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The Pre-K Times

November 2011

Brought to you by: Ms. Hofer Work number:791-7390

November 2011

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

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Theme of the month website Show and Share Arts Ed. Corner Family Day Book suggestions Pre-k Calendar

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A note from Ms. Hofer...

October was an exciting 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 Corner 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 bottom of your child's backpack in case of an accident.

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9 Remembrance Day celebration 11a.m in gym 16

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Five Senses Song Tune: Where is Thumbkin

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*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.

The Theme of the month: SENSES October was an adventurous month, as we observed the season change around us. At the Pumpkin Patch we had a great time exploring. It is time to say goodbye to October, and welcome in the cool breeze of November. With this change in place, our sense are in overdrive, as they are taking everything 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 activities, crafts, and story books that have to do with our senses. So take a peek inside and enjoy!

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

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Yellow
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Show and Share Schedule for November

Below is a schedule for the pre-k Show and Share. Your childs 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.

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Welcome to The Arts Ed. Corner

Make Homemade Castanets Most kids love musical instruments, 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
Family Day

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Am: Dominic Pm: Addyson

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Am: McKenna Pm: Taylor 10 Am: Hailee Pm: Scarlett 17 Am: Madeline Pm: Breanna 24 Am: Gabriella Pm: Kian 31 Am: Elise Pm: Auric

What You Do:

1. Parents: being careful to keep your child's

7 Am: Elise Pm: Camron 14 Am: Toto Pm: Luhethy 21 Am: Brayden Pm: Grace 28 Am: Isabella. T Pm: Mark

8 Am: Landon Pm: Keaton 15 Am: Kaiyl Pm: Savannah 22 Am: Isabella. R Pm: Renise 29 Am: Dominic Pm: Addyson

9 Am: Gavin Pm: Dylan 16 Am: keegan Pm: Nathaniel 23 Am: James Pm: Chionna 30 Am: McKenna Pm: Taylor

fingers out of your workspace, flatten the bottle caps with a hammer. 2. Draw two wide strips with rounded edges 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.

Classroom website / Blog Remember to check out our classroom website, which is updated daily. Feel free to write a comment from time to time. You will need to sign up for a Google account before 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/

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, Ive decided to try something different this month for Family Day. We will be having two

separate ones for the morning and afternoon students. This month it will be held on November 24th. You can join your child from 1011:30 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!

STORYTIME: Books on our senses

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.

My Five Senses by Aliki

This is an awesome book! Its 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 accompanied with a correlating picture. The book continues to give examples of how we use each sense and how each are commonly used together.

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.

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