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.

Halloween

For the next two weeks our theme will be “Halloween”.  During this time we will make jack-o-lantern windsocks, ghost feet, pumpkins, glitter bats, a painting with cookie cutters, & spider hands.  We will continue to work on name printing, matching, cutting and counting. Our letter for these two weeks will be Jj!

On Wed. & Thurs. of next week we will have our Halloween Party!  The children will help me scoop out and carve a pumpkin, play games and trick-or-treat in the classroom!  Remember that your child should bring their costume to school that day.  It would be a good idea to have them practice getting their costume on at home so they are able to get dressed easily at school.  Be sure to write your child’s name on his/her bag of treats to be handed out during the party to avoid confusion.

 Reminders & Updates:                                    

*Halloween party: Oct. 45^th or 25^th.  Please remember that all treats must be wrapped (we will not have time to eat everything), you child should be able to put their costume on over their clothes (by themselves) and no weapons or face paint are allowed.

*No School: Friday, Oct. 26^th.

*Early Release: Tuesday, Nov. 6^th.  Please be sure to send a note if your child needs to go somewhere other then their normal drop off point.