It's letter C Week, so let's all remember to clothe yourself in kindness (Colossians 3:12)!
Important Dates Coming Up…
Thursday, October 29 - T/Th Halloween Party Day
Friday, October 30 - MWF Halloween Party Day
Wear a Hallo-friendly costume!
Families can join us at 11:15 for our preschool costume parade by the cubbies
Dear Tuesday-Thursday Families,
What a fun week we had at preschool! We had a special visit from the fire department this week that included a Sesame Street movie, a chance to see what a firefighter wears in a fire, AND a walk to the parking lot to see a fire truck up close! We also had a classroom helper this week! Thank you for coming in to play with us Donna!
Here are some of the other things we've been busy with at preschool...
At greeting time this week, we looked at fire fighter books, number books and letter books.
At circle time, we learned an important song that taught us to STOP, DROP and ROLL if our clothes ever catch on fire.
For art, we painted with yellow and red paint to find out that together they make orange!
We read a wonderful book about colors, called Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? (written by Bill Martin, and pictures by Eric Carle)
At the exploration station, we played with a game about seasons
For dramatic play, many of the children used their imaginations to have a "parade" at our rainbow rug
At our story steps, behind the curtain, we played with BIG CARDBOARD BLOCKS and our toy fire station with fire trucks.
Here's the song we learned this week (the tune is to Skip to My Lou)
If your clothes catch on fire, what do you do?
(Repeat 3 times)
I will stop and drop and roll!
I will stop, drop and roll!
(Repeat 3 times)
That is what I'll do!
Dear MWF Families,
The highlight of our week was the field trip to the Fire Station. The children watched an Elmo video about fire safety. They met Firefighter Jeff. He gave a wonderful presentation on safety and showed everyone the fire trucks and ambulance. The students especially loved climbing aboard the vehicles. He then put on his uniform and equipment, and gave the children a visual of a firefighter crawling around in a fire. The children learned so much, please remember to reinforce the importance of fire safety at home. For Show and Share week a student brought in two different Crystals ,( rose amethyst and quartz) for Letter C week. We played Catch in the gym and a game called Copycats, where the children make up their own body movement, and everyone else imitates it. It is a silly game and we had lots of giggles. We also played “Where’s your Cookie Little Mouse?”, which is another popular fun group game. Thank you to our snack helper this week, we celebrated a birthday too!We were anticipating going to the Chapel this week, but this will be rescheduled at a later time. We will make you aware of that schedule change, as soon as we are aware. Next week we look forward to Letter D Week and the week of Halloween!
Here are some of the other things we’ve done this week at school…
For Circle Time we read Fred The Firefighter-an Usborne Book.
We also listened to “Fire Fire!” Said Mrs. McGuire
For Art we created sculptures from a model clay, and worked on making
paper chains to decorate our room. This is a good fine motor activity using
taping skills.
For Science we played a Science Seasons Game.
For Dramatic Play we played with a Fire Station and Fire Trucks.
For Construction we played with Castle Blocks.
We practiced “Stop, Drop, and Roll.
We crawled through our play tunnel to practice Stay Low and Go for fire
safety.
For Math we practiced counting and sorting colored cotton balls and picking
them up with tweezers. We looked at a book on Circles.
For Faith we sang “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”
We used scissors and cut out a pumpkin.
Blessings,
Miss Lori, Miss Donna, Miss Pat and Miss Jean
