Theme: the Five Senses

School Readiness Update

December 22, 2016

Theme: The Five Senses

Classroom news: This week the afternoon group said good bye to Joel. He is moving to a near by town. We wish him farewell. We are all excited for Christmas vacation. The children are hoping for warm weather so they can spend time outside. Today we watched a movie and had popcorn. We also played pin the nose on Rudoph. We enjoyed lots of Christmas treats. We hope you enjoyed the thumb print tree ornaments that the children made. I hope they will be a special keepsake for you!

Centers:

Classification (what do we wear in Winter/Spring)

Problem solving (story and discussion)

AB patterns (candy canes)

Word parts (clapping out first names)

Christmas songs and poems

Printing the ABC’s

Letter of the week is L

Reminders:

Winter break is Dec. 23 – Jan. 2

STARTING JANUARY 3RD HAVE YOUR CHILD READY FIVE MINUTES EARLIER FOR THE BUS. We are trying to get back on track. We seem to always get behind on our routes.

Things to do over vacation:

Can your child zip his/her coat?

Put on their own gloves?

String popcorn or cereal and wrap around your Christmas tree

Read books, drink hot cocoa, and snuggle!

Enjoy your time together!

In January we will be having a Kindergarten Transition meeting for parents and children. More information will be shared in the next newsletter.

Have a Merry Christmas!

Bingo – Reviewed ABC’s, numbers, and picture words

Practiced counting to 30

Sang and danced to the bean bag boogie and several other songs

Letter of the week is I

Reminders: Book orders are due Dec. 12th. I know this is short notice but I want to be sure you get them before winter break.

Conferences that were cancelled for Nov. 18 will be held tomorrow (Friday Dec. 2).. Please come at your same scheduled time. Several parents still need to call and reschedule missed conferences. Please do this as soon as possible.

The weather is getting colder. Be sure to dress your child appropriately. We have several more pick ups with each group so please have your child ready when the bus arrives.

I hope to see many of you next Thursday at the Holiday event (5:30-7:30).

Winter break will be from Dec 23- Jan. 2

Again, thanks to those of you who have volunteered in the classroom and for those of you who have sent snacks.