What's Happening in PKG
This October
Open House
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2015, 06:00 PM
Hope Valley Elementary School, Hope Valley, RI, United States
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Important Dates to Remember
October 20th - Scholastic Book Orders Due Back
By October 29th - October Take Home Project to be brought in
What's Happening in October
Dear Families,
Hope everyone has enjoyed the first month of preschool and I’d like to tell you what we will be doing during the month of October. Our themes this month are leaves and pumpkins. Our color of the month is orange and our shape of the month is square. We will be exploring with leaves and pumpkins throughout the month as we transition into the season of fall and use them to count, sort, and practice size concepts (Math). We will also make pumpkin seed letters (Literacy and Art). Using a variety of art materials, we will create pumpkins and explore with yellow and red to make orange (Science and Art). We will explore with our senses with real pumpkins. (Science) Lastly, we will explore the similarities and differences in leaf shapes and make leaf rubbings (Art/Science).
During the month we will be reading a variety of books related to our themes for this month and be on the look out for this months book order forms from Scholastic (Due back Oct. 20th). This time of the year is great for going on walks and exploring and remember if you find any leaves while out exploring, please bring them in to share! Please note there are October poems/fingerplays on the back of this newsletter that we will be doing in the classroom.
Some important dates to remember:
October 22nd – Early Release Day – No AM Preschool!
Sincerely,
Miss Girton, Miss Jen, and Miss Vicky
Some Books we will be reading this month
We're Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger & Miki Sakamoto
There was an Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda D. Williams &Megan Lloyd
Inside A House That is Haunted by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Finger Play Songs to Practice at Home
Leaves are Falling (Jingle bells tune)
Leaves are falling (2x) (twinkle fingers)
One fell on my nose (touch nose)
Leaves are falling (2x)
One fell on my toes (touch toes)
Leaves are falling (2x)
One fell on my head (touch head)
Leaves are falling (2x)
Orange, yellow, red. (sign colors)
Leaves in Action
The leaves are high (hands up)
The leaves are low (hands down)
The leaves are blowing
soft and slow (wave hands gently)
The leaves are up (point up)
The leaves are down (point down)
The leaves are blowing
all around! (move hands fast)
5 Little Pumpkins
5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, “Oh my, it’s getting late!” (point to watch on wrist)
The second one said, “There are witches in the air.” (witchy voice)
The third one said, “We don’t care.”
The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run.” (running motion)
The fifth one said, “I’m ready for some fun!” (big hooray arms)
Ooooh went the wind and OUT went the lights, (turn off lights)
And the 5 little pumpkins rolled out of sight! (roll arms behind back)