Warm Fall Days

We were loving the beautiful fall weather this past week.  We took the kids outside every opportunity we could!  Spending time outside running, climbing, and exploring nature is a wonderful way to help your children develop body awareness, hand-eye coordination, as well as fine and gross motor skills. 

Scientific Pumpkin Art!

We had fun exploring scientific concepts this week painting pumpkins with baking soda water and dyed vinegar.  The students were thrilled with the bubbly reaction.

We had different fall and Halloween themed stations for the students to enjoy this week during their free play/center time.  Our centers tackle different developmental and social skills including sharing, fine motor development, and hand-eye coordination. 

Halloween Art Exploration

Making Leaf People

Making Leaf Soup

This was a gross motor station of transporting stuffed
animals down the hallway using plasma cars.

You can click here to see more pictures from our week of fall fun.

Coming Up

This week will be all about Halloween!  Important upcoming dates:

• October 23rd, 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Parent Teacher Meetings for our community students (students that only attend school two days per week)
• While parent-teacher meetings are not commonly done at the PK level, we understand that some parents are anxious to hear how their children are settling in to the school routine.  Please let us know if you would like to book an appointment.
• October 22-25th - Book Fair
• We will be taking our students to see the book fair on Monday and Thursday this week. 
• You are also welcome to take your child to the book fair anytime throughout the week if you would like to make any purchases.
• October 31st - Halloween
• All students are welcome to attend during their regular time slot (morning students in the morning, and afternoon students in the afternoon)
• We are looking for volunteers to help with pumpkin carving on this day.  If you are interested in carving pumpkins with us please let us know and we will sign you up!
• We will be asking different families to send party snacks throughout the school year.  This allows each family to have a turn and ensures that we don't end up with more party food than we can eat.  Please watch for the email coming home if it is your turn to send a snack this time!
• November 1st - PD Day - No school
• November 12th - No School - Midterm break