a Spring Sing concert on Wednesday, May 8th at 2:30 pm  in the WECC Board Room. Afterwards, we will celebrate family in our classroom with a special snack and refreshments!

Hearing and Vision Screenings: The Kent Count Health Department will be at WECC to conduct hearing and vision screenings on May 14th and 15th.

Memorial Day: There is no school on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.

End of the Year Family Celebration: Please join our class for a year end celebration on Tuesday, June 4th from 2-3 pm to reminisce, create summer plans and say goodbye to friends. We will provide cake and drinks!

Last Day of School: The last day of school for PM preschool students is Wednesday, June 5th. We will be having a fun water day to celebrate our last day! More details to come.

Have a great weekend!

4/12 Classroom Update

This week, we learned about the -at word family and engaged in lots of fun spring activities! We mimicked how a seed grows into a flower with a parachute, painted beautiful spring flowers, and learned about why it rains. We also worked on sounding out, reading, and writing words in the -at word family (like cat, hat, mat, sat, chat, etc.). Here are some picture highlights from the week:

We practiced identifying numbers with a ladybug spin and stamp game!

We used bottles to paint beautiful spring flowers!

We built words from the -at word family with playdough!

We practiced reading, stamping, and writing words from the -at family!

We decorated spring playdough mats!

We painted spring tulips with forks!

We matched upper and lowercase letters with butterflies!

Next week, we will start our unit on living and non-living things by learning about plants and what they need. We will also be planting radishes to observe and bring home later this year!

Important Dates/Reminders:

KDL Classroom Visits: KDL will come visit our classroom on 4/30 to talk about "everything library." KDL will also visit on 5/14 with some fun STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities.

Hearing and Vision Screenings: The Kent Count Health Department will be at WECC to conduct hearing and vision screenings on May 14th and 15th.

Memorial Day: There is no school on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.

End of the Year Family Celebration: Please join our class for a year end celebration on Tuesday, June 4th from 2-3 pm to reminisce, create summer plans and say goodbye to friends. We will provide cake and drinks!

Last Day of School: The last day of school for PM preschool students is Wednesday, June 5th. We will be having a fun water day to celebrate our last day! More details to come.

Have a great weekend!

3/28 Classroom Update

This week, we continued learning about communities and community helpers! We learned about many of the important jobs people do in a community and why they are important. We also thought about what jobs we might like to do when we grow up! Here are some picture highlights from our week in preschool:

We read about different community helper jobs and focused on the words "I am a...."

We built community helper hats with pattern blocks.

We made "I is for Insect" letter book pages!

We matched community helpers with the tools they need to do their jobs.

We played with construction trucks in the sand table. 

We "tried on" different jobs with our community helper flip books!

We painted firemen to go along with our "5 Little Firemen" rhyme!

After spring break, we will begin studying different word families and learn about spring!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Spring Break: There are no preschool classes 3/29 - 4/5 for spring break. School will resume Monday, April 8th as a make-up day for previous snow days.

KDL Classroom Visits: KDL will come visit our classroom on 4/30 to talk about "everything library." KDL will also visit on 5/14 with some fun STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities.

Hearing and Vision Screenings: The Kent Count Health Department will be at WECC to conduct hearing and vision screenings on May 14th and 15th.

Memorial Day: There is no school on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.

End of the Year Family Celebration: Please join our class for a year end celebration on Tuesday, June 4th from 2-3 pm to reminisce, create summer plans and say goodbye to friends. We will provide cake and drinks!

Last Day of School: The last day of school for PM preschool students is Wednesday, June 5th. We will be having a fun water day to celebrate our last day! More details to come.

Have a safe and wonderful spring break!

3/22 Classroom Update

This week, we learned about what communities are, different types of communities, and places within a community. We shared some of our favorite places within our own community (Jersey Junction was a favorite among many!) and learned about some of the services we have within our community. We also learned about the difference between needs and wants, and practiced sorting and naming them. A new craft is now on display in the hallway where we named some of the things we need versus want! Here are some pictures from the week:

We each made our own unique buildings to put together to make a community!

We put out fires and kept our classroom community safe in our new fire station dramatic play center!

