We have been learning all about letter L. We read an Alpha-tale about a lamb that loves to laugh! Ask me what a lamb likes to eat for lunch?(A baaaa -loney sandwich) We thought it was hilarious! Here is our cheer for letter Ll.
L is for lamb and licorice stick
L is for lollipops to lick
L is for lion and ladybug
L is for leaf and lemonade in a jug
Hooray for L, big and small
The loveliest, luckiest letter of all
We met our next letter friend Larry Lion. We made our puppet and learned a song. We also made our book, have your child read this silly story with you! We practiced printing the letter and learned many L words! We played a game on the computer with the big screen that practiced the sound L makes. We use Starfall.com it's saved on the preschool home page it is a fun way to review our letters and numbers, the little ones love it!
We are learning all about Advent and this special time in our Church when we are waiting for Christmas. The children are bringing home an Advent chain that we made with our friends in 4th grade. We also have a calendar in our folder that talks about Advent. Our friends in 4th grade painted our windows with us again. This time we could paint anything that reminds us of Christmas, so we have snowmen, Christmas trees, wreaths and candy canes. It looks so beautiful! We are spending lots of time practicing for our Christmas program it is going to be spectacular!
We were so excited to meet Buddy. He is our classroom Elf on a Shelf. He watches us and reports back to Santa to let Santa know how good we all have been. Each night Buddy uses magic to travel to the North Pole and each morning he comes back to our classroom. It is so fun to look for him he is a tricky little Elf!
We have been reading many Christmas stories and singing so many Christmas songs. We have been very busy making beautiful pictures like Rudolph with his shiney nose. We made a picture of the wise men riding to Bethlehem on their donkeys, its so beautiful! Check out our blog for cute pictures of some of the things we are working on.
The cold weather is approaching soon, please practice with your child putting on coats, gloves and boots. It will be such a great help for us as the winter comes! I feel like Im always asking for paper towels, but you would not believe the amount we go through. With having lunch and snack in the classroom. Im asking for 2 rolls from each family. Please send to school by Dec 9th, this should hold us for a bit!
Jane is our next student of the week. You will be featured on our You ARRRR Special board. You may bring in a special toy to show your friends, some pictures of your family and a treat for your friends on Friday!
I am missing a few You ARRR Special forms, so I will put one in your child's folder, please return to school, so your child will have a chance to be featured on our board, it's a very prestigious position in preschool!
We have No School tomorrow Have a great weekend!
As always email me with any questions or concerns.
kaltman@sjfschool.net
Thanks
Miss Katie & Miss Linda
Preschool News
We have been learning all about letter K. We read an Alpha-tale about A kazoo playing kangaroo! Here is our cheer for letter Kk!
K is for king and kangaroo
K is for kettle, key and kazoo
K is for koala, K is for kite
K is for a kiss goodnight
Hooray for K, big and small
The kookiest, kickiest letter of all!
We met our next letter friend Katy Kangaroo. We made our puppet and learned a song. We also made our book, have your child read this silly story with you! We practiced printing the letter and learned many K words! We played a game on the computer with the big screen that practiced the sound K makes. We use Starfall.com it's saved on the preschool home page it is a fun way to review our letters and numbers, the little ones love it!
We are talking about taking care of ourselves and being part of a family. We are also talking about the many gifts we have been given by God! We are giving thanks to God for all He has given to us, especially our families.
We are learning all about patterns and problem solving. We pick many problems out of our calendar and use our thinking skills to solve them. We are learning all about 5. We have five fingers and toes. We made five brown turkeys for our counting book and we have been counting everything we can!
We are working on some pre printing activities. We do a lot of tracing lines, moving from left to right and top to bottom. We are starting to practice our names in school as well as at home, please remember only the first letter of our name is upper case the rest are lower case. I will send some more paper home for practice. If the preschoolers bring back their "homework" they will get a sticker. The little ones LOVE to get homework, take advantage of this because their feelings will change! I found a nice website that makes printing practice sheets if you would like to practice at home. http://www.handwritingworksheets.com
We have been reading many stories about the first Thanksgiving such as Thanks for Thanksgiving, Let's Celebrate Thanksgiving and The First Thanksgiving Day! Our friends from 4th grade had fun making our tabletop Turkey with us. Check out our blog for some cute pictures . We turned ourselves into Pilgrims and made the Mayflower from our handprint. The children also talked about what we are most thankful for this year. I am Thankful to work with your children. They really are wonderful little people. They are curious and caring and we have so much fun learning together. I am also thankful to all the parents for all you do. It's nice to know that anything we need you are always so generous in giving. It is greatly appreciated! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!!
Monday November 21st
Tuesday November 22nd
11:30 dismissal time.
Since next week is short we will all be students of the week. We will have Show and Tell Days. The children can bring a special toy from home on each of these days. Please only send in things that can be handled by the children.
They are so excited to bring in something for show and tell.
We will also just be reviewing all the letters that we have learned so far. I will not have a newsletter for next week.
As always email me with any questions or concerns.
kaltman@sjfschool.net
Thanks
Miss Katie & Miss Linda
Happy Thanksgiving
