Hello Preschool families. We had fantastic week learning about dental hygiene. We learned that the Dentist is actually our friend and helps us to fight off cavities. The children enjoyed using their art dotters to write the letter D and did a great job generating words that begin with the letter D. We had wonderful conversations about how, when and why we should take care of our teeth. We also had fun sorting pictures of foods that are healthy for us and those that are not so healthy for us. We got to paste these pictures on a healthy tooth and on a cavity filled tooth. It was a great way to assess what the children had learned and a great way for them to practice classifying and sorting. We also practice sequencing by telling a story of Fred who was brushing his teeth and then having them retell the story by coloring in and cutting out the pictures of Fred. They then had to paste the picture in order, as they remembered the story, onto a separate piece of paper. I have to say that everyone did a great job with this! Next week, we will be exploring the fun Dr. Seuss!!!!!!

This week, I sent home a letter about the PTA sponsored Tricky Tray. I have volunteered to coordinate the classroom basket. Our theme is Preschool Days. If you cannot shop for a donation and would rather I do it, I do not mind. Remember, any amount will help. No donation is too little. Also, the tricky tray tickets are on sale now! Please get your tickets because the event always sells out! It will be held on April 13, 2013. I also want to thank everyone who sent in donations for Pennies for Patients. It is very much appreciated and the kids loved being able to help out!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Gilberti

It's good to have everyone back. I am writing this note a few days early to make sure everyone gets some very important information. As we know, last week and this week, the children and I have been working on Valentines Day activities. We have been focusing on the letters R and V and really practicing our lower case letters. With the cancellation of school on Friday and

the 2 hour delay yesterday, I wanted to reach out to everyone and remind our preschool families that this coming Friday is a half day. All students a.m. and p.m. will attend our morning session. Also, this week is Valentine's Day. The children are welcomed and encouraged to bring in Valentine's Day cards but please remember that our school policy will not allow for candy to be distributed with the cards. Also, the Tricky Tray is near!!!!!! If you are not familiar with the Tricky Tray, it is a fundraising night, sponsored by the PTA. Many baskets and prizes are raffled off while enjoying a delicious meal. A dinner buffet is served and is followed by coffee, tea and dessert. It's a great night out for all. Tickets go on sale now but be sure to pre-order because it sells out quickly! Now to the fun part! Every classroom gathers donations to be part of the class basket. I will be sending out a letter with your child, with information about our classroom baskets. My last bit of information is actually a gentle reminder about Kindergarten registration. Please have all the updated official immunization records, original birth certificate, 2 proof of residency documents and a recent picture of your child ready for registration day. Registration will be held March 6th and 7th. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me or the main office.

Mrs. Gilberti

Goodbye January and hello February! I know some people are hoping that Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow tomorrow but I'm waiting for Staten Island Chuck's prediction! Yes, yes, I admit it. I may be a little bias being I'm from NY but he hasn't let me down yet! Bring us Spring Chuck! Today in class, we are learning about groundhogs and groundhog day. The rest of the week, we spoke about night and day and learned about owls and the letter O.

This is a gentil reminder that the K-Kids Valentine Sweet Rose Sale is still going and all orders must be placed by February 6. The roses will be delivered on February 14. Also, the OCS community will be participating in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Penny for Patients campaign. It will run for 3 weeks and all donations collected will help fund both cancer research and provide services to patients fighting cancer. All donations are appreciatiated!

Have a great weekend.

Mrs. Gilberti

We had a short week but managed to pack in a lot of fun activities. We used our snowmen to help us count, practice fine motor skills, practice tracing and cutting and to help us with our position words. We enjoyed making snowmen out of marshmallows, using cotton and paper shapes to create snowman faces, and we used paper circles which we wrote our names on to make another sn

owman. With all this talk about snowmen, I hope that everyone is ready for the snow we are supposed to get tonight! Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Gilberti

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RRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! Hello Jack Frost! I hope that everyone enjoyed their three day weekend! Our first day back was filled with talk about what we learned last week. Mother Nature and I planned it this way, hence the icy cold air!..lol Last week, we were all scientists. We learned about solids and liquids and how water changes when the tempurature changes. We enjoyed doing our first experiment. We put a liquid (water) into an ice tray. We then changed the temperature by putting the ice tray into a freezer and wouldn't you know it, the water turned to ice, just as we thought it would! We even put our creative juices to work by using popsicle sticks and beads to create icicles. All of use chuckled when we got to make ourselves into a snowman. We got to practice our patterns by coloring in our scarves with our two favorite colors! But, I have to say that the most fun was when we learned all about the letter I. We even made igloos out of marshmallows! Well, keep warm everyone!

Mrs. Gilberti

I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. It's good to be back and ready to start another week. Last week we continued to learned about polar bears and enjoyed learn

ing about penguins. We had fun waddling like penguins and learned some amazing facts about penguins, such as, the Mommy actually goes out to get food while daddy stays back and keeps the egg warm. The kids had fun watching the live cam from Sea World. We were lucky enough to catch feeding time! Since Penguin and Polar Bear start with the letter P, we learned all about it. We know the sound it makes and practiced identifying the sound at the beginning of words and at the end of words. We also have been practicing hard on writing our names and will continue to do so. Overall, it was a great week.

Mrs. Gilberti

What a great return after a wonderful break! It was so nice to see everyone again and to know how excited they all were to come back! We started the week off by talking about our vacation and the New Year. We enjoyed talking about all the fun we had in the snow and all the presents that Santa brought. I heard that for the New Year there were lots of balloons, confetti and hats to celebrate with. Here is preschool, we thought it would be fun to create New Year fireworks using combs, hairbrushes, paints and glitter! Needless to say, the kids thought it was so neat to use other tools to paint with, other than paint brushes. This week we focused on the letter W, for winter and walrus. We all enjoyed learing fun facts about the walrus and then created our own walrus paper bag puppets. As always, I like to jazz things up a bit and find creative ways to form our letters. We used tissue paper and glue to make our W, starting always at the top! We then decorated them with winter themed stickers. Since we entered this new season of winter, I thought it would be fun to graph our favorite season. Overall, it may have been a short week but still a fun week. Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Gilberti