October Plans

It's hard to believe that it's October already!  We'll start off the month learning about fire safety since it's fire safety week.  We'll look at how to be safe and learn to stay away from dangerous things that are hot.  We'll learn the 911 song and how and why you need to get out of the house or school if it's on fire and not to hide from the fireman.  We'll make ladder snacks from graham crackers, frosting and pretzels and fire truck cookies this week.

Next week we'll start our units on pumpkins, harvest and what happens on a farm.  This will help us as we visit Circle S Farms where we'll actually see a farm in action.

We'll also start on PBS Kids Island on our classroom computer.  The link is PBS Kids Island and it's a wonderful site that is free.  You need to sign up with your email address and set up a password but it has a lot of pre-kindergarten skills to work on in a very fun way.  I'll introduce that to our children but feel free to use it at home too.  Starfall is another great site that is free and has many fun games to play for your preschooler.  Preschool Library is another favorite of mine that has many choices for you to explore.  They have a story about firefighters that we will be visiting this week and the activities that go along with the story.

Dates to Remember:

• Wednesday, October 13th-School Pictures.
• Thursday, October 14th-Circle S Farms field trip with the rain date on Tuesday, October 19th.
• Wednesday and Thursday, October 20th and 21rst-we are off for Pumpkin Show so there's no school on those two days.
• Thursday, October 28th-Fall Harvest Party at school from 10-11:00 am.  The children can dress-up and we'll have games and pumpkin painting.  I will send home a paper with more details.