On the calendar: Oct 24th-Nov 4th

Family, Fire, Flowers, Feet, 

 Field Trip and Food--it all begins with F!

Here's what ahead the next 2 weeks:

Monday Oct 24th

NO SCHOOL (MISD HOLIDAY)

Wednesday Oct 26th

Fire Station Field Trip

**Please remember to meet at the fire station at 9 am and arrange for your child's transportation.**

Friday Oct 28th

Snack: Celebrate Christopher's Birthday!

Show & Tell: Letter F

**Don't forget to send in your family pictures!**

Monday Oct 31st

Halloween Party! 

Come dressed up for some Halloween fun!

Wednesday Nov 2nd

Snack: Bode

**Tuition Due**

Friday Nov 4th

Favorite Foods Fancy Feast!

**Please send your child with a favorite food to share.  We'll be eating these at a fancy feast!**

Show and Tell: something Funny!

Calendar Oct 3rd-7th

It's October fun and numbers this week! 

Character Trait for the Month: Manners are Important

We'll be using the story of 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears 

to explore manners all month long.

Monday Oct 3rd 

NO SCHOOL (MISD Holiday)

Weds Oct 5th

Snack: Eddie

TUITION DUE

Fri Oct 7th

Snack: Weston

Show & Tell: Anything! 

On the Calendar Sept 26th-30th

Let's learn all about the letter . . .

Caterpillars, Cowboys, Cats and even Crunchy Carrots! 

But as someone very wise once said . . . 

"C is for Cookie, that's good enough for me!" --Cookie Monster

Monday Sept 26th

Snack: Hailey

Weds Sept 28th

Snack: Natalie

Friday Sept 30th

Snack: Bode

Show & Tell: Letter C 

Calendar Sept 19-23rd

Our preschool adventures this week are all about the letter

Bees . . . Buttons . . . Balls . . . Babies . . . and Bears! 

Oh Boy!

**Please bring or email a baby picture before Friday! These will not be returned (any time soon and not in the same condition they arrived :) ).  One printed right off your computer is just fine. **

Monday Sept 19th

Snack: Carson

Weds Sept 21st

Snack: Tori

Fri Sept 23rd

Snack: Lucas

Show & Tell: Letter B

Calendar: Week of Sept 5th

SEPTEMBER: 

Social Skill: Use Listening Ears (explored through the tale of Peter Rabbit)

Math: Review basic shapes

One-on-One time: Finish beginning of year assessments

MONDAY (Sept 5th)

NO SCHOOL (Labor Day Holiday)

WEDNESDAY (Sept 8th) 

Intro to Sept Social Skill (Listening Ears)

Snack: CELEBRATE EDDIE'S BIRTHDAY!

FRIDAY (Sept 9th)

Intro to Letters & Sounds

Snack: Hailey

Show and Tell: Anything you want :)

Calendar: Aug 29-Sept 2

Here's what to look forward to this week . . . 

Colorful Colors!

We'll be exploring the wonderful world of color through paint, light, a little magic and of course lots of fun! In addition, Ms Munching Mouth will be back to help Ms Tamra finish assessing capital letter knowledge.  She is quite the hit with the kids--I'll post pictures as soon as I can find my camera battery charger :)

Mon 8/29

Snack: Tori

Weds 8/31

Snack: celebrate Bode's birthday!

Fri 9/2: 

Show & Tell: Anything in your favorite color

Snack: Lucas

September Tuition Due

CALENDAR Sept 20-24th

It's all about the Letter Ss this week! 

Here's what you can look forward to . . .

Mon Sept 20th:

• Slippery, Slimy Spaghetti! We'll eat and paint with a kid favorite . . . spaghetti!

Weds Sept 22:

• Super Silly Socks! 
• Parents: Don't forget to send your child with one white sock to make their super S puppets!

Thurs Sept 24:

• Spiders!  Spiders! Those Sneaky, Special Spiders!
• Don't forget to bring your letter S show and Tell!

Note: Morning class--our snack schedule got a little off.   Instead of following the calendar these last few days of the month, just watch for your child to bring home the snack bucket . . . if you get it, bring snack the next school day.  Thanks for your flexibility! :)

CALENDAR Sept 13-17

This week is all about the Letter Mm!

Monday 9/13: Mmmm Marvelous Mouse!

