Monday - Halloween Celebration with open rooms!
Planting pumpkin seeds
Tasting roasted pumpkin seeds
Friday - Field Trip to Children's Museum of Phoenix
Cost is $7.00 if paid by Wednesday. Cost is $15.00 per person at the door.
Meet out front by 9:30 then you are welcome to stay for as long as you'd like.
Please read the Constant Contact message sent out from Amy earlier today. It is a great reminder of several important dates we have coming up this month.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sneezing and Coughing and Snot! Oh My!!
Coughing and Sneezing and Snot...Oh My!!!
At preschool, we share everything, and right now, there seems to be a lot of germs going around. Time to review SUMC's sick child policy.
Of course the obvious: We consider these red lights. Your child MAY NOT come to school if:
Now yellow lights.....symptoms or times when your child maybe should not be a school
If you keep your child home from school due to illness, it is imperative to call the school and report the absence. If you leave a message, please state your name, your child's name, child's class, and reason for absence. Please make sure to state if your child has a fever over 101 degrees. We are required by the State of AZ to report certain illnesses, post certain communicable diseases and to help inform fellow parents of illnesses that may be spreading through the school. Also, if we see a pattern of illness, it allows us to develop a game plan for proper elimination of unwanted germs.
Speaking of game plan....this Saturday, November 5th is another room clean. Our classroom would really benefit from a good deep clean. Time is 7:30 am. We are usually out by 10:00.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Kate
At preschool, we share everything, and right now, there seems to be a lot of germs going around. Time to review SUMC's sick child policy.
Of course the obvious: We consider these red lights. Your child MAY NOT come to school if:
- Fever! Your child must be fever free for 24 hours WITHOUT medication prior to returning to school.
- No vomiting or diarrhea
- No discharge from eyes
- No rash that is not scabbed over
- excessive coughing or runny nose that the child is not able to contain themselves. I admit this is somewhat of a shady area. We are working on covering our cough and wiping our nose ourselves. This is a task that would benefit your child to work on at home as well. If your child is unable to take care of this themselves, I will help them, but with other students in the class an adult will not always be right there. Excessive coughing or runny nose may result in a phone call from the school to come and pick up your child.
Now yellow lights.....symptoms or times when your child maybe should not be a school
- If child has symptoms of illness or injury that will keep them from being a happy and active participant at school that day.
- child is very tired
- child is complaining of a tummy ache
- child is having a "rough morning"
If you keep your child home from school due to illness, it is imperative to call the school and report the absence. If you leave a message, please state your name, your child's name, child's class, and reason for absence. Please make sure to state if your child has a fever over 101 degrees. We are required by the State of AZ to report certain illnesses, post certain communicable diseases and to help inform fellow parents of illnesses that may be spreading through the school. Also, if we see a pattern of illness, it allows us to develop a game plan for proper elimination of unwanted germs.
Speaking of game plan....this Saturday, November 5th is another room clean. Our classroom would really benefit from a good deep clean. Time is 7:30 am. We are usually out by 10:00.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Kate
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
All School Field Trip - Children's Museum of Phoenix
We have an all school field trip to the Children's Museum of Phoenix scheduled for Friday, November 4th.
We will meet out front at 9:30 then you are free to explore the museum with your schoolmates! If you have not yet visited the museum, I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity. A few field trip reminders:
We will not provide a snack that day. There is a snack area at the museum, please refer to the museum's web site for specifics.
Cost of the field trip is $7.00 per person. You must prepay for your student and any other siblings or adults that are going. You can turn in your money to me anytime before next Wednesday, November 2nd. Cash only please. Any additional persons who pay at the door will be charged $15.00 per entry.
For specific information on current exhibits or policies, please refer to the following link
http://www.childrensmuseumofphoenix.org/
Let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to a great field trip!
We will meet out front at 9:30 then you are free to explore the museum with your schoolmates! If you have not yet visited the museum, I encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity. A few field trip reminders:
- Each parent is responsible for signing the permission slip in our classroom and paying the fee* (see below)
- Parents are responsible for either transporting their child or arranging transportation.
- Parents or chaperons are responsible for supervising their children at the museum.
- Field trips are not mandatory
- If you are a T/Th student, you are still welcome to join us!
- There will be no Stay n' Play on this day.
We will not provide a snack that day. There is a snack area at the museum, please refer to the museum's web site for specifics.
Cost of the field trip is $7.00 per person. You must prepay for your student and any other siblings or adults that are going. You can turn in your money to me anytime before next Wednesday, November 2nd. Cash only please. Any additional persons who pay at the door will be charged $15.00 per entry.
