Ice Skating!

We had a great time skating today! Everyone did an awesome job! We sure were tired when we got back to school though! :)

Family Sharing Breakfast

Ice Arena-Skating

We will be going to the Falmouth Ice Arena on Thursday, February26th. We would like to leave the center by 12:00. There are lots of parents interested in coming with us and we would love to have you. Please be sure to sign and return your child's permission slip before Thursday! Thank You!

Will You Be My Valentine?

Happy Friendship Day! We had lots of fun handing out our friendship cards and going to the Heritage to share homemade book marks and songs with them! We sure do enjoy going to visit our friends at the Heritage!

F.Y.I.

A few parents have asked for a class list for valentines...
Caitlyn, Sean, Sam, Noah, Jonah, William, Abigail, Lindsay, Andrew, Skyler

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION!!!
Falmouth Public Elementary Schools are holding kindergarten registration for September from March 3rd-5th. All schools will be open from 10am-2pm for registration. They will also hold a nighttime slot from 6:00-8:00 pm on March 4th! Please be sure to bring proof of residency, proof of immunizations and birth certificate with you.

Parent Training
"Beyond Picky Eating" on Wednesday, February 25th @ 7:00pm. This training will be held at RHCI 311 Service Rd. Sandwich,Ma

REMINDER:
We are closed Monday February 16th!!

**Date Change**

We have moved our trip to Falmouth Ice Arena up one week due to Falmouth public school's vacation week. We have rescheduled the trip to Thursday, February 26th!! Thank You :)

February Newsletter

Dear Pre~K Families,
January has flown by and we have had a great start to 2009!
This month our theme is “Full of Feelings!” We will be exploring all the different kinds of emotions and feelings people feel on a daily basis. This coincides with the guideline for preschool learning experience: communicating personal experiences or interests, create representations (drawings of their feelings ect.)
We have a couple of Birthdays we will be celebrating this month. Happy 5th Birthday to Skyler as well as William! Yeah!
*Important Dates-
~ We will be going to the Ice Arena on Thursday, Feb.19th from 12:30-2:00 for “preschool skating” Please be sure to return permission slips!!
~ Firefly Book Orders are due Monday, February 9th.
~ Heritage trip on Friday, February 13th. (Wear your pink and red!)
~ “Sharing snack” on Wednesday, February 18th. Join your child for a healthy homemade waffle at drop off. (Starting at 9:00am)
*Just a few reminders-
~ Please update and stock children’s extra clothing-bins located in the pre-k bathroom.
~ Please be sure your child has hats and gloves EVERYDAY. Also, snow boots and snow pants on snow days!
~ Sign IN and OUT everyday
~ Check mailboxes on a daily basis
As always if anyone ever wants to come in and share a special interest or story please let us know! If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to ask!
Thank You,
Alicia & Kayla

February Guidelines

Guidelines for Preschool Learning Experience
February 2009 “Full of Feelings!”

English Language Arts
Communicate personal experiences or interests, create representations (drawings of their feelings), play guessing games in which children use description (feeling guessing game), listen to stories and poems that use formal and informal language (about feelings), use a listening center with books on tape, explore letters through sensory experiences (alphabet cookie cutters, stamps and alphabet pasta), dictate words to tell a story (drawing and explaining how they feel), act out a story through flannel boards, puppets or dramatic play with props. Compare events in books with their own experiences, create original books, create, display and describe representations of their investigations through drawings, paintings, photographs, constructions and stories.
Mathematics
Play games and listen to stories that contain numbers and counting sequences, follow visual or rebus recipes (apple heart pizza, soap clay), manipulate objects in and out of patterns (heart patterns), eat snacks in various shapes (funny face snack), build structures with blocks and compare their length or height, find examples of basic shapes such as circle, square, triangle and rectangle in the environment. (In the block area or on “frost walks”)
Science
Determine which objects sink or float in the water table (water feeling sensory table), predict “what will happen if…”(ice was left in the water table overnight?), discuss why predictions were correct or incorrect, draw their own interpretations of materials observed, explore parachute activities, use a “feely box” to identify objects or match textures by touching without looking, play in a sensory table filled with various materials (snow, ice), manipulate and describe materials such as water, clay (soap clay), experiment with “magic mixtures” of common materials, observe the results. (flour, baking soda, cornstarch, water, salt, food coloring)







History and Social Science
Listen to and discuss age appropriate stories with characters that make a difference to others, or situations in which characters take care of each other, engage in dramatic play to act out their ideas, understandings and personal experiences related to human character and relationships, Listen to age appropriate stories about national figures and holidays, participate in developmentally appropriate and meaningful events and activities related to national holidays.
Health Education
Use materials on vertical surfaces (easels, chalkboard), manipulate modeling materials of varying consistency (soap clay), use scissors that cut fancy patterns, create puppet chows with finger puppets, trace around simple stencils and templates. Listen to/discuss books about emotions and respond to situations in stories in that evoke emotions, reflect on personal experiences that evoked strong emotions, talk about ways to express emotions without harming themselves, others or property (second step). Create drawings, paintings, collage or a class book about emotions. (Songs: “If you’re happy and you know it”) act out powerful emotions (fear, anger) through dramatic play.
Arts
Movement & Dance- Act out ways that movement and dance can show feelings or convey meaning, express emotions, listen or move to music that evokes emotion and talk about how it makes them feel.
Music- Sing chants, action songs and songs that use intonation to set the mood.
Theater Arts- Play out roles with dolls, prop boxes, costumes (post office and first aid station) play with other children in dramatic play.
Visual Arts- Use found materials to create collages, use different types of paints and various textures of paper, use a variety of painting techniques and tools, make sculptures out of play dough and soap clay.

Hat Day!

We had a "hat day" in Pre-K to celebrate our last day of learning about Jan Brett. We read the book "The Hat" by Jan Brett. It was lots of fun!!