Pizza Night!

I arrived home earlier from a nice evening spent at Fultano's with many of my preschool friends and even some alumni!  It was a great evening, and it was so nice to walk in and see the place packed!!  I am so thankful of those of you that could make it.  Those of you that couldn't pull it out this time, fear not...I think we will do this one again.  Maybe we could all wear our red shirts next time and create a scene.  Thanks so much to the greatest parents in town!

 

Here is a look at what next week entails...

 

MONDAY: Feel that spidey tingle?  We are going to be studying spiders this week.  Yes, SPIDERS!  Expect to hear some shrieking and some ughs and eeks.  We will learn about the spider life cycle of spiders today and read a fun story about a busy little spider.  Also we will cut out our farm animals for our farm books we started last week.  We'll continue to practice our Halloween sing-a-long songs for Wednesday evening's festivities.  I will really try to get the lyrics of those songs on the blog this week!! 

TUESDAY: We will be discussing monsters and ghouls today.  As Halloween approaches the children start to have some questions and even some concerns about all the scaryness about.  We will read the book, Go Away Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley.  It is a great way to start discussions and soothe fears.  We will take a picture of the children with a monster mask and make a book about our own monsters.  We will leave it in the classroom and discuss the monsters that we will make, "go away!"  We'll also do some fingerpainting to make our own monster on Thursday.

WEDNESDAY:  We'll continue to learn about and discuss spiders and their webs.  We will paint a web and do observational paintings of pumpkins.  Continued singing...for the PUMPKIN CARVING EXTRAVAGANZA happening at the school in the Fellowship Hall at 6:30 tonight.  You don't want to miss this event!

THURSDAY: We will make a monster face with our finger painting from Tuesday and we'll put our monster book together.  We'll also have some oogy slime in the texture table.  Bwahahahhahaahahh!

FRIDAY: We'll have open school today.  We will paint with q-tips to make webby pictures and we'll make spiders to hang from your ceiling.  We will also have slime in the texture table.  See Thursday.  :)

 

Thanks again to all of you for being so great.  You make such a difference in all of these children's lives.  Anne. 

 

Week of October 18-22

Hi Folks!

 

This week we will be talking a lot about barns and animals and how to care for animals and pumpkins and pretty much all things farm.  We will be singing some farm songs and maybe a pumpkin song or two.  I love this time of year when mornings are starting to get chilly and the leaves start to turn and cinnamon becomes my favorite scent.  It is definitely starting to feel like fall.  This week will be a fun one.  It looks like the weather might hold for us to be able to go to the pumpkin patch as scheduled.  We'll meet at Andy's farm and have some play time, find a pumpkin, have a snack, and go for a nature walk.  It is always a good time!  The following is a look at what our week holds in store for us:

 

Monday: We'll sing Down On Grandpa's Farm and read a book about a farmer and his hat.  We'll care for the guinea pigs and listen to their heart beats.  We will have a chance to see the inside of a pumpkin.

Tuesday: Pumpkin Patch Day!  We will meet at the school and then travel to Teacher Andy's farm.  I will have directions for you at the school.  We will spend most of our day at the farm and school will dismiss from there.  Bring a snack as usual, we will eat together in the barn.

Wednesday: Pumpkin Patch Day!  See Tuesday.  :)

Thursday: We will sing Down on Grandpa's Farm and read a book about a goat travelling through his farm neighborhood.  We'll get to feel and manipulate the inside of a pumpkin and we'll paint with pumpkin pieces!

Friday: We'll have open school today and play with our friends from the other class.  We'll continue to sing farm and pumpkin songs and we might even make a scarecrow to put in our play area.

 

The Pumpkin Patch field trip is a lot of fun.  We will end our day with a nature walk.  You are welcome to join us for any or all of the activities.  The children can use the pumpkin they choose from the patch for our pumpkin carving event next week. 

 

If I haven't spoken with you for a phone conference yet, I apologize.  I am still making and returning calls.  I will speak with you as soon as I can!  I have enjoyed catching up with you.  See you soon!  Anne.