Happy New Year to all of our families!  We hope it’s a Happy and Healthy year!

 

 

Reminders

 

*SNCA will be closed on 1/20 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/21- Child Outreach will be coming to screen our preschool children.  If you would like more information, please see Melissa.

 

*Please make sure to send your child with weather appropriate clothing as they do participate in outside play every day!

 

 

Infants–

 

Happy New Year!  Social and emotional development encompasses young children’s evolving capacity to form close and positive adult and peer relationships.  Responding to baby’s wants and needs promptly develops trust between baby and caregiver.  Younger infants will be bonding with teachers through daily routines of feeding and changing.  Older Infants will be offered duplicate toys that are favorites to engage in parallel play.

 

 

Family Engagement–  We will be asking for family photos to display in the classroom!

 

 

Welcome to Lucas, Noah, and Ella!

 

 

Happy Birthday to… Ms. Melissa 1/7 and Ms. Courtney 1/11

 

 

 

Crawlers–

 

This month we will be focusing on our gross motor skills and striving to meet each child’s next traveling goal.  We also will be working on our social and emotional skills and reinforcing the use of the word “mine” to convey possession of a toy.

 

Welcome to our new friends Adrianna, Grace, and Julia!

 

Family Engagement– This month we ask that the parents bring in a picture of their child exploring the snow!

 

Happy Birthday to… Julia 1/15

 

 

 

Young Toddlers–

 

This month we will focus on social and emotional development as the children work on engaging in positive relationships and interactions with their peers.  We will also focus on physical health and development as the children engage in outside play.  Please remember to bring warm clothing and outside gear daily!

 

On Friday, January 17th, we will be having a pajama day with hot chocolate!  Wear your pj’s to school!

 

 

Family Engagement– This month we would like you to create your own snowman at home and bring it in for us to display in our classroom!

 

 

Happy Birthday to… Ms. Marissa 1/12 and Remy 1/14!

 

 

Enjoy your day!

 

 

 

Older Toddlers–

 

This  month we will focus on social and emotional development.  The children will learn to develop the ability to express and regulate their own emotions.  We will be working on communicating our needs and wants.  We will also focus on language development as the children continue to use increasingly complex vocabulary in the classroom.

 

 

Family Engagement– We will be sending home a color scavenger hunt for you to do with your child.  Please bring back your findings so we can share in our group time!

 

 

Happy Birthday to… Frankie 1/13

 

 

 

3’s Preschool–

 

This month we will be working on self help skills.  We will focus on putting on our own jackets, including zipping and buttoning.  Please work on this at home with your child!  We will also be talking and demonstrating hand washing and the importance of using soap to kill the germs.  The children will also be learning about animals who hibernate and animals who live in the arctic environment.

 

 

Family Engagement– This month we are focusing on our cutting skills.  I will be sending home an activity for you to practice with your child.  We will also be starting sign in sheets for the children to work on writing their first names.  More information to come!

 

 

Welcome to Gabriel and Lauren to our class!

 

 

 

4’s Pre-K–

 

This month we will focus on science skills.  We will be learning about the water cycle, snow and ice.  As we plan for and participate in many new science experiments, the children will collect, evaluate and communicate information.  We will also be learning about animals who hibernate and animals who live in arctic environments.  The children will explore the characteristics of the animals and make observations about them.

 

 

Family Engagement– Parent/Teacher conferences will begin on Monday, January 27th.  I love to have the opportunity to sit down with every family and share all of the awesome things your child has been working on.  I will send home conference request forms the week of 1/20 with your child’s progress report, so we can schedule a time to meet.

 

 

Special Events– This month our mid-year progress reports will be completed for every child in Pre-K.  They will be sent home the week of 1/20 and we will start conferences the following week.  Child Outreach will be here on 1/21 from the school dept. We recommend every child is screened every year!  More info to come.

1/29- Mrs. Frost  $5  Please return permission slip by 1/24.

 

 

Happy Birthday to… Ezio 1/20

 

 

 

K-Prep-

 

This month our focus will be literacy and print knowledge.  The children will demonstrate book awareness and knowledge of basic print conventions; they will understand that print carries meaning and spoken words are represented by text.  This goal is used because the children will begin to prepare for Kindergarten and learning to read.  By the end of the year, children will be able to demonstrate correctly how to follow print in any book.  We will also focus on emergent writing as the children use writing to represent and communicate ideas in a variety of contexts, they use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to communicate; they participate in shared writing.  This goal is used to encourage children’s writing and practice daily writing skills in addition to developing a desire to write.

 

 

Special Events- 1/29 Mrs. Frost  $5 Please return permission slip by 1/24.

Progress reports will be going out this month.  I will also be sending home a form for parent/teacher conferences.  More info to come!

 

Here’s to another great month of learning and fun!  Thank you for your continued help and support!