Announcements

The children have gotten off to a WONDERFUL start in preschool.  They are learning our classroom routines and they are forming new friendships.  They have been a joy to get to know these past few weeks!

The storybook and activity pages for our first story unit, LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, will be sent home next week.  Information about the story, along with some questions and possible activities you can do with your preschooler, will also be included in the packet at this time. 

Please know that we do the activity pages together.  I model for the children what to do and then there is time for myself or the "computerized voice" to review the correct answers, depending on the type of lesson we are doing.  In the beginning, many children have the natural impulse to make random marks on their paper, or just "color" in anything/everything they see on a paper.  This will change as their listening skills and fine motor skills develop and they learn to make "meaningful marks" in their storybooks and activity pages.

Due to the variety of attendance schedules, there may be some pages that your child can complete at home with you if he/she is not in school on a day when a lesson is completed.  I will always try my best to make sure your child has the basic understanding of what to do before sending something home.  Please let me know if you ever have any questions regarding any of the activities.  

Our unit 2 story will be THE THREE BEARS.  We will focus on the letters Cc and Dd, the color blue and tracing lines.  The children will come to understand the concepts over/under,  big/large/medium/little/small and same/different.  They will also develop the skill of following oral directions and understanding key details in a story.  The activity pages and storybooks will be sent home at the end of the month.

During September, the children learned the song "I Know That God Loves Me".  We also spent time learning the sign of the cross and the children were introduced to the "Glory Be", "Hail Mary" and the "Our Father" prayers.  These will continue to be said throughout the school year.  This month we will be singing "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands".  Your children love to sing and many of our songs have hand motions that accompany our singing.  Your children have beautiful singing voices!

In math, we will continue practicing counting to 20, work on sorting objects and gain practie sequencing 3-4 events/pictures at a time.  The children will also work with simple patterns this month (AB, ABC). 

We will learn about fire safety this month and also pumpkins and leaves.  Near the end of October, we will have some fun Halloween art projects and stories to enjoy.  

October promises to be a very fun and busy month in preschool.  Thank you for all your support at home and for helping to make this such a great start to our school year!!!  Have a great month and I hope you enjoy this beautiful time of year!!!