September 2011 Newsletter

Week of August 23rd to 25th--Red, Brown, and Orange Days; Back-to-School; A & B Week; Airplanes; Alligators; Bears; Colors; Little Red Hen

Week of August 30th to September 1st--Purple, Black, and Yellow Days; C & D Week; Cats; Construction; Dogs; Three Little Kittens; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; Mixing Colors

Week of September 6th to 8th--Green & Blue Days, Color Review, E & F Week, Little Boy Blue, Green Eggs and Ham, Eggs, Frogs, Grandparents

Week of September 13th to 15th--G & H Week, Begin Manners Unit, Johnny Appleseed, Apples, Goats, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Hedgehogs, Fall, Hansel and Gretel

Week of September 20th to 22nd--I & J Week, Jaguars, Inchworms, Apples, Johnny Appleseed, Manners, The Hungry Thing

Week of September 27th to 29th--K & L Week, Kangaroos, Koalas, Lions, Fire Safety, Manners, Begin Cutting Unit


This month your child will explore the world of learning and will develop many new basic skills. Encourage your child to practice and develop these new skills. During the coming weeks, we will study about Fall, colors, letters, manners, Johnny Appleseed, and grandparents. Our calendar shows when we are studying each color and letter. We will introduce a new color every day and two new letters each week.

We would ask you to send a snack for the class each month on the first day of the month. There are currently 16 children in the class. Example: If you send a package of cookies make sure that there will be two cookies for each child. Please send the same snack for everyone.

For the year each child needs to bring the following: 1 package of napkins (200 count), 1 box of 5-ounce Dixie cups (200 count), and 1 box of tissues. Please do not send larger-sized cups.

If your child is sick or will not be attending, please call before class begins. If your child misses one day in a week, it is still to be paid for. If your child misses 2 days in a row, he will get credit for the second day the next week.

Please put your child’s name on their coat, sweater, or any other items brought from home. Please double knot your child’s shoes.

We will come out and get the children for class. Please do not come inside the gate. We will also bring the children back out to the gate after class.

Show and Tell will begin in October.

Preschool class pictures will be Tuesday, September 20th, during school time. Steve Sheldon will be coming down from Bloomington to take the pictures. There will be both individual and class pictures taken. Proofs will be sent home later and pictures can be ordered then. Money is not needed when the pictures are taken.

Coming up in October:

Cutting
Letters M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S
Safety
Christopher Columbus
Harvest Party (October 29th)
Fall
Pumpkins
Scarecrows
Squirrels
Monkeys
Night
Owls
Popcorn
Pancakes
Restaurants
Pizza