Wuzzy the Bear

Here's Wuzzy in his winter clothes! 

Today...

Today…

In Morning Meeting Nurse Nancy and Wuzzy the Bear came in to teach us about dressing for winter

In circle we read  books about dressing for winter.  We read Little Bear and Froggy.

In music we played instruments.

In Phys. Ed. we played Toothbrushes and Germs tag.

During quiet reading we read Look to almost everybody (Caitie and Mya).

In writing we drew pictures of our family.

During choices we played playdough (Hunter made bacon, peas, and other fooods with

            the special ingredient – chips – in it).

In French the K kids played the caterpillar game.

A Busy Week

A Note From Preschool and Kindergarten

This week we learned more about nutrition. We read the book Bread and Jam for Frances which tells the story of a child who eats nothing but bread and jam for a few days and discovers the enjoyment of trying new things and eating a variety of foods. Students investigated celery and made snacks with celery, peanut butter, cream cheese, raisins, and olives. We started learning about My Plate. My plate shows the five food groups that are the building blocks for a healthy diet. A copy of My Plate is included on back and you can find out more at www.choosemyplate.gov.

Mrs. Fowlie, our guidance teacher, read The Berenstain Bears Learn About Stangers. She helped students understand what a stranger is and reinforced that children should not talk to them. She also read a book called It’s My Body. This book talked about safe boundaries and how to respond to unwanted touching. One example from this book was friendly, gentle tickling versus rough tickling that hurts. She taught the kids to assert themselves and say that they, “Don’t like it when you tickle me like that!”

In literacy we all worked on writing our names, the parts of books, and rhyming. During math we worked with counting, shapes and colors. Kindergarten students started math homework this week and we will start reading homework next week.

Please take a look at what extra clothes your child has here at school. We noticed that some kids have extra t-shirts and shorts, but no extra warm clothes. Also kids do need sneakers on P.E. days (Monday and Wednesday).

Friday Fun

Hunter - We did dress up. I was a guy that jumps out of planes.
Tyler - I had Choices time.
Alyssa - Kindergarten had technology. We made posters and saved our week.
Garrett - Red Light, Green Light!
Ella - I made a mitten for The Mitten.
Serenity - Showing my dress up clothes and being interviewed by Mrs. Nada Lepper.
James - Drawing pictures.
Jake - I dressed up as a magician.
Patrick - EVERYTHING!
Frederick - Playing Red Light, Green Light in the gym.
Caitie - We played Red Light, Green Light.
Maranda - We made snowflakes in art.
Breton - I did math. We measured things.
Mya - Coloring!

What Did We Do Today?

Freddie - Played outside.
Maranda - We played with symmetry mirrors.
Ella - Played dress up.
Breton - Playing puzzles.
Caitie - We went to art and saw how to make snowflakes.
Mya - Colored a picture of my family.
Patrick - We played with play dough.
Jake - Played Red Light, Green Light
Serentity - Make a picture. Cut paper.
Alyssa - Swept the floor
Tyler - Ate snack.
Hunter - Made latkes.
Mrs. Pert - Washed a lot of dishes!

What's happening in Preschool and Kindergarten?

Caitie - We've been going outside.
Fred - Playing with the bricks.
Garrett - We've been working on birds in art class.
Ella - Painting on the easel.
Serenity - Snack!
Tyler - Animals!
Patrick - Playing Bingo!
Mya - The big kids sang Happy Birthday to Jake.
Hunter - Cars!
Jake - Playing with all my friends.
Joey - The kids are practicing songs for the winter concert.

Foot Print Bats

We used our feet to make foot prints which will become bats to decorate our bulletin board. 

What did we do today?

Ella - We played with animals in the gym because it was raining outside.

Caitie – We played on the swings.

Hunter – I made an ice cream with Bubber (clay).

Jake – Played with Bubber.

Garrett – We made applesauce and potato chips.

Fred – We painted with our feet.

Serenity – We had chicken nuggets at lunch.

Patrick – We stirred applesauce and made potato chips.

Mya – We gave applesauce to the third graders.

Baylynn – Painted bats with our feet.

Alyssa – We played Bingo.

Tyler – Played cars. 

