May 2019 – Newsletter – East Greenwich
Welcome to the month of May!
Due to the weather changing and the children going outdoors more often, please bring in sun block for your child. Once again, when needed, please apply the sun block in the morning and we will re-apply it in the afternoon. Please also check your child’s extra change of clothes and see if it is weather appropriate.
We would like to thank all of the parents that helped make our Scholastic Book fair a big success. Every classroom was able to receive free books due to our successful fair.
We will be celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week the week of May 6-May 10. Each day, I have something fun planned for the teachers. I have also sent out a letter with different fun suggestions for you if you would like to participate.
Happy Mother’s day to all our amazing moms on May 12.
We will be closed on Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day.
Teachers celebrating a birthday this month is Ms. Brittany in Infants on 5/23 and Ms. Gina in Older Toddlers on 5/18. Happy Birthday!
Infants:
This month we will work on physical health and motor development by assisting with self feeding, such as holding own bottle and explore food with their hands and fingers. We will also work on social and emotional development by engaging in turn taking interactions such as peek-a-boo, and repeating actions that elicit social responses from others.
Family Engagement Activity: Sing your child a lullaby at home. Let us know what it is so we can sing in at school.
Classroom Special Events: Working on Mother’s day surprise. Happy 1st birthday to Isabell on May 7th and Felicity on May 15th!!!!!
Crawlers:
This month we will be working on social and Emotional- children will work on developing trust and engage positively with each other and their adult caregivers. We will also start developing number sense and learn the relationships between number and quantities for 1, and 2.
Family Engagement Activity: We will be collecting non-perishable food items to be donated to the food pantry of North Kingston.
Classroom Special Events: Cinco De Mayo celebration with music and fun activities on Friday May 3rd. Happy Mother’s day to all our Moms!
Toddlers:
This month we will be working on fine motor development. Children develop small muscle control, strength and coordination by picking up small objects. We will be encouraging this through different activities such as puzzles, and picking up pom poms with their index finger and putting them in a container. We will also continue to work on word recognition and literacy. We will be doing this by reading favorite books and singing finger plays.
Family Engagement Activity: Please bring in a picture of your child with his or her mom. We would like to put it up on our Mother’s Day board.
Classroom Special Events: Mother’s day projects.
Older Toddlers/Young 3s:
This month we will be working on science. Concepts: children explore the characteristic of objects and materials that are living, non-living man made or naturally occurring. We will be planting a surprise. In physical health, motor development and safety, we will be working on developing self help skills by trying new foods, pottying, wiping nose with tissues.
Family Engagement Activity: Go on a family nature walk and bring your teacher a flower.
Classroom Special Events: To be determined by Mrs. Dana Doucette J. Happy birthday to Olivia S. on 5/1!!
3s:
This month we will work on cognitive development and explore cause and effect by repeating actions and observing the reaction. We will make our own car ramps and see how they work as well as see how far they go when we add elevation. In mathematics we will work on measurement, comparison and ordering by comparing similar objects and our plant growth to see how far they have come and journal the results.
Family Engagement Activity: As part of our family engagement we will send a home bag of craft items. Each family is asked to make their own work of art to show how different our imagination can be. Please bring it in to show the class.
Classroom Special Events: Mother’s Day Tea on May 10 at 2:45.
Young 4s:
This month we will be concentration on social emotional. SE1a- children develop trust and engage positively with adults who are familiar and consistently present in children’s lives. Social Emotional 3a- Children develop the confidence to complete an action successfully or independently.
Family Engagement Activity– This month we will be discussing nature. Check your child’s classroom folder for Scavenger Hunt information for a family activity.
Classroom Special Events: Mother’s Day Muffins with mom on May 10. Invites can be found in your child’s folder.
Pre-K:
This month we will continue collecting compost for our garden. We will go over the parts of a flower and review what 4 things all living things need to live and to understand the difference between living and non-living things. (S2A science) We will also explore the world of insects and learn the difference between insects and arachnids and investigate each and provide simple descriptions. We will also explore ball and spheres. We will introduce the concepts of gravity and explore cause and effect relationships by intentionally varying an action to change a reaction.
Family Engagement Activity: With your child, create an object which a ball or a sphere can travel through. Be creative and have fun. Your child will demonstrate how it works – date to be determined.
Classroom Special Events: Thursday, May 9th– Pre-K Mother’ day tea and concert. Time will soon be announced. Happy Birthday to Edward on 5/3, Corbin on 5/15 and Connor on 5/22!!!
K-Prep/Kindergarten:
This month we will be working on creative arts and literacy. CA1a- experimentation and participation in creative arts- children gain an appreciation for and participate in creative arts. Emergent writing- 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.
Family Engagement Activity: Mother’s Day Tea Party. Family of the Sun take home activity.
Classroom Special Events: Cinco de Mayo- Friday May 3rd– lunch needed, we will be trying tacos, burritos, quesadillas and nachos. A sign up list will be posted on the main K door. Mother’s day Tea Party will be on Friday May 10- join us as we celebrate our fabulous mothers. We will be serving hot and cold tea as well as other refreshments and the children will be performing! Happy birthday to Alexander on May 15!!
