PB Newsletter 10/21/19

PB Weekly Newsletter

This Week in Mrs. Mendoza’s class:

Book Corner: Children can share books about Pumpkins!

Writing: Children can dictate words or phrases about what they see when they go to the Pumpkin Patch. Focus on the letter P.

Math: Children can remove the pumpkin’s seeds and count them. Science: Children can hammer golf tees into a pumpkin.

Dramatic Play: Children pretend that they are at the Farmer’s Market. They create dialogues for their scenes.

Construction: Children continue to build letters with blocks, bricks, and friends.

Art: Children make pictures about pumpkins.

Sand table: Children work with partners to find things in the sand that start with the letter P.

Religion: Children continue to practice The Lord’s Prayer every morning during circle time and pray before meals.

Notes and Reminders

We are a peanut and tree nut free classroom.

Please keep the “home toys” at home.

We play outside rain or shine! Make sure that your child brings a coat every day!

Please be sure to bring a set of extra clothes and return the ones that we provide.

Events

Last Thursday, we had an Earthquake drill. PB did an amazing job!

This Friday, we will be visiting the Pumpkin Patch!

-Full Day & AM class / 10:30AM (AM class will be dismissed from the pumpkin patch at 11:10AM)

-PM class / noon

PB Newsletter 10/14/19

This Week in Mrs. Mendoza’s class:

Book Corner: Children can share books about Fall.

Writing: Children can dictate words or phrases about what they see during Fall season. Focus on the letter F.

Math: Children gather objects that they find in the school forest, and sort them into sets. They count the objects in each set and compare the sets.

Science: Children can observe and walk in the school forest to engage with nature.

Dramatic Play: Children pretend that they are at the Farmer’s Market. They create dialogues for their scenes.

Construction: Children can build letters with blocks, bricks and friends. Art: Children make pictures about Fall.

Sand table: Children work with partners to find things in the sand that start with the letter F.

Religion: Children continue to practice The Lord’s Prayer every morning during circle time and pray before meals.

Notes and Reminders

We are a peanut and tree nut free classroom.

Please keep the “home toys” at home.

We play outside rain or shine! Make sure that your child brings a coat every day!

Please be sure to bring a set of extra clothes and return the ones that we provide.

Events

This Friday we will celebrate the letter F with Fruit Smoothie. You are welcome to send a small bowl of your child’s favorite fruit to share with the

PB class.

PB Weekly Newsletter 10/7/19

This Week in Mrs. Mendoza’s Class:

Book Corner: Children can share books about families and communities.

Writing: Children trace or copy letters from their name cards. Children math letter blocks to the letters in their names. Focus on the letter L.

Math: Children continue to gather objects and sort them into sets. They count the objects in each set and compare the sets.

Science: Children continue to match, compare and sort adult animals and their babies.

Dramatic Play: Children continue to pretend that they are at the Apple Stand with family and neighbors. They create dialogues for their scenes.

Construction: Children continue to build houses with blocks. They describe the people who lives in the house.

Art: Children continue to make pictures of their families, home, and communities using variety of materials.

Sand table: Children work with partners to make sets. They compare the number of objects in their sets.

Religion: Children continue to practice The Lord’s Prayer every morning during circle time and pray before meals.

Notes and Reminders

We are a peanut and tree nut free classroom.

Please keep the “home toys” at home.

We play outside rain or shine! Make sure that your child brings a coat every day!

Please be sure to bring a set of extra clothes and return the ones that we provide.

Events

Friday, October 11, 2019 ~Teacher In-service – No school

PB Classroom Newsletter for the week of 9/30/19

This Week in Mrs. Mendoza’s class:

Book Corner: Children can share books about families and communities.

Writing: Children draw, trace, match and copy the letters in their first name.

Math: Children make sets of classroom objects, compare the sets, and count the number of objects in each one.

Science: Children match, compare and sort adult animals and their babies.

Dramatic Play: Children continue to pretend that they are at the Apple Stand with family and friends.

Construction: Children make houses using blocks.

