March News

February 28, 2020

Dear PreK Families, 

We hope that you all had a restful and healthy winter break. We have jumped back into our PreK
routines here at school. 

This week we have the Upper Valley Smiles Program visiting. Some students saw the dental hygienist
team for a tooth check-up. Students who saw the team went home with a goodie bag and a report
from the hygienist. We also had a dental hygienist visit the classroom to talk with the students about
eating healthy foods and how to take care of our teeth. Our students knew so much about eating
healthy snacks and that we need to brush our teeth two times every day. Please ask your child what
he or she remembers from Miss Rebecca’s lesson. 

Currently, we are working on an author study unit about Dr. Seuss. We will be reading any of his well
known books, including The Many Colored Days, The Cat in the Hat, Bartholomew and the Oobleck,
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, The Lorax, and Green Eggs and Ham. This has also been a
time to practice rhyming songs and games. We even made Oobleck in the classroom this week. It
was very slimy.  (Oobleck recipe).  We will also do some more craft projects and we will celebrate
Dr. Seuss next week. On any day, next week, your child may bring in his or her favorite Dr.
Seuss book from home. Please make sure to label your child’s book with his/her name. 

Also, on Monday, our school will be participating in Global School Play Day. Our PreK program is
play-based, and we will have a regular morning schedule. Your child may bring in a toy to play with
during the morning on Monday. The toy must be hand-held sized and should not be electronic.We will
share about the toys at circle time.  

Our class has continued to practice yoga on a regular basis, at about 4 days per week. Once a week,
we do yoga from the Cosmic Yoga webpage on YouTube for Schools. The students already learned
the yoga poses in our classroom sessions and are now able to follow along with the on-line yoga
classes. We usually do a 5 minute yoga class from Cosmic Yoga. This might be a fun activity to do
at home on a rainy day. 

Next month, we will have Parent Teacher Conferences on March 19th and 20th. We will put out a
sign-up sheet soon. 

Thank you, 

Mrs. Zayas & Mrs. Paronto

IMPORTANT DATES

3/3 NO SCHOOL Teacher In-Service

3/19 & 3/20 No PreK: Parent Teacher Conferences

4/13-4/17 NO SCHOOL Spring Break

February News

February 11, 2020

Dear PreK Families,

It seems like we got all of our winter weather this past weekend. The students have been enjoying playing on the fresh snow on the playground. 

We have finished our units on animals in winter and snow. The students enjoyed our projects about animals and how some migrate, some hibernate or become dormant, and some stay active. We read several books including Owl Moon by Jane Yolen,  The Mitten,  Annie and the Wild Animals, and The Snowy Nap by Jan Brett, and The Mitten by Alvin Tressalt. Maybe we will be able to find some animal tracks on  the playground now that we have some snow. 

We also did some learning activities about snow. We read books on how snow forms in the clouds and some fiction stories as well. We read The Little Snowflake by Steve Metzger, Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, Snow Day by Lynn Plourde, All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle, and The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler. The students got to use snow in the sensory table and we did a science experiment to grow crystals in the classroom using water and Borax. Your child will bring home his/her snowflake before the vacation. 

We have finished the introduction to writing the numbers 1 to 10, so you should see that work coming home. If your child wants to practice writing numbers at home, please remind him or her to start writing from the top. In the classroom, we have also been using our math hands a lot. Math hands are using your fingers to count, we count and show how many up to 10. 

This week we will begin writing the uppercase letters of the alphabet. We will not be going in alphabetical order, but by the way that the letters are formed. 

Later this week, the WRS Drama Club will be performing their first show, “The Jungle Book,” on Thursday, February 13th. There will be a dress rehearsal in the afternoon at 1:45 pm. PreK students and their parent/caregiver are welcome to attend the dress rehearsal. The show is only about 30 minutes long and will be over just before the afternoon pick-up time. The performance is in the gym. 

We will celebrate Valentine’s Day in the classroom by giving each other cards. There are 10 children in the classroom. Please send your child in with Valentine cards on Friday. We will also have a shared snack that day. 

Thank you, 

Mrs. Zayas & Mrs. Paronto

IMPORTANT DATES

2/13 Jungle Book Performance at 1:45

2/14 Valentine’s Day Party (card exchange and shared snack)

2/17 to 2/21 No School:  February Break

3/3 No School: Teacher In-Service

3/19 & 3/20 No PreK: PTC days