Pumpkins in Preschool

     This week... We learned about pumpkins.  We talked about where pumpkins grow and how they grow.  We learned that pumpkins come in many colors other than orange.  We also learned that if you have a big enough pumpkin, you can scoop it out and use it as a boat!  Wow!  We read the book "Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie" and "We're Going on a Ghost Hunt."  The children tore strips of paper and glues them onto a paper plate to make a pumpkin.  Tearing paper is a great way to develop fine motor skills necessary for writing.  We also had a small Halloween Part on Wednesday.  I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween.
     Our letter of the week this week is P.  Next week week we will talk about the letter C.  We will also begin our new theme next week: homes and houses.  We will talk about homes for people and animal homes. 

HOMEWORK...
*P worksheet
*Send in a picture of the front of your house.  We will use these as part of our homes and houses theme.
* Hands On Homework - Starting this week, each child will have a bag with a learning activity in their backpack.  I will rotate the activities each week.  Please help your child complete the activity in the bag and send the bag with all of the activity pieces back to school by Tuesday of the following week.  It VERY IMPORTANT that you send the activity back to school each week so that other children will have an opportunity to use the activity.  If you have any questions about Hand On Homework, please contact me. 
     All of the activities teach different skills.  If the activity seems to difficult for your child, see if there is another way you can use the material; such as naming the colors, sorting the pieces, or counting them.  Most importantly... have fun learning with your child!

Happy Birthday
10/27 - Citlalli
11/17 - Joseph

REMINDERS...
11/6  - No School, teacher in-service day.
11/8 and 11/14 - Parent-teacher conferences.  Conferences are scheduled to last 15 minutes in order to make time for all parents.  Please arrive on time so we have plenty of time to discuss your child's progress.  Thanks!
11/12 - No School, Veteran's Day

A Special Thank You...
  To the PTA for some of the leftover pumpkins from Pumpkin Night last Friday.  Each child was able to paint and take home their own pumpkin.  The children really enjoyed painting the pumpkins.  We will also use one of the pumpkins for a fine motor activity (hammering golf tees into the pumpkin).  Thanks PTA.  Please consider joining Sharpsburg PTA.  The dues are only $5!  The dues help support the great things PTA for our school.  If you're interested in joining, please send you name, child's name, and phone number with $5.