Third Week

Hi Pre-K Families,

Another solid week, with students happy to be coming to school. We love that. Finished off this week by making our own sock babies to take home, which dovetails nicely with our family theme. Kids stuffed socks, which with the addition of magic marker eyes and mouths, a ribbon to define the neck, and a blanket, make a reasonable baby surrogate. They named and gently held their babies as we walked down the hall to meet you all at noontime. This activity also builds on the concept of "gentle hands", which is one of our class rules.

The front office has asked, with firmness, that if you are late arriving at school, please stop by the office and sign in on the clipboard. Thank you.

Next week, our class will be practicing a fire drill. Because of our shorter hours, we have missed the school wide drill with the loud alarm and all. 

We'll also be adding play planning to our dramatic play time next week. Kids choose a colored clothespin that indicates which center they want to play in. Then they will draw a picture of themselves playing in that center. This helps establish intentional mature play, that in turn, builds elements of self regulation that we are looking for.  Play plans will be coming home about every week. You can ask your students about the picture (hopefully you will see an elementary figure that represents your child emerge as time goes on.) The color marker used, will indicate the color of the center they chose.
blue - he or she went to the living room
orange - laundry
green - bathroom
brown - garage
red - bedroom
purple - kitchen

Many thanks for your tolerance with our cardboard box painting activities. With the nice weather, we have been hauling our materials outside to paint at recess. This puts some jackets at risk, though the kids are getting very adept at putting their painting smocks on over them. This coming Wednesday, we'll be painting our "washing machine" and then we'll have completed our props for the family theme.
The cardboard car, that is the focal point in the garage center, is very popular.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Bridgman

(some pictures from dramatic play)