September 18th

Friday, September 18th, 2009
Friday News

Dear Parents,

It was so great to see everyone at Back-To-School Night on Tuesday! Thank you for coming to see our classroom.

This week we began talking more about apples and beginning to write the letter “A.” We will revisit letter “A” for more practice next week, while also introducing letter “T” for the fall trees we will soon be observing. We have continued to identify our name in print, and are starting to identify the beginning letter of each of our names. The children have been coloring pictures in the morning when they arrive, and haven’t tired of it yet! They loved digging in the macaroni in the sensory table and using playdough in the art center. We began to do some numeral recognition with a game at the math table called, “Peanuts in a Bag.” We are working only on numbers 1-3 for now, although we count higher each day. We did more yoga this week, and introduced the “Bear Hunt” and “Beanbag Dance” songs at music and movement time.

Next week, on Monday, we will be making homemade applesauce as a class. I am attaching the recipe we use- it’s very simple, but very fun! We will target turn-taking, counting skills, following directions in a sequence, and fine motor skills. We will explore cause and effect, and use our senses to make predictions and answer questions- including the best ones for cooking- smell and taste!

You can begin to send in any containers for instruments on Monday. Thank you for your help with this project.

I have attached a parent article on the “Development of the Preschool Child.” Enjoy.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Remaly