Merry Christmas to you and yours

May your days be filled with peace, hope,

and joy this holiday season.

As always, thank you for your

loyalty, and support.

Preschool Two Day

"Maybe Christmas (he thought) doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.” — The Grinch

Our letters for the month of December were I and J. The twos learned the letter I makes an "ih" sound as in igloo and the letter J makes a "Juh" sound as in jacket. The twos painted with blue glitter paint to create icicles for their letter I craft. Placing colorful pom poms and glittery confetti onto paper jackets was a great way to practice our fine motor skills for our letter J craft. The twos were also introduced to the color green, the number 4 and the shape star. We count four animals on our number 4 card and learned each animal on our card has 4 legs. We love to look around our classroom for the color green and learn the shape star has five points.

In keeping with the spirit of Christmas, Father Rick read Jerusalem Sky by Mark Podwal and The Christmas Story from Read With Me Bible. Father Rick told us that Jerusalem is the city of peace and all about the birth of baby Jesus. We sang along to the songs "Away In A Manger" and "Silent Night."

Parents joined us in the classroom to help make our Gingerbread houses. This annual event proved to be a yummy, colorful, jolly good time! Shaking jingle bells and learning Christmas songs helped to usher in the holiday season. All the students enjoyed caroling for the residents at The Promenade. Before we geared up for our big Christmas break, the twos celebrated by creating special crafts, exchanging Secret Santa gifts, and having fun during our Christmas party. The twos also took home some snowman soup to help keep them warm on those cold winter days and nights. We hope the reindeer food helped Santa's reindeer find their way to everyone's house. We hope the holidays were celebrated with lots of love, joy and laughter!

As we finished the month of December, with the focus on Christmas, we remember the real reason for the season. The greatest gift of all was the birth of Jesus Christ.

Blessings,

Ms. Michele

Ms. Carole

Preschool Three Day

There is a spark in the children's eyes during the month of December as everything we do is in anticipation of Christmas. Our learning is centered around exciting themes such as reindeer, gingerbread and snowflakes.

During Language and Literacy, we continue to focus on building our names. We learned about book parts and how to distinguish between pictures and words. The students even shared their favorite books from home.

In Readiness and Writing, the students are doing a great job forming their letters. This month we learned Q, G, S and J, as well as the circle shape, and the number 6.

During Math, we practiced arranging reindeer by size order, as well as strips of paper to make a Christmas tree. We continue to work on counting and arranging objects in a pattern.

We made crafts for the letters J and K this month by making a jet and a king.

Our visit to the The Promenade for Christmas caroling with the seniors is always a special time. Making our gingerbread houses with the help of the parents was lots of fun. The children had fun with Miss Ida's class during our Christmas party - singing songs, reading books, and eating yummy holiday treats.

We look forward to a New Year and all the learning that will take place!!

Miss Amanda

Miss Carole

Preschool Five Day

The month of December is so special at St. Mary's Preschool. We went Christmas caroling at The Promenade, made ornaments for the seniors, had lots of fun making our Gingerbread houses with our parents, and enjoyed delicious holiday treats.

The students were hard at work while awaiting the arrival of Santa Claus!!

Word Time: Squawker helps us build our vocabulary. We finished our chapter - Work and began a new chapter - Health. The students learn the spelling, definition, and pronunciation of words.

Penmanship - The children learn good posture, paper placement, and pencil grip. We reviewed the Starting Corner Capitals by writing the letters in our books. Then, began practicing the Center Starting Capital letters.

Math: We began our chapter - Geometry which is the study of shapes and space. We used our Mix and Make Shapes to create designs and build pictures. The children identify position or location using "in and out" and "before and after". Position words are a key component of Geometry. The students were introduced to ordinal numbers by making a line and talk about where they are in relation to friends.

Language and Literacy: We started a new chapter - Concepts About Print. Students learn to distinguish print from pictures and that both have meaning. They learn to identify parts of a book and learn how to turn pages and read from top to bottom and left to right.

PATHS: We continue to discuss different feelings and that all emotions are OK and important sources of information about their environment and themselves.

Chapel - Father Rick visits us once a week to read us a Bible story, sing songs, and pray with us.

We look forward to another wonderful year.

Miss Ida

Miss Cindy

Calendar Of Evens

January 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day No School

January 31 Staff Preparation Day No School For Students

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