Pre K Happenings!

These winter months seems to be moving smoothly.  I hope that everyone is enjoying the winter weather and able to stay warm and cozy. Speaking of weather, during the first few weeks of the month we will be studying the weather and making predictions. We will be discussing
different kinds of weather (rain, wind, snow sun, and clouds) We will look at different kinds of weather and classify the characteristics of each weather condition.
The month of February brings Groundhog Day. We will discuss ground hogs and their habitats, read stories about Groundhog Day, and take a class poll to see who thinks the groundhog will see his/her shadow. This celebration will include activities like shadow painting, shadow puppets, and shadow dancing.

Mid-February brings Valentine’s Day. We will discuss friendship and the love we have for our family and friends. We will make cards for our loved ones using different colors such as red, pink, and white. Hearts, hearts everywhere..we will be using the heart shape to complete our art and math activities.

After Valentine’s Day, we will go into Music Week! We will make music and listen to may different types of music. We will learn about numerous musical instruments and then we will design our own. If you would like to share your musical talent with our class, please feel free to set up a time to come in and visit!

We will end the month with one of our favorite authors, Dr. Seuss We will read many Dr. Seuss stories and celebrate his birthday! The children will participate in art projects, activities, songs and play.

Wednesday, February 29th will be Wacky Wednesday. I will dress up in a crazy way and invite the children to do the same. How wacky can you be? Thursday, March 1st will be Cat in the Hat Day. Wear Stripes! We will read the story and make hats!

We will also continue our alphabet work and discuss one letter each week. This month we will learn to recognize the letters X, Y, V, Z and K.  I will have puppets, activities and games to aid in the recognition of these letters.

Enjoy the rest of the winter, have fun playing outside and staying warm inside! If you have any questions or concerns please contact me, you may call the school or send me an email at jessicalafera@gmail.com.

Warmest wishes,
“Miss Jessica”  LaFera
        

Preschool Happenings!

February brings us new ways to explore the world around us. Will the Groundhog see his shadow or not? What is a shadow anyway? We need light! What makes light? Later in the month we will immerse ourselves in music, rhythm and vibrations. So many things to discover! Science is everywhere!

We will hear stories about friends, valentines, and unconditional love. “Reading” the pictures, listening to the words and expanding on what we know all add to the children’s developing phonemic and print awareness as well as their letter recognition, vocabulary and language skills. Literacy learning is everywhere! Finally we will enjoy funny stories and activities as we remember Dr. Seuss’ birthday! Preschool is closed Monday, February 20 for President’s Day. Wacky Wednesday will be February 29- how wacky can you dress? Cat in the hat Day will be March 1 - wear stripes!

We will have a Valentine card exchange with classmates on Monday February 13 and Tuesday February 14. Valentine’s Day presents a great opportunity to encourage and enhance sight word recognition as we make cards for special friends and family. Our own names, our friends names, Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa and I love you are all important sight words which many of the children are learning and mastering.  Please encourage your child to “sign” each card. If you start early, and work on two or three each day, signing the Valentine’s cards will not be such a burden for your child. Please send in 24 cards. Please do not address the cards to specific children. Model usage of upper and lower case letters appropriately, as this helps the children to see the shapes of words. Word shapes are an important way we recognize our sight words!

Remember, we go outside everyday, weather permitting. It is important
that the children have hats, mittens, warm coats, snow pants and boots
here each day.  If your child wears boots to school, please send in some
sneakers for inside play.

Sincerely,
Ginny Workstus and the preschool team