Week of February 10th

Hello Families,

Here are the pictures and activities from the two past weeks.

I apologize for not posting last Friday, we had a professional development at Stout on Behaviorisms with Kelly Rogers (a behavior analyst).

Everyone have a wonderful break!

Upcoming Dates:

February 17th to the 21st – Mid Winter Break
February 27th – Mandatory Classroom Parent Meeting at 8:45
February 28th – Spring session of Parent University begins from 9-10
March 2nd – BINGO for Books at Cotter from 4 pm to 5 pm
March 6th – Parent University 9-10
March 12th – No School for PreK – Parent Teacher Conferences
March 13th – Parent University 9-10
March 19th – No School for PreK – Parent Teacher Conferences
March 20th – Parent University 9-10

Parent University

Parent University begins on February 28th and will continue every Friday until April 3rd. This is a wonderful experience for you and your children preschool age and younger. It is only from 9 until 10, but there are great ideas for incorporating learning into play. The locations offering Parent University are Maples, River Oaks, William Ford, Long, Lindberg, and Salina.

Learning New Skills:

Introduced letters Xx, Oo, and Mm as well as the sounds for these letters.
Counting up to 20
Identifying an Oval
Revisited “Please” and “Thank you” especially during meal times
Writing Numbers 0 through 10

Skills to Review at Home:

We have worked on the following letters and their sounds Ff, Ee, Gg, Dd, Pp, Bb, Rr, Oo, Aa, Mm, Ss, Hh, Xx, and Nn.
Washing our hands for 20 seconds while singing the Alphabet song
Reviewing the following shapes: rhombus/diamond, circle, square, rectangle, and triangle.
Writing first name, last name, and identifying the letters in your name.
Recognizing numbers and amounts by looking at different sets