Mrs. Lesyk and Mrs. Louthan

4 day 4 year old Class



 

September Newsletter

          Welcome to Preschool!  I hope all have had a restful and blessed summer vacation.  I can’t wait to get started on a brand new school year! 

I am excited that we are continuing with our writing program called Handwriting Without Tears. The first 2 weeks of school we will be learning how to handle the wood pieces, polishing the pieces, and getting comfortable with the new terminology for the program.  I am looking forward to teaching this way of writing and learning the letters and numbers. I know your student will enjoy the process and have some fun while learning!

In our Culture class, we will be starting with the United States. They will learn the location of our country on a map, what our flag looks like, some of our history plus doing crafts. The United States will also be our last country at the end of the school year. 

Each child will have a folder sent home every day with classroom work and any school information.  Please return the folder daily.

Please have your student’s backpack large enough to hold their lunchbox, folder, crafts, and a change of clothes.  It is rare when a child will need the clothing so we will leave them in the backpack.  Please place the clothing in a ziplock bag with their name on the front. I will send home a reminder at the change of season for a new set of clothing.

This is the list of supplies we asked you to bring to Orientation. I’m including it here just in case anything was missing and you need a helpful reminder. We are happy to accept any missing supplies the first day of school. Thank you so much!

4 year old Preschool Parent Supply List

1-   10 pack of washable Crayola Classic markers

 2- Sets of Crayola watercolor paints 8 count

1-Baby wipes

White 9” Inexpensive Paper Dinner Plates (uncoated)-boys

White 6” Inexpensive Paper Dessert Plates (uncoated)-girls

10-12 Elmer’s Disappearing Purple Glue Sticks

1-  Fiskars Blunt Tip Children’s Scissors

2-  24 count Crayola Crayons

Thank you for sharing your children with me and I look forward to seeing you on September 6^th at 10:00 for orientation.

Mrs. Lesyk







September Overview

Themes and projects:

Week # 1- Friends and Rules

Week# 2- My Family (Project)

Week#3- All About Me (Project)

Academics (Table time) 

Letters F, f, E, e

Colors- Recognizing all colors

Shape-square color yellow and cut out

Academics (Circle Time)

Pledges to Allegiance and Christian flags

Introduce letters, colors, shapes, numbers and the country of the month

Sing Days of the Week and Months of the Year songs

Calendar (seasons, weather)

Caterpillar (100 days)

Thursdays-Sound box (starting September 21)

Reading Time with craft

Sound Box Books

A Color of his Own by Leo Lionni

Elmer by David McKee

A Kissing Hand for Chester Raccoon and The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

Core Knowledge

Holding pencil correctly, drawing themselves,

Circle time-raising hand, playing game with ball to help recognize teachers & classmates, Friendship bracelet, number sequence (calendar), days of the week song, counting Caterpillar

Work habits (Core Knowledge)

Returning toys and materials after center time

Autonomy and Social Skills

Drawing themselves with all body parts

Bible study

Wk#1- Creation “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Genesis 1:1

Wk#2- Cont. Creation story, Adam and Eve Genesis 1:1

Wk#3- Noah and the Ark, “Noah did everything just as God commanded him.” Genesis 6:22

Mathematical Reasoning

Oridinal positions for first and last

Identifying pairs of objects

Number-0 and 1

Social Studies

United States of America

State of Virginia

Crafts and books Culture class

Christopher Columbus by Stephen Krensky

Tepee and canoe

Bald eagle

Torch and Crown for Statue of Liberty

Craft

Creations craft

Owl project for bible verse

Kissing Hand project

Elmer project

All about me box (take home homework)

Family banner (take home homework)

Calendar

9-     First day of

19^th- Movement or Music

25^th- Chapel