Week of November 1 - 5

Theme: Transportation

Activities for the Week:

• Review the letters we've learned so far in Handwriting.
• Discover what All Saints Day is in Religion.
• Make airplanes using paper towel rolls in Art.
• Play a roll 'n stamp game to practice number recognition and counting in Math.
• Play with small vehicles and a city streets rug in Blocks.
• Experiment with magnets by having magnet races in Science.
• Pretend to work or travel with the Preschool Airlines in Dramatic Play.
• Play a transportation guessing game, listen to some stories and make a class book about transportation during Group Time.

Other Information:

Wed., Nov. 3rd - Pizza Lunch Day - don't forget your money if you haven't already sent it in!

Wed., Nov. 3rd - Access Med Flu Shots 12:00-2:00

Looking ahead to next week (Nov. 8-12):

Preschooler of the Week -Nuallain

Snacks -Bella

Week of October 25 - 29

Theme: Halloween

Activities for the Week:

• Learn the letter U in handwriting.
• Discover ways we can care for each other as Noah cared for his family and friends in Religion.
• Experiment with shaving cream and color mixing (red and yellow) to make a shaving cream Jack-O-Lantern in Science.
• Use Halloween stamps to make pumpkins, bats and spiders, count them and write how many in Math.
• Have a pretend Halloween party in Dramatic Play.
• Hunt for Halloween items hidden in shredded black and orange paper in the Sensory Table.
• Listen to some flannel board stories, play a Trick or Treat game, sing some Halloween songs, and practice tracing curved, straight and zig zagged lines by completing a spider worksheet during Group Time.
• Make Halloween door hangers in Art.

Other Information:

Thank you to Mrs. Determan for organizing our class booth for Fun Day!

Thank you to Ms. Dillard, Mr. Glover, Mr. Haws, Mr. and Mrs. Stabnick, and Mrs. Milliser for volunteering to work at our booth.

We appreciate you all!!

Looking ahead to next week (Nov. 1-5):

Snacks -Trey

Preschooler of the Week - Elizabeth

Week of October 18 - 22

Theme: Pumpkins

Activities for the Week:

• Learn the letter I in handwriting.
• Discover ways we can take care of God's creations in Religion.
• Learn about and make our own pumpkin life cycle in Science.
• Count pumpkin seeds in Math.
• Pretend to visit the pumpkin patch in Dramatic Play.
• Use small plastic hammers and golf tees to hammer into a real pumpkin in the Sensory Table.
• Make Q-Tip skeletons in Art.
• Complete a dot-to-dot pumpkin, listen to some stories, and cut open a real pumpkin to see what is inside during Group Time.

Other Information:

Tues., Oct. 19th - picture retakes - please send original picture packet to school if you would like your child's picture redone

Wed., Oct. 20th - Spirit Dress/Spirit Night - corn maize 6-8pm

Sunday, Oct. 24th - Fun Day 1:00-4:00

Looking ahead to next week (Oct. 25-29):

Preschooler of the Week - Blaine

Snacks - Aden

Week of October 11 - 15

Theme: Autumn Leaves

Activities for the Week:

• Learn the letter T in Handwriting.
• Listen to The Creation story in Religion.
• Make magic color scratch leaves in Art.
  
• Examine various leaves with a magnifying glass in Science.
• Practice number recognition and counting with a Leaves on the Tree game in Math.
• Become familiar with positional words by making a "Where is the Leaf?" booklet.
• Explore a leaf pile in the Sensory Table.
• Read some stories during Group Time

Other Information:

Monday, Oct. 11th - No School - Teacher Retreat Day

Tuesday, Oct. 12th - Free Dress for those who donated to the St. Francis Fund

Thank you to Blake and his family for the Clorox wipes and Lysol. These will definitely come in handy during the upcoming cold and flu season.

Thank you to Bella for the Halloween stickers!

Saturday, Oct. 16th- Endowment Dinner - 6:00pm

Looking ahead to next week (Oct. 18-22):

Preschooler of the Week - Megan

Snacks - Elizabeth

Tuesday, Oct. 19th - Picture retakes - if you would like your child's picture retaken, please send back your picture packet on this day.

Sunday, Oct. 24th - Fun Day - please sign up to help with our class booth.