For specific information on current exhibits or policies, please refer to the following link
http://www.childrensmuseumofphoenix.org/
Let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to a great field trip!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
October 24th-October 28th
Happy Halloween! (almost)
Spiders dominated last week...this week it is Go Away Big Green Monster! and Pumpkins.
Activities
Stories
Thanks to everyone who shopped at Fresh n' Easy last Thursday night. Don't forget...you can still turn in any receipts for $20.00 or over. Please deposit receipts in the large envelope tacked to the bulletin board in our classroom.
Family Picnic this Saturday, October 29th from 4pm-6pm!!!
Location: Indian School Park - just north of Indian School Rd. on the east side of Hayden Rd.
What to bring: Your family! (and anything you would like to drink)
Don't forget this is a costume picnic. Come dressed in your costume then bring a change of clothes to play in...if you'd like.
We are providing bbq'd hot dogs with all the trimmings! Yum Yum
Please sign up to bring something in for our paper goods drive. If you have already signed up THANKS!! Please bring in your items this week.
for Halloween next Monday...
We are having a fun Halloween celebration at school on Monday, October 31st for our MWF classes. Each of the classrooms will have a Halloween themed activity and the students will be able to participate as they choose as all the interconnecting doors will be open. We welcome the students to dress in a Halloween shirt if they choose, but no costumes please.
As always, feel free to ask any questions.
Thanks and have a great week! I hope to see everyone next Saturday at our Annual Family Fall Picnic!
Spiders dominated last week...this week it is Go Away Big Green Monster! and Pumpkins.
Activities
- Art and story sequencing
- Shapes that can make up a pumpkin face
- Life cycle of a pumpkin
- Carving a pumpkin
- Taste testing pumpkin seeds
Stories
- Go Away Big Green Monster!
- Big Pumpkin
- Pumpkin Jack
Thanks to everyone who shopped at Fresh n' Easy last Thursday night. Don't forget...you can still turn in any receipts for $20.00 or over. Please deposit receipts in the large envelope tacked to the bulletin board in our classroom.
Family Picnic this Saturday, October 29th from 4pm-6pm!!!
Location: Indian School Park - just north of Indian School Rd. on the east side of Hayden Rd.
What to bring: Your family! (and anything you would like to drink)
Don't forget this is a costume picnic. Come dressed in your costume then bring a change of clothes to play in...if you'd like.
We are providing bbq'd hot dogs with all the trimmings! Yum Yum
Please sign up to bring something in for our paper goods drive. If you have already signed up THANKS!! Please bring in your items this week.
for Halloween next Monday...
We are having a fun Halloween celebration at school on Monday, October 31st for our MWF classes. Each of the classrooms will have a Halloween themed activity and the students will be able to participate as they choose as all the interconnecting doors will be open. We welcome the students to dress in a Halloween shirt if they choose, but no costumes please.
As always, feel free to ask any questions.
Thanks and have a great week! I hope to see everyone next Saturday at our Annual Family Fall Picnic!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
October 17th - October 21st
Welcome Back! Hope everyone had a wonderful Fall Break.
This week marks the kick-off to the holiday season with a celebration of Halloween. I like to stick to a fun theme...definitely nothing scary...maybe a little spooky..but not scary.
For the next couple of weeks our learning will center around more non-fiction themes. We will also spend a lot of time discussing real vs. pretend. Halloween is EVERYWHERE these days. Did you know more money is spent on Halloween decorations now than Christmas? There is a variety of decorations out there from the whimsical to very realistic and downright scary. This can be a scary time for a two or three year old. One minute they are having fun with it all and the next...watch out they are freaking out! To a small child, many of these decorations blur the lines between real and pretend. Some kiddos are able to be exposed to much more than their peers. This is also a common age for kiddos to experience bad dreams. So, on this note, be careful out there...have fun carving pumpkins, roasting the seeds, hanging decorations in your windows and best of all...GASP.... figure out how to make your own costume from stuff you have around your house! (does anyone beside me remember doing that as a kid?)
Weekly Topics
School Pictures - this week!!
All students will have their pictures taken. You will have an opportunity to view the pictures on-line and purchase some if you choose. Class pictures are taken first thing, so being on-time on your picture day is very important!
Fresh n' East Night - This Thursday, October 20th
Come shopping at the Fresh n' Easy at Thomas and Hayden Rd. this Thursday evening. SUMC staff will be there from 4-8 bagging groceries and making money for our school. We get a % of all sales from 4-8 pm that night. (In case you have never tried it...I highly recommend their pizza dough!) If you woud like to help with this event, please let me know.
