Spring FEVER!

Guess what? We can use our RED DOOR on Tuesday the 22nd!!! Yay!!!!


I bet you can tell from the new blog background that I have spring fever? I think we all could use a good dose of Vitamin D from the sun and just sit in it for a while. These last few days have spoiled us I'm afraid and we are going to have a hard time staying inside if winter is much longer.



Anyway, I am making up the newsletter for March and wanted to let you all in on a little goal that the Frog class has made with me and I am going to make somewhat of the same deal with the Fish class.


The goal with the Frog's is to have ALL students zipping their own coats, tieing their own shoes and snapping their own snaps by the end of March! For the Fish class we need to have them zipping and snapping their own items of clothing. If both classes do this, we will have either a Sundae party or a Pizza party...my treat! We have been working really hard all year to help these fine motor skills come along. We know you work with them at home and I'm hoping this will give the kid's a little incentive to practice on thier own. For tieing shoes I would like to ask if the kid's could borrow a big sneaker or boot with laces and for you to show them how to get it started. We have shown them how to make the X with the laces and roll the top under, the loops are the hardest part. So any extra help you send their way to progress this goal would be appreciated.

Coming up in March is our Cookie Dough fundraiser,(which is always a huge sucess), our Buggy For Books reading incentive program that runs into the middle of April and....playing outside hopefully! Be looking for information about these things in the weeks to come.

One more sidenote: We are still accepting Campbell's Labels for Education. All of the participating items are on the sheet in your child's BEE folder. Also, if you have ever wondered what our Fish Bowl is at the sign in desk, it is our "Fishing for Donations" bowl. In there are fish that have an item written on them that our preschool is always in need of. If you have ever thought about donating something and aren't quite sure what to get, grab a fish from the bowl! We appreciate all the help we can get!



Thank you so much for all your support and have a wonderful long weekend! See you on the 22nd!


Shelly

February Fun!

A fun afternoon of gross motor activity!

Let's all click our heels three times and repeat after me;...spring come soon, spring come soon, spring come soon!  

I am amazed at how well the children adapted this last month to our crazy schedule.  Believe or not, there was learning going on at Wee World.  With all of the late starts and early outs, then our first week of February not having school, we actually made some good progress on our last names!  As of right now, there aren't any Frogs that don't recognized their last name!!!  That is awesome.  Name recognition is so huge for children this age.  And when they can spell it, it gives them such a sense of pride and ownership.  How many times before your child entered preschool did they ask you how to spell their name?  Quite a few I imagine.  Everyday we have white boards and dry erase markers out for them to use and a sentence card with their last name printed on it.  We use it as one of our centers.  They are free to choose that center and sit and write words they know ( we are up to 7 now) or their names.  All of them can now write their first name.  The Fish class is working hard on their first names too!  

We have had a couple of wonderful days that we were able to go out and play too.  It was so nice to get some fresh air and soak up the Vitamin D from the sun.  We will be doing this from now on when the temps are 20* or above and we don't have a wind chill, so please make sure to send winter gear with your child.  

Jacob and his grandma last year

Our upcoming Valentine party is going to be fun!  We will be passing out Valentines in the classes on the day of the parties.  Please send an empty cereal box with your child as soon as you can.  These will be our Valentine boxes.  They are so cute!  There is an updated class list that we will send home at the beginning of next week so you can fill out Valentines.  We have lost a week of February so we are down to the wire on our party.  Also, let us know how many special visitors will be coming to spend the morning with your child on the 14th and 15th.  We just need a count for the craft they will be putting together.  

Cereal box Valentine boxes!

If you need receipts for a flex plan for taxes, let us know and we will send one home in your child's zipper pouch in the folder.  

Have a super February!

Shelly