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!