Art: Children make pictures of their families, home, and communities using variety of materials.

Sand table: Children make sets of objects and shapes out of sand. They compare and match the sets.

Religion: Children continue to practice The Lord’s Prayer every morning during circle time and pray before meals.

Notes and Reminders

We are a peanut and tree nut free classroom.

Please keep the “home toys” at home.

We play outside rain or shine! Make sure that your child brings a coat every

day!

Please be sure to bring a set of extra clothes and return the ones that we

provide.

Events

Picture Make up/Re-take day: Tuesday October 1, 2019

PA Classroom Update 9/27/19

This was a busy and fun week in Preschool A!  We started our focus on family this week with family portraits and dictating stories about our families. Look for our portraits and stories displayed outside the classroom next week.  We have had some delightful conversation about what makes a family and about how all families look different.  Some of us have baby brothers or sisters at home (or on the way), so we learned a fun song about putting baby to sleep.  It has been a great hit!
We also welcomed the new season of Fall with a walk to look for signs of the season.  We will take a walk over the next few Mondays to see how things are changing.  The children  have already made some insightful observations about the changes.  Apples are also part of our look at the season, and we will be doing a variety of activities with apples that we are bringing from home next week.
The children are already becoming great problem solvers with lots of practice, support and encouragement to work things out on their own.  It is delightful to see the pride and joy when they figure something out on their own!  This will continue to be a significant part of our preschool curriculum.

PB Classroom Newsletter for the week of 9/23/19

This week in Mrs. Mendoza’s class:

All  About Apples!

Book Corner: Children can share books about apples.

Writing: Children observe apples and write stories about their experiences with that delicious fruit.

Math/Fine Motor Children develop their fine motor skills using a variety of materials and count how many they have.

Science: Children explore the parts of the apple. Taste and graph what color of apple is the favorite in our PB class.

Dramatic Play: Children pretend that they are in an Apple Stand.

Construction: Children use blocks and cardboard to build ramps to perform an apple race.

Art: Children express their creativity using real apples as a painting tool.

Sand table: Children sort apples that they find in the sensory table.

Religion: Children continue to practice The Lord’s Prayer every morning during circle time and pray before meals.

Notes and Reminders

We are a peanut and tree nut free classroom.

Please keep the “home toys” at home.

We play outside rain or shine! Make sure that your child brings a coat every day.

Please be sure to bring a set of extra clothes.

Upcoming Events

This Friday, September 27th, there will be no PM Preschool to allow for staff development time. AM only and Full day students will need to be picked up at 11:10 am. There will also be no after school extension that day.

PA Classroom Newsletter 9/19/19

Preschool A has been very busy these first few weeks of school getting to know each other, finding our way around the classroom and getting familiar with our routine.  We have already come a long way to mastering the art of cleaning up!  We emphasize and celebrate that both playing and cleaning up are community activities: We do it together!
This week we have been exploring the concept of friendship.  When asked, “What is a friend?” the children gave the following replies:
  • We like/love them.
  • Someone that you play with.
  • Someone you share/take turns with.
  • We hang out.
  • Give hugs.
  • We talk with them.
  • We figure it out and forgive.
These will be great guidelines as we explore and develop friendships throughout the year!
Next week, will have fun learning and sharing about our families and begin our exploration of FALL with a science focus on Apples.

PB Classroom Newsletter for the week of 9/16/19

This week we will be working with the theme,  Welcome to School!

Book Corner: Children can share books about what friends do together at school.

Writing: Children find letters, discuss their shapes, trace them with their fingers and write them.  Children choose letters from their partners to match.

Math: Children sort  shapes with corners and no corners. Children  make collages with different shapes.

Science: Children draw pictures of things they are observing and dictate labels for it.

Dramatic Play: Children continue to act out about things they do in school and scenes they have read about in books.

Construction: Children continue to use blocks to build a school.

Art: Children continue to decorate their names.

Sand table: Children draw shapes they have learned about in the sand. Describe the shapes.

Religion: Children continue to practice The Lord’s Prayer every morning during circle time and pray before meals.