September 23, 2016
Hello Families!
We have been so very busy learning these last two weeks! During Circle Time, the children are learning The Pledge of Allegiance and you would be so proud of their involvement, All children stand with their right hand over their heart and face the flag, those who are able are memorizing and reciting the words too! We count and label the days of the week, we predict color patterns in the numbers, discuss the weather, learn about the seasons, sing songs and participate in Total Physical Response (TPR) a kind of Simon Says set of stretches and identifying body parts. The children love this whole group participation and interact enthusiastically with the directions given and with each other, all being totally present in the moment!
Other whole group activities include Books on CD, favorite stories vary from Dr. Seuss classics, Skippy John Jones, Curious George to Disney stories, again all children are attentive and engaged. And Class PE where this week we have done The Hokey Pokey, Duck Duck Goose and Movements to Music as well as our M, W, F swimming after lunch!
We are also grouping children into small groups/pairs to work collaboratively on Language Arts and Math based on ability/skill levels.
These large and small groups provide the needed opportunities for your children to develop and strengthen communication and social skills and they are doing an amazing job! I am so proud of all of them!!!
This week, 9-26, we will be working on a unit connecting the season of fall with our language arts and math activities. Apples will be our theme, we will learn the parts of the apple and their names, do math problems, art and culminate the week with a cooking project! I am very excited and looking forward to seeing the children experiment this week!(photos next weekend)
Announcements/Reminders:
Friday, October 7th is our annual Haunted House and fair on campus. This year we will also have free child ID event, come have fun and see your teachers and staff costumed up to scare!
HOMEWORK:
Thank you to those of you who are turning in homework on Fridays, it is great to see the variety of books being read, the time spent playing ball and samples of your child's drawing and coloring! Keep up the good work!!!
Next week will be the last menu cycle, number 6, and then the cycles will repeat starting with number 1, those will be kept here on the blog under the School Menu Cycles label and will be mentioned in future newsletters but not reposted. See that label to reference the current menu.
If you have questions or concerns, as always you can contact me directly via email, text or phone call.
This concludes this week's newsletter! Thank you and have a blessed week ahead!
Donna
