Preschool Newsletter

For the last few days of December, we are going to pause our Frog Street units and pick them back up after the holidays. These next few nine days will seem to go by super fast, warp speed fast. We will be talking about what our families do over the holidays and if anyone is traveling.

Thank to everyone for letting me know when your child is going to be out or is sick, it helps the office and the nurse when I can let them know about absences.

For math we are going to continue working on AB patterns, candy canes are a fun way to make different patterns with different colors. There are several holiday ways to work on patterns.

For our calm down strategy, we are relooking at our S.T.A.R. breathing strategy. Stop.Take a slow breath. And. Relax.

The holiday party for both schools will be on December 15th. The parties will be at 8:50 - 9:50 and 1:10 - 2:10. I have a bunch of holiday themed activities and crafts for them to do. I have a sign up genius for some items that are needed for the party in the link below. If you are having trouble getting to the link, please let me know!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A4FA8AB28ABFB6-holiday1

• Uses drawing, scribbling, letter like forms, random letter strings and/or dictation to express thought and ideas.
  
• Understands and uses some question words (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
• Recognizes letters in their name,.
• Correctly names shapes. (Squares, circles, triangles, rectangles.)
  
• Uses number words to indicate the quantity in small sets of objects (e.g., 2, 3).
• Places objects in one to one correspondence.
• With support, follows classroom routines and manages transitions.
  
• Begins to display socially competent behavior with peers.
• Follows basic health practices (e.g., puts dirty tissues in trash, washes hands, covers mouth when sneezing) with occasional reminders.

December 2 - Early Release

December 15 - Holiday Parties

December 15 - Early Release

December 16 - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Work Day

December 16 - January 3 - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL!

January 4 - Students 1st Day Back After Break

This year instead of "adopting" a family the Bradley Student Council voted on a food drive for local families. This food drive will focus on "fill the backpack" type foods that can be handed out to families that may need extra assistance over the long holiday break and in the future.

Our Student Council members will be collecting food every day at the end of the day. You can place your classes items outside your door for less disruption. Each class will earn 1 ticket for every 10 items of foodthat are brought in and a bonus ticket for "birthday cake boxes".

It is a big help for them to get as much practice as possible and saves time when there are so many coats to put on.

Bradley - 913-651-6915, 1 Bradley Circle

Ike - 913-651-6663, 1 Eisenhower Circle

Email: jgerecke@usd207.org
Website: https://www.smore.com/rctfa-preschool-newsletter
Location: 1 Eisenhower Circle, Fort Leavenworth, KS, USA
Phone: 9136516663