We can't believe October is here already! The first month of school has flown by and Kindergarten is in full swing. In math, we are practicing writing the numerals 1-10 correctly, as well as working on positional words (on, beside, under, bottom, between, and next to), and days of the week. In language arts, we will be identifying the letters c, o, a, g, d and s. See if you can challenge your child to find words that start with various letters as you are driving or taking a walk. During our unit time, we are going to be working on colors, fire safety, and bats. Please remember to "Be Kind, Be Safe, and Have Fun"!

Letter D has kept us busy with making patterns on dinosaurs, gluing dots on Dalmatian puppets, digging in dirt and painting paper donuts as well as seeing, touching, smelling, cooking and tasting donuts! Next week, we will estimate, examine , explore and count exits. We will also be discussing what hatches from different sizes and colors of eggs. Our Coffee and Donut shop in the dramatic play area has been a hit though we have noticed mostly all workers and very few customers. No surprise since it is more fun to work the register, write up orders and pretend pour than wait to be handed a cup. We had a green pumpkin from the garden that we are watching turn a little more orange each day - guess that means it is time to start the Halloween crafts! Enjoy Fall with your family!

Hello from Mrs. Loeb's pre-K! 

The 5 day 3s are excited for October! We have begun a new poem Peter, Pumpkin Eater, as well as reading other poems such as An Elephant Went Out to Play, Farmer In The Dell and 10 Little Ghosts. We are now working on the color Orange, Triangles and the letters E,F, G,H. We are also going to be making Halloween decorations for our classroom, and a Fall Counting Book. The focus of our counting book is the numbers 1-5 and using fine motor skills while recognizing typical Halloween themes. 

In our class we are also talking about real vs. pretend. Halloween is a prefect time of year for discussing classic characters such as Frankenstein and vampires and learning why we do not need to be afraid of monsters. We are also working on our self help skills such as using the bathroom by ourselves and putting on our own smocks. We have found that the children enjoy the satisfaction of having completed a task without assistance and are eager to show off their new skills. We are extending our unit on friendship this year into October. Although we work on social skills all year long in the 3s we are paying special attention to how we speak to friends and what kinds of words are hurtful versus what is kind.  We are also making sure that we enjoy this warm fall weather by playing our side as much as we can! Thank you and happy October!

Happy Fall to all! Our class is beginning to settle in nicely to our routine.   Mrs. Yanega and I have had fun with the boys and girls singing songs about apples, making delicious apple sauce, sorting apples and making an apple tree.  With the month of October comes studying the color orange, circles and farm animals.  This week we played a farm game which required us to drive like a tractor, quack like a duck, gallop like a horse and roll like a pig.  We also read the book, Scaredycrow and made our very own scarecrow.  Throughout the month please encourage your children identify objects that are the color orange and look for circles in the world around them.  We are really enjoying each moment with your children!

September was a great success! We learned about our emotions, apples and the color red. Thank you all so much for your apple contributions. Our applesauce was delicious. As we move into October, our focus will change to Farm Life, Halloween, circles, and the color orange. While you are out and about with your children, help them look for circles and all things orange. During Circle Time, we have been talking about the animals that live on a farm, helping Mother Hen find her different colored eggs, and working on an AB pattern with farmers and cows. Our projects have included ears of corn and scarecrows. Redeemer is expecting baby chicks sometime in the near future which will add to the fun of our farm unit. The change of seasons has given us some beautiful weather. Please remember that the early mornings can be chilly, while the end of our days have been quite warm. We highly recommend dressing your children in layers. As always, thank you for sharing your beautiful children with us.

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