Preschool
Dear
Parents,
I hope you had a peaceful Thanksgiving. I enjoyed
the extra time with my daughters and husband.
I
will be away from the classroom Monday, Dec. 3-Thursday, Dec. 6th
attending a conference. Lisa will
be with the children each day and she will be joined by Deb Feldman, a
substitute teacher.
A
consultant with the Vermont Department of Education is interested in assessing
some teaching techniques utilized in our classroom. She has asked that we
videotape portions of our school day for her to view.
These tapes will be used solely for educational purposes.
Please let me know if you do not want your child videotaped.
Thanks!
During the next few weeks we’ll be focusing on
stories of three; Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little
Pigs, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
These stories lend themselves well to drama games, mask making, social
skills, math activities, as well as others.
We’ll begin this week by reading The Three Little Pigs.
After exploring and discussing the different building materials used in
this story (straw, wood and bricks), we’ll do our own constructing using
various materials. Working with a
partner, the children will be challenged to protect an egg when dropped from 8
feet (yes, it will be hard boiled). To
get them started, I will first drop the egg, unprotected, so they are able to
see what happens to it. They will
be responsible for their own design and material selection.
After they feel confident that their egg is safe, we will drop them all
from 8 feet to see if their design worked.
Later in the school year, when we focus on nursery rhymes and read
“Humpty Dumpty”, we’ll revisit this activity to see if they are able to
remember and transfer their learning.
Cold
weather is here and that means children will begin wearing winter boots to and
from school. Please feel free to
leave a pair of shoes at school for your child to wear.
Just drop us a note letting us know if your child’s shoes should stay
at school. Thanks!
As we approach the season of giving, many
children enjoy making special “gifts” for their parents or others at the
collage table in our classroom. To
encourage these creative minds, we are in need of small boxes or containers
(shoe box size and smaller), old greeting cards (Christmas or other), small
pieces of wrapping paper, ribbons, bows, etc.
Thanks for all
that you do,
Pam