November 3, 2019
By Marie Bloch
Ms. Marie’s Monthly News
Dear Preschool Families and Friends:
Please remember Daylight Saving’s time started today, November 3rd, 2019
We are already into the month of November! We have been studying Exercise this past week and will begin looking at Nutrition starting Monday as part of our Wellness STEM unit. The children will be learning about how they can make choices that are healthy for their body.
We will begin sending math homework based from our Building Blocks Mathematics curriculum.
“Building Blocks organizes topics into two areas: 1- number and simple arithmetic and 2- geometry, measurement and spatial sense. These are the two emphases of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM’s) preschool standards. Three mathematical subthemes: 1 – patterns; 2 – data and graphing; and 3 – classifying, sorting and ordering are woven through both main areas. These are not elementary school topics “pushed down” to younger ages, but developmentally appropriate areas that are meaningful and interesting to children. “
Letters for the Month of November:
Week of 11/04– Qu, Rr
Week of 11/11 – Ss, Tt
Week of 11/18 – Uu, Vv
Week of 11/November 25th – Thanksgiving break – no preschool
The children are enjoying learning letters and letter sounds with Baby Echo our baby owl puppet from Fundations. Baby Echo helps remind the children to say the letter name, the name of the associated picture and the letter sound. (A apple /a/). Please see the attachment at the end of this newsletter for images of the letter cards.
Social Emotional: We are learning about what emotions are comfortable and not comfortable and ways to help us feel comfortable.
STEM Profile for the Month: Enthusiastic
“I am excited about learning and the world around me.”
Please see the link for Important Dates: https://sdpk.svvsd.org/
Please contact Ms. Marie if you have any questions or concerns ([email protected].)
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Marie BlochEarly Childhood Special Educator (ECSE)(720) 652-7906[email protected]