Friday Newsletter
Friday, December 17, 2010
Santa’s little elves were busy learning about the letter E and practicing fine motor skills, all while making holiday gifts for friends and families. Their little fingers and hands were busy creating reindeer, stockings, ornaments and other crafts that will go unmentioned until Christmas day! We also enjoyed some time in the gym this week, to brush up on our basketball skills. Our little gingerbread man Gil has been very naughty this week. Every morning the children use the clue he leaves behind, to help find his hiding spot. So far, he hasn’t been able to stay in hiding very long. They always find him. The children even suggested we staple him to the board so he couldn’t get away but somehow naughty Gil managed to get loose. The children say he is magical!
We learned how to reuse, reduce and recycle! We all did our best tracing numbers 1-12, for the 12 days of Christmas. Some of the numbers are quite tricky but we never gave up! To let off some steam, we enjoyed freeze dance. We had to use our very best listening skills to hear that music turn off and freeze! They have gotten so good at this game and every one cheered for each other. After all, it’s all about having fun not winning! This week, we also enjoyed an environmental assembly, Super Survivor. We learned to reuse, reduce and recycle! It’s been a fun week. I hope you all enjoy the weekend and hope to see you on pajama day! Pajama day is Thursday, December 23rd. Bagels and juice will be served for the children and then we will all snuggle up with our favorite stuffed animal or blanket, to watch a holiday movie. Parents are welcomed to come snuggle at 10:15. For those of you that have older children at OCS, please remember that this is a half day.


Mrs. Gilberti

FRIDAY NEWSLETTER
Friday, December 10, 2010

A chill is in the air and the shopping malls are busy. The holidays are near! This week in preschool, we discussed all the different holidays celebrated in the month of December. We traced our hands in colors representing the different holidays, and together, created a holiday wreathe for our bulletin board. It looks beautiful!

Our letter of the week was G and what a coincident! G is the first letter in our new friend Gil’s name. Gil is our very naughty gingerbread man who likes to hide from us every morning! Together, we worked on our class Gingerbread Man book. We weren’t the authors but did a great job as illustrators. We loved the story so much and had fun retelling the story with our sequencing cards, which each one of us got to make and take home. We also worked on fine motor skills by decorating a foam cut out gingerbread man with holiday stickers and using yarn (icing) to lace him. Some of us had never tasted a gingerbread man so we had a taste test and then decided to draw a picture of our first bite! They were yummy! In math center, we used gingerbread men to make math sentences and in art center, we water painted holiday scenes! Our reindeer look precious. We traced our hands and a foot to make it and it looks too cute for words. We also continued to work on counting, letter recognition, sequencing, fine motor skills, and classifying! I think I can speak for everyone by saying that one of the most fun moments of the week was getting to go to the gym to play basketball. Thank you Mr. C!

As you see, we have been busy as usual learning while having fun! I hope that everyone enjoys there weekend and stays warm!

Mrs. Gilberti

Friday Newsletter
December 3, 2010

Big and small, short and tall, thin and fat, are all the ways we described our dinosaurs this week. We have been working so hard on letter recognition, and this week we added the letter D to our list of letters that we have learned. What a great letter to discuss, being that mid-week, we entered the month of December! As a class, we are counting down the days to the holiday and can’t wait to celebrate a few birthdays this month too!
We continued to work on fine motor skills. Tearing the tin foil for our tricerotop was a tough job, but it made our dinosaurs look so real. Our stegosaurus was fun to make too. Everyone got to paint their own hand and stamp it on their own dinosaur to make the back plates. We also made our own silly looking dinosaurs out of shapes. We had a lot of creativity oozing out of us, during this activity!
This week, some of us worked on sequencing, while others continued to work on patterns and letter formation. We are always on the go in preschool! A few of our peers brought in books to share. I would like to thank those who did and invite others to bring in their favorite book to share for next week. Please limit it to one book per child.
I hope that everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Day! I thank you again for all the wipes and hand sanitizer donations for our room. Please congratulate your children for doing such an amazing job, and reaching their goal of 100 blue tickets (10 popcorns)! We will be celebrating with a popcorn party on Tuesday! Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Gilberti