This month we will be reading The Nightingale, our Unit 6 story. This is a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale about a Chinese emperor whose greatest treasure is a small nightingale. The children will learn about the letters Ll, Mm and Nn and they will work with the color black throughout this unit. The children will make "X markings" on their activity pages and they will practice identifying first and last sounds in sequence. The children will also learn to distinguish between long and short words and they will also learn to match facial expressions with feelings. The story books and activity pages will be sent home at the end of this unit.
We continue to practice "The Glory Be", "Our Father" and "Hail Mary" prayers at the start of each school day. We say a different prayer each day. Many of the children are learning the words to these prayers and I am proud of them! They know that the "Our Father" prayer is a prayer that Jesus taught his friends and that the "Hail Mary" prayer is a prayer that we can say to Mary. They are learning that Mary listens to us, just like God and Jesus listen to us when we pray or "talk" to them.
The Winter Coloring Books will be sent home shortly. The children have been working hard on learning how to write each number. We will continue to learn about different forms of measurement (height, length, weight) this month. The preschoolers are also learning about "postition words" such as over/under, in front of/in back of etc. They are all enjoying our many counting exercise songs we do each morning. It's a fun way to begin each day!!!
This month we will learn about our teeth and healthy eating habits. There will be some fun stories, videos and craft activities to go along with this theme. Later in the month, we will learn about the sun, moon and planets in our solar system.
It is hard to believe that the school year is half over already. The children continue to enjoy their time with their friends and the excitement they bring to school each day is wonderful!!!
Thank you for your continued support at home!!!