McDanield Preschool Monthly News

February

Dates to Remember

2/3-2/6: Super Bowl Spirit Week

2/3: Pajama Day

2/4: Dress Like Patrick Mahomes

2/5: Dress alike in groups of 3

2/6: Dress like Travis Kelce or Taylor Swift

2/12: Ms. Long's Wednesday AM Class-Valentine's Day Party

2/13: Valentine's Day Parties (Parents are welcome to volunteer)

Sign Up Links for the Valentine's Day Parties:

(Parents will be in charge of running stations as the classes rotate)

If you would like to volunteer, please select the correct class that your child attends.

2/12: Ms. Long's Wednesday AM Class:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4FACAD22ABF85-54494839-wed

2/13: AM Classes & All Day Program: (Ms. Woolf, Ms. Long, Ms. Abby, Ms. Verhaeghe)
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4FACAD22ABF85-54494975-valentines

2/13: PM Classes (Ms. Abby, Ms. Teagan, Ms. Long)
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4FACAD22ABF85-54495182-valentines

We will be accepting donations for our Valentine's Day Party. If you would like to donate, please send candy or goldfish with your student by February 11th.

-Candy

-Goldfish

Thank you!

2/17: NO SCHOOL, President's Day

What are we learning?

Cognitive Learning themes this month:

2/3: Uu, Yy, Qq, Jj, 6/16, Octagon, Red

2/10: Zz, Xx, Ww, Kk, 7/17, Heart, Pink

2/18: Hh, Gg, Vv, 1-10, 1-17, Shapes, Rainbow

2/24: Ff, Bb, Mm, Pp, 8/18, Square, Green

At home: Practice 10-20 minutes a day

-Identifying the letters, numbers, shapes, and colors of the week

-Prepositions (under, over, beside, front, behind, between, next to)

-Matching

-Count to 20

-Identify greater and less than

-Find your name and identify the letters in it

Social-emotional themes this month:

Managing Disappointment & Anger

When you are feeling angry or disappointed, take a belly breath.

Black History Month

In February, we are celebrating Black History Month. Check out this book about local hero, Junius Groves. We will be talking about him and many more important black leaders over the next few weeks.

Smell the Roses

Try this fun calming strategy to practice using your five-senses and ground yourself.

Managing Waiting

Strategies:

1. Count

2. Sing a nursery rhyme

3. I Spy

Tactile Activities for Home This Month

Practice Cutting

Valentine's Day is a great time to practice cutting--cutting cards, cutting out hearts, and cutting out pictures of your favorite things from magazines.

When we teach cutting, we always teach "Thumbs up to cut" and "Keep the scissors straight ahead, turn the paper round instead" to help students remember how to cut on a curved line. Here is a fun song to help them remember.

https://youtu.be/-Qwi0l29ppY