Newsletter September 11, 2018

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 the routines for lunch and getting ready to go home. Those are complex, multi-step routines that require so much effort. We created class rules "Be safe. Be respectful. Be responsible. Have fun!" We read The Kissing Hand by 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, played two different counting/number games featuring Chester Raccoon,  made self portraits, and much more.

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.

This will be one of the only paper newsletters I will be sending home this year. Information will be posted on my blog. Please follow it at https://msnancysblogmbs.blogspot.com/ . 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. Sue and I have enjoyed every minute with them.

End Of The Year Newsletter

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to the second to last week of school. The pictures above show you how I am

counting down to the end of the school year and what the kids think they are good at.

This week and next, we will be talking about endings and beginnings. We looked at

pictures of many of the activities we did this year and drew "My favorite part of pre-

school" pictures. I will send those home next week. We also made a list of what we can

do or are good at. The kids were very proud of their accomplishments. We will discuss

who is going to kindergarten and who is not going to kindergarten. I have pictures of the

kindergarten classrooms and playgrounds at UMS and PPS. We will compare how pre-

school is the same and different from kindergarten. Next week, we will write a letter to

next year’s class telling them all the important things they need to know about preschool.

There is a sing along scheduled with Mrs. Benay on Tuesday afternoon and the popsicle

party on Friday, June 15th at 2:00. It will be a fun and busy time.

I want to take a minute and thank you for sharing your children with me this year. It has

been an honor to spend my afternoons with them. They are an incredible group of caring

and capable people. I feel like I have learned from them as much as I have taught them.

I hope you have a wonderful summer filled with lots of outside and family time.

Nancy

Painting Very Hungry Caterpillars

Flower Shop Fun

Fun in the Flower Shop

End of Year Celebration

Good Morning Preschool Families

I would like to invite you and your family to an end of year gathering.  We will hold the gathering rain or shine.  The plan is to be outside on the playground and a few stations outside around the playground.  If it is raining the event will take place in the classroom...hopefully the weather cooperates with us.

When:   Friday June 15th 

Time:    2:00

Where:  Malletts Bay School playground 

Why:  Have fun playing, enjoying time with friends, and saying goodbye to friends for the summer

I hope you can make it - Please let me know how many people you think will be attending from your family so I make sure we have enough popsicles. 

Thank you

Nancy

We Have 2 More Butterflies!!

Field Day Reminders

Just a reminder that Field day is THIS Friday!

WEAR SUNSCREEN - Please put sunscreen on your child before school.

(Please note: Due to the potential for allergic reactions, we are unable to apply sunscreen to your child.)

CHANGE OF CLOTHES/TOWEL - Be sure to include a complete change of clothing (underclothes and a second pair of sneakers too), as well as a towel to dry off. The kids will be getting wet!

WATER BOTTLE - Please have your child bring in a full water bottle with their name on it. Water refills will be provided to your child while out on the field.

If you have volunteered but have not filled out a volunteer registration form from the district office unfortunately due to security purposes we can not have you volunteer.

Two Caterpillars In Their Chrysalis and One In The "J" Position

Updates

Field Day is Friday, May 25th. Our class will be going outside after lunch around 1:00. We are invited to stay until 2:00. We will stay as long as the children are engaged and are being successful. It looks like there will be water play available. Please pack a complete set of extra clothes and a plastic bag for the wet clothing. Thank you!

This week we will talk about bugs that do not meet the insect criteria such as worms, spiders and millipedes.  We will wrap up our Bug theme next week with a short author study of Eric Carle. One of our catepillars has created its chysalis and another is in the "J" position. Hopefully we will have butterflies in a few days. 

Our last day of school is Friday, June 15th. We will be having an end of the year celebration at 2:15. If the weather is nice, we will be outside enjoying different play stations and popsicles. If it is raining, we will hold it in our classroom. 

Nancy

The "J" Position Before The Chrysalis

The Chicken Song with Ms Pam

Newsletter May 15, 2018

Hi,

The children have been having a blast studying insects. They have learned that insects have three body parts, six legs, two eyes, and two antennae. Some insects have wings but not all insects. Bugs with more/less legs, eyes, or body parts do not belong to the insect family. The kids made a honey comb last week. They will fly bees in and out of the hive to a flower garden to collect pollen. They voted on putting a campsite in the dramatic play area. Look for pictures to follow in the next two weeks. This week our focus will be caterpillars and butterflies. We have some caterpillars in our room that we will watch change into butterflies. We will release them once they have emerged.

Last week I sent out information on Field Day, Friday May 25th. The Pre-K has been invited to attend for 1.5 hours. I am unsure that we will be participating for the entire time. I am working with my colleagues on a schedule. I will post it ASAP. Parents are welcome to volunteer. If you are interested, make sure you have completed the background check for volunteers with the school district.

The last day for Pre-K is Friday, June 15th. We will be having an end of the year celebration on that day from 2:15-2:45. We will have an extra recess (weather permitting), have stations set up outside and a popsicle snack to end our year. It seems impossible to me that we are already planning our end of the year celebrations. The year has flown by. It has been a true gift to spend my afternoons with your children. Thank you for sharing them with me

Dates to remember:

May 16th- Pam from Burnham Library visit 1:30
May 25- Field Day
May 29- School Closed for Memorial Day
June 15th- Last Day of School