Happy New Year to all of you! I hope that you had a relaxing and fun holiday season with your preschooler! I enjoyed spending the holidays with my parents down in Florida. It was a great time spending two weeks with my parents and our family dog Pedro the chihuahua!
Looking into this first week back, please make sure your child is coming to school with warm clothes! It will be pretty chilly this week, and we will NOT be going out for recess based on the early weather predictions. As stated in December’s newsletter, we recommend that you write your child’s name or initials on their tags inside their jackets, hats, scarfs, boots, etc… so there is not any confusion on what belongs to each child. This also is a good week to send in some EXTRA WARM CLOTHES for your child’s cubby bin.
With keeping in mind of wearing warm clothes to school, it is now boot weather!!! In an effort to keep out classroom clean and slush free, we ask the children to take their boots off outside of the classroom door. We leave their boots out in the hallway to dry off and get warm again before we put them back on to go outside or to go home. Due to having them take off their boots before coming into the classroom, we ask that your provide a pair of slippers or shoes in their backpacks. The children are free to keep these slippers or shoes in their cubby bin all winter long so that you don’t have to keep remembering to put the shoes or slippers in their backpacks everyday. The children LOVE wearing their slippers in class during the winter, and I think it’s a fun little treat for them. Thank you for your help with this in advance!
These first two weeks back will go by very quickly. We will be reviewing our daily routines and rules. We also will be preparing for our field trip to the Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier on Monday, January 12th! We will be taking 4-5 parents from each classroom for a total of 10 max. For this field trip, parent chaperones will be required to take a small group of four students around the museum. During the field trip we will ask you to interact with the children to help facilitate their play, ask guiding questions, observations, and move them throughout the museum. The Chicago Children’s Museum is awesome in giving us set schedules on what to visit and when to visit the exhibits. If this is something you are interested in doing, please email me by Thursday, January 8th!
Miss Santiago and I are looking forward to a productive second half of the school year with the children! This time of the school year is the most exciting for us, as this is when the children really spring board with their cognitive skills and begin to grow rapidly in their language, critical thinking skills, and problem solving skills!
Our unit of studies this month will revolve around the weather changes going on around us. Snow, Ice, Liquid to Solid, Cold/Hot, Wind, etc… We also will introduce the children to arctic animals and see where that takes us. We will be doing a lot of science experiments this month in class! So keep your eyes peeled and ears listening to new experiences your child has in class!
Enjoy some pictures of my family and winter fun!
Preschool in the City with Mrs. Gabelman 