Next week, Wednesday, November 27, 2019, the preschool will be dismissing at 10:40.   There is no school on Thursday, November 28th (Thanksgiving) and Friday, November 29, 2019.

We have been asked to post this by the School Nurse.

Just a friendly reminder that it is the time of year that you should be checking your child’s head for lice.  It is not uncommon to see lice at this time of year, and parental head checks are strongly encouraged. Our District’s Lice Procedures/Protocol is attached Here and please refer to the bottom of the policy for plenty of education on lice. If you have any questions, concerns, or need support, please feel free to contact the Nurse’s Office.

Family Traditions - November

Family Traditions - November

Family Project:

Please complete the sheet about traditions and return it to school along with 3-5 pictures of your family.  Thank you.

Save the Date: December 18th - Family Party - more information to follow

This month we will begin our next unit, Family Traditions.

Theme concepts for this unit are:

-A family is a group of children and adults who care for each other.

-A family tradition is a special way of doing things

-Family traditions may be connected to ethnicity

-Traditions are observed with different frequencies

-Traditions can take many forms: food, activities, and clothing

-Traditions have common themes

During this unit, we will be discussing traditions in general.  We will also be discussing how children celebrate special traditions with their families.  Some of the traditions we will include are: Diwali, Halloween, Las Ofrendas, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Ramadan, and Greek Orthodox Easter.  This list was compiled based on the information shared via our family tradition sheet.  Our focus is on how the children in the Lucky Duck Classroom celebrate those special days, (even though some are not for a few months).  When possible coloring pages related to these days will be provided for any child who is interested.

Nov. 11th (No School - Veteran's Day)

Nov 12th (No School - Professional Development)

November 13th (No School - Conferences)

November 28th and 29th (No School - Thanksgiving Break)

Books for the Month:

Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells

Thanksgiving by Miriam Nerlove

Full Full Full of Love by Trish Cooke

Night Tree - by Eve Bunting

Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell

Small Groups:

Shape Matching

Matching letters in our names

Decorating cupcakes

Fall File Folder Games working on visual discrimination, letter and numeral matching

Choice Time:

Easel: Painting pictures of birthday cakes, turkeys

Writing: chalkboards, making a grocery list

Library: Thanksgiving and November Books

Sensory Table: water - filling and emptying cups

Dramatic Play Area: setting up a grocery store

Rug Toy: Click Roads

Blocks - Tinkertoys