what we've been up to...

We have been having a great time in preschool. The kids are learning so much. They are really doing well with their writing, and their numbers. I hope they are enjoying reading their books at home. Remember that it's just to get them used to reading, kindergarten is where it will really sink in if it hasn't already.

A few things coming up: Thursday the 12th is the fire station field trip! It starts at 10:00am at they Syracuse station (1869 s. 3000 w.) it usually lasts about 45 minutes and is always a big hit!
Monday the 15th there will be no school for Martin Luther king Jr day.

As a reminder please don't park in the driveway when dropping off or picking up your child, as backing out is not a safe thing to do with so many little ones around.

This month we been talking about transportation. The fire trucks at the station should a great reinforcement. So far we have used straws to outline trucks, and cars to paint tracks with. Today we put together tractors.

We have moved on from straight letters to circle letters and now we are on circle and straight letters. A was last week and this week is B.

I'll post about our activities again soon!

State.

Sorry about the late post, it completely slipped my mind yesterday. We learned about the state of Utah. talked about where it is on the map and the kids got to put together a puzzle of the united states. it was simple, and fun.

We started learning our letters this week!  If you are wondering why we started on letter K, we don't learn the alphabet a to z we learn it a little differently here. Our way teaches them to read and write it in a more comprehensive way than trying to master all the letters at once. They already know the alphabet, so they can put the letters in order. But to help them learn to write them we start with our straight letters (k, l, y), circle letters (o and c), then our straight and circle letters (p, b, i), then our hump letters (like h, n, m) and end with the squiggle letters (like s and z). that way they get to learn the letters as their writing abilities improve, straight lines first, then only circle lines, then combining those skills, and then the squiggly lines (those are pretty hard!) so that hopefully when they get to the harder letters, they will have better control of the pencil.

I'm excited to start on letters, they did great with their numbers. it was fun to see them enjoy that! since starting letters, we will also start homework. keeps your eyes open for homework to be sent home. please have them do the home work, and bring it back by Thursday (or earlier) that week. even if they don't understand the homework, you can let them color it. but i know in the past that they really enjoy doing the homework and returning it. they will get a sticker and a stamp on their homework from me. hope fully doing homework and bringing it back will teach them responsibility that will help them know what is expected in Kindergarten, and it will reinforce what we do in class. working with them at home is just as important as learning in class. hopefully together we can help them excel!

i love teaching your kids! have a good weekend!
-miss hanah

feelings

Today was all about learning about feelings. we talked about different feelings, and then they made those faces. they couldn't keep from laughing! i had them make a face with an emotion on it. they were pretty creative. some of them were sad, or scared, or happy. we even had one that was whistling!

Next week we start on our numbers! And the unit on our amazing bodies! should be fun.

just a few reminders: *no school on Monday for Labor day! *show and tell will be held on Wednesdays and was a big hit yesterday! please try to keep all toys at home on the other days. *if your child is ready to walk into preschool by themselves, let them try. preschool is all about instilling confidence. and maybe that will cut down on the missing-mommy-moments some of the kids have.

thanks again for such a great start to the school year!! I love teaching your kiddos! as always if you need anything please let me know!