Mrs. Nikki's Preschool Friends

Friday, November 10, 2023

Week of November 6th-10th

This week our theme was Turkeys! We focused on the letter Rr, the number 0, the shape of an oval and the color brown. On Tuesday, we read "The Great Turkey Race". During center time, I worked one on one with each student on their letter Rr page. We focused on forming the letter Rr, identifying the letter Rr in a group of other letters, and coloring pictures that begin with the letter R. We took advantage of the extremely nice day and had a picnic snack outside. On Wednesday, we read "T is for Turkey". During center time, the kiddos worked on forming their names and getting the letters in the right order. They also worked on counting how many letters are in their name. Check out the turkeys that are hanging on the window! In the afternoon, we had snack outside and then played in chalk with Miss Jay's friends. On Thursday, we read "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey". During center time, we got to go with Miss Jay's class to listen to some of the big 7th graders read to us! We got to see a preview of the fall play, Beauty and the Beast! On Friday, we went to the Veteran's day assembly with the big school. We had our fun and fitness Friday with Miss Jay's class! We did yoga and dancing in our room and made red, white and blue bracelets in Miss Jay's room. We even got to have a special sleepover with Miss Jay's friends in her room! Enjoy the photos from the week. I will see you all on Tuesday! Have a great weekend!

Just a couple of reminders:

If you have not changed your child's clothes from Summer/Spring to Fall/Winter, please do so as soon as possible. This helps us from having to send your child home in preschool clothes.
Please send in your disguise a turkey as soon as possible so we are able to display them before Thanksgiving break!
Please continue to practice with your child having them put on their own coat and/or jacket. I still have a lot of friends come up to me and are waiting for me to put their jacket on them. A big part of preschool is independence and I would love to see more friends putting their jackets on themselves. Some things to work on would be flipping the sleeves the correct way, zipping and putting the coat/jacket on.

Important Dates in November

Monday, November 13th will be a no school day. Please read the email that Mrs. Trachsel sent out on Tuesday, November 7th. Please continue to pray for the Hummel family.
Tuesday, November 14th is an early dismissal. There will be no after school care that day.
Tuesday, November 21st is our monthly praise assembly. The theme for the month of November is Hospitality.
Wednesday, November 22nd through Friday, November 24th is Thanksgiving break.
Mrs. Nikki will be taking her maternity leave starting at the beginning of Thanksgiving break. (November 22nd)
Monday, November 27th is a no school day!

Friday, November 3, 2023

Week of October 30th- November 3rd

What a fun week. This week our theme was Happy Halloween! We focused on the letter Hh, the number 10, the color of orange and the shape of a rectangle. On Monday, we read "Clifford's First Halloween". During center time, the kiddos decorated their treat bag for our costume parade we had on Tuesday. On Tuesday, we celebrated Halloween all day long! We walked around and showed all of the other preschool classrooms our costumes and after that we paraded through the whole big school! We came back to our classroom and played Halloween memory match and playdoh! In the afternoon, we went on a Halloween scavenger with Miss Jay's friends. On Wednesday, we read "The Littlest Mummy". During center time, we made spider web names. The kiddos practiced matching the letters on the spider to the name at the top of their web! Please keep practicing your child's name at home. On Thursday, we read "Arthur's Halloween". During center time, we continued working on tracing lines. This is going to help us when we begin working more on writing our name without the letters behind them to trace. On Friday, we had P.E. We played a game called "Cat and Mouse" or line tag. The kiddos had to stay on the lines and try and to avoid being tagged by the cat! What a fun week that we got to have celebrating Halloween together! I will see everyone on Tuesday! Enjoy the photos from the week! Have a great weekend!

I have sent home a project for you to complete with your kiddo and return to school by Wednesday, November 15th. Please make sure you check your kiddos folder for the hide a turkey project.

A couple of reminders: Please make sure that you are clocking your child in and out each day! Keep working on having your kiddo put on their own coat or jacket and practice zipping it up on their own! Another great thing to practice is flipping the arms out of their jacket when they are inside out! This is a big time saver in our classroom when I am not having to put on 10 jackets every time we go outside.