Preschool Program Wednesday Evening 6:30

Dear Parents,

Please come a few minutes early on Wednesday evening and find seats together as a family in the sanctuary.  Students will sit with their families for most of the program, and just come up to the front when their class is called up to sing and get their certificates.  After the program, we will go downstairs to the cafeteria area to enjoy the treats, juice, and fellowship! 

Blessings in Christ,
Mrs. Foley

Summer Reading Program

Mr. Z and Ms. Ariel came to tell us all about all the summer fun coming up at Boone's Ericson Public Library! Make sure you and your family check it out this summer!

Butterflies are born!

We welcomed five beautiful butterflies out of their chrysalises today! We mixed up some sugar water for them and gave them some fruit.

Patterns Again!

May Day

We enjoyed a special May Day snack today!

Patterns!

Some of the students were practicing creating patterns today!

Chrysalis

Growing and Changing

We are enjoying our unit in preschool this spring on growing and changing! Here are some pictures of our new painted-lady caterpillar guests as well as our sprouting seeds from Orschelns!

Interpretations of the Lily

Preschool End of Year Dates

The last day of school for the preschool is Friday, May 24th. 

The preschool "graduation" or closing service will be on Wednesday evening, May 22nd at 6:30pm. 

Have A Wonderful Spring Break!

We look forward to seeing you back in class on Monday, March 25th! 

Lutheran Schools Week

This week we're celebrating Lutheran schools with some special dress-up days and activities. Today was dress like what you want to be when you grow up!

Valentine's Day

Dentist Visit

The four year old class had a special dental presentation today. We learned that taking care of your teeth is very important!

Thank You for the Styrofoam!

Pounding golf tees into Styrofoam is great coordination practice and just plain fun!

Assigned Centers Week in PreK

100th Day!

The Importance of Play

I see various articles and ideas come up from different early childhood organizations that I have "liked" on facebook.  Here is an article from Great Britain about the importance of play.  Check it out!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/28/six-year-olds-need-to-play

PJ Day

Letter M

This week our letter of the week is M. M is a great letter for words like measure, make, mail, and marshmallows! We had fun constructing with some marshmallows and toothpicks!

Post Office Walking Field Trip

We have a field trip scheduled for the post office.  It is coming up very soon!  Please return the permission slips that will be sent home tomorrow ASAP!  Thank you!

3s – Tuesday, January 22^nd, leave school at 9:40.

4s – Wednesday, January 23^rd, leave school at 9:40.

PreKs – Monday, January 28^th, leave school at 12:40.

Library Visit

We continue to enjoy monthly visits from Mr. Z and Ms. Ariel from the Boone Ericson Public Library.  They always invite us to check out the latest events going on at the library.  There are a number of resources available for check out - other than books!  These include puzzles, puppets, games, and CDs.  You can check out what's happening at our local library at this website:  http://www.boone.lib.ia.us/youthdepartment 

B is for Bubbles and Building

This week we're learning about letter B and beginning a unit on construction. :)

Bundled Up...

...and Ready to Explore!

Please remember that if the windchill is above zero, we will most likely go outside and play.  The students will always be able to play with some equipment on the parking lot that is cleared of snow, but what is REALLY fun is playing IN the snow!  If possible, please remember to send all your child's snow gear with him/her on snow-covered winter days! Then he/she will have the option of climbing the snow mountains and exploring the snow-covered playground!  :)  

 

Puppet Show

Students made stick puppets to re-tell the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Animal Crackers

We enjoyed some animal crackers today for Prek snack. The students enjoyed playing with the animals we're learning about as much as they enjoyed eating them! :)

Classroom Gifts

Thank you to those who blessed our classroom with special class wish tree gifts! The students are really enjoying them!

Number Books

We are experimenting with the classroom's new iPads. Here are the number books the students are working on right now. :)