TTh Preschool News - Week of Feb 7

God is Love 1 John 4:8

Hello Tuesday-Thursday Families,

Happy Valentine's Day! We had an exciting week at preschool playing and learning! Can you believe we are already on letter P week? Time is really flying here!

We welcomed another new student this week, bringing our total class number to 11 students. While we are still have more girls than boys, we do have THREE boys in the class now! We've made a few adjustments to our routine to help the new students adjust, but overall, it's been a good transition for everyone. I think the children will all enjoy the opportunity to make some more new friends at school!

In addition to a new student, we also had the joy of celebrating Valentine's Day and celebrating someone's birthday this week. The birthday girl brought in some Valentine's cookies, and someone brought in some strawberries, too! Yum!! We had so much fun making cards for our friends and loved ones using stickers and markers. And we all enjoyed giving our Valentines to our classmates. Maybe we'll continue to give more cards away next week!



We had fun at the rainbow rug this week reading some books by Todd Parr. One of our favorites was called "The I Love You Book". While you are celebrating Valentine's Day this week, it would be a good time to talk about all of the people who you love and who love you. And of course, don't forget to remind the children how much we are loved by God!

For counting practice, we brought out our counting cloth and some silly looking "heart people." Many of the children noticed that after we filled up the entire chart, one of the squares was empty! Maybe our missing heart person will turn up some day!

One of our other favorite things this week was playing with the wooden train set in the hallway by our cubbies. Some of the children were in charge of putting the train together, and they did a fabulous job. We'll definitely bring the train set out again soon! Playing with the train set and with our play dough this week were both great ways for us to strengthen our hand muscles and develop our fine motor skills!

We hope that all of you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Enjoy the warm winter weather,
Miss Jean, Miss Amy and Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week Of February 7

Praise the Lord! It is good to sing praises to our God. Psalm 147:1

Hello MWF Preschool Families!

We had a very positive week here at preschool. We learned all about the Letter P. For show and shared, students brought in penguins, puzzle pieces, and even a pink and purple pillow pet. We had so much fun discussing other words that start with the letter P as well.


Art was tons of fun this week! On Monday we made Mr. or Mrs. Potato Heads. We cut out our potatoes and then gave them their own unique personalities when we added facial features and accessories. They turned out amazing! On Wednesday each child made their very own puzzle person. They colored their puzzle the way they wanted and when they were done, they were able to take them home to play with. Friday they painted polka dots on the letter P with paint dotters. They were very colorful and the students made many different designs with polka dots.


This week we also…
Put many different kinds of puzzles together
Made cards for our friends and family
Sang a new song called The "Pig And The Pony"
Examined pinecones
Listened to many stories including But No Elephants by Jerry Smath and In The Pond.
Played with a parachute

We look forward to seeing everyone again next week!
Miss Amy, Miss Michele, Miss Jean, & Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week of Feb 8

Dear MWF Families,

We had so much fun celebrating Valentines Week! Our focus was on Love, God’s Love, and Loving One Another. For Letter P week one of our students brought in a Pirate and a Police Car. Each of the children took turns passing the police car back and forth to each other. On Monday and Wednesday we played various games with a parachute, and practiced tossing beanbags off the parachute.

Friday was our Valentines Day Party for the children. It was a great success! Thank you to all the parent helpers who made it possible! This week we were especially blessed with a multitude of parent helpers! Another highlight of our week was the great fun and learning the children had with playing post office, by sending postcards, notes and valentines cards to their friends and loved ones. Next week we are moving forward with our transportation theme, as we explore the various modes of transportation. Beep! Beep! See you next week!

Here are some other highlights of our week…

A Parent Helper came in and led a craft activity, and assisted the children
in making Valentine Mice, using heart templates, glue, and markers.

The mice are hanging in the classroom above our bulletin board!
We read the book Valentine Mice by Bethany Roberts.
Made Valentines Card for our friends and loved ones, using paper,
heart shaped doilies, and markers.

Played with our Pegboard.
Sang the “Skinamarink” Song and practiced hand gestures with it!
Read If You’ll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant and also read I Love You As Big As The World by David Van Buren.

Decorated Valentines Bags and Placemats with stickers and markers for our
Valentines Party Day which was a great success!

Moving forward to Next Week! Beep! Beep!
Miss Lori, Miss Donna, Miss Pat and Miss Jean