Mrs. Chancy's Blog
February 16, 2012
Parents:
We have been very busy with Valentine’s Day this week. We have been learning songs and finger plays, talking about hearts, love, colors-red, white, and pink. Pre-K students have been working on eye-hand coordination and fine motors skills. We are practicing tracing, connect the dots, mazes, and our scissor skills. We have been working on our computer skills-playing some new online educational games that emphasize eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills by clicking and dragging puzzle pieces and different parts of objects to complete the picture. We began work on the letter “Tt” this week and reviewed the beginning letters and associated sounds of words and things associated with Valentines as well as “T” words.
Preschool students have been busy, too. We also are working on fine motor skills. We have done valentine activities that emphasize color recognition, coloring, tracing, eye-hand coordination with a very simple valentine maze, and also clicking and dragging with the computer mouse. We, too, are working on the letter “Tt”. We colored a turtle working on learning how to hold a crayon and color with back and forth strokes.
Their Valentine parties were a terrific success and the kids had a great time. Ms Brenda and Ms. Teason filled in admirably while I was still sick. Thank you so much for the delicious treats and party supplies. They added a festive touch to the celebration.
The March Scholastic book order forms are being sent home this week. Please return orders and payment in an envelope marked Scholastic Book Order labeled with your child’s name. If you have any questions concerning book orders, please let me know. February is also Dental Health Month and ties in great with the letter Tt – tooth, teeth, toothbrush, and toothpaste. We will be emphasizing good dental practices, too.
I am also going to be working with the kids on name, address, phone number and birth date. I am sending home a paper with a picture of a cell phone. On the bottom of this page are two lines; one for name and one for phone number. Please print your child’s first, middle, and last name and also the phone number you want your child to learn. Many of us no longer use home phone numbers so please pick the cell phone number you want your child to learn if you do not list a home phone number. On the back side of the paper, please list your current address with city and zip code and your child’s date of birth (month, day, and year).
Monday, Feb. 20th is President’s Day. This is a school holiday. Classes will resume on Tuesday.
Have a great weekend. See you next week.
Ms. Cindy & Ms. Brenda