Preschool Newsletter

Hard to believe that it is already February, the year is flying by and always seems to go faster after Winter Break. Dates for each school's Spring Picture Day are below. They are during the same week, but on different days.

With the end of the year approaching, I know that orders are beginning to come in as well for some. If possible, please let me or the office know when you can where you will be for next year.

The first week of our Favorite Tales and Rhymes theme is over Hen Tales. Our word of the week is tales. Our two hen stories this week will be The Little Red Hen and The Sky is Falling.

Vocabulary this week: helpful, tales

Photo cards: red hen, duck and goose, turkey and fox

Letters: Y, y, Z, z

Our math focus will to start to look at more several different patterns this week: AB, ABC, and AAB patterns.

For our calm down strategies, we are practicing the Bunny Breathing Strategy. Three quick inhales and one slow exhale.

The school's cold weather policy will cancel school if road conditions are unsafe for travel OR the windchill is -15 degrees Fahrenheit. They will let us know the evening before, or by 6am the day of, if school is cancelled.

I keep hoping that if I use snowy backgrounds that we will finally get some measurable snow, that will be around for longer than a day.

With the weather getting very unpredictable, please dress in layers and a coat. We will go outside if it is above a feel like temp of 27 degrees Fahrenheit and it is not too wet/icy.

Please send with coats! Either in backpacks or worn. If they get hot, we can always put in their cubbies. That way they don't get too cold when we go outside.

Eisenhower Spring Pictures

February 7th

Bradley Spring Pictures

February 9th

February 3 - Early Release

February 7 - Eisenhower Spring Picture

February 9 - Bradley Spring Picture

February 17 - Early Release

February 20 - Presidents' Day - NO SCHOOL

March 3 - Early Release

March 10 - 1/2 Day School - NO PRESCHOOL

March 13 - 17 - SPRING BREAK!!! No School

Please help encourage self-help skills at home. If you have time, have them practice of putting on their own shoes, coats, etc before going somewhere. In the classroom, these skills can help speed up transitions or if more than one student needs help, the more they know how to do the easier.

For fine motor skills; if you have junk mail at home, that would be great practice for them to just cut away on. Or if you don't want to worry about scissors at home, having them tear paper with their pincher fingers (thumb and index fingers). Junk mail has many uses to help with fine motor muscle building.

*IF you would like a fine motor packet, I can provide you with one. A fine motor packet has OT provided materials and tips that will help strengthen their muscles at home.

• Uses drawing, scribbling, letter like forms, random letter strings and/or dictation to express thought and ideas.
  
• Understands and uses some questions words (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how)
• Recognizes letters in their name
• Begins to make letter like forms and print some letters in their name.
• Correctly names shapes
• Uses number words to indicate the quantity in small sets of objects (e.g., 2, 3)
• Places objects in one to one correspondence
• Counts in sequence to 10.
• With support, follows classroom routines and manages transitions
• Begins to display socially competent behavior with peers
• Follows common safety rules that have been discussed and taught with reminders
• Recognizes, identifies, and manages own emotions and starts to recognize emotions of others with adult support.
• Moves with increasing coordination and balance (e.g. kicks a ball, jumps, uses alternating feet when climbing stairs).
• Uses classroom tools independently (e.g. scissors to cut paper).

Bradley - 913-651-6915, 1 Bradley Circle

Ike - 913-651-6663, 1 Eisenhower Circle

Email: jgerecke@usd207.org
Website: https://eisenhower.usd207.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=517799&type=u&pREC_ID=770691
Location: 1 Eisenhower Circle, Fort Leavenworth, KS, USA
Phone: 9136516663