April

April is here! Spring is here! It is pretty amazing how time flies so fast. We are enjoying so much all of the activities that we are doing in PreK. I am glad that you had a wonderful spring break.

We started the month by talking about Spring, the animals, flowers and others that they can see in Spring. We are mostly doing spring arts and crafts like caterpillar pompom, Q-tip Cherry blossom tree, hand print flower pot, thumbprint arts and many more.

We are going to have a book fair and everyone is invited to look and of course buy the books that they will find interesting.

We continue doing our number and alphabet activities. They now know the basics like counting 1-10 and the letters A-Z.

I am looking forward for more enjoyable activities.

Reminder:

* April 13 - Wear PINK (in support of Bullying Awareness)
* April 22 - Earth Day Wear any earth colors
* April 25 - 29 - Milk Spirit Week


Even if it is spring, we are still experiencing winter weather, May sure you dress appropriately.

Thank you.

Mrs. Francisco

March

March is already here!  The Pre-K's are having a really good time learning and having fun. 

We had a wonderful time at our Valentine’s Day party.  We play, had snacks, made “butterfly hearts” and handed out our Valentines that we made for each other. 

February was “I Love to Read” month. One of their favorite activities from “I Love to Read” month was getting to go to the gym and read with the whole school.  They did such a good job staying quiet and reading “in their head” as we called it. 

They are so into arts and crafts. One of the crafts that we made is the rice and egg shell pictures. They loved the sprinkling part, where they will be sprinkling the colored rice and egg shell over the picture. One of them even commented that "it was cool." I am really happy that they are enjoying. 

We will be doing more unique arts and crafts like salt painting, painting with ice and others. We are also continuously learning about numbers. We will also continue discussing about lent, St. Patrick's Day, Easter and spring. I am definitely sure that this month would be another fun but busy month. 

**Important Reminders:

·         Friday, Mar. 4  – Registration Packages due

·         Wednesday, Mar. 16 – Wear something green (St. Patrick's Day celebration)

·         Friday, Mar. 18 – No School

·         March 28 to April 4 – Spring Break

Thank you and Take Care! 

Mrs. Francisco

February

February is a pretty busy month but it will surely be full of fun and learning in Pre-K!

            First, on February 10^th Ash Wednesday, it marks the beginning of Lent. We will be talking about Lent and why it is important for the Church.

 

Second, February is “I Love to Read” month!  In honour of this, I would like each student to bring in their favourite story book to share with the class.  I will take turns reading the books as the students bring them in. 

Please follow this schedule:

Fri. Feb. 5^th ~ Blair
Wed. Feb. 10^th ~ Huxley
Wed. Feb. 17^th ~ James
Fri. Feb. 19^th ~ Tony
Wed. Feb. 24^th ~ Blair and Huxley
Fri. Feb. 26^th ~ James and Tony

Third, it is also Valentine’s Day this month.  The Pre-K’s will be having their Valentine’s Day Party on Wed. Feb. 10^th.  We will hand out Valentines and do Valentines themed activities.  Please have your child make three (3) Valentines with ONLY his/her name on it.  This will make it easier when the children pass them out as they cannot read one another’s names. 

 

**Important Reminders:

·         Wednesday, Feb. 10 ~ Valentine’s Day Party
 ·         Friday, Feb. 12 ~ No School
·         Friday, Feb. 26 ~ Wear a t-shirt you can read!

        Thank you!

  Mrs. Francisco

 

 

January

Happy New Year!  I really hope that everyone had a very restful and relaxing break spent with family and friends.  

For the month of January, the Pre-K’s will be learning about the season of winter.  We will be talking, reading and singing about winter, as well as making snowflakes, snow globes and other winter themed arts and crafts. Also, we will continue to learn about alphabet and numbers. 

I would also like to congratulate all of you for doing very good at the Christmas Concert and as always you light up and completed the show.

May all of us receive bountiful blessings in this year 2016.

