Kinder Prep News

October News
We are already a month in and it has been such a joy to teach your children! Thank you so much for the opportunity. They are amazing students and are doing such a great job! This month we will be talking about bats and learning how they use echolocation to find prey, as well as, their sense of smell to find their babies. We will also be discussing fire safety and fire prevention. This is a very important topic that I hope you will reinforce at home. Then we will move on to learning about pumpkins while using our Five Senses for exploration. Later in the month we talk about pets how fun!. Lastly we will do read some spooky stories and have some coordinating activities. We will also celebrate Halloween with some fun games and crafts. It should be an amazing month! Week 1 Wed. Wheat Thins Fri. - Yogurt Week 3 Wed. Ritz Crackers Thur. -Applesauce Fri. Pumpkin Muffins

Snacks
Week 2 Mon. Animal Crackers Wed. Oranges Fri. Apple Straws Week 4 Mon. Graham Crackers Wed. - Yogurt Fri. - Ritz Crackers

Week 5 Mon. Bananas Wed. Halloween Color Snack Fri. - Pretzels

Important Dates
Monday, October 14 - There is No School in observance of American Indian Day. We will make up the class on Thursday, October 17. Wednesday, October 30 is Black/Orange Show-N-Tell Day. Have your child come dressed in black and/or orange, share something black and/or orange, and we will have a black/orange snack as well! If you would be willing to bring in a snack on that

October Skills
In our Literacy/Letter Time, I will be introducing the letters Hh, Tt, Ii, and Uu. We spend time each day talking about the sounds these letters make as well as how we form them. This month in the Math Center, students will be starting to write numerals 1-4 using the chalkboards and practice papers. We will also be working on connecting these numerals to quantities. This months character education topic is differences. Please help to reinforce the importance of accepting differences in others with your child.

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Odds and Ends

In the Handwriting Without Tears program the children are instructed to start their letters at the top. When they make a stroke and need to go back to the top, we call that a frog jump. In the letter formation information paper I gave you at the Open House you will find the correct sequence and terminology to use when helping your child form their letters. Please use this information to help your child practice writing their name. I will be sending home some name practice papers this month. Please also help to reinforce that our names only have one capital at the beginning.