Announcements

The children have gotten off to a WONDERFUL start in preschool.  They are learning our classroom routines, they are beginning to form new friendships and they have been a joy to get to know these past few weeks.  Mrs. Tierney and I are enjoying them so much!  

The storybook and activity pages for our first story unit, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, will be sent home in a couple of weeks.  Information about the story, along with some questions and possible activities you can do with your child, will also be sent home at this time.  

Our unit 2 story will be THE THREE BEARS.  We will focus on the letters Cc and Dd, the color blue and tracing lines.  The children will come to understand the concepts over/under; big/large/medium/little/small and same/different.  They will also develop the skill of following oral directions and understanding key details in a story.  The activity pages and storybooks will be sent home at the end of the month.  

During the month of September, the children learned the song "I Know That God Loves Me".  This month, we will be singing "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands".  Young children love to sing and many of our songs have hand motions that accompany our singing.  Your children have beautiful singing voices!

In math, the children will be sorting objects by size and color and they will also gain practice sequencing 3-4 events/pictures at a time.  We will also work with simple patterns this month (ABAB, ABCABC).

During October, we will learn about texture, size, shape and color as we work with pumpkins and leaves in our classroom.  We will read different stories, create artwork and have some "hands on fun" with these items this month.  If anyone has any extra gourds at home that you would like to donate to our classroom, that would be great.  You can just send them in with your child.  Thank you!!!

The children will learn about fire safety, night time animals (owls and bats) and the bones in our body (our skeleton) this month.  October promises to be a very fun and busy month in preschool!!!

Thank you for all your support at home and for helping to make this such a great start to our school year!!!  I hope you are able to enjoy all the fun activities and beauty this month has to offer!!!