Dear Parents,
Wow! Autumn’s beauty was on magnificent display this weekend!
This week our Pre-K 4 friends will start the introduction of the individual alphabet letters. Each day our Pre-K pals practice with the alphabet as a whole, but this week our friends will shine a spotlight on a specific letter with a variety of themed activities, games, stories, experiments, songs and rhymes to enhance the learning process.
*Please note that our curriculum presents the introduction of individual letters of the alphabet using a developmental approach rather than in ABC order.
The letter of this week will be the awesome letter Aa!
The children will delight in creating apple artwork, recall a sweet apple poem, use apples to sort and create patterns, measure the size of apples with snap cubes, as well as practice the shape and sound(s)of letter Aa.
Our wee ones will craft a paper airplane and check its flight path by measuring distance from take-off to landing, build habitats for various types of animals and practice a special prayer to their guardian angels.
Autumn will also be explored as we collect and look at colorful leaves up close and paint a BIG apple tree for the classroom. If you have a nice collection of loose leaves around your home, please feel free to send them into the classroom for exploration!
Classroom Notes:
We are a peanut and tree-nut free classroom. Please continue to check snacks for the presence of peanuts and tree nuts. Ensure the food product is not manufactured in a facility that may come in contact with peanuts or tree nuts. Thank you for your consideration!
If you have any ready-for-the-recyclable-bin cardboard tubes from paper towel and TP rolls, please consider sending them in to our class for various learning and art activities. Thank you!
PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS NOTES: The children have been practicing jumping and hopping during class time which promotes development of the large muscle groups. Mrs. Wallace encourages the children to continue to practice at home and school these important developmental activities to further their muscle control refinement and coordination. The children were taught that jumping uses 2 feet at the same time. The children practiced hopping with one foot at a time. Give it a whirl!
Please label all your children's items such as water bottles, sweatshirts and jackets. As the weather gets cooler, the children will be bringing in more sweaters, jackets, etc. It is most helpful to have the items labeled. Thank you!
Mini-Phone Conference Sign Up Genius
I will be sending a sign up genius this week to discuss how your child is adjusting thus far in our Pre-K 4 program. There will be an option for a FaceTime call if you would like to speak "face to face". Kindly put in the comment section of your Sign Up Genius spot if you would like a phone call or FaceTime call as well as the best phone number for me to reach you. If you can not find a day or time that fits your schedule, please email me. Thank you! Please look for that email this week.
St. Bernadette Pre-K 4 Reminders:
*Sneakers or supportive shoes on those moving and grooving feet each day!
*We are trying our best to adjust to any issues that arise with dismissal time for our young Pre-K pals.
At present our Pre-K 3 classes begin their dismissal a couple of minutes earlier than the Pre-K 4 classes to lessen the number of caretakers/children picking up at the same time.
The Pre-K 3 friends will exit the Harper Avenue school door and walk out closer to the gym door‘s step area for dismissal, standing behind the yellow line.
The Pre-K 4 children will then dismiss from the Harper Avenue school door to the area closer to the school side of the pavement. The children will stand behind the yellow line.
Please walk over to the yellow line area where your child’s class will be dismissed and wait for a teacher to call your child’s name. Always have your family card ready so we may facilitate a safe and timely dismissal.
*Caretakers should also have a copy of your family name card if he/she will be picking up your child from school. If you need another copy of the family name card, please contact me.
Please be mindful to keep your child close to you after dismissal and always walk in the parking lot to ensure the safety of our wee ones.
Thank you for your care and consideration following the dismissal procedure.
Upcoming St. Bernadette School Events:
Sunday, October 3rd: Holiday Bazaar.
The school Book Fair in O’Brien Hall also will open on October 3rd.
Thank you!
Miss Celsey Golato