*Color Week= PURPLE- Please dress your child in PURPLE each day
especially Wednesday, 11/18/09. Last week, we enjoyed mixing colors to
create green- we will do the same with PURPLE by mixing blue and red in
our tornado tube! We will also go on a PURPLE hunt and look around our
classroom, hallway and playground for PURPLE! If you are able, please
include a PURPLE snack daily and we will play with PURPLE toys during table
top toys so that we can further learn PURPLE in a concrete way!
*Show & Tell= Thursday, 11/19/09- Bring in a turkey (picture, stuffed animal).
**Thank you to all who brought in pictures of your family- if not yet, please
send in a spare photo that we can complete our 'My Family' bulletin board.
As we ease into the transition of home to school, this bulletin board will
faciliate a sharing of our home life and be a place to go visit! For
example: Miss Hane brought in a picture of her puppy Benny and three cats
Ashleigh, Shishkabob and Ollie (you can have a sneak peak at them on the
photo gallery page!).
**If you have not done so already... Please send in a SPARE photograph
picture of your pet(s)- we will have them mounted on a magnetized puzzle
peice for a play center on our eisal! This picture will be cut and not
returned- it will be used in the classroom.
For example: Miss Hane put pictures of her 3 cats, Ashleigh, Shishka and
Ollie and her new puppy Benny on the puzzle peices and Mr. Jim put his dog
Bailey! Thanks!
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~~> The Importance of Show & Tell:
Thank you for helping your child participate by contributing each Thursday to
our literature theme based Show & Tells- an educational culmination of all
that we have learned! This activity is a fun way for your child to shine in
the spotlight in a non-threatening way because it is an item brought in from
home! Also, we are building language skills, cognitive ability and self-
esteem by engaging in this weekly sharing with peers. This item will be
returned to you at the end of the session. Please prep your child that the
item will be stored under the circle cube chair for safe keeping and then put
into the backpack at the end of Show & Tell. This item should be reviewed
with your child to maximize participation! Keep up the great work!!
~~> Another way to help your child enhance overall skills:
*Weekend/ Daily News-
Write in your childs communication book each weekend or day about any
special events, with as many details as possible. We will then read your
communication book one on one or in circle to share with friends! This is a
wonderful activity because the language that I elicit from your news is
meaningful and relevent! Helpful hint: pictures with captions work best!
