Weekly News 9/23

This Week

This week we introduced our first letter of the alphabet.  We had a lot of fun reading and singing about all different things that begin with “Aa”.  We learned that the letter “Aa” can make two sounds and we learned how to write it in uppercase and lowercase.  In the beginning of the week, we made Apple Annie puppets during Art Time and used our senses to describe real apples during Science.  We also learned about each part of an apple, the apple lifecycle, and we even had an apple tasting at the end of the week.  Our class favorite apple was the Granny Smith apple.

Next Week

Next week we will be learning about letter “Bb” with our friend Benjamin Bunny.  We will continue to discuss fall and the changing of the seasons.  On Wednesday, we will be baking a special treat for you to enjoy at Back to School Night, which begins at 7PM.  Please try to have at least one parent attend this meeting.  I do understand that it may be hard to find childcare so please see me or let me know if you will not be able to attend so I can provide you with all of the information I will be discussing.

Reminders

·         Back to School Night- Wednesday, September 28^th at 7PM.

·         Please return homework to school by Friday.

·         If your child receives the Show and Tell Backpack, please return it to school by Friday morning.

Weekly News- 9/19 -Colors

This Week:

This week we had so much fun learning about colors and color mixing.  We read many books like       "A Color of His Own" by Leo Lionni and "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh.  The children enjoyed listening to " A Color of His Own" pointing out all the different colors the chameleon turned as well as discussing friendship at the end of the story.  We then had a great day working and playing with our very own chameleon color buddies in the classroom and outside during our color buddy relay races.  "Mouse Paint" was a book about three white mice who jumped into three different paint jars (red, yellow, and blue). through the story these mice then jumped into other paint puddles learning that when you mix two colors together you can make another completely different color.

During the week enjoyed doing different experiments on color mixing during our Science time.  Our first experiment was with three water bottles one with red food coloring, one with blue, and one with yellow. The children were able to predict  what might happen when certain colors were mixed then they were able to mix their own colors. Our second experiment was called color exploding milk (check out the pictures on the left to see what we did!)  The third experiment was called Jello color mixing.  Each child choose two colors of jello to mix in the plastic bag, they closed the bag and mixed the jello from outside the bag, saw their new color they made and then ate it! They all loved this!

We also had a wonderful time using watercolor paint while listening to classical music just the same way that Leo Lionni did when making the book, "  A Color of His Own".

Next Week:

Next week we will start learning about our alphabet with our friends from the Frog Street Press Curriculum.  The children will be introduced to the letter Aa with the help of Apple Annie.  They will learn how to write the letter A in uppercase and in lowercase.  They will learn about the two different sounds the letter A can make.  Through the story of "Apple Annie" the boys and girls will learn many words that start with letter Aa.  During this week and the next week we will also learn all about apples.

The boys and girls will learn about the parts of an apple, they will conduct an apple tasting, and learn about Johnny Appleseed. Please talk to me if you would like to donate some apples to your child's class for the apple tasting that will be on Wednesday.

Reminders:

Please remember to wash and return your child's blanket to school on Monday.  I will be sending their blankets home every other Friday so please check their backpacks.

Our Parent Back to School Night is on Wednesday, September 28th.

Check your child's white mailbox in the hallway for art work and for notices from Ms. Liz.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND AND ENJOY THE NICE WEATHER!  SEE YOU ON MONDAY!

Sincerely,
Ms. Kristy

First Day of School

We had a wonderful first day of Pre-k getting to know each other! We started the day by singing songs to learn about our friends.  We then had our first circle time with Alyssa as our first Leader of the Day!

We enjoyed reading "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault.  We learned that there are 26 letters in the alphabet while we sang about each letter going up the coconut tree.  We then made our very own coconut trees and used special letters to make our names on our tree.

During Science we passed around a real coconut and used some of our senses to describe the coconut.  When we were finished we drew a picture of a coconut too.

Towards the end of the day we made name necklaces during Art.

What a great first day! See you all soon!