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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Hello Preschool Parents!
I wanted to give a quick update on some new/modified Preschool procedures.
Arrival and dismissal times:
Now that we have a couple weeks of school under our belt we would like to modify these times slightly, based on when the largest number of students are able to arrive. AM Students: Please arrive to school between 8:00 and 8:10. We have students arrive to school by bus as early as 7:50, so we would like to start our day as close to 8:15 as possible. Dismissal will be at 11:15. PM Students: Please arrive between 12:05 and 12:15. We would like to start our day at 12:20. We have some students with us until 3:40. Dismissal for parent pick-up students will be at 3:10 so that you can be in and out before bus traffic. Students that leave with a sibling or on a bus will be dismissed as usual.(No changes here) Keeping the majority of students as closely grouped as possible will allow us to make the most of our learning time here at school.
Also, because we have had ample time to acclimate our students to the routine of school, we would like to ask that you encourage your student to be responsible for themselves during arrival time. Try to say goodbye to your student at the door and let them be in charge of the rest of the routine. Your student will walk into the classroom all the way to the coat room and hang up their back pack (this prevents a traffic jam at the door), bring their folder to the basket, use the bathroom, wash hands, do attendance, and return to the table for a table activity while we wait for everyone to arrive. YES!! They can already do this for themselves. We are quick learners in Preschool. Kaleen and I are here to help, should problems arise during this routine, so you are free to go once you have said your goodbye. Thank you for helping your student to be responsible for themselves at Preschool.
Preschool Problem Solving:
You may have heard your student expressing a new phrase this week, as we have begun talking about how to solve problems in preschool. As you can imagine there can be any number of "problems" a preschooler has to solve every day. Where do I put my paper towel after I use it? What do I do when a friend takes my toy? How do I play with a friend? The blocks area is full, what do I do now? This week we started talking about staying calm and "using our words" to solve problems. We practiced a very simple phrase "Please, Stop. I don't like..." This helps our friends to know that we do not like what they are doing and we can move on to fixing it. If you have similar problems with siblings or visitors, or even you, yourself, please feel free to encourage them to use this phrase, by reminding them to "use their words."
We have learned so very much in just a few short weeks of school! We can walk in a straight line without talking inside the school, many of us can already write our whole name, how to listen to a story, and how to play with friends.
On Tuesday we practiced a Tornado Drill. The afternoon class did SO well! (Morning did not participate) We all followed directions and stayed quiet until it was all clear.
As always please let me know if you have questions/comments/concerns!
Upcoming dates and Events:
Tie Dye on Friday, September 25 at 9AM and 1PM. Please remember a shirt if you haven't already.
Flouride treatments on Monday, September 28
October Snack Sign up will be coming our next week as well.
Book orders Due October 6
Parent/Teacher Conferences Tuesday October 6 I will be sending out a sign up sheet that correlates with sibling conference times.
Parent/Teacher Conferences Thursday October 8.
I wanted to give a quick update on some new/modified Preschool procedures.
Arrival and dismissal times:
Now that we have a couple weeks of school under our belt we would like to modify these times slightly, based on when the largest number of students are able to arrive. AM Students: Please arrive to school between 8:00 and 8:10. We have students arrive to school by bus as early as 7:50, so we would like to start our day as close to 8:15 as possible. Dismissal will be at 11:15. PM Students: Please arrive between 12:05 and 12:15. We would like to start our day at 12:20. We have some students with us until 3:40. Dismissal for parent pick-up students will be at 3:10 so that you can be in and out before bus traffic. Students that leave with a sibling or on a bus will be dismissed as usual.(No changes here) Keeping the majority of students as closely grouped as possible will allow us to make the most of our learning time here at school.
Also, because we have had ample time to acclimate our students to the routine of school, we would like to ask that you encourage your student to be responsible for themselves during arrival time. Try to say goodbye to your student at the door and let them be in charge of the rest of the routine. Your student will walk into the classroom all the way to the coat room and hang up their back pack (this prevents a traffic jam at the door), bring their folder to the basket, use the bathroom, wash hands, do attendance, and return to the table for a table activity while we wait for everyone to arrive. YES!! They can already do this for themselves. We are quick learners in Preschool. Kaleen and I are here to help, should problems arise during this routine, so you are free to go once you have said your goodbye. Thank you for helping your student to be responsible for themselves at Preschool.
Preschool Problem Solving:
You may have heard your student expressing a new phrase this week, as we have begun talking about how to solve problems in preschool. As you can imagine there can be any number of "problems" a preschooler has to solve every day. Where do I put my paper towel after I use it? What do I do when a friend takes my toy? How do I play with a friend? The blocks area is full, what do I do now? This week we started talking about staying calm and "using our words" to solve problems. We practiced a very simple phrase "Please, Stop. I don't like..." This helps our friends to know that we do not like what they are doing and we can move on to fixing it. If you have similar problems with siblings or visitors, or even you, yourself, please feel free to encourage them to use this phrase, by reminding them to "use their words."
We have learned so very much in just a few short weeks of school! We can walk in a straight line without talking inside the school, many of us can already write our whole name, how to listen to a story, and how to play with friends.
On Tuesday we practiced a Tornado Drill. The afternoon class did SO well! (Morning did not participate) We all followed directions and stayed quiet until it was all clear.
As always please let me know if you have questions/comments/concerns!
Upcoming dates and Events:
Tie Dye on Friday, September 25 at 9AM and 1PM. Please remember a shirt if you haven't already.
Flouride treatments on Monday, September 28
October Snack Sign up will be coming our next week as well.
Book orders Due October 6
Parent/Teacher Conferences Tuesday October 6 I will be sending out a sign up sheet that correlates with sibling conference times.
Parent/Teacher Conferences Thursday October 8.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Hello Parents! We are blissfully aware that we have survived our first week of Preschool. I am sure this week was just as hard on many of you as it was on our students, but I assure you, we ALL had a fun time and are quickly learning what school is all about. Last week we spent a lot of time getting familiar with our classroom, our friends, our teachers and schedule. This week we will begin a more in depth discussion of what happens at school. What are the rules? How do we use glue and scissors? What are some kind ways to play with our friends? A few of our students are returning from last year so they might already be familiar with this material, but it will be a great reminder to them, and a great experience for our new friends, if those students help us out by being good models and leaders.
Upcoming events: School pictures are Friday, September 11
Flouride will be done on Monday, September 28
Here are some pictures from our first few days of school!
Please note: I have also added a closed group to my Facebook account for preschool family use. Only the immediate family members of preschool students will be added to the group for the safety of our children. It is a private group so that only invited members may see the information posted. If you wish you join the group, please click or search for Preschool at Wellman Elementary on Facebook.
Upcoming events: School pictures are Friday, September 11
Flouride will be done on Monday, September 28
Here are some pictures from our first few days of school!
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| Taking a break from Recess |
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| We have done a lot of sharing of our names and things we like. Learning how to take turns speaking is a hard job to do. |
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| Sensory Table |
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| Dress Up |
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| Playing play dough at the art center |
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| We have made some pretty awesome creations at the light table |
Science Center
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| Blocks Center |
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| The Library |
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| The Writing Center |
Please note: I have also added a closed group to my Facebook account for preschool family use. Only the immediate family members of preschool students will be added to the group for the safety of our children. It is a private group so that only invited members may see the information posted. If you wish you join the group, please click or search for Preschool at Wellman Elementary on Facebook.
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