January 14, 2020

Pre-K had a very good day today! We continued talking about our letter, color and shape of the week and read "Mouse Shapes". Our project today, focusing on circles, was a snowglobe with snowmen painted with the children's fingers and snow painted with q-tips. All of the children really enjoyed the project and some had lots of giggles because the paint felt funny on their fingers! We are also continuin to work on letter formation. Today, the children all had a chance to use playfoam to form letters of their names. They all did great with this and really seemed to enjoy it! It is so wonderful watching them work on new skills and seeing how proud they are of themselves! Today they brought home their own playfoam they can use to work on letters, numbers, or make anything they would like to. This was their special treat for filling our classroom kindness bucket. We are now starting over with filling our bucket as I continue to talk with them about being kind and showing empathy to others. I hope you all have a wonderful day and I am looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday!

God bless,
Mrs. Botts

A FEW REMINDERS...
*    Scholastic book order forms went home today. If you would like to order, please place your online 
      order or return the form to school by, Thursday, January 23rd. If you are ordering onlines, our
       class code is W6V2B.
*     There is an Open House for grades Pre-K 3 through 7th grade on Wednesday, January 15th from
       9-10:30 am. Also on Wednesday, January 15th, there is an Open House for Pre-K and
       Kindergarten ONLY at 7pm.
*     Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday, January 26th. There is an Open House at 1pm. A letter
       will be sent home regarding Catholic Schools Week as it gets closer.
*     Please continue to practice putting on coats and zippering them with your children over the 
       break. Also, please be sure to send in hats and mittens (they are easier for the children) as we 
       will continue to go outside on the playground or go for a walk, weather permitting. 
 

January 9, 2020

It was nice seeing all the parents on Tuesday for conferences and I was so happy to see all the children this morning!

We had a busy morning today! We started working on some new skills today as were mentioned during conferences. First, we are adding a new prayer to the beginning of our day, Our Father. Some of the children knew this prayer already; please continue practicing all our prayers with your children at home. In addition, we talked about our letter (Jj) and color (gray) of the week and also started talking about shapes, focusing on our first shape of the week, circle. All of the children had lots to share and they all were able to idenify things that are related to our letter/color/shape of the week. We made a jellyfish out of the letter J and had lots of fun playing with our new centers and table toys!

The children also started tracing the first four letters in their names in their journals. They all did very well holding their pencil and tracing the letters. I was very proud of them! A couple pictures are included below. We will continue to work on learning to write their first names, eventually writing them without tracing. 

I hope you all have a great weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!

God bless,
Mrs. Botts

LOOKING AHEAD:
*    Scholastic book order forms went home today. If you would like to order, please place your online 
      order or return the form to school by, Thursday, January 23rd.
*     There is an Open House for grades Pre-K 3 through 7th grade on Wednesday, January 15th from
       9-10:30 am. Also on Wednesday, January 15th, there is an Open House for Pre-K and
       Kindergarten ONLY at 7pm.
*     Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday, January 26th. There is an Open House at 1pm. A letter
       will be sent home regarding Catholic Schools Week as it gets closer.
*     Please continue to practice putting on coats and zippering them with your children over the 
       break. Also, please be sure to send in hats and mittens (they are easier for the children) as we 
       will continue to go outside on the playground or go for a walk, weather permitting. 

January 6, 2020

Just a reminder that there is NO SCHOOL for the Pre-K 3 students tomorrow, Tuesday, January 7th. Conferences will be held in the classroom. I am looking forward to seeing you all then!

December 20, 2019

What a fantastic week we had! Thank you all for coming to see our Christmas show on Tuesday! The children worked so hard practicing the songs and were so excited to sing for you. I hope you enjoyed it! They also had a great time at our Pajama Day on Thursday. It certainly was a great day to wear comfy clothes!

In addition to our special Christmas events this week, we continued talking about Advent, Christmas and our letter and color of the week. When we return to school on Thursday, January 2nd, we will begin our next letter of the week (Jj) and color (gray). I will also start introducing shapes in January starting with circle. 

Thank you for returning the conference slips so quickly. I will send home your scheduled time on January 2nd. Please remember that there is NO SCHOOL for the students on our conference day, Tuesday, January 7th. 

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2020! I look forward to seeing you all in the new year!

God Bless,
Mrs. Botts

A FEW REMINDERS:
*     Classes resume Thursday, January 2, 2020. 
*     There is NO SCHOOL for Pre-k 3 ONLY on Tuesday, January 7th. 
*     There is an Open House for the entire school on Wednesday, January 15th from 9-10:30 am. Also
       on Wednesday, January 15th, there is an Open House for Pre-K and Kindergarten ONLY at 7pm.
*     Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday, January 26th. There is an Open House at 1pm. A letter
       will be sent home regarding Catholic Schools Week as it gets closer
*     Please continue to practice putting on coats and zippering them with your children over the 
       break. Also, please be sure to send in hats and mittens (they are easier for the children) as we 
       will continue to go outside on the playground or go for a walk, weather permitting. 

December 12, 2019

We had another fun week in Pre-K! We introduced our new letter (Ii) and color (brown) of the week. The children enjoy naming things that start with our color and letter of the week! We are also focusing on the sounds the letters make and the children are doing very well with this.

We focused on Christmas and Advent this week and have read some wonderful books about the Christmas season as well as the first Christmas. The children really enjoyed listening to "Santa's Favorite Story: Santa Tells the Story of the First Christmas". They also made a Nativity ornament that will go home next week and worked on a special "secret" Christmas project. 

The children have been practicing for our Christmas show on Tuesday and we are very excited for you all to see our show! The show will be held on Tuesday, December 17th at 10:30 am in the Solarium of our building. Please come to the Pre-K door by 10:25 and Mrs. DePasquale will be there to let you in. Grandparents and siblings are also invited to the show. 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday!

God bless,
Mrs. Botts

A FEW REMINDERS:
*   Our Christmas party will be on Thursday, December 19th. A note will be going home on Tuesday 
     with more information about the party.
*   Conferences for Pre-K 3 will be held on Tuesday, January 7th. A letter will be going home on 
     Tuesday to schedule conferences. Please note: The children will NOT have class on that day.
*   School will be closed for Christmas break Monday, December 23rd - Wednesday, January 1st. 
     School resumes on Thursday, January 2nd. 

December 5, 2019

It's hard to believe the first week of December is over already! We had a fun and busy week in Pre-K! 

This week we focused on the letter Hh and color pink. We also started talking about Advent and how we can prepare for Jesus' birthday. The children made Advent calendars that we will add a candle to every week counting down to Christmas. St. Nicholas came today and left everyone a special surprise in their shoe! We even heard his bells ringing! We had a fire drill today and the children did great. I was very proud of all of them!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday. God bless!

LOOKING AHEAD...
*    Our Christmas program is Tuesday, December 17th at 10:30 in the Solarium. The children have been working
      hard practicing and are very excited to sing for you!
*    We will have a Christmas party on Thursday, December 19th. A sign up sheet will be posted starting Tuesday,
      December 10th. Thank you, as always, for your generosity! 
*    School will be closed for Christmas break December 23rd - January 1st. School resumes on Thursday, January 
      2nd. Pre-K 3 ONLY will not have school on Tuesday, January 7th for conferences. I will send more information 
      home regarding conferences soon.