A few December pictures

January Calendar

Theme: Opposites D, P, V & 5, & 15

4) Big & Little
6) Tall & Short/Long & Short
11) Up & Down
13) In & Out/Inside & Outside
18) Over & Under
20) Back & Front/Backward & Frontward
25) Wide & Narrow/Fat & Skinny
27) Day & Night

Hope to post some pictures from our Christmas party soon!

December

Theme: Family & Friends
W, O, H & 4 & 14

2) Family & Friends Help Each Other
7) Families Celebrate Together
9) Family Members are our Friends
14) Friends Come in All Sizes
16) Christmas Party!

Can't believe it is December all ready and I look forward to a fun-filled month learning about familes and friends!

November

Sorry this is being posted so late, hopefully you all got one in your emails weeks ago!

November theme: Shapes & Colors
C, X, U & 3, 13

2) Squares & Red
4) Rectangles & blue
9) Triangles & Green
11) Veterans Day- No school
16) Circles & Orange/Brown
18) Ovals & Black/White
23) Crescent & Stars & Yellow
25) Thanksgiving- No School
30) Hearts & Pink/Purple

Pictures from farm field trip!

Finally, here are some pictures from our fun and rainy day at the Bagenstos pumpkin patch! We had a lot of fun going on a hay ride, picking out pumpkins, splashing in puddles, learning about potatoes, and even got to take some of those home too!

October is here!

October Calendar
Theme: The Funny Farm S, B, L & 2, 12, 20

5) What is a farm?
7) Farmers
12) Cows& Horses
14) Chickens & Ducks
19) Pigs
21) Sheeps, Lamb, & Goats
26) Vegetable/Fruits
28) Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Field Trip Info:

We will be meeting at Baggensto's Farm at 10 AM, and will be done at 11:30. There is a fee of $4.50/child for the pumpkin patch tour, and pumpkin. The fee is due the day of of the trip. I would like at least 3 parent volunteers, so let me know if you can come! Feel free to bring a lunch and stay to eat!

First day of preschool! Fall 2010!

September: All about Me! A, T, M & 1, 10, 11

Sorry this is posted a little late! Here is Sept. month calendar

Tues. 6th- First day, get to know you games
Thurs. 8th- Class room rules, & schedule

Tues. 14th- Physical Me
Thursday 18th- Thinking Me

Tues. 21st- Feeling Me
Thurs. 23rd- Celebrating Me: When is my birthday?

Tues. 28th- Physical Senses
Thurs. 30th- Physcial Senses

Preschool Open House

Preschool open house on Friday @ 6:00-7:30 at my house! Look forward to seeing you all there and starting school Tuesday, Sept 7th! See you then!

zoo trip

we had a great time at the zoo yesterday & were so lucky that we did not get rained out! thanks for coming! here are a few pictures of the zoo and the face painting afterwards!

May: Zoo Crew

This is a bit late posting, here it is:

4) Lions & Tiger LOW: X
6) Monkeys & Gorillas LOW: X
11) Elephants LOW: Y
13) Bears LOW: Y
18) Seals, Otters, & Penguins LOW: Z
20) Zebras & Giraffes LOW: Z
25) Zoo Field Trip
27) Graduation Day!

Studying Zoo animals is always fun & our trip to the Zoo will be a great time!
Meet there at 10:00 AM in front of the Mountain Goat!

Fire Station Field Trip pictures

Here are some of my pictures from the Fire Station Filed trip. We had a great time and learned a lot about fires and what Fire Fighters do to help us! The kids even got a chance to sit inside the fire truck!

March: "The Funny Farm"

This month our theme is "The Funny Farm!" I am excited for a fun month learning about farms, farmers, and animals!

2) What is a Farm? LOW: Q
4) Farmers & Tools LOW: Q
9) Cows & Horses LOW: R
11)Chickens & Ducks LOW: R
16)Pigs LOW: S
18)Sheep, Lambs, & Goats LOW: S
23-25) Spring Break
30) Veg. & Fruits
1) Farm Field Trip!

I am taking 3-4 volunteers for the Farm Field Trip. More details coming soon! Thanks!

February Calendar

We will be having a Valentine exchange & small party on the 11th. So please have your child bring valentines for the whole class!

February Theme: Weather & Seasons

2) Snowy Days LOW: M

4) Sunny Days LOW: M

9) Rainy Days LOW: N

11)Windy/Stormy Days LOW: N
V-Day Party!

16) Spring LOW:O

18) Summer LOW:O

23) Fall LOW:P

25) Winter LOW:P

Letter L & the pledge!

Just a few pics from January! I feel it is important that the children learn the Pledge of Allegence, since they no longer teach it in Public Schools, so we do it EVERY day!

New Important Preschool Info!

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas & are enjoying the New Year! As this new year starts here's some important info I must let you all know!

Reminder:
Along with tuition the $35 materials fee for this semester is due tomorrow.

Tracking your child's progress
I am not doing parent teacher conferences with preschool as I am sure you have already guessed. But what I feel is important is that I keep constant communication going on with each of you, and I will always be free to discuss what we are doing and how your child is learning. What I feel will work best is that you contact me if you would like more information on how your child is doing, on top of the work that he/she brings home, or have any questions or concerns. I will also contact you if I need to discuss your child's growth, when I feel it is necessary. At the end of the year I will provide you with information showing what we have learned, and how he/she has grown.

What's new!!!
We will start learning Spanish this year! We will incorporate Spanish into our daily routine, learning new words and counting in circle time every morning.

Our updated daily schedule:
9:30-9:40 Free play & Learning centers
9:40 Circle Time:
Pledge of Alliegence, calendar & weather, counting (spanish), theme, & letter of the day
10:00-10:30 Learning Centers
10:30-10:45 Snack
10:45-11:15 Story Time, Share bag, & Spanish
11:15-11:25 Music & movement & free play
11:25 Goodbye song & Review of day

Please remember to keep working one-on-one with your child at home, since the most important learning comes from within the home. If you can read at least one book a day, your child will greatly benefit!
Whenever you can give your child crayons/pencils/markers to practice drawing and writing and coordination. Tracing books are great for this as well. Give them scissors to practice cutting anything you don't mind ending up in millions of pieces! They need practice to get their coordination down for writing and drawing. Plus scissors seem to keep them occupied for long periods of time (safety scissors of course, you can get them at the dollar store).

Monthly Calendar

I have had a hard time trying to figure out how to attach the monthly calendars for each month. So I will give up and just type them! YAY! I have been sending out emails each month, which I will continue to do as well as post them here.

January
Theme: Workers, Tools, & Uniforms

5) No Preschool

7) Communities & Office Workers & Letter: J

12) Firefighters & Letter: J

14) Police Officers & Letter: K

19) Doctors & Dentists & Letter: L

21) Teachers & Letter L

26) Mail Carrier & Letter M

28) Communities Review & Letter M