PreK September Newsletter

Thank you for a wonderful start to the 2026-2027 school year! We are currently working on rules and routines to make sure everyone feels welcome and safe. In September we are going to learn about apples, families, feelings, letters, and numbers! Thank you for the snack donations to the classrooms, as they are very much appreciated! If you have any questions or concerns please reach out!

Kindly,

The PreK Team

On the days when your child has P.E. please make sure they wear sneakers! Thank you!

Please make sure you are sending a reusable water bottle with ONLY water in it everyday to school with your child! Also, please make sure their name is on it! Thank you!

We are looking for food boxes for our kitchen centers! If you have any EMPTY cereal boxes, pasta boxes, macaroni and cheese boxes, oatmeal boxes, etc, we would love to put them in our kitchen centers to promote imaginative play! Thank you!

• Thur, September 3rd: School Spirit Day- Wear your Falcon T-shirts & Back to School Night Grades 1-5 4:45-6:00
• Mon, September 7th: Labor Day No School
• Friday, September 18th: 2 hour Early Dismissal
• Monday, September 21st: No School (Yom Kippur)
• Friday, September 25th: Fair Day (3 1/2 hour Early Dismissal)

Reading

• identifying letters in names
• identifying author and illustrator
• identifying parts of a book (pages, spine, front cover, back cover)
• the difference between nonfiction and fiction books

Some ideas to do to practice at home:

• Ask who, what, when, where, why, how questions when reading a story to your child
• Put letters in a cup and dump them out. Have your child find only the letters that are in their name.
• Have students search their house or the environment when out of the house (grocery store, restaurant, etc) for letters that are in their name.

Math

• counting to 10
• sorting (color, shape and size)
• comparing (greater than, less than or equal)

Some ideas to do to practice at home:

• Count out food or snacks at home
• Practice sorting toys at home into different groups (color, shape, size, etc)
• After sorting toys into groups, count how many are in each group and then compare!

Writing

• writing name in correct order
• illustrating ideas in writing journal
• practicing fine motor skills (holding a pencil correctly, practicing straight lines and curved lines)

Some ideas to do to practice at home:

• Practice writing and tracing names
• Use playdough to make names and letters
• Practice drawing pictures using more than 1 color

Science/Social Studies

• Feelings
• Rules/Routine
• Being A Good Citizen

Some ideas to practice at home:

• Talk to your child about rules and routines at home and at school.
• Talk with your child about feelings and how to identify them in others.
• Talk with your child about what makes a good friend.

Mrs. Lopes: Jessica.Lopes@fcps.org

Ms. Inkrote: Amanda.Inkrote@fcps.org