PreSchool Newsletter

By PreSchool/PAC Team
PreSchool
January 02, 2022

Weekly Events

School Hours

AM Preschool 9:00-12:20

PM Preschool 12:20-3:45

PAC M/W 9:00-12:20 T/Th/F 9:00-3:45

 

Important Dates & Reminders:

 

  • Jan 17 - MLK, JR. Day; No School
  • Jan 20 - End of 2nd Quarter; 2 hour Student 
  •  Early Release  (no afternoon classes)
  • Jan 21 - Teacher Work Day; No School for Students
  • Jan 24 - School Planning Day; No School for Students

 

What We Are Learning

Themes

Seasonal Changes

Outcomes (may vary by classroom):

  • Students will continue to use sense of change throughout the seasons and observe environmental changes
  • Students will observe weather patterns and routines
  • Students will practice reciting repeating lines in the story, The Old Man’s Mitten, and practice retelling the story with character pieces
  • Continue communicating what they see, hear, feel, taste, touch
  • Learn that people can have the same or different feelings about the same thing and that’s okay
  • Learning about empathy (caring and helping others)

Sample Activities (may vary by classroom):

  • Activities related to winter clothing (identifying, matching, sorting, etc)
  • Recall events and characters in stories; recite memorized lines from a story and begin practice retelling a story
  • Identify whether they feel the same as or different from others in response to scenarios
  • Mindfulness activities including breathing exercises