Happy Friday to our Families!

We are so grateful to have such wonderful children and parents in our classroom. Thank you so much for all the thoughtful cards and gifts we received during Teacher Appreciation week and Valentine’s Day. It was very kind and is still making us smile.

We hope you enjoyed Parent Child Night. Your children were eager to have you here in their environment and show you work they enjoy using daily. Thank you for joining us.

Important Dates to Remember:

Friday 2/28: Dr. Seuss Day, dress as your favorite Dr. Seuss character.

Friday 3/7: NO SCHOOL, Parent Teacher Conferences. The sign up sheet will be on our clipboard beginning Monday, 2/24.

Friday 3/21: Kindergarten Assembly

Thursday & Friday 3/27, 3/28: NO SCHOOL, Teacher In-service.

The curriculum for the month of March will be focused on dinosaurs, reptiles, amphibians, and the continent of Asia. We will also be celebrating Dr. Seuss’ birthday on Friday, February 28th. We encourage parents to come in and share any information, unique artifacts, or conduct a project you may have about one of the above topics. Please let us know so we can set a day and time.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend. Be sure to rest and keep healthy to avoid any germs roaming around. Girls and dads, have fun at the dance tonight!!

See you Monday,

Ms. Jessie, Ms. Brianna, & Ms. Julie

Tis the time of year to be extra thankful and kind to your friends and family. We have been working extra hard in our peaceful classroom to use our words and express our feelings to one another. This week Ms. Brianna read us a story about a Native American Black Elk, the black road of difficulty, red road of thoughtful action & peace, and the sacred tree which flourishes with flowers and singing birds when the world is being cared for. This relates to our classroom because our plants, animals and friends are happy and peaceful when we are kind and take care of each other.

Humongous thank you to the PTO and everyone involved with Teacher Appreciation Week! We are so spoiled and grateful to have such wonderful families participating at this school. We love and adore working with your angels everyday!! Thank you for the cards, gifts and thoughtful, homemade surprises!

Friday 2/14 Valentine Party. Please bring a decorated, labeled box and 30 valentines for each of your friends 🙂 We will enjoy some crafts and yummy snacks.

Monday 2/17 NO SCHOOL, President’s Day

Wednesday 2/19 is Parent-Child Night where your child shows you a Montessori lesson they enjoy working with. Starting at 4:45-5:30 for families whose last name starts with A-M, and at 5:30-6:15 for families whose last name starts with N-Z.

Friday 2/21 is our annual Father-Daughter Dance in our Multipurpose Room.

Yesterday morning we enjoyed a dental puppet show presentation. P1 discussed the importance of dental care, how to properly brush & floss, foods we should avoid and how often we should visit the dentist. This week we began our study on Oceans and Australia. Ms. Jessie read a great story about the pulpo (octopus) and reenacted the scenes with food coloring and plastic animals. We have an exciting work about sink & float, underwater crayon rubbings, and valentine card making. We have discussed the animals of Australia and can make a booklet. Today we also took a close up look at two real, dead fish and discussed their body parts. Ms. Jessie also brought in real snake skin that was shed from a snake. We measured ourselves against the length of the skin.

Have a wonderful weekend, see you next week.

Ms. Jessie, Ms. Brianna, Ms. Julie