Think Pink on Oct. 25th a success!

The whole school turned up in pink to support breast cancer awareness month. Look at all that pink!

Gymnastics Canceled October 24th

Gymnastics class will be canceled on Wednesday October 24th. The class will be rescheduled as soon as possible. 

Thanks!!

Halloween Week One

This week is the start to our new theme unit Halloween which will run from Monday October 22nd to Wednesday October 31st. For this first week we will be talking all about Halloween traditions and folk tales.

Language Arts:

Letter E

Primary Journals: Writing and Illustrating about Halloween things

Sight Word Practice

Name Practice

Math:

Candy Corn Math

Estimating

Science:

All About Spiders

Technology:

Raz Kids

Ipad Halloween games

P.E:

Trick or Treat games

Art:

Halloween themed art projects with Ms. Taleen

Other:

We will also be discussing safety during Halloween events and Trick or Treating.

Primary Notebooks

This week we are starting to introduce the Primary journals to the kids. These notebooks work great for practicing writing and illustrating. These books were on the supply list this year but there seemed to be some confusion as we only have them for about half of the class.

My Halloween Cat.

We have one extra that I have been ripping pages out of to share among the kiddos without books, but it would be awesome to have these for each kid so we can compare their work from the beginning of the year to the end. If you think you may not have purchased one please check out Office Depot, Office Max, Walmart, Hobby Lobby, King Soopers or Target to find one.

Examples of the different covers you may find.

Free Soccer Day

Kinder Kixx is providing APC with an exciting opportunity to participate in a FREE soccer day. The free day will be Tuesday October 23rd at 12:30. Sign up by the front door! Limited space is available.

Visit kinderkixx.com for more information!

October 30th: Free Vision Screening

There will be a free vision screen provided to all students at All Precious Children on 

Tuesday October 30th. 

All children are invited to attend, even if Tuesdays are not their regularly scheduled day. Please keep an eye (No pun intended haha!!) out for the release form and more information to be sent home in folders next week!

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving break will begin on Friday, November 16th and end on Sunday November 25th. 

School will resume on Monday, November 26th. 

Please make note that tuition is still due during school breaks to maintain annual costs during the school year. Thank you and have an amazing vacation!

Afternoon Enrichment/Adventure Club

Reminder:

There will be NO after school enrichment or Adventure Club on 

Wednesday November 14th and Thursday November 15th 

due to parent teacher conferences. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

My Teacher for President

In celebration of the 2012 Presidential Election we are having a Red, White, and Blue Pajama day on 

Tuesday November 6, 2012.

We will be reading My Teacher for President by Kay Winters 

and watching the 1975 Disney Movie Schoolhouse Rock! 

At the end of the day the kiddos will participate in a special voting contest!

Think Pink On October 25th!

To show our support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month 

we are encouraging our students, staff and families to wear pink on 

Thursday October 25th! 

Halloween Pizza Party

Our annual Halloween Party is just around the corner! This years part will be on: 

Wednesday October 31st from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

If Wednesday is not your normal day, please feel free to come celebrate with the school. 

Siblings are more than welcome to participate as well!

In order for our parties to be successful we need some help!

We still need Parent Helpers!

Parents to set up at 9 am

Parents to run provided activities or crafts in the classrooms

Parents to be group leaders

Parents to help clean up at 12:30 pm

If you signed up to bring supplies please drop them off no later than 

October 25th 

Unless it is produce which can be dropped off on 

October 29th.

I can't wait to see all these cuties dressed up!!

Frogs

Today is the first day or our new theme unit: Frogs!

We will be discussing the life-cycle of frogs and the science behind the amazing changes they go through. We will be having a special classroom visitor to teach us first hand about frogs, a live frog!

As for the rest of the time during the week we will be focusing on:

Language Arts:

Letter: D d

Sight words: Dog, Dad

Math:

Writing the number 3

Shape recognition

Sequencing with frogs: What comes first, second, last?

