Preschool Newsletter
January 10, 2021
Week 20
With Kansas, the weather is always unpredictable. So please make sure to still dress warmly incase we are able to go outside to play.
This week will be jumping back into our Frog Street Units, continuing with week 3 of our Safe and Healthy Me theme. Week 3 is focused on Eating Well. Vocabulary for this week is: nutritious, vegetables, fruit. We will be talking about the 5 food groups and why we need to eat some of each group.
The letter for this week will be letter O. How many ways can they make O at home? In flour or salt? With their jackets? Maybe with a scarf?
We will continue to use S.T.A.R, Balloon breathing, Bunny Breathing, and the Drain as our calm down strategies.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Contact information is below!
Valentine's Day Party
Dates to Remember
January 17 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day -> NO SCHOOL
January 21 - Early Release
January 28 - Parent/Teacher Conferences ->NO SCHOOL
February 4 - Early Release
February 18 - Early Release
February 21 - President's Day -> NO SCHOOL
March 4. - Early Release
March 11 - Teacher Work Day -> NO SCHOOL
March 14 - 18 : SPRING BREAK!!! -> NO SCHOOL!!!
Third Quarter Learning Goals for Three Year Olds
- Uses drawing, scribbling, letter like forms, random letter strings and/or dictation to express thought and ideas.
- Understands and uses some questions words (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how)
- Recognizes letters in their name
- Begins to make letter like forms and print some letters in their name.
- Correctly names shapes
- Uses number words to indicate the quantity in small sets of objects (e.g., 2, 3)
- Places objects in one to one correspondence
- Counts in sequence to 10.
- With support, follows classroom routines and manages transitions
- Begins to display socially competent behavior with peers
- Follows common safety rules that have been discussed and taught with reminders
- Recognizes, identifies, and manages own emotions and starts to recognize emotions of others with adult support.
- Moves with increasing coordination and balance (e.g. kicks a ball, jumps, uses alternating feet when climbing stairs).
- Uses classroom tools independently (e.g. scissors to cut paper).
Joke of the Week
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Lettuce.
Lettuce who?
Lettuce in, it's cold out here!