Preschool October 2013 Newsletter

September was a really great month! We spent much of our time getting to know each other and learning the routines at school. We have been enjoying playing at our different centers (Art, House, Block/Toy, Science, Writing, and Book Areas). We love to play and have a lot of fun with it! We also have been working very hard on practicing our name.  We’ve done some science and math lessons involving classifying and sorting things.  We made fall leaves and worked on our About Me Books!

This month, we had fun reading on the carpet, singing, “I’m a Little Teapot” and getting to know each other. I also really enjoyed meeting many of you at the Parent Teacher Potluck. J

On a sad note, we said good-bye to our classmates Shota and Nozomi at the end of last month.  

CLASS UPDATES

Last month, I was very impressed by Conrad’s reading abilities. Lisa and Shota are already able to write their names and Aston is working so hard on writing the letter S in his name.  There will be many more opportunities for the students to practice their names and I am excited to see improvement for all of them! Our class’s favourite song to sing in the hallway seems to be the ABC’s.  Everyday, Jules and Conrad quickly request the song.  I have noticed how many students are making friends at school and love to play together. Jules, Conrad and Aston love to build houses and castles out of blocks all around the train tracks.  Kai practices cooking the fake food in much the same way you would cook real food.  He and Florentina have aso helped “repair” our house.  Lisa, Riku, Ann and Shota have really enjoyed playing with the coins in the science area and sticking them into different containers from the house area.  Nanding and Nozomi have made some beautiful collages out of material we have in the art area.

During October we will be focusing on the letters I, P, and T.  We will also be working on words we know and sharing our writing! In Math and Science we will work on writing and counting numbers and predictions.  We will also be continuing our work on sorting!!  Also, we will have our October Halloween Carnival at the end of the month so we will be doing many Halloween themed activities.

MR. GOLDEN SUN

Over the next few weeks we will be learning the song “Mr. Golden Sun”

Oh, Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

Please shine down on me!

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,

Hiding behind a tree.

These little children

are asking you.

Please come out

so we can play with you.

Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun,

Please shine down on me!

IMPORTANT DATES!

October Holiday:

October 1-October 7 (No School)

Halloween:

October 31