Next week is our final week of preschool! I still can’t believe it! As you already know, Thursday and Friday are half days. This means that our afternoon friends will be joining our morning friends, at 8:20. Thursday, June 14th is Field Day with a rain date set for Friday, June 15th. Preschool will be joining field day, at 10:30 am until 11:15. We will then get ready for our regular 11:30 dismissal. Those students who take the bus will be dismissed at 12:30 in order to receive bus transportation. Aftercare will be available Thursday only. There will be no aftercare on Friday, June 15th. Please let me know as soon as possible if your child will be staying for aftercare, Thursday June 14th. If he or she will be staying for aftercare, please provide your child with a lunch. For our last day of preschool, Friday June 15th, the class voted and chose to have an ice cream party to celebrate 4/5’s moving up to Kindergarten. Parents are welcomed to join us at 10:30 and free to take their child home when ready. Enjoy your weekend! Mrs. Gilberti

I was so happy to see so many familiar faces at Ocean Night! I know you all must have loved all the creations your little ones worked so hard to make. They started coming home in their folders this week and will continue next week. Summer is just around the corner and we have been having some fun with pin wheels and learning about summer safety. Speaking of summer safety, we have been going outside to play, so please remember to put sun screen on your child and send in a water bottle, if you would like. There are only 10 more days left of school! It's amazing to me how fast this school year came and went. On Thursday, June 14th, preschoolers will be joining the rest of the school for field day. Once I have more information on this event, I will be sure to share it with our preschool families. It is unanimous! The kids would like to hold an ice cream party for the last day of school! Again, I will be sending out information about the last day of school soon. Please, enjoy your weekend. Mrs. Gilberti

Shades of greens, purples, oranges, yellows, reds and of course blues are quickly filling the hallways of OCS. It's almost Ocean Night and the kids are so excited to show off all that they have learned and worked so hard on. This week, we continued to work on a few more sea creatures. Pictures will not be posted on this blog this week because the children really want to surprise you all with their creativity! We did get a chance to visit the playground this week. The weather has been divine and the kids need to get their giggles and extra energy out! I don't blame them! That sunshine makes me want to be outside too! The PTA sponsored book fair was a great success. I hope you all enjoyed your childs' book selection. This weekend, Saturday, May 19, The PTA is sponsoring their annual KIDS TRICKY TRAY, here at OCS! It is so much fun! The doors open at 3pm. Also, Ocean Night will be held this coming Thursday, again at OCS, with doors opening at 6pm. I hope to see many familiar faces! Enjoy your weekend. Mrs. Gilberti

Finally! The sun is shining! All the rain was making me wonder if we were still in April. I am ready for May flowers! This week, we continued to learn about different sea creatures such as the shark and sea horse. We also had fun making our own crafty sea creatures for our ocean board. It is really coming along nicely. Ocean night is May 24th, at 6pm. I hope you all make it out to Sunday is Mother's Day! We worked very hard being creative with our gifts. The children really had me chuckling at one point. I guess you will find out soon as to why I chuckled. I also talked to them and gave them a few great ideas to make your day special such as, letting you sleep in late. In my house, that's always a treat. Next week is the PTA Scholastics BOGO Book Fair. Our morning preschoolers will be attending the book fair on Monday, May 14, at 9:00 am. Only children with money will be taking down. Our afternoon clas will be attending the book fair at 12:00, when they first come in on Thursday, May 24th. Again, I hope that everyone is treated like a queen on Sunday or at the very least, you get a couple of extra hours of sleep. Happy Mother's Day! Mrs. Gilberti

Fish, Whales, and crabs oh my! It must be MARE time! Yes, it is! All last week we worked extra hard on learning about sea creatures. For the next few weeks, we will be working on different plant life and sea creatures that fill our oceans. Our board, which sits outside our room, is decorated with the most beautiful ocean you will ever see. All of your children worked so hard together to paint the ocean, using a paintbrush and dabbing paint onto paper. It was amazing to see them all come together to make such a beautiful creation. I hope that you all get a chancee to enjoy Ocean Night, here at OCS, on May 24. For the next few weeks, we will continue to work on this unit, stopping only for a few days to work on secrets gifts for our Mom's. If your child comes home with blue hands, I am apologizing now! We are exploring the ocean through blue slime (water, cornstarch and food dye). I hope that everyone enjoys their week. Mrs. Gilberti

Wow! This week flew! It must of been because we were having so much fun learning about butterflies. We started our week off by reading, The Very Hungry Butterfly. We had so much fun practicing color recognition, the days of the week, counting and the butterfly life cycle while enjoying this wonderful story. We continued the theme of butterflies by making a diagram

of the life cycle using, paper cut outs, lentil, and pasta. We also discussed symmetry and the beautiful colors of butterflies. The kids had a lot of fun using paint, on one half of a folded piece of paper. They then folded back both sides and rubbed to make their butterfly wings symmetrical. There were a lot of ohhhs and ahhhs. Coffee filters are not just for adults. In preschool we used our washable markers to color them in and then we sprayed them down with water, to creat beautiful tye-dye wings. Putting them together with a clothes pin was neat too. It's always great to see what can be made with every day objects. Tomorrow is the Tricky Tray! Thank you to all who donated and to Mrs. Sandorff for coordinating our classroom basket. I hope to see many of you there. It has sold out in the past and history has been made again. The Tricky Tray is sold out again! I want to personally thank everyone who donated and colored in Autism Awareness ribbons. We were over whlemed by the support from staff, students and the community! Please enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Gilberti

I hope that everyone had a great Spring Break! All the kids came back rested and ready to go. This weather has been incredible and flowers are blooming all around us. We took advantage of this and managed to take a nature walk to discover all the new growth in our neighborhood. We noticed the grass getting greener, the leaves on the trees coming back but most importantly, all the beautiful shapes, colors and sizes of different flowers. We have been learning about the different parts of flowers and their functions. We even conducted an experiment to see how the stem of a flower works. The children loved seeing the white carnations turning colors.

We got to spend some time outside this week. Blowing bubbles never gets old for preschoolers! We even got to have fun with hoolah hoops and our Frisbees. We had to take advantage of the great weather!

This weekend is our 5k walk/run, at Meadow Breeze park. I hope to see you there. Also, in your child's folder you will find an Autism Awareness ribbon. For a donation on $.25, you can have your child color it in, return it to me, and all ribbons will be displayed around the school. Let's help make a difference!

I hope that everyone enjoys their weekend.

Mrs. Gilberti