A note before Christmas break

Hi All,
  I wanted to update you on what we are up to in the classroom this week.  We are continuing to read the Christmas story and are enjoying learning about how the birth of Jesus came about.  Today we talked about how the angels told the shepherds of the good news, then we made angels out of tortilla shells and ate them. 
We will be having a Happy Birthday Jesus party on Friday.  I am keeping it simple in hopes that we still keep in mind that we are celebrating the birth of our Savior. It should be a nice send off into the Christmas break.    
  With all the fun we continue to write, count, sort, read and play everyday. We have enjoyed our estimation jars and appreciate the effort you are making to help us be better counters. Lastly, we are studying the letter "Q" with the 4's and "I" with the 3's.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Mary Jo

Thursday

Special Pick up on Thursday.

Wednesday and Thursday this week

Special pick up on Wednesday and Thursday.

What letter are we working on.

I will try and post the letter we are working on weekly, so you can reinforce it at home. The 4 year olds are working on Cc and the 3 year olds are working on the letter Tt.

Thanksgiving Week

We will be doing a simple Thanksgiving feast next week for both classes.  We will have our feast during our snack time .  We will keep the menu very simple, but I will have a list up with the items we need. This week we will make some simple costumes for the kids to wear.  Also, it has been so great getting our Turkeys back.  Try to get them to me this week so I can display them for all to see.

Penny Drive

Please remember your change to add to our Penny Drive.  We will be using the money for supplies for the school in Gambella. There is a poster by the book fair giving you more information.  Also, First Pres. is taking book  donations from the Book Fair to send to Gambella.

Halloween Parties

Hi, I can't believe we are heading into Halloween week. I will put a letter in the mailboxes about our party and how you can help.  I will also put out a sign up sheet on items we may need. Also, look for conference sign up sheets next week.
Had fun at the pumkin patch today and am looking forward to tomorrow.

Help us count!

Kids love to count and they need the practice. Next week I am going to start sending home a jar. I call it the estimation jar. Every Monday or Tuesday it will be sent home with someone and your job is to put a handful of the same item in the jar and send it back to school the next time we are together.  Our job is to guess how many items are in the jar and then count them.  You can be as creative as you want in what you put in the jar.  The items can be edible, but may not contain nuts. Also, please put no less than 12 items, but no more than 100. I will send home a schedule with dates so you can anticipate when you will be getting the jar at your house.

Oops!

I gave you the wrong time to meet up at Hidden Acres.  On Wednesday we will meet at 10:15 and Thursday we will meet at 10:45.

Harvest Field Trip and other happenings

Happy Tuesday!! I just want to give everyone a reminder about our trip to Hidden Acres next week.  We will be going on Wednesday for the 4's and Thursday for the 3's.  We will meet at the farm at 10:30. Permission slips should be in your boxes today.

Also, this is Fire Safety week.  We will be talking about fire safety in the classroom and in two weeks we will have a fireman(my husband:)) come and talk to the kids.

Have a great week!!!

Birthday Treats

I am doing birthday treats a little different this year.  During the week of each child's birthday, we would love to celebrate. Since we are making an effort to stay away from foods that may have even a trace of nuts in them, I decided to have one standard birthday treat.  So, on your child's birthday, if you can bring cupcake liners, a can of whipped cream, at least 30 vanilla wafers and possibly some blueberries or strawberries, we will create a yummy birthday treat for all.  So far this has worked well.  Also, if your child is a summer birthday, we will celebrate those in May.

special pick up

This week we have special pick up on Thursday and Friday.

What is going on this week

We are continuing with our Fall theme this week and focusing on the  changing of the leaves. 

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