Hello preschool families and friends! We have begun exploring pumpkins in our classroom and students seem to really enjoy having real life pumpkins to look at in our room! This past week we read "It's Pumpkin Time" by Zoe Hall and learned a little about how a pumpkin goes from a seed to a full-grown orange pumpkin. We watched a time-lapse video of a pumpkin growing which students seemed fascinated by. We also have been practicing a pumpkin song that helps students learn numbers and counting! Five Little Pumpkins is a very fun song, especially when students have their own counting mats and pumpkin erasers to "act out" the song with. Finally, we made our own jack-o-lanterns while learning about shapes like circles, triangles, and squares!
Next week we will have a sensory exploration of a pumpkin, complete with cutting it open to feel all the "guts" that are inside! If you are carving or painting pumpkins at home, have a conversation with your child about shapes, colors, or how pumpkins grow to connect their learning back to school. I also have the date and time of our Halloween parade and party! On Halloween, Wednesday, October 31st, preschool will take part in an indoor parade, complete with costumes, at 9am. Students should come to school dressed in their costume and we will keep it on for our Halloween party. I welcome families to join us for the parade where all the other grade levels will line the halls to cheer our littlest learners on. We will then take a short break to do some of our daily routines in the classroom (including having some free play time) before starting our classroom party at 10am. I realize parents may not want to come and go between the parade and party, and I am happy to have parent volunteers in our classroom for the entirety of the day. Please just let me know in advance so I know how many parents to expect and I can prepare students for the change in routine. Parents are welcome at both the parade and the classroom party! We will have fun Halloween-themed activities and we will have a special snack. That being said, I will be looking for volunteers to bring in food and drinks for our students. We currently have 9 children in the classroom. Ideas include: cheese sticks, crackers, fruit, veggie sticks, pretzels, granola bars, and juice boxes. I ask that you consider bringing in a healthy snack as too many treats may upset some of our little tummies. As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns! :) Ms. McKay
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |