FRIDAY NEWSLETTER
Friday, September 17, 2010

It was wonderful to see so many of you at Back To School Night. I hope you all enjoyed our room and had some of your questions and concerns answered. I am so grateful for all of the book donations, which were purchased for our classroom, at the PTA Book Fair. The children will enjoy them all! We thank you!

This week we continued to work on the letter A and introduced the letter B. We practiced forming these letters with Bendaroos and stencils, and continued to identify these letters and sounds in print and song. We also continued to practice color recognition. The weather finally cooperated and we got to play our Toss the Bean Bag game, outside with our colored bean bags and parachute. This game is always a hit with the kids! We also created our own paper teddy bears using buttons and pom poms.

All the centers were changed from last week. Thank you to all who have donated items and toys to our room. The children are enjoying playing market with the new cash register and shopping cart!! They also were thrilled to practice tracing apples on the new chalk board, in the art center. Mrs. Nemeth has continued to thrill our class with her creative crafts. They all look forward to visiting and working with her, in the Art room.

We continue to keep busy and enjoy learning through play. As you already know, 4 new friends will have an All About Me chart in their folder. Please return the chart by Monday, so your child can share a little about him/herself with friends. It’s been wonderful to see their faces light up when they realize that there are peers that enjoy the same things. We will continue with The Question of the Week board. Next week, the question will be, “Where did you see the color yellow?”

I have to comment on how well the children have adjusted to preschool. I have noticed such wonderful behaviors and positive support for one another. We even have earned our second popcorn!! We are well on our way to reaching our goal of 10 popcorns, a total of 100 tickets!

We have another important date to remember. Monday, September 27, will be picture day. Please fill out the form, which you will find in your child’s folder and return it before the 27th. Thank you again for all your donations and support at home with your child’s chart. I hope you all enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Gilberti