We painted the letter U with water and raindrops and added umbrellas for our letter books.

We played with construction trucks in the sand table!

We enjoyed relatively warmer temperatures and sunshine outside!

We learned about the differences between needs and wants!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Spring Break: There are no preschool classes 3/29 - 4/5 for spring break. School will resume Monday, April 8th as a make-up day for previous snow days.

KDL Classroom Visits: KDL will come visit our classroom on 4/30 to talk about "everything library." KDL will also visit on 5/14 with some fun STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities.

Hearing and Vision Screenings: The Kent Count Health Department will be at WECC to conduct hearing and vision screenings on May 14th and 15th.

Memorial Day: There is no school on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.

End of the Year Family Celebration: Please join our class for a year end celebration on Tuesday, June 4th from 2-3 pm to reminisce, create summer plans and say goodbye to friends. We will provide cake and drinks!

Last Day of School: The last day of school for PM preschool students is Wednesday, June 5th. We will be having a fun water day to celebrate our last day! More details to come.

Have a great weekend!

3/15 Classroom Update

This week, we explored rainbows and learned about the letter Z! In class, we demonstrated how a prism separates white light into all of the colors of a rainbow, as well as worked together to make a liquid rainbow out of different liquids with different densities. We also experimented with mixing colors to see how together colors can form new colors. Here are some picture highlights of our week in preschool:

We made pots of gold and imagined what we would do if we found a pot of gold!

We used skittles to build and create our own patterns!

After reading The Rainbow Fish, we painted our own rainbow fish.

We turned the letter Z into a zebra for our letter books. 

All aboard Flight 123 in Play Air! 

We read about how to catch a leprechaun and painted our own leprechauns with forks!

We solved basic addition problems with mini rainbows!

We experimented with rainbow colors!

We practiced writing the letter Z in our Handwriting Without Tears books.

We worked together to make a liquid rainbow!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Sensory Night: We are hosting our 2nd Annual Family Sensory Night this coming Wednesday March 20th from 6-8 pm! We will have several fun sensory activities in each of the classrooms. Sign up sheets are by the tablets in our front lobby. Please indicate how many people in your family will be attending so we can make sure we have enough supplies. Please wear/bring clothes to get messy in!

Spring Break: There are no preschool classes 3/29 - 4/5 for spring break. School will resume Monday, April 8th as a make-up day for previous snow days.

KDL Classroom Visits: KDL will come visit our classroom on 4/30 to talk about "everything library." KDL will also visit on 5/14 with some fun STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities.

Memorial Day: There is no school on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.

Last Day of School: The last day of school for PM preschool students is Wednesday, June 5th.

Have a great weekend!

3/8 Classroom Update

This week, we continued to learn about various forms of transportation and focused on the letter Y. We also opened a new dramatic play airport center and spent lots of time learning about airports and air travel. Here are some picture highlights from the week:

We made airplanes!

We explored how we use the forces of push and pull in our classroom.

We learned all about air travel and played in our new classroom airport. 

Seat belts fastened and ready to take off!

We sorted how we use pushes and pulls in everyday life!

We sang and acted out "The Clock Song" with Ms. Janet!

We read the fun story If I Built a Car and designed our own dream cars. 

We explored how the force push is used in the game of bowling!

We practiced writing the letter Y with both wet-dry-try and in our workbooks!

Next week, we will be exploring colors and learning about the rainbow!

Important Dates/Reminders:

Sensory Night: We are hosting our 2nd Annual Family Sensory Night on Wednesday March 20th from 6-8 pm! We will have several fun sensory activities in each of the classrooms. Sign up sheets are by the tablets in our front lobby. Please indicate how many people in your family will be attending so we can make sure we have enough supplies. Please wear/bring clothes to get messy in!

Spring Break: There are no preschool classes 3/29 - 4/5 for spring break. School will resume Monday, April 8th as a make-up day for previous snow days.

KDL Classroom Visits: KDL will come visit our classroom on  4/30 to talk about "everything library." KDL will also visit on 5/14 with some fun STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities.

Memorial Day: There is no school on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day.

Last Day of School: The last day of school for PM preschool students is Wednesday, June 5th.

Have a great weekend!