Saturday, November 16, 2013

Nursery November 2013 Newsletter


October went quick as we finished our work on letters B and C. In November we will be working on D and E and we will do a review of all of the letters we have learned so far. We also have red and yellow color days coming up. Our song for the winter concert is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star so we will be making sure to practice that. I sent home lyrics a few weeks ago, if you need another copy let me know. I will also send home lyrics for some of the new songs we are working on soon.

Classroom Updates 
Last month we welcomed two new students to our classroom. Florentina, Christopher’s sister has joined our room. As the oldest student in the room she has taken on the role of helping some of the younger kids and is a great addition to our room. Alexander also joined us and has jumped right in the routine. He seems to really enjoy kung fu and is another great addition to our room. Noah celebrated a birthday and spent a lot of time playing house. Jessica is quite the artist and has chosen to spend most of her work time coloring or working at the art center. Vincent really enjoys the songs ‘Do Your Ears Hang Low?’ and ‘Head Shoulders Knees and Toes’ and can often be found going through the movements. Katie is a stunning musician and has given our class amazing performances of some of our favorite songs using various instruments.  Selena and Mayu spend a lot of their work time in the book area reading with each other. Stanley and Christopher seem to love the block area and love to see how high they can stack the blocks. Ashlee’s English is coming along quite nicely and every morning she walks in and says “Good Morning Miss Jenny.” It is nice to have Chloe back in the room, her favorite song is ‘If Your Happy and you Know it.’ Ronald had fun making car tracks with paint for our letter C art project and Enya chooses dress up almost every day during work time

Monthly Songs and Books
Row Row Row Your Boat
Jingle Bells
The Very Quiet Cricket
The Very Lonely Firefly

Important Dates
Nov 18-22nd Parent Teacher Confrences.



Toddler November 2013 Newsletter


We have made it through another month of school! The school year seems to be flying by.  I am excited to say that friendships have been made in our classroom and we are learning new things about our friends every day! I hope this continues through the remainder of the school year!
We have recently started working on songs for our Christmas concert! We cannot wait to sing and dance for you in our reindeer costumes! 

Classroom Update
We would like to welcome our newest friend to the classroom; welcome Hima! Hima has made quick friends with Sara S. Sara S. has been very helpful in showing Hima our classroom and our daily routine.  Shodai, Daniel and Gabriel have been busy with the trains.  They enjoy building long tracks around the carpet area and seeing how long they can make the trains.  Anagha and Finnegan have become best friends.  Finnegan gets so excited to see Anagha walk through the door in the morning.  They play together whether they are running outside, or reading a book in the classroom.  Sara, Rino, and Violet keep themselves busy in the house area.  Cooking and caring for their baby dolls is almost a daily occurrence.  Umi and Emily stick together.  They enjoy singing and dancing whenever they have the chance! Eden is our classroom dinosaur.  Sometimes Eden recruits Lion and they chases the other children around the playground with a big ROAR! Lion is still singing! I can always count on him for back up during our music lessons! Neo is always busy in our classroom.  He likes to play with everyone.  Neo especially enjoys art and music.  ShaSha’s favorite part of the day is going outside!  She likes to wait at the top of the slide and singing, “We Will Rock You!” Each of the children have their own personalities and it is wonderful to see how well they all work together!

The Reindeer Pokey
You put your antlers in, you put your antlers out, you put your antlers in and you shake them all about!
You do the reindeer pokey and you turn yourself around! 
That’s what it’s all about!
You put your hooves in, you put your hooves out, you put your hooves in and you shake them all about!
You do the reindeer pokey and you turn yourself around! 
That’s what it’s all about!
You do the reindeer pokey! You do the reindeer pokey! 
You do the reindeer pokey and turn yourself around! 
That’s what it’s all about!
You put your red nose in, you put your red nose out, you put your red nose in and you shake it all about!
You do the reindeer pokey and you turn yourself around! 
That’s what it’s all about!
You put your bushy tail in, you put your bushy tail out, you put your bushy tail in and you shake it all about!
You do the reindeer pokey and you turn yourself around! 
That’s what it’s all about!

Important Dates

November 8 – Cake Factory Field Trip!
November 20 & 21 – Parent Teacher Conferences
November 26 – Rino’s Birthday!
November 28 – Thanksgiving!



Saturday, November 9, 2013

Preschool November 2013 Newsletter


October came and went quickly!   It was so nice to hear from your children about what they did and where they went over their vacation. All of the children were very excited this month for Halloween!  We read many Halloween books and made Halloween crafts!  It was nice seeing some of the parents again during our Halloween Carnival. We have been working very hard to master our uppercase letters and I have been impressed by the improvements the students have made.  We have also been working very hard on counting to 20 and speaking in full sentences
I look forward to seeing all of you again this month for parent teacher conferences!  
If you have not yet set a date and time please do so as soon as possible.

Class Updates

Homework will now be going home daily.  Some days there will be one page and some days there will be two pages.  If you ever have any questions on the homework or guided reading books please do not hesitate to contact me.  I am here to support your child’s educational growth so if there are questions or concerns I am more than happy to take the time to speak with you about them. 
Aston and Jules really enjoyed helping to retell some of the stories we had read during Thursday English class when we were reading them in the preschool room.  It was great seeing so many students excited when new song posters came out and asking what the songs were! Ann has such beautiful handwriting when writing her name and can even write other words too!  Aston, Lisa, and Jules have done a great job learning the words to our Christmas song.  Riku has begun looking for new things on the playground to show to everyone that he possibly can and Kai did an outstanding job creating and finishing patterns! Both Nanding and Lucas did an amazing job with show and tell on favourite book day.  They both retold the whole story with no help!
             During November we will start one of two Interest based projects.  The first will be on Maps and the second on Dinosaurs.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town
You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town

He’s making a list
And checking it twice
Gonna find out Who’s naughty or nice
Santa Claus is coming to town

He sees you when you’re sleeping
He knows when you’re awake
He knows if you’ve been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake!

Oh! You better watch out!
You better not cry
Better not pout
I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town

Important Dates
November 7- Field Trip
November 10- Anne’s Birthday
November 17- Jules's Birthday
November 18- Parent Teacher Conferences
November 28-Thanksgiving



Kindergarten November 2013 Newsletter


It is crazy to think we have been in school for 2 months!  We are so excited for each day where we learn something new about each other in the classroom.
We are also excited to say we have started learning our Christmas Concert songs and can’t wait to sing them for you!

Class Updates
Our class has been interested in so many things this month! Toby, David and AI have been drawing lots of pictures for us to hang up in the classroom. Willy and Ken have been making houses out of dominos and after they watch them all fall down in a line! We are excited Kylie came back from vacation with her family and has been singing all the classroom songs for us! Yolanda, Hana, Mei and Maori have been keeping out house area very tidy along with all the babies fed. Arthur has been all over the classroom; he is very interested in playing in all the areas in 1 day’s time. Zoe and Kylie have been building train tracks from one end of the classroom to the other. Meika and Penelope made musical instruments out of our pipe toys. Florence was very excited about our new Seasons song with a tune from Justin Bieber her favorite artist. Doreen has been very excited to learn the words to our Christmas songs. 

Frosty the Snowman
Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul
With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal
Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale they say
He was made of snow but the children know how he came to life one day
There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
he began to dance around
Oh Frosty the snowman was alive as he could be
And the children say he could laugh
and play just the same as you and me

Important Dates
November Dates
November 3: Mei’s Birthday
November 7 Field Trip
November 28: Thanksgiving