Apples
This week we have had a lot of fun exploring apples. We painted apples. We did apples puzzles and we did apple matching.
We also learn a new poem this week, " Way up high in an apple tree."
We also learned how to sign apple and the color red
Apple painting in a bag!
We read Ten Apples on Top by Dr. Seuss and put bean bags on top of each other heads.
Next week we will use our senses to explore apples. We will taste different kinds of apples and we try some apple juice and apply cider. We will smell different types of fruits in our smelling jar. Next week we will be making apple sauce!
Shapes
This week also started working on our primary shapes in class.
Our new favorite song is Triangle, circle and square!!!
Colors
We have also start on our primary colors
Color Sensory Time
Sensory play encourages scientific processes. They learn to solve problems by solved using the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. By stimulating your child's senses you are helping their brain develop because when a sense is engaged neural pathways are being created to assist with further.
Sign Language
Why do we do sign language?
- Accelerated speech and emotional development
- Enables children to communicate effectively
- Lowers frustration levels
- Reinforces the learning of educational concepts such as ABC’s, animals, and other specific themes
- Helps children remember words because there is muscle memory involved, and the more senses involved in learning, the greater memory retention the child will have
- Improves attentiveness to social gestures of others as well as of themselves
- Larger speaking vocabulary and ability to form longer sentences
- It improves fine motor and gross motor skills
- Helps children with their visual perception
- Help me help your children
- Names
- Please remember to label all of your children's belongings .
Lunch
Lunch is an important time of the day.
We get a break from our masks and fill our tummies.
Please remember to send in a fork/ spoon and a napkin with your child's lunch.
Thermoses are a great way to keep your child's lunch nice and hot.
School lunch orders are taken monthly. Please see the schools web page for more information.
Red Folders
Please remember to check your child's red folders each night.
Your child's daily logs will be in your child's folder along with other important information for you. I will all be sending home your child's art work at the end of the month in your child's folder.
Drop off and Pick up
Arrivals- 7:30 to 7:50 Drop off Line on Penn Ave.
Half Day Students- 11:30 Lobby
Dismissals- Penn Ave. Parking lot. Please park and pick your child up at the door.
Late arrivals and dismissals will be from the lobby.
DON'T FORGET TO SIGN IN EVERY MORNING ON THE PICK UP PATROL APP.
Up coming dates to remember
- 10/4 Blessing of the animals
- 10/11 No school - Teacher in-service
- 10/20-10/21 Parent/ teacher conferences
- 10/29 Halloween Mission Party- noon dismissal
Scholastic Reading Club:
Books are available for purchase by completing the order form and returning it to school with a check payment or ordering online. Checks are to be made out to Scholastic. All items purchased help us earn points for books and other materials for our classroom. Our class code is NLJMQ.
