Halloween & Hibernation

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 A special thank you to the families that attended our 'Families Being Involved' pumpkin carving event at MAES!

This week our theme was “Halloween”.  The children finger-painted jack-o-lanterns, made spider headbands, glitter bats & spider handprints.  We continued learning about the letter Jj and enjoyed a story read by the first grade students.  We ended the week with our ‘Halloween Party’ where we carved a pumpkin, went trick-or-treating in our classroom and played games all while dressed up in our awesome Halloween costumes!

Next week our theme will be “Hibernation & Migration”.  The children will be making raccoons, Canadian geese, turtles and a bear book.  We will learn what hibernation & migration means and talk about what animals do in the winter.  The children will make a classroom book about what they like to do during the fall and we will begin learning the numbers 1 & 2.  We will also continue to work on name printing and our letter for the week will be Mm.

 Reminders & Updates:                                    

*Remember to have your child practice getting their jackets and mittens on by themselves so they are able to get dressed for recess at school.

*No School: Friday, Oct. 26^th

*Early Release Day: Tuesday, Nov. 6^th.

*Thanksgiving Vacation: No School Nov. 21^st–23^rd.

*Pre-K Christmas Programs will be on Wednesday, Dec. 19^th or Thursday, Dec. 20^th.  Both programs will be held in the library at 9:30 with cookies and punch to follow in our classroom.  You are welcome to take your child home at any time after the program.  This is a very special day for your child so please make plans to attend.