Preschool Done Remotely

Here is a picture of one of our classmates listening to Ms. Nancy read The True Story of The Three Little Pigs. If you have any pictures of your children doing one of the activities, watching one of the videos, or playing that you would like to share, please send them. I will post them in the blog and the kids can "see" each other. I look forward to see what you send in. Take care and be well.

 

Some things you can do at home that do not require any materials or planning  to help 

keep up your child's adaptive skills are: 

1. have them dress and undress themselves
2. have them zip their own jackets
3. put on their own hats
4. socks!- have children take off and put on their own socks
5. drinking out of open mouthed cups
6. brushing their teeth themselves
7. washing themselves in the shower 

Hello Preschool Friends

Who Told The Truth?

In this story, the Wolf says he needed a cup of sugar and went to ask his neighbor the pig to borrow one when a big sneeze came on. The accidental sneeze blew the house down. The children got to vote on whose version of the story was the truth.
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The Three Little Pigs

The children accurately identified the characters (including the mother "sow"), setting, problem and solutions in The Three Little Pigs.

The Big Bad Wolf

The children used the hairdryer to "huff and "puff" as the "wolf". They made predictions whether a chosen object would be blown across the line. They voted "yes" using a green circle and "no" using a red circle. The children checked their predictions against what they observed to see if they were correct.

Important Medical Information

Dear Families of Miss Nancy's class:

There has been a child in class who was diagnosed and treated for scabies. This letter is to notify you of the symptoms to be aware of. Scabies is a skin condition caused by mites that causes intense itching and a pimple-like rash. See the attached information sheet from the CDC regarding scabies.
Symptoms can sometimes take several weeks to appear. Please monitor for any symptoms and contact your child's pediatrician if your child develops a rash or itching. Since our preschool coats overlap on hooks, we suggest washing your child's outdoor gear and running it through the dryer. In the classroom, we will continue to encourage hand washing as well as routine cleaning of surfaces and items. 

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/scabies/resources/scabies_fact_sheet.pdf   

Please contact me if you have further questions. 

Josie Lang, RN

MBS School Nurse

(802) 264-5904

The Three Little Pigs

The children are acting out the story in the correct sequence using the language from the book.
"Little pig, little pig, let me in."
"Not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin."

Building The 3 Little Pigs Houses

"I'm going to build the brick house and you build the stick house."
"I want to build the straw house."
"OK. Use the yellow blocks."

The Three Little Pigs

The children are "building" the pig's houses for our dramatic play area.

Beginning and End of Theme Webs

The children demonstrated their learning by telling what they knew about winter. They remembered many facts and vocabulary words that we discussed during our study.

January 2, 2020 web

February/March Newsletter

Dear Families,

We are wrapping up our study on Winter this week. We have discussed snow crystals,

appropriate clothing for winter weather, arctic animals, snow people, and how animals

survive winter by either hibernating, migrating, or adapting and staying active. We had a

conversation on the first day of our study about what we know about winter. That has been

hanging in our classroom since the beginning of January. On Friday, we will have the same

conversation. We will compare our knowledge webs to see how much we learned in this unit.

Thank you for any donations you made to this theme. They were greatly appreciated.

We will be talking about fairy tales for the months of March and April, specifically The Three

Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and The Billy Goats Gruff. Fairy tales are a great opportunity for the children to practice their retelling and story sequencing skills. We will look

at each story individually and then compare all three to see what elements they have in common.

This is usually a favorite theme for children.

Parent teacher conferences are Tuesday, March 3rd. Appointments are made through Sign

Up Genius at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f44a9af2fabfa7-miss2 Please let me

know if you need any help scheduling. I can make appointments for you if needed. 

Preschool is participating in the Malletts Bay School Food Drive this week. If you would like

to make a donation, please send it in your child’s backpack and we will add it to our food

shelf box. Thank you.

Important Dates to Remember

February 17-21: Food Drive

February 21: Pajama Day 

February 24-28: School Recess

March 2nd: School Closed for Professional Development and Parent Teacher Conferences

March 3rd: School Closed for Parent Teacher Conferences

March 20th: School Closed for Professional Development

Winter picnic

We will be talking about snow people for the next two weeks. The children will have the opportunity to create their own snow people at the art table as well as decorate these life size snow people in the dramatic play area. They will then be able to host a polar bear tea party.