What color eyes do you have?

Graphing

We do a lot of graphing in preschool. It is a way to see how we are the same and different with other members of our class that we may not know well or interact with. It is also a rich language and math activity. Vocabulary used during this graphing exercise included: compare, more than, less than, equal to, most, least, tally marks, the same as, zero, taller/tallest, shorter/ shortest, and number words. Math concepts included: more than, less than, equal to, most, least, using tally marks to count, and rote counting. The kids were fully engaged, talking about the people the love the most- You! They had no idea how much they were learning.

Collage Self Portraits

We read the book My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks by by Hanoch Piven and created self portraits using everyday materials.

September Song Lyrics

Here are the lyrics to the songs we are singing this month.

We Are The Preschoolers- call and response

We are the preschoolers

We are the preschoolers

The mighty, mighty, preschoolers

The mighty, mighty, preschoolers

And everywhere we go

And everywhere we go

People want to know

People want to know

Who we are

Who we are

So we tell them

So we tell them

We are the preschoolers

We are the preschoolers

The mighty, mighty, preschoolers

The mighty, mighty, preschoolers

I am Special

I am special

I am special

If you look

You will see

Someone very special

Someone very special

That  is me

That is me

You are special

You are special

If you look

You will see

Someone very special

Someone very special

That  is you

That is you

All About Me

Ten little fingers

Ten little toes

Two little ears 

And one little nose

Two little eyes 

That shine so bright

Two little lips 

To kiss goodnight

Hail, hail the gang’s all here

Hail, hail the gang’s all here

Never mind the weather 

As long as we’re together

Hail, hail the gang’s all here

School is much more fun

When we’re with everyone

It’s Sad To Have A Day Without…

It’s Sad To Have A Day Without...

It’s Sad To Have A Day Without...

Because he/she’s our friend

And we’ll miss them

Kids in Play

The kids have had an excellent second week of preschool. We spent time with playdough, exploring the dollhouse, and learning how to be a bucket filler, in addition to much, much more.

Kissing Hands and Self Portraits

September Newsletter

Welcome to week two of preschool! 

Your children did a wonderful job during our first week together. They are getting familiar

with our daily routines and learning classroom expectations. I am amazed at how quickly

they are learning our daily routines. Those are complex, multi-step routines that require so

much effort. They are very capable. Any help you can provide by allowing your child to

clear their spot at the table, pack or unpack their backpack, or put their coat on by

themselves would be greatly appreciated. 

We created class rules “Be safe. Be respectful. Be responsible. Have fun!” We read The

Kissing Handby Audrey Penn. If you are unfamiliar with this book, I highly recommend it.

It is a beautiful story about Chester Raccoon’s first day at school and how he says goodbye

to his mother. We made Kissing Hand handprints as an extension activity. 

This week we will continue to explore our classroom and how to take care of it and each

other. I spend several weeks building the culture of our classroom. I find that investing the

time during these first several weeks of school pays off throughout the school year. We will

be reading Have You Filled A Bucket Today and Fill A Bucket both by Carol McCloud and will

make a book on how we can fill each other’s buckets. We will share our book with you at the
Author’s Day in December.

I will write a newsletter each month. I will send it home via email unless you have let me know

that you would prefer a paper copy. It will also be posted on my blog. Please follow it at
https://msnancysblogmbs.blogspot.com/ The blog is a great place to see what is happening

in our classroom.  If you do not have internet access, please let me know.

Your children are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing them with us this year. Ms. Linda

and I have enjoyed every minute with them.