T-Th Preschool News - Weeks of Nov 1 & 7

Encourage one another. Hebrews 10:25


Hello Tuesday Thursday Families!

Don't you just LOVE those beautiful masks we made? I couldn't wait till the end of the month to share that photo with you! We've had two "short" weeks in a row, but we still managed to fill them with all kinds of fun, faith and learning! This month our focus is on Gratitude as we prepare for Thanksgiving.
Last week, we learned about the Letter E! We used blue and green paint to paint some beautiful pictures that reminded us of our earth. We give thanks to God for His beautiful creation! We also brought out some wooden eggs with numbers on them. All of the children had a chance to put them in order from 1 - 10 (and everyone had so much fun with them!)


We heard the story "What A Wonderful World" in a unique way. As we looked at the pictures, we listened to the story being sung by Louis Armstrong. The children loved the colorful pages in the book, and Mr. Armstrong's singing was, of course, beautiful!

Also for letter E week, we....
Colored a beautiful picture of our earth
Played with our Letter Builders
Used tiny animal counters with our 100 Chart
and played Musical Colors on our Rainbow Rug
(all that in just one day! Wow!)

For letter F week, our visit to the food pantry this week was a perfect opportunity to remember to give thanks for what we have AND to share our blessings with those who are less fortunate. Each child brought a canned item to the church's food pantry and learned how we can help other people who may not have food in their homes.



Drew pictures of our Favorite Foods...


Had fun playing make believe with our Felt Board...


And practiced our math and matching skills with our Foam Tanagram Shapes...


In addition to that, we....
Used Letter F rubber stamps to Fill up a very large letter F
Heard the Fun rhyme "Five Green and Speckled Frogs"
(led by Miss Jean along with Felt Frogs and a Story Apron)
Most of all, we had lots of FUN!

Looking forward to seeing you at our Thanksgiving "Feast" this Thursday!
Miss Jean, Miss Amy and Miss Pat

T-Th Preschool News - Week of November 1

Hello Tuesday-Thursday Families,

With conferences this week, we had a very short week in the classroom, but we still had lots of fun and learning! Since it was letter E week, we decided to spend the day learning a little bit about our Earth! We read part of the story What A Wonderful World which was based on a very familiar song that you may have heard Louis Armstrong sing! The illustrations by Ashley Bryan are beautiful and "depict children of many backgrounds performing a puppet show that brings the lyrics to life."

At our science table this week, we brought out several of our Usborne books that describe our earth including In the Pond, On the Seashore, and Under the Ground. It's a good time to talk with your children about our earth and all of the life on earth that God created.

Miss Jean also took one last day to take care of some assessments before meeting with all of you this week! Here are some of the other things you might have caught us doing...

Playing with orange playdough and ABC cookie cutters at greeting time
Using green, blue and brown crayons on blue circle shaped paper to make our own earth pictures
Painting with brown paint at the easel
Singing the song "At the Easel" by Thomas Moore (see words below)
Playing with a Spill and Spell dice game
Practicing our name writing skills
Playing with dress up clothes and a challenging USA puzzle in the curtain area by our cubbies
And last but not least...taking a walk on a very beautiful fall day!

And here are the words to "At the Easel" by Thomas Moore...

At the easel, at the easel
I can choose any color I want
(two times)
I choose red!
I paint the house red
I paint the dog red
I paint the sky red
I paint the grass red
Today I must like red!
(repeat with other colors!)

One final thought before signing off. To celebrate letter E week, EVERYONE should go outside this weekend to enjoy our wonderful November weather! See you soon!

Miss Jean, Miss Lacy and Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week of November 1

Dear MWF Families,

This week our theme was Emotions for letter E Week. We really enjoyed discussing the different emotions/feelings such as happy, sad, angry, and scared. Our Show and Share helper brought in a letter E item which was a small elephant.

We were fortunate to have two good weather days! On Monday we went outdoors for a fresh air walk and sang some songs led by our very own parent helper! On Wednesday we were blessed again to have another parent helper and sunny weather! We were very thankful to go outside and play on the playground, especially after many recent rainy days.

We also celebrated another birthday! We used the Easel this week for painting and our children had a great time creating their own masterpieces. Our students have such great creativity! Our paintings are right outside the classroom. Please take a moment and enjoy the children’s art gallery as you are walking by.

Thank you to all of our parents for coming out to Parent Conferences! Your children are doing so wonderfully in Preschool! We appreciate everyone’s feedback and suggestions, as you help us to continue to grow to provide an excellent class for your child.

Remember to join us at Chapel @ 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday November 11th!

Our BROWN DAY is Friday November 13th. Please encourage your child to wear BROWN!

Here are some other highlights of our week...

Painted with Paint Dobbers on Elephant Shapes
Built Railroad Tracks and played with Trains.
Looked at Number Books at Greeting Time.
Wrote with Pencils on Note Paper and used Envelopes too!
Listened to Glad Monster Sad Monster by Ed Emberley. This book also has different masks to display various emotions.
Heard the story The Way I Feelby Janan Cain
Listened to a Rebus Reader Elephants Are Not Little by Anders Hanson
Practiced a Rhyme/Fingerplay “God Made The Sun”

With Gratitude,
Miss Lori, Miss Donna, Miss Pat and Miss Jean