Big, Bigger, Biggest and Small, Smaller, Smallest

Science:

Life-Cycle of a Frog

Growing Water Blob

Vocabulary: Amphibian, Life-Cycle, Egg, Tadpole, Frog

Technology:

Letter "D" book

Raz Kids

Ipad frog game

P.E:

Frog Pond

Art:

Ms. Talen will have an amazing frog activity for us to help expand on our theme.

This week will be very busy and fun for the kiddos. It's always exciting to learn about something as interesting as frogs!

Japanese Preschool Tea Ceremony

Last Thursday was the end of our Japanese theme unit and to celebrate the whole school participated in a lot of fun activities!

Students created three different crafts based on Japanese culture. They practiced picking things up with chopsticks and read traditional stories.

Finally we all got to sit down, take our shoes off and enjoy some Asian inspired snacks. The first course was Ramen Noodles that many enjoyed while others just tried a couple bites. We then sampled steamed rice, mandarin oranges and egg rolls. For desert we snacked on dessert versions of sashimi, spicy tuna rolls, and Philadelphia rolls.

The party was a great way to end the week and the kids had a great time experiencing Japan's unique culture first hand!

All About Japan

Last week we kicked off our new theme unit Japan. 

We have been learning all about a new and exiting culture by practicing counting in Japanese, learning about Japanese holidays and creating traditional Japanese art. This week we will continue to explore the country and culture of Japan.

Our classroom is starting to look really festive:

Cat in the Hat dressed up as a Geisha with our handmade fans.

Japanese flags and maps

Cherry blossom paintings and fish kites.

For the academic portions of the day we are working on the following:

Language Arts:

Letter C

Sight words:

go 

up

I

my

cat

Math:

Number recognition

Writing numbers 0-2

Patterns

Technology:

Letter C book from Raz Kids

Science:

Does it sink or float?

Focusing on vocabulary words: Hypothesis, experiment, result

P.E.

Team work

Playing together to win!

Art:

Traditional Japanese crafts

We have been trying hard to get homework packets sent home every Wednesday, but unfortunately that is not always the case. Last week I sent home a big packet for review of what we talked about in September. Please review the sight words with your kiddos as we are continuing to add more from the list I sent home every week. They are doing amazing with them, and I have been surprised at how fast they have taken to reading!

Afternoon Adventure Club Off to a Great Start!

This week marks the first week of A.P.C's Afternoon Adventure Club running all four days. These past few weeks we have had a blast with Silly Science, Crazy Cooks, Terrific Technology and Lovely Languages.

Mixing up some brownies

These look good!

Making pizza

Beautiful and delicious pizza!

Enjoying the hard work

Silly Science goo. YUCK!

Experimenting with goo.

It feels funny!

Yuck!

I LOVE silly science!

This week's calendar of events is equally exciting:

Monday

Delightful DIY: Making products that your kids can use at home from scratch!

Tuesday 

Brilliant Bible Stories: Bible stories brought to life through reading, acting and child friendly projects

Wednesday 

Dazzling Drama: Develop the actor in your child by exploring different types of acting! Simple plays, improvisation, rhymes and familiar stories turned into a theater production.

Thursday 

Awesome Artists: Delve a little deeper into artistic expression! Explore different mediums that  we don't always have time for in the classroom, such as clay, canvas, painting, murals, collage and more!

Classes are only $15 per day per child. 

Come as often as you would like! Our themes and projects will change so no two classes will ever be the same!

Ages 3-7

No enrollment fee if you have older kids wanting to join in on the fun!

Fall Fire Drill

APC will be holding our first fire drill this Thursday October 11th at 11:00 am. We will be preparing this Tuesday and Wednesday with mock drills. Please discuss the importance of these drills with your children and if you have any questions please contact me or Ms. Heather.

Extension on Candle and Picture Orders

Ms. Heather has extended the deadline for our Yankee Candle Fundraiser and Fall pictures to 

Thursday October 11th. 

Please remember to bring these items in with you sometime this week and drop them off in the baskets by the front door!