Week of 10/7/2013

This week was a blast back to summer.  With two half days for the school age kids, it was fun all around!

Announcements:  There have been 2 incidents of lice in our after school program.  As both of these kids attend Irving I am sure it is coming from there, but none the less please check your child's head thoroughly.  Here is a helpful link to checking heads: http://www.wikihow.com/Check-for-Lice

Little Friends

Thanks to Elli and her Dad for the monster teeth...they were a big hit all week long.  Many never even made it out of the back packs, so they kept coming out each time any of the kids were near their back packs.  If you haven't found your red monster teeth...check the pack packs!

This week we welcomed Nicky to our group.  He was here over the summer so many of the kids already know him.  Welcome Nicky!

Preschool Pals

We had a short but fun week with our preschool pals! We are studying the letter C, the #5, the color purple (and the idea of mixing colors), and circles. We practiced tracing circles, we made cookies, read and sang the story of the 5 Little Monkeys, made circle prints with different sized jar lids, and a caterpillar counting craft. And we welcomed our friend Nicky into our preschool group this week!

This week we will remain on the letter C. Our activities include working with clay, counting corn, and mixing colors. Miss Lauren does a wonderful job picking out books to go along with our themes each week and the kids really look forward to story time at the end of preschool. Thanks!

Ms Chloe and Ms Lauren

School Time Friends

This week was spent outside.  The kids did a great job managing their homework, so we could spend a good amount of time outside!  Can you believe it is October?  Speaking of homework, if there is anything specific you would like us to focus on with your child, please let us know.  We try really hard to make sure that all kids are getting their homework done.   Please make sure to double check their work, and to have their reading done.  We usually do not have reading time so please make sure that gets done at home.

The Zoo outing was amazing.  Miss Lauren and Miss Chloe did a great job getting the kids through the zoo...by the end of hearing about it from the kids, I couldn't believe they had see so much in 3 hours!  Make sure to ask them about the snow leopards...it sounded fun!

Jam and pickle making on Friday was so cool.  The younger kids helped to hull and cut and smash the strawberries.   The middle kids helped make the pickles we will eat in daycare, and the older kids pulled them all together!  For those of you who were here Friday, please look for the jam coming home.  And a huge thank you to Miss Chloe for showing us all how to can...it was so fun!