Preschool Family Fun Night

We will be having a Preschool Family Fun Night on Thursday, March 3rd from 6:30 - 7:30. This will be for current preschoolers and their parents. It will be held in the Commons area (new addition) at the school. The preschoolers will be singing a couple of songs, and then we will have activities for you to do with your child. Child care will be provided for siblings, so this can be a special night for just you and your preschooler. This will also be a good opportunity for you to meet some of the other parents. I hope all of you can make it.

Valentine's Day Parties

We all had a good time at the Valentine's Day parties. The children had fun decorating their cereal boxes to use as Valentine holders, and they were very excited to bring Valentines for their friends. Thank you to the parents who provided and helped with the parties.

Little Miss Muffet

Preschoolers love to act out stories and nursery rhymes. We worked on cutting skills by making "spider hats" then used them to act out the nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet. The children had a lot of fun doing this. We had some pretty frightening spiders.

Field Trip to the Post Office

Rick gave us a tour of the post office

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Mailing Valentines to our parents.

Postmarking the stamp

Sorting the mail

We have been learning about mail in preschool. The children have been making letters for their friends in the writing center and mailing them in the post office set up in the dramatic play center. We have been busy making Valentines for our parents. On Thursday, we went to the Newell Post Office and got the chance to be postal workers. The children mailed their Valentines, postmarked the stamp and sorted the letters so they would be mailed to their parents. Rick showed us how he weighs packages and the big carts the mail comes in. We thank Rick for taking time to show us around and for letting the children have this hands on experience.

B.V. Naturalist Visits Preschool

Katie, the B.V. County Naturalist, visited our classroom. She presented a program for the preschoolers on small mammals. She brought a wide variety of pelts for the children to see and told us about each animal. Following her presentation, the children had the opportunity to touch the fur of the animals. It was fun to see how all the different animals feel.

Learning Sign Language

The preschoolers are learning some sign language. We learned how to sign 11 colors. Once a week, Doreen from AEA comes to the p.m. class and teaches the class some other signs. It will be fun to see how many signs we know by the end of the year.

Christmas Parties

Games

Stories

Presents

Snacks

Crafts

The preschoolers were anxiously awaiting the Christmas parties. The a.m. class played a present unwrapping game and heard a fun story. The p.m. class decorated trees and stockings. Both classes ate yummy snacks and opened presents. We thank the parents that planned and provided for the parties. Everyone had a great time!

The Gingerbread Man

Mixing up the cookie dough.

Decorating the gingerbread cookies.

Those tricky gingerbread men escaped from the oven. Good thing they left us notes so we could find them. They had us chasing them all over the school.

The best part -- eating them.

We have been doing many activities around the story "The Gingerbread Man". The preschoolers loved hearing the story as well as other gingerbread related stories. We ended our unit by making gingerbread cookies. The children mixed up the dough, decorated the cookies and put them in the oven. When we went to get them out of the oven, they had escaped! We chased them all over the school following the notes they left behind. We finally found them back in our classroom. We ate them up quickly, so they couldn't get away from us again.

High School Helpers

High school students from Mrs. Olsen's Child Development class have been visiting our room the past few weeks. They come on Monday and Friday mornings. It is nice to have extra hands in the room, and the children are enjoying getting to know the high school girls.

Dental Health

The Newell-Fonda School and Early Smiles have joined efforts to improve dental health for the preschoolers. The children were given the opportunity to receive free dental screenings, fluoride varnishes and sealants. The children also received a bag with a tooth brush, toothpaste, floss, etc. We really appreciate this service to improve the dental health of our preschoolers.