Thursday Investigation

Today was our weekly vegetable/fruit investigation and cooking day.  Last week we conducted an investigation of several varieties of apples and cooked apple pie.  This week we did our first investigation of the beets in our school garden.  We have two varieties.  Each child harvested a beet.  Students examined them using all of their senses and available tools (magnifying glasses, plastic knives).  Then we made some delicious "greens and cheddar" quesadillas, and roasted buttered beets.  When asking your child's opinion, please ask, "Did you LOVE IT, LIKE IT, or NOT like it YET?"  These are the terms we use throughout the year when trying new things.  The three Kindergarten students, seasoned food adventurers from last year, all concurred that they "LOVED IT!"  Several PreK agreed with them.  The worms in the composting bin loved them too.

September Ends with an Outdoor Adventure

After investigating the green house and the garden, Pre K students were introduced to "the fort in the forest".  Thank you Kindergarten for sharing this special place!

Students at Work

A Busy Day!

Today was another exciting day.  It was SO busy that the K students didn't have time to share their end of day thoughts.  (They were in their tech class.)  Below are some of the fun parts of our day.  Others (like the next phase of the giant insect creation) will be in the next slideshow.  Have a fun weekend!

James - Playing Basketball

Patrick – Going down the slide

Hunter – Playing with Jason

Garrett – Going on the tire swing

Mya – Going in the fort in the forest

Ella – Playing outside with Libby

Jake – Playing beyblades with Jack’s beyblade

Caitie – Swinging on the Swing

Serenity – Looking at books with the teacher during quiet reading

Tyler – Going into the trees and seeing the fort

Freddie – I remember it was fun playing in the sandbox

What was your favorite part of the day?

Playing at recess. -Caitie
Lunch with Libby. - Ella
Follow the Leader. -Jake
Picking potatoes. -Mya
Having snack, sitting next to Patrick. -Maranda
Playing play dough. -Patrick
Playing Beyblades at recess. -Breton
The spaceship in music class and then getting chased by a meteor! -Alyssa
A ride in space! -Fred (And we enjoyed his singing telegram from the third and fourth graders.
Meeting the potato experts Marshal and Ashley. -Mrs. Pert
Playing with Alexon. -Baylynn
Rolling down the hill! -Serenity
Going under the blanky in Phys. Ed. class, and music, and rolling down the hill -Garrett
The freeze game and conga line with Mr. Paul Sullivan.

September Scenes

Breakfast Update

Still needed:
Baked Goods
Blueberries

Parents and kids to work between 7:00 and 9:00. If you could work for thirty minute blocks during these hours that would be great! We will need people to clean tables, take money, and assist at the baked goods table.

Also one or two more parent/child or families needed to clean up starting around 9:00.

Don't forget to spread the word about the breakfast. We also need customers!

Insects in the Making

Breakfast on 9/24

Ready, set....GO! We have a great opportunity to give back to the Brooksville community. Next Saturday, September 24, our classroom is hosting a breakfast to benefit Holbrook Island Sanctuary. The Preschool and Kindergarten use H.I.S. for class picnics and this year the K kids are hiking all the trails. You can help by donating food and/or working at the breakfast. Please let us know what you can do to help out by next Wednesday.

Food
All items except beans and baked goods should be at school no later than Friday morning.  
10 lbs. flour
3 lbs. onions
large coffee
3 gallons milk
3 gallons OJ
3 qts. half & half
20 dozen eggs
2 lbs. cooked beans
1 lb. butter
sugar
1 large syrup
1 ketchup
jelly
butter
blueberries
baked goods (doughnuts, coffee cake, muffins, etc.)
2 large fruit salad

DAY OF THE BREAKFAST

People to arrive at 6:00 to cook, work at the serving window, take money, bus tables.
People to clean up at 9:00.

Kids can come and help out as well!

Science Investigation

Thursday, September 15

What did you have fun doing today?

Everything! -Jake

Playing on the playground. - Baylynn

Playing outside. - Garrett

My favorite was drawing! - Caitie

Playing Caribou! (A board game) - Serenity

Playing Caribou, too! - Tyler

The rain! - Alyssa

Looking at insects. -Mya

Playing with cars! -Hunter

Playing outside. - Fred

Everything. - Ella

Pre K Music