Reminders!!

Just a reminder:


Monday, October 24th is Pre-K Family Night!! Grab the family and join us from 6-7 p.m. for storytelling and Book BINGO! Students are welcome to come in their Halloween costumes if they would like! There will be door prizes awarded for each Pre-K room! Hope to see you there!

Conference reminders went home in agenda books on Thurs. afternoon and Fri. morning. If you are unable to keep the appointment you have made, please contact the school as soon as possible to make other arrangements. Thank you!

Week in Review

This week the students have enjoyed completing a "Pumpkin Investigation"! We began the week with an overview of how pumpkins are grown using picture cards. We then worked on one part of our investigation chart each day. The students used observation and investigation to describe the outside of a pumpkin, count how many "lines" were on the outside of the pumpkin, and to describe the inside of a pumpkin after it was carved. We also voted on which type of jack o' lantern the classes wanted to carve.

P.M. Class Investigation Chart

The afternoon class had a head start on the activities since they did not have school on Friday.

David thought the pumpkin smelled good!

The afternoon class spent a little time hanging out with Dobby on Thursday as well!

Friday morning the a.m. class completed their pumpkin investigation by carving their jack o'lantern and describing the inside of their pumpkin.

The afternoon class decided to change up their design a bit and go with vampire teeth! Spooky!

This Week:

Theme: Pumpkins

Color: Pink

Nursery Rhyme: Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater

Letter: N

Skills: Observing, writing to convey meaning, comparing and contrasting, predicting, counting, letter recognition

Next Week: 

Theme: Halloween

Color: Black

Letters: C & K

Nursery Rhyme: Little Miss Muffett

Week in Review

This week the students have enjoyed completing a "Pumpkin Investigation"! We began the week with an overview of how pumpkins are grown using picture cards. We then worked on one part of our investigation chart each day. The students used observation and investigation to describe the outside of a pumpkin, count how many "lines" were on the outside of the pumpkin, and to describe the inside of a pumpkin after it was carved. We also voted on which type of jack o' lantern the classes wanted to carve.

P.M. Class Investigation Chart

The afternoon class had a head start on the activities since they did not have school on Friday.

David thought the pumpkin smelled good!

The afternoon class spent a little time hanging out with Dobby on Thursday as well!

Friday morning the a.m. class completed their pumpkin investigation by carving their jack o'lantern and describing the inside of their pumpkin.

This Week:

Theme: Pumpkins

Color: Pink

Nursery Rhyme: Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater

Letter: N

Skills: Observing, writing to convey meaning, comparing and contrasting, predicting, counting, letter recognition

Next Week: 

Theme: Halloween

Color: Black

Letters: C & K

Nursery Rhyme: Little Miss Muffett

Mark Your Calendars!

Don't miss our next family event!

Children are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes, 

but it is not a requirement. 

Week in Review/Fireman's Visit

It was another eventful week in Pre-K! Out theme for the week was a bit mixed...we talked about the changing season and the signs of fall, but we also discusses fire safety and firefighters in preparation for our visit.

The fireman from the Rushville Fire Department were kind enough to visit and bring one of their trucks with them. We learned about how the firemen's gear keeps them safe, as well as what the different parts of the firetruck can do.

Wyatt and Evan trying out the firehose.

Kinsley hitting her target!

Evan demonstrating his "Darth Vader voice" while wearing his face mask.

PM Class

AM Class

Future Firefighters

The students had a great time trying out the firehose!


Next week we will be talking all about pumpkins! We will be exploring them from vine to seed...life cycles, types, uses, etc. We will also be participating in some science activities with pumpkins.


As we talked about fall, we discussed how the temperature is changing. With that in mind, please make sure that your child's extra clothing in his/her backpack is weather appropriate.  We also will be going out for recess each day if it is not raining. Please make sure your child has a coat/jacket to wear.

This Week:
Theme: Fall/Fire Safety
Color: Purple
Nursery Rhyme: Hickory Dickory Dock
Letter: P
Skills: sorting, writing to convey meaning, dictating information, comparing and contrasting, letter recognition


Next Week:
Theme: Pumpkins
Color: Pink
Nursery Rhyme: Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
Letter: N

Rain, rain, go away!

This morning we were stuck inside while it poured outside, but we made the best of it...

babies were held,

trains tracks were laid,

and Legos were explored!

Problem solving team: the 4-wheeler kept rolling off of the trailer..solution: build walls for the trailer!

Here's hoping for sunshine!

October Pre-K Family Night!

Don't miss our next family event!

Children are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes, 

but it is not a requirement. 

Week in Review

This week we have been exploring apples...from how they grow, what we can make with them,  which ones are our favorites, and everything in between!  We've taste-tested apple juice and apple cider and red, yellow, and green apples. The children also assisted in making applesauce on Thursday and had some for snack on Friday.

We chopped a lot of apples!

Working on peeling and chopping.

Andrea is patiently waiting for a turn to chop apples.

Zane said he used all of his muscles to work the peeler!

Other activities with apples included discovering what items in our room weighed more or less than an apple and describing the growth cycle of an apple.

3 pinecones are heavier than one apple.

This week:

Theme: Apples

Color: Blue

Letter: I

Nursery Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle

Concepts: graphing information, comparing and contrasting, following multi-step directions, participating in group writing, scientific inquiry

Next Week:

Theme: Fall

Color: Purple

Letter: P

What's happening?

Monarch #1

We've had a lot going on this week in pre-K!  Our week started off with the emergence of our first Monarch butterfly from its chrysalis! The morning class discovered it and were able to watch it drink some water and sip some nectar from flowers we "borrowed" from the school landscaping. The afternoon class had the pleasure of releasing the butterfly. It wasted no time in flying off...I'm sure the cool weather at the beginning of the week had it heading for Mexico!

The classes were also excited this week to explore new toys in our room. The biggest hit so far has been the new building set we have called Squigz. They are basically suction cups attached by flexible silicone pieces. As you can see, the students were having fun seeing just what they could get the pieces to stick to in the room. We had a quite a few unicorns!

Kinsley the Unicorn

The beginning of Benjamin's skeleton

The weather on Wednesday started out wet, but we were able to sneak back outside for our bike day and a little chalk and bubble time.

Zander and Edy made a railroad for the bikes to travel on!