Take care and stay warm,

Mrs. Francisco

We are already in the month of December, the season of Advent, the season of Christmas – the most awaited time of the year. For starters, we learned about Advent. It means “coming” or “arrival.” During the Advent season, we are looking forward and we are preparing for the coming of Jesus Christ. This month our activities will focus on Advent and Christmas. We will sing Christmas songs, make different Christmas crafts like snowflakes, Christmas tree, Christmas baubles, gingerbread man, and we will also be talking about the birth of Jesus Christ and much more!

We are also very busy practicing our song for the Christmas concert on the evening of December 17, Thursday. We are all very excited to come up on stage and share it with our families. Please have your child dressed in their “Sunday Best” clothes for the concert. The Pre-K’s will meet in their classroom and they need to be there at 6:30 p.m.

Reminders:

•     Thursday, December 17^th at 7:00 p.m. Christmas Concert. Pre-K’s need to be in their classroom at 6:30 p.m.
• ·        Friday, December 18^th – 2:30 Early Dismissal
• ·        December 21 – January 3 – Christmas Break
• ·        January 6^th – Pre-K’s first day after the Christmas Break
• ·     Reminders about their snack: Pre-K’s only have their classes for two hours, and they only have 15 minutes of snack time. Please send them snacks that they can consume.  Thank you.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Take care and Stay warm.

Mrs. Francisco 

November

October has ended. During the Family Halloween Party, we had an awesome and SPOOKTACULAR evening. For their arts and crafts, they enjoyed painting their own pumpkins and putting up different kinds of faces.

We will be starting our first class in November with a Picture day. We will take individual pictures and a class picture. We will also talk about Remembrance Day and Peace. This month we will be very busy making poppy wreath, paper plate poppies, poppy pinwheel and doves as a symbol of peace. In a few weeks, we will start learning about winter and we will begin preparing for the Christmas concert coming up on December 17^th.

Reminders:

·       Please remember to have your child use the bathroom before our class begins.
·       Friday, November 6^th, NO SCHOOL
·       Wednesday, November 11^th, NO SCHOOL – REMEMBRANCE DAY
·       Friday, November 20^th, NO SCHOOL – Student-led Conferences
·       Sunday, November 29^th, First Sunday of Advent
·       Thursday, December 17^th, Christmas Concert

Thank you. Take care and stay warm.

Mrs. Francisco

September and October

Time flies so fast! In the first few weeks of classes, we spend time talking about rules and practicing the routines. Children knows how to organize things by putting things back to where it belongs. We have been also having a lot of fun and we are busy learning so many things. We learned and discussed about the importance of families and its members and the things that we are thankful for. We have been also very busy making different arts and crafts like the family tree, a collage of their favorite food, made their own turkey, and hand print spiders with web. We also spent some time learning about letters, colours, shapes, and numbers. Children were doing coloring, tracing and cutting. Going to the gym is one of their favorite and much-awaited time of the afternoon. We have lots of fun in running, kicking and catching the ball. They also enjoyed playing tag and “What time is it, Mr. Wolf?”

Our theme for the next few weeks is going to be Halloween. We will be painting mini pumpkins and carving our own pumpkins. We will be having a Halloween party of October 30 (Friday). NO COSTUMES PLEASE.  However, the Pre-K’s can wear orange and black to our party. The children are welcome to bring a snack for themselves as they usually do. We are going to have a Spooktacular time.

A few quick reminders:

*   Please send a healthy snack with your child for snack time. Thank you to those parents that already do that.

     *   Please try to have your child use the bathroom before our class begins. 

     *  Families are invited to purchase tickets to attend the Halloween Family Party on Saturday, October 24th - at which time everyone is welcome to come dressed in costume. 

     *   Friday, October 23rd, there is NO SCHOOL.

     *   Wednesday, November 4^th is Picture Day.

     *   Friday, November 6^th there is NO SCHOOL. 

     *   Wednesday, November 11^th there is NO SCHOOL – Remembrance Day

     *   Friday, November 20^th there is NO SCHOOL – Student-Led Conferences

We have had an excellent start of the year and I hope that the Pre-K’s are having as much fun as I am so far this school year. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at school or speak with me before or after class.

I would also like to thank the parents who willingly shares their time in volunteering. It is very much appreciated.

Thank you and take care!

Mrs. Francisco