4K  Newsletter for October 27-31, 2008

It is time for Halloween. This is one of my favorite times of the year as a teacher. I love the excitement of each child. This week is going to be a fun and enjoyable week. Of course, pumpkins will be the topic of the week. We will do a lot of different activities with pumpkins. These are a few:

Measure and weigh a pumpkin

Compare sizes

Count Halloween objects

Halloween patters ( ABAB,ABCABC)

We will count Halloween goodies for a Goblin Halloween Snack.

We will make Witch’s Brew on Friday.

By the way, what did your child say about eating spiders last Friday. They thought this was a blast. We are eating spiders, YUCK!!!!! The spiders were marshmallows for the body, pretzels for the legs, m&m’s for the eyes and chocolate syrup over the top. YUMMY!!!!!

Poem of the week:

Jack-o happy,

Jack-o sad,

Jack-o sleepy,

Jack-o mad,

Jack-o cut in pieces small

But in a pie he’s best of all.

Skills Your Child Should Know Right Now

1.         Write first name.

2.         Count out loud to 10. Soon we will go to 20.

3.         Recognize numbers 1-5.

4.         Recognize all the 8 basic colors.

 This is Red Ribbon Week and Book Fair Week. The children of GPES will wear red, white or blue on Wed.

Friday is Book Character dress up. The children may dress as a book character. They must wear either

 a hat, apron or cape. No other costumes can be worn.  We look forward to guessing our little characters.