This week marks the kick-off to the holiday season with a celebration of Halloween. I like to stick to a fun theme...definitely nothing scary...maybe a little spooky..but not scary.
For the next couple of weeks our learning will center around more non-fiction themes. We will also spend a lot of time discussing real vs. pretend. Halloween is EVERYWHERE these days. Did you know more money is spent on Halloween decorations now than Christmas? There is a variety of decorations out there from the whimsical to very realistic and downright scary. This can be a scary time for a two or three year old. One minute they are having fun with it all and the next...watch out they are freaking out! To a small child, many of these decorations blur the lines between real and pretend. Some kiddos are able to be exposed to much more than their peers. This is also a common age for kiddos to experience bad dreams. So, on this note, be careful out there...have fun carving pumpkins, roasting the seeds, hanging decorations in your windows and best of all...GASP.... figure out how to make your own costume from stuff you have around your house! (does anyone beside me remember doing that as a kid?)
Weekly Topics
- Spiders
- Bats
- Pumpkins
School Pictures - this week!!
All students will have their pictures taken. You will have an opportunity to view the pictures on-line and purchase some if you choose. Class pictures are taken first thing, so being on-time on your picture day is very important!
- Thursday, Oct 20th - T/TH Class
- Friday, October 21st - MWF Class
Fresh n' East Night - This Thursday, October 20th
Come shopping at the Fresh n' Easy at Thomas and Hayden Rd. this Thursday evening. SUMC staff will be there from 4-8 bagging groceries and making money for our school. We get a % of all sales from 4-8 pm that night. (In case you have never tried it...I highly recommend their pizza dough!) If you woud like to help with this event, please let me know.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Winter Lawn Part 2...
The lawn crew will meet at 9am this Saturday to over seed the playground. Again, thanks to anyone who can assist us with this project!
Winter Lawn at SUMC
Dear Families,
October in the Phoenix metropolitan area means many things, one of which is if you want to have green grass in the winter, it's out with the bermuda...in with the rye...over seeding is our fall yard chore, our version of raking the leaves that have fallen from the trees in our yard.
In an effort to save money, in the past we have skipped the over seeding process and quickly regretted this decision. Our mostly green lawn quickly turns brown and creates dust, mud, and major allergy issues for a number of our kiddos (and this teacher!).
We are reaching out to our families and asking for your help. We are planning on over seeding the lawn this Saturday starting at 9am. We realize this is the start of Fall Break and you may have plans. We are hoping the break will give the grass seed a fighting chance against the stampede of little feet. If you are able to help, please let Amy or myself know.
p.s. This counts as a work day !!!!
??????? - feel free to ask me!
Thanks so much!
-Kate
October in the Phoenix metropolitan area means many things, one of which is if you want to have green grass in the winter, it's out with the bermuda...in with the rye...over seeding is our fall yard chore, our version of raking the leaves that have fallen from the trees in our yard.
In an effort to save money, in the past we have skipped the over seeding process and quickly regretted this decision. Our mostly green lawn quickly turns brown and creates dust, mud, and major allergy issues for a number of our kiddos (and this teacher!).
We are reaching out to our families and asking for your help. We are planning on over seeding the lawn this Saturday starting at 9am. We realize this is the start of Fall Break and you may have plans. We are hoping the break will give the grass seed a fighting chance against the stampede of little feet. If you are able to help, please let Amy or myself know.
p.s. This counts as a work day !!!!
??????? - feel free to ask me!
Thanks so much!
-Kate
Sunday, October 2, 2011
October 3rd-October 7th
Weekly Topics
Favorite Colors - MWF
Brown Bear Brown Bear - T/TH
Colored Leaves -Both
Math - Big vs. Small - MWF
Patterns - MWF
Color Matching - T/TH
Upcoming Events:
More info will follow on all of these fun activities
Favorite Colors - MWF
Brown Bear Brown Bear - T/TH
Colored Leaves -Both
Math - Big vs. Small - MWF
Patterns - MWF
Color Matching - T/TH
Upcoming Events:
- Fall Break - October 10th -14th
- School Pictures
- Thurs. October 20th - T/Th Class
- Fri. October 21st - MWF Class
- Fresh n' Easy Fundraiser - Thursday, October 20th 4pm-8pm
- Halloween Open Rooms - October 31st
More info will follow on all of these fun activities
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