Wednesday 9/15: EARLY RELEASE DAY 9:00-10:30 Mom's & Muffins Party! Come munch muffins, watch marvelous magic, & meet a moose (in a book :) ) as we celebrate the Letter M with our Mom's (or other special grown-up).  Look for an RSVP email form in your inbox.

Friday 9/17: Show & Tell: Something that starts with the Letter M!

CALENDAR

Here's what is ahead this week as we celebrate the letter . . .

Monday 4/26

• We'll continue last week's fun and talk about all the JOBS people do!

Wednesday 4/28

• Jumping Jelly Beans!!

Friday 4/30

• J is for Jaguar! Yikes!
• Show & Tell: Anything with the letter J . . . you might have to get creative with this one!

FYI

May is around the corner . . . here's some things to mark on your calendar . . . 

Monday 5/3 Field Trip to McKinney Fire Station #3! 

• Watch for permission slips and details coming out this week.  Anyone who wants to come is welcome to join us! 

Friday 5/7 Celebrate MOM! Happy Mother's Day!

• I asked the kids what they wanted to do to celebrate Mother's Day with their mom's at school and they said . . . A Pajama Pizza Pillow fight Party in a real tent! (Not quite what I had in mind . . . guess they really LOVED this day and want to share it with you) So . . . plan on coming to school in your PJ's and bring a pillow! Invites will be coming out this week.

Friday 5/28: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL/Evening Graduation Celebration 

• Regular school time: End of year Party
• 6 pm: Preschool Graduation.  Family and friends are invited to celebrate with us all that your child has accomplished this year! Set aside the time now, you won't want to miss this fun event! 

CALENDAR

This week (April 19th-23rd) it's all about . . .

We have an exciting week ahead of us! Here's what you can look forward to . . .

Mon. April 19th: A special visit from Officer McOsker from the Dallas Police Force.

Weds. April 21st: Personal Safety--let's meet the Safety Kids!

Fri. April 23rd: We are having another special visitor--this time Mr. Rowen from the Dallas Fire Department!

I am still working on the field trip to the fire station--hopefully we'll get things finalized and can go next week--I'll keep you posted!

CALENDAR

It's time for another exciting week at preschool! Here's what we have going on this week:

We are going to start talking about different kinds of communities. This week's theme is "Our Classroom Community." Next week we'll talk about the community we live in and have some very exciting visitors!

Mon 4/12:

• Friends! Friends! All sorts of Friends!

Wed 4/14:

• Emotions: We all got 'em!

Fri: 4/16:

• Kindness makes the world go round!
• Show and Tell: Something about YOU! 

CALENDAR

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a fantastic Easter.  I sure did! 

I'm looking forward to the excited reports from your children!

Here's what is ahead for this week . . .

Monday 4/6

• Introduction to the Letter Qq
• Questions, Questions, Questions!

Wednesday 4/8

• The Quiet Queen's Quest

Friday 4/10

• Quilts
• Show and Tell: Anything QUIET! 

We are going to have a great week! See you Tomorrow!

CALENDAR

Let's learn about the letter Yy! 

Here's our upcoming adventures this week . . .

Mon 3/29 Let's celebrate Dallin's Birthday!! (Tuesday 3/30. . . but who wants to wait?!?)

• Introduction to the letter Y.  Yes! Yawn, Yard, Yellow and more!
• We didn't get to do our show & tell last week, so bring your B items today to share if you'd like! 

Weds 3/31

• Y is for Yarn--but not just any yarn . . . Yellow Yak Yarn!

Fri 4/2 (SNOW DAY MAKE-UP)

• Y is for Yippee Yee-Haw! Come ready for a cowboy adventure!
• Show & Tell: Something western or Yellow!

Days of the Week

A while back, I shared our months of the year song.  The following is the song we use to sing the days of the week, sung to the tune of "The Adams Family".  The kids love it! Instead of clapping, we make clicking sounds with our tongues.

Months of the Year

This post will be the first in a once a week series about Calendar time.

Calendar time is an important part of the preschool day.

It provides opportunities to explore math, word recognition and music.

I'll provide more specifics on how we do that in an upcoming post.

But to jump start our Calendar Time series,

here is a video of a great song to teach the days of the month, sung to the tune of "Ten Little Indians".