November 2011

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No school for Pre-K

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Library

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brance Day celebration

11a.m in gym

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No school for all students (TPD DAY)

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No school for Pre-K

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No school for Pre-K

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Library Western wear

day

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Family day

10:00-11:30 a.m. 1:45-3:15 p.m.

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No school for all students

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Library

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Color Day:

Yellow

IMPORTANT DAYS FOR

PRE-K

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October was an excit-

ing month in pre-k.

The students are really

getting into the swing

of things, and we had

an excellent time at the

Pumpkin Patch. Thank

you to those of you

who volunteered your

time that day. I have

created a Parent Cor-

ner beside the Pre-K

door, which will have

updates and reminders.

This hopefully will help

with communication. I

also wanted to remind

you to put a change

of clothing in the bot-

tom of your child's

backpack in case of an

accident.

A note from Ms. Hofer...

The Theme of the month: SENSES

October was an ad-venturous month, as we observed the sea-son change around us. At the Pumpkin Patch we had a great time exploring. It is time to say goodbye to Octo-ber, and welcome in the cool breeze of No-vember. With this change in place, our sense are in overdrive, as they are taking eve-rything in. Throughout

the month of November we will be focusing on our five senses: taste, hearing, sight, smell, and touch. This issue will provide you, our Pre-K parents, related activi-ties, crafts, and story books that have to do with our senses. So take

a peek inside and enjoy!

The Pre-K Times November 2011

Work number:791-7390

E-mail: n.hofer@rcs.sk.ca

Brought to you

by: Ms. Hofer

Theme of the month 1

website 2

Show and Share 2

Arts Ed. Corner 3

Family Day 3

Book suggestions 3

Pre-k Calendar 4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Regina

Catholic

Schools

Five Senses Song

Tune: Where is

Thumbkin

*a song you can sing

with your child*

Five senses, five

senses,

We have them. We

have them.

Seeing, hearing,

touching,tasting

and smelling.

There are five.

There are five.

Remember to check out our class-room website, which is updated dai-ly. Feel free to write a comment from time to time. You will need to sign up for a Google account be-fore you are able to do so. If you would like help with that, just let me know and I would be more than

willing to do so.

I put all the newsletters on this website, including the one you are reading right now. So if you ever misplace any, take a look on the

website.

http://

playandexploration.blogspot.com/

Below is a schedule for the pre-k Show and Share. Your child’s job that day is to bring one small item to show the class, and share something about it. Please pay attention to the date that your child is scheduled. If your child

is not scheduled for November, then they will start in December.

Classroom website / Blog

Show and Share Schedule for November

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Mon Tue Wed Thu

Am: Dominic Pm: Addyson

Am: McKenna Pm: Taylor

7 Am: Elise Pm: Camron

8 Am: Landon Pm: Keaton

9 Am: Gavin Pm: Dylan

10 Am: Hailee Pm: Scarlett

14 Am: Toto Pm: Luhethy

15 Am: Kaiyl Pm: Savannah

16 Am: keegan Pm: Nathaniel

17 Am: Madeline Pm: Breanna

21 Am: Brayden Pm: Grace

22 Am: Isabella. R Pm: Renise

23 Am: James Pm: Chionna

24 Am: Gabriella Pm: Kian

28 Am: Isabella. T Pm: Mark

29 Am: Dominic Pm: Addyson

30 Am: McKenna Pm: Taylor

31 Am: Elise Pm: Auric separate ones for the morning and after-

noon students.

This month it will be held on November 24th. You can join your child from 10-11:30 a.m for the morning group, and from 1:45-3:15 p.m for the afternoon

group.

I will keep you posted closer to the date!

Wow! What a turn out we had for our first Family Day. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy lives—these days are special. The

pictures turned out great!

To make more room, I’ve decided to try something dif-ferent this month for Family Day. We will be having two

Find Out By Touching by Paul

Showers

In this discovery book, you child will explore the wonderful sense of touch! This book talks about how we can discover things by

simply feeling different objects.

Family Day

Welcome to

The Arts Ed. Corner

STORYTIME: Books on our senses

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My Five Senses by Aliki

This is an awesome book! It’s a great text to use when introducing the five senses. The book first explains each sense, “I can see with my eyes.” The text is accompa-nied with a correlating picture. The book

continues to give examples of how we use each sense and how each are com-monly used to-

gether.

Make Homemade Castanets

Most kids love musical instru-ments, and there's no reason to spend money buying them. You can whip up these castanets and kick up your heels in a flamenco

dance in a matter of minutes.

What You Need:

Cardboard

Safety scissors

4 bottle caps

A hammer

Superglue, glitter, markers,

and other decorations

What You Do:

1. Parents: being careful to keep your child's fingers out of your workspace, flatten the

bottle caps with a hammer.

2. Draw two wide strips with rounded edg-es onto the cardboard and allow your child to cut them out, using the safety

scissors. Fold each in half, so they look like duck bills.

3. Put a dab of glue on the jagged edge (the bottom) of each bottle cap. Glue one to the top and one to the bottom of the inside of each piece of cardboard, so the bottle caps meet when you close

the cardboard “duck bills.” This is a job for adults only.

When the glue is thoroughly dry, let your child decorate them with markers, glitter, or whatever else he fancies. Once they're dry again, hand your child the castanets and show him how to press the upper

and lower cardboard together so the bottle caps meet and click.

Look Book by Tana Hoban

In the latest in her popular series of "peek through the hole" books, Hoban presents a dazzling assortment of color photographs that celebrate

the rich detail of everyday

things.