November Newsletter
Hopeful Fireflies
Introduction Letter for the Month
Dear Parents,
It has been such a delight these past two months to watch our children grow in independence. In September, our focus was on the daily routine. October was filled with special practical life activities: banana slicing, transferring using different sized pitchers, and spooning. In the pre-reading area, the children began matching pictures with sandpaper letters by their beginning sounds. We are gradually introducing more fine motor activities that will develop and prepare the children for writing. Some of these activities include painting with a fine brush, playing with play dough, and free art with crayons, which help develop and fine tune hand and finger muscles in preparation for writing; there are also social skills, language development, concentration and many other benefits to these activities. We look forward to a happy November as we learn about The First Thanksgiving and give thanks to the Lord for his generous blessings.
- Ms. Jacqueline & Ms. Gin
Monthly Curriculum
MATH
Sandpaper Numbers and the Spindle Box
• Number Recognition 1-9
• Linear Counting: Association with Quantity and Symbols
LANGUAGE
Sandpaper Letters
• Preparation for Reading
• Learning Sounds
CHAPEL
• Parables of Jesus
CULTURAL SUBJECTS
• Thanksgiving
SENSORIAL
Knobbed Cylinders , Pink Cube, and Brown Stairs
• Visual Discrimination (the biggest to smallest, the thickest to thinnest)
Classroom Special Events
October Festival: Tuesday, October 31, 2017
- The children will carve pumpkins and share stories about Jesus.·
- Halloween costumes are NOT permitted at school.
Fall Portrait: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 (8:00 am. to 11:30 am.)
Dress Code: Uniform
Teacher-Parent Conference: November 6-7, 2017 (School Closed for Students)
Thanksgiving Potluck Luncheon: Friday, November 22, 2017 (10:45 am. to 11:45 pm.)
Thanksgiving Break:
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 (School Will Close at Noon)
Thursday and Friday, November 23-24, 2016 (School Closed)
November favorite books
Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson
Spot's Thanksgiving by Eric Hill
Contact Us!
Ms. Jacqueline & Ms. Gin
Email: mca.room1@gmail.com
Website: www.kidslovemonarch.com
Location: 15120 Enterprise Ct. Suite 100. Chantilly, VA 20151
Phone: 703-961-8281
Facebook: facebook.com/MonarchChristianAcademy/