NEWSLETTER
Room #3 Julie, Jean & Ginger
May 7-10
Quote of the week: “Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.” Nelson Mandela
For the last 2 weeks we have been learning all about construction. We have been so busy and having so much fun exploring all of the different parts of construction. We began by talking about all the different TOOLS that are used in construction. We learned that different tools are used for different things. There are tools that measure like a ruler and a tape measure, there are tools that pound/strike like a hammer, mallet and hatchet, there are tools that grip like pliers and clamps, tools that turn thinks like screwdrivers and wrenches and tools that make things smooth like sandpaper and planes. Who knew there were so many tools that do so many different jobs. We then moved on to construction vehicles. Once again there are so many
different vehicles and each one has an important job. There are excavators and backhoes for digging, loaders and bulldozers for pushing and removing the dirt, graders and pavers for making things smooth, dump trucks and flat beds for hauling, and forklifts and cranes for heavy lifting. It takes many tools and many vehicles to get the job done. Of course the job can never be completed without the smart, strong and hardworking men and women that use and operate all of these things.
Favorite Activities
Playing with tools
Dressing up in our hard hats and construction vests
Building with wood blocks
Building with magna tiles
Building with K’nex
Building with tinker toys
Making our own tool boxes
Making construction vehicles out of shapes
Matching tools
Twisting and untwisting nuts and bolts
Playing tool bingo
Using construction vehicles to dig and move sand in the sensory table
Coloring construction pictures
Books
Tool Box, Gail Gibbons
Alphabet Under Construction, Denise Fleming
Old MacDonald Had A Woodshop, Lisa Shulman
Jack’s House, Karen Magnuson Beil
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, Virginia Lee Burton
The House I’ll Build for the Wrens, Shirley neitzel
Notes/Reminders
The last day of school for the kids will be Thursday June 14th.
Our end of the year class parties will be held on Wednesday June 13th. As always the parties will be the last 45 minutes of the day. A.M. 10:45-11:30 and P.M 2:30-3:15. We hope that you are all able to attend.
Next week we begin our unit on plants/seeds and gardening. If any families would like to donate some flowers for us to plant in our garden boxes in the courtyard we would greatly appreciate it.
There will be a half day of school on Thursday June 7th. The P.M. sessions of Preschool will not meet in order for the staff to be able to attend Debbie Bennett’s Retirement celebration.
A flyer regarding class pictures will be going home in your child’s backpack on Monday. Please be sure to look at and read the flyer carefully. Please be sure to send in your payment ASAP.
Class pictures for the A.M. classes will be held on Thursday May 17th. If your child is also in room #1 please be sure to send them dressed as you want them for their pictures as room #1 class picture will be taken that morning as well.
Class pictures for the P.M. classes will be held on Monday May 21st.
There is no school on Monday 5/28 in observance of Memorial Day.
If your child has an upcoming birthday or a summer birthday and you would like to send in a healthy snack to celebrate please let me know so that we can schedule a date for that to happen.
Every Friday from 8-9, I will be having "call-in" office hours. ~If you have any quick questions or concerns that can be answered through a phone conversation this would be the best time to reach me. ~At times, I may be on the phone with another parent while you are trying to call. ~If this is the case, please leave me a message and a good time to call you back and I will try my best to get back to you that day. ~I f I am unable, I will e-mail you quickly to let you know, and will get back to you when I am available. ~
If you would like to volunteer to read a book, do a craft, cooking project or simply come in and play please e-mail me so that we can schedule a day and time for you to come in to see all the wonderful things that your child is doing. Please understand that many parents would love to come in and join us and that it may take some time to schedule everyone is as we are a very busy bunch. Thank you!!!
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