Hey PreKPals and Families-

We had so much fun last week with our Read Across America activities! Our little book character parade was so much fun! Thank you for letting your child participate!

This week we are learning about Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. We have castles and castle blocks, dress up clothes, a new sensory table with Rapunzel towers and gemstones, and lots of fun themed math and literacy activities. We can’t wait for the PreKPals to see what we have in store! Did you know that being able to recite Nursery Rhymes is a great indicator of being on target with literacy and learning how to read? Nursery Rhymes are easy to do in the car, in the waiting room or anywhere you have a few minutes to spare!

This is our last week before Spring Break! Whoo Hooo! Ms. Hoffman’s birthday is on Wednesday. You can have your child make a card to send to her this week if you’d like. I know she would appreciate it.

We will actually get to go TO the library this week for book check out (instead of a basket of books being delivered to our room), and hopefully soon, we will learn how to sit in the cafeteria for lunch. We will learn how to sit at the tables, even if we don’t actually eat in the cafeteria, because kindergarten lunch will look a lot different than PreK lunch has looked this year.

Dr. Daria announced on Friday that we would remain virtual on Friday’s for the rest of the year. Speaking of- we only have about 59 school days left of PreK. We have some fun and exciting things planned for the next few months. Ms. Hoffman and I can’t believe we are on the downhill side of this year. We say all the time what a sweet class y’all are and how flexible all of you are with whatever is going on. Thank you! You make our jobs so much easier by being so flexible. If this pandemic has taught us anything- it’s that we need to be flexible and appreciate the ones we love!

Dates:

March 10: Ms. Hoffman’s birthday!

March 13-21 Spring Break

March 29-April 4 Book Fair @ RQES (more information coming home soon!)

Please remember to pack 4 snacks, a water bottle with a VALVE, your ROCKET binder, your backpack your napmat, and a jacket, WE PLAY OUTDOORS EVERY DAY that it is not raining. I cannot tell you how many PreKPals come to school with no jacket. You are welcome to send one and tell them to leave it in their cubby if you’d like.  

Breakfast and Lunch are free for each child for the remainder of the year. I posted the menu on Dojo earlier.

Time is running out to register for PreK for next year! The PreK drawing is Thursday of this week!  Applications are online only and the child must be 4 by September 2 to register. Please tell your friends and family that may be interested in PreK to register! We are very hopeful that PreK will be all day, every day for the 2021-22 school year. Don’t wait!

We are working on learning letter sounds. This is a skill your PreKPal will need in Kindergarten. We are using these fun songs:

Jack Hartmann:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQB7gpDpt6o  and

The Letter Factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neItURLvyIQ

Have you made a Gonoodle account for your child? It’s free and fun! www.gonoodle.com

Learn how to tie your shoes (The easiest way EVER!!)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJVR8hHBQyM

PreK Jacket Flip instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wRKDeKbAcI

Class Wish List:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1NIMKDO4OUN7A/ref=cm_wl_huc_view

Have an amazing week! We are so glad you are in PreK! Alicia