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This Week in MWF Pre-K!
Good evening, Families!
What a gorgeous weekend! I hope you all enjoyed this beautiful weather!
This week we will continue learning about opposites and talking about how to be a good friend.
Monday we will review what we have learned about the caterpillar life cycle and make our own books about it. We will also finish putting together our huge butterflies!
Wednesday please dress your child in old clothes, as we will be using acrylic paints. We will be working on our Mother’s Day gifts that day, so if you are working and you don’t want to see your gift, choose yard or block room so you won’t be with our small group. :) Wednesday we will also begin talking about birds.
Friday we will make our own bird feeders to take home. We will also bake cookies and freeze them for the May 2nd Art Show.
This week I will begin sending home “cutting kits.” These are kits with different types of paper, scissors and glue. I have four of them and will give each child an opportunity to bring one home to use until the next school day. Please remember to return them the next school day so everyone gets a chance. Also, if you do not want your child to bring one home, please email me and let me know.
Please remember to apply sunscreen to your child before school this week. We’re going to have lots of fun outside!!
I’m looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow!
Warmly,
Tess
Reminder of upcoming events!
* This Wednesday night (April 24th) is our last General Meeting at the San Ramon Library, 7:00 -8:00.
* This Saturday (April 27th) is a Maintenance Day at our school for those that need to do their hours or just come help.
* Thursday May 2nd is the VPPS Art Show-6:30-8:00
The Preschool Class- 4/22nd -4/25th
Dear Parents,
Next week we will be start our Mother’s Day gifts. If you are working at school next week and you want your gift to be a surprise, please sign up to work, library, or activity so you won’t see what we are making for you. Mother’s Day celebrations will be May 8th and 9th. Mother’s and Grandmothers are invited back to school at 10:30 for a celebration.
We will also each be making our own little counting books using stickers to take home.
I am still trying to meet with each parent for an informal conference, if I haven’t talked with you yet, I will soon.
This week is going to be warm! Please apply sunscreen on your child before school and dress them accordingly. We will have lots of water available outside for the children during free choice.
Reminder of upcoming events!
* This Wednesday night (April 24th) is our last General Meeting at the San Ramon Library, 7:00 -8:00.
* This Saturday (April 27th) is a Maintenance Day at our school for those that need to do their hours or just come help.
* Thursday May 2nd is the VPPS Art Show-6:30-8:00
Enjoy the beautiful day!
Leslie Szumowski
Leslie SzumowskiThe Preschool Class!
Dear Families,
Last week we had fun learning about hens and eggs, playing parachute games and putting the last finishing touches on our Art Show Project. They look really great!
This coming week our classes will be practicing our scissors skills. We will be cutting out butterflies, decorate them and put them into a chrysalis (toilet paper tubes). We will read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle.
We will also read, The Best Nest.” and make a bird feeder, get a close look at a couple real nests and if time allows, go to the big field to do some bird watching.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Leslie Szumowski
Leslie SzumowskiThe Preschool Class!
- Dear Families,
This week we will be working on our Cereal Box Art project. This is the last chance to bring in items for the box. I had said to bring in items that were purple or pink, but after thinking about it, I would love to have the project reflect the artist more- so now I’m asking them to bring items that reflect themselves-small items,toys,magazine pictures of things they like or pictures of any interests they have (anything that can be glued on). Please put them in a small baggie with their name on it. The boxes are already painted and layered purple or pink so the theme color is already there. If you can’t bring in anything. Don’t worry about it, I have lots of items for the children to pick from.
We also Have a couple guests coming this Tuesday! My neighbor, Lori and her daughter Hannah will be bringing their Chickens!!! We will observe the chickens, ask some questions and learn about what other animals come from eggs.Maybe she will also bring baby Ester who we met earlier this year.I would like to start meeting with each parent on your workdays to have a small talk about how the year is going. I want to hear if you have any questions or concerns about your child or our program.By the way, If there were any big concerns I had about your child, I would have already have talked to you by this point
.Have a wonderful weekend!Leslie Szumowski
Preschool News
Dear Families,
Leslie Szumowski
I hope you had a nice Spring Break! I went down to Santa Barbara to see my parents and their new rental home since their big fire. They were very settled in and were enjoying the perks of a newer home.
The curriculum committee did a wonderful job setting up the school for April. We now have a pizza restaurant in the block room and a tractor and flower shop in the yard.
This week our class will be making our own pizzas. One day out of paper and one day a real pizza to eat! We will read the book, The Little Red Hen Makes Pizza. We will also do some on the job training on how to work at a pizza restaurant.
. If your child wants to bring in items that are pink or purple for their cereal box art, we will be gluing those items on next week.( I have plenty if they don’t have any.)
Have a wonderful weekend.
Leslie SzumowskiThe Preschool Class
I had such a wonderful time at the CAEYC conference! Thank you all for supporting us teachers with our growth in the field. I learned so much and have a lot of great new ideas to share with the children.
This week we are going to do another layer on our cereal boxes. This layer is tissue paper, and other paper like items. Each class has a color theme for their cereal boxes. Our class (both three year old classes are sharing the same color) is purples and pinks. If your child could look around your home and bring in any unusual pink or purple items that could be glued on our last layer on the cereal box ( meaning pretty flat), please bring them in. Put them in a baggie with their name on it. I have plenty of items, but I think the brought in items will be more interesting because if everyone’s cereal boxes will be different.The other thing we will be working on this week is our “research ” about bugs. Our field trip to the big field last week was really fun and we now have so many insects to observe in the aquarium. We have five salamanders, two lady bugs, a cricket , about six centipedes, about four roly-polys and lots of worms and slugs. I learned that Miss Viki is an amazing bug catcher! This week we will learn the difference between spiders and insects, and then make either one out of modeling clay.Happy St. Patrick’s Day!See you all this week!Teacher Leslie
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This Week in MWF Pre-K!
Good evening!
Wow- what a beautiful weekend!! I hope you are all enjoying it.
I wanted to tell you that last Friday we had SO MUCH FUN making our own science experiments during small groups! It was amazing – they were so happy and having a blast (no pun intended!) We used baking soda, vinegar, soapy water, water color, shaving cream and lots of glitter! Each child had their own try with beakers, test tubes, eye droppers, etc. They really got into their scientist roles. We had lots of amazing, sparkly explosions!
This week we will be celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday!! I think he would be 109 years old! Lots of Dr. Seuss books will be out, and we will read a few in our small groups. This is a great introduction to rhyming! We will also do some really fun Dr. Seuss activities during free choice and in small groups.
Monday, one star group will read Cat in the Hat and then try balancing a cup, a small sandbox rake, “milk,” books, a fish, a toy ship and a little toy man! The other star group will read Ten Apples Up On Top and then try balancing a stack of bean bags and an apple on their heads! Wednesday we will do the same thing, but switch groups so they all have the opportunity to do both activities without rushing.
Friday for small groups we will make Oobleck at the outdoor table – super fun to play with! And in the kitchen we’ll make Dr. Seuss ice cream hats! Does anyone have a copy of Dr. Seuss’ Bartholomew and the Oobleck that we could borrow Friday? If so, I’d love to have it by Wednesday so I can pre-read it in case I need to “shorten” it.
I’m looking forward to our festive week!
Warmly,
Tess