Week of August 31 - Sept. 4

Theme: Shapes and Colors

Activities for the week:

• In Religion we will read the story "Be My Friend" and learn that Jesus wants us to be friends of his and each other.
• Make colorful suncatchers in Art using markers, coffee filters and water.
• Learn the correct pencil grip in Handwriting.
• Play in the Preschool Paint Store in Dramatic Play.
• Go on a shape search in the Sensory Table.
• Sort Fruit Loops in Math and figure out which color has the most and which has the least.
• Have fun making shaving cream shapes.
• In Science we will do a color mixing experiment.

Other Information:

Wed., Sept. 2 and Thurs., Sept. 3 - Prevent Blindness will be here to do vision screening for all Preschoolers.

Looking ahead to next week (Sept. 7 - 11):

Mon., Sept. 7th - No School - Labor Day

Tues., Sept. 8th - Picture Day - if your child does not come to school on Tuesdays you may bring them up at 8:45 am to have their pictures taken in the Parish Hall. They need to wear their uniforms.

Snacks - Tyler

Preschooler of the Week - Erica

Week of August 24 - 28

Theme: Family and Friends

Activities for the week:

• In Art we will use construction paper, scissors, glue and crayons to make a family tree.
• We will practice number recognition and counting in Math.
• Brick blocks will be available in the Block Center.
• In the Sensory table we will play with sand and sand toys.
• In Handwriting we will learn about Mat Man.
• In Science we will pair up with a friend and compare features like hair color, eye color and thumbprints.
• We will share our family fact sheets with the class and make a class book.
• In Religion we will learn about Jesus' Special Friends.

Other Information:

Just a reminder that ice cream day is Wednesday (Thursday if your child attends on Tues./Thurs.). Ice cream punch cards are available for $15.00 (20 ice cream purchases).

Show and Tell begins this week.

Looking ahead to next week (August 31 - Sept. 4):

Snacks - Zoe

Preschooler of the Week - Gracie

Week of August 17 - 21

Theme: Welcome to School

Activities for the week:

• We will paint with watercolors in Art.
• In Religion we will read some books, learn some songs and meet the Stories of God's Love Kids.
• We will begin our handwriting program.
• In Science we will play with magnets.
• We will also talk about and come up with some class rules.

Other Information:

Monday, August 17th - Back to School Night for parents. Please meet in the church at 6:00pm. I hope you will all be able to come!

Your child may bring a blanket, small pillow and/or a stuffed animal to use at rest time. They can carry it back and forth in their backpack or leave it at school in their cubby.

Looking ahead to next week (August 24 - 28):

Show and Tell will begin. Be sure and check the packet you received at Back to School Night for your child's scheduled show and tell day.

Welcome to Preschool

Dear Students,

Welcome to my class! I am really looking forward to spending a great year with you. Our plans for the year are to learn a lot and have a whole lot of fun! See you soon.

Mrs. Heinrichs




Dear Parents,

Thank you for lending me your child! I will take very good care of each and every one of them and enjoy our time together. I'm very excited to begin this year and look forward to watching your children grow and learn. See you soon.


Debbie Heinrichs