Friday, June 17, 2011

FRIDAY NEWSLETTER
Friday June 17, 2011

The last full week of school is finally here and what a great week it has been! Field Day was so much fun! What a great display of team work from our preschoolers! We spent the rest of the week reviewing letters, numbers, counting and tuning our fine motor skills. We ended our week with a movie! Today was movie day at OCS. We enjoyed watching NEMO! Thank you Mrs. Gifford, Mrs. Ruskan and Mrs. Sturm for our snacks! Tuesday, June 21, will be our last day of school. Wow! I still can’t believe the last day of school is around the corner. I will be hosting an ice cream party at 10 am.
This will be my last newsletter for this school year. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for making this school year a successful one. I can speak for Mrs. Ruskan, Mrs. Sturm and myself when I say that it makes a world of a difference when teachers and parents work together and communicate with each other, for the children. Thank you for the continuous donations of wipes and tissues through out the year. We have had an amazing year full of wonderful memories and we are so proud of our soon to be kindergarteners! We know you all will do great and will enjoy your kindergarten experience! We are just as proud of our friends who are moving up in preschool and can’t wait to see you back, come September!
Enjoy your summer!

Mrs. Gilberti
Mrs. Gifford
Mrs. Ruskan
Mrs. Sturm

Friday, June 10, 2011




FRIDAY NEWSLETTER
Someone turn down the heat! Summer is definitely near and with the recent temperatures, I feel it’s safe to say that Mother Nature is surely excited about it! In preschool this week, we have begun discussing summer safety. We have discussed everything from wearing sunscreen to swimming with an adult.
Our unit on MARE has come to an end and Ocean Night was a great success. The children all worked so hard and learned so much! It was great to see many of you there and for those who could not attend I will post pictures of our work on my blog. On Thursday morning, all preschoolers that were present walked the OCS hallways which were lined and decorated with such great work and efforts by the students of OCS. They loved discovering so much about oceans, wetlands and polar animals!
In our classroom, we have been practicing for some of the relay races that we will participate in, at Field Day! This year Field Day will be held at OCS, on June 16th with a rain date of June 17th. Please remember to apply sunscreen onto your child before coming to school because Field Day will be held outdoors. Also, please send in a small snack for your child to enjoy and an extra bottle of water. Parents are welcomed to attend. More information on the time of the event will be sent home with your child next Monday. The last day of school is June 21st. On this day, I will be hosting an ice cream party for all preschoolers, at 10 am! All parents are welcomed to attend. Please remember, as per our school policy, photos may not be taken in the classroom. Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Gilberti

Friday, June 3, 2011

Friday, June 3, 2011
I hope that everyone enjoyed their three day weekend! We all enjoyed sharing what we did over the weekend. It sounds like there was a lot of swimming going on!!
We continued to work on counting and using numbers this week. We were very fortunate to have a beautiful mix of sea shells, brought in by Tyler, which we used to compare sizes and shapes. The children were amazed to hear the ocean in some of the shells. They also enjoyed exploring with their senses a conch shell and a horseshoe crab.
We continued practicing fine motor skills when making our jelly fish, sharks and whales for our MARE board. Stringing beads for tentacles made our jellyfish look whimsical. We loved getting our hands dirty with the puffy paint that we made for our sharks and snipping paper is always fun.
On Tuesday, everyone did their very best to stay quiet and listen to some very important information during a bus safety drill. Ocean Night will be held on June 9th at 6pm. Field Day will be held June 16th with a rain date of June 17th. This year preschool will be joining the others at the lake to enjoy the festivities. I will be sending out more information as the date approaches. I hope that everyone enjoys their weekend!

Mrs. Gilberti

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Our creative juices were flowing this week! We used a few household items to help create some of our sea creatures. For example, we used a large pasta shell for our sea snail and a sock for our octopus! Red tissue paper came in handy when making our crabs.
At our sand and water center, we tried something new. We let our imagination run wild and played with toy sea creatures in a bucket of water! It was a hit!! At circle time, we discussed and passed around barnacles, a whale tooth, a shark tooth, sand dollars and sea stars! It was neat to explore the different textures and sizes!
Our visit to the book fair went well! I hope you are all enjoying the new books with your children. Thank you to everyone who purchased books for our room!
Since the weather is getting warmer we will be playing outside a bit more. Please remember to send your child in with sunscreen on and an extra bottle of water. Our room is air conditioned so you may also want to send in a little zip up jacket! Enjoy your three day weekend and have a happy and safe Memorial Day!

Mrs. Gilberti