Dental Health Week

This past week we had fun learning about dental health and the good ways that we can take care of our teeth.  Check out some of the projects we made and the activities we did to go along with this theme! 

 

 We are Tooth Fairies!  We had fake teeth, real pennies, and foam dollars and were able to buy, sell, and trade just like the real Tooth Fairy would!  Too much fun! 

 One tooth for one penny please!

 Teeth for sale!

How many teeth does your mouth have?  The students had fun counting out teeth, gluing them in the mouth and then writing the number of teeth.  It was a fun, hands-on math activity!

A clean tooth is very important!  We took the time to paint giant teeth with "toothpaste" paint students talked about how they take care of their teeth at home. 

Finally we finished off our Dental Health Week with a little bit of the white stuff in our sensory table... NO not toothpaste... SNOW!  We have been waiting weeks to play in this winter fun!  It was a great addition to an already wonderful week at Shepherd's Flock.

A Visit From Rosie!

Rosie the corn snake came to visit our classroom this week (We originally planned to have her visit during our Zoo Theme Week, but she had other plans... did you know that snakes hibernate?!)  It was very informative to have Mr. Art talk about Rosie and explain to the students about how snakes eat, grow, and live. The students each had the opportunity to pet Rosie (only if they wanted too) and also touch some of the snake skin.  Some of the students were FASCINATED by her and even talked about wanting to get a snake for a pet!  Are you ready for that moms?!?

Shepherd's Flock Preschool February Newsletter

Important Dates

· Wednesday, February 13, 2013– Valentine’s Party for 3’s MW and 4’s MWF

· Thursday, February 14, 2013-Valentine’s Party for 3’s TTh and 4’s TThF

· Monday, February 18, 2013-No School, President’s Day

Chapel Offerings

For the month of December we collected chapel offering for families in CT at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. This was donated to them through Lutheran Church Charities.  We collected $30.24 to send to them.  

For February we are going to be collecting money for a church member whose ex-husband took his own life.  She is left with 3 children and the money collected will help her pay for them to attend a Christian Preschool.

 

A Few Reminders

Valentine’s Day is coming up fast!  If you signed up to help with the party, please see your child’s teacher so that we can begin planning the party. 

We had a fantastic time visiting Raceway Pizza last month.  I know that the kids really enjoyed it because they loved telling us all about it when we got back in the classroom!

Scholastic Book orders are due on February 25th.  Don’t forget to use your $5 gift certificates…This is the last month to be able to use them!  The book order forms will be in the cubbies this next week.

We are still collecting pop tabs and Campbell’s Labels (did you know that Campbell’s Labels are on Goldfish and Glad bags?!?!)  Please keep bringing them into the preschool and putting them in the collection bins. 

Important –If your child wears snow boots to school, please bring them an extra pair of gym shoes to change into.  When we are in the gym, the rubber on the boots makes black marks on the floor and are difficult to clean up.  Plus it isn’t much fun to wear them inside all day and try to run in them as well.  If your child does not have extra shoes, they will have to sit out during our gym time, which would not make them happy!  Thank you so much for your help with this!

-Shepherd’s Flock Preschool Staff-

This week in the 4's class we are talking about being healthy and doctors!  The letter of the week is Xx, so here is one of our students making X-ray handprints with strips of paper inside of traced hands.   The students practiced writing the letter Xx and the word X-ray as well. 

The Four Year Olds also LOVED to pretend they were doctors in our science center.  The center was complete with x-rays, medical equipment, clipboards, and pretend "patients."  They enjoyed saving lives!