Almost October!

I can't believe that next week is the beginning of October!  Adventure Preschool has had a wonderful first month of school!  I am amazed at how quickly my 3-year-olds caught on to our routine!  Everyday of teaching is amazing but in these few short weeks I have seen so much growth in all of the kids!  Our MRC (Minnesota Reading Corps) volunteer, Mrs. Sarah Alberts has begun the IGDI's (Individual Growth and Development Indicators) this week.  The 3's are only assessed on picture naming, rhyming and alliteration (matching beginning sounds).  Mrs. Alberts comes into our room Tuesdays and Thursdays to help with our Focus Groups.  The Monday/Wednesday group will be assessed by Mrs. Lipinski (the Discovery Preschool teacher). 

Each child will be bringing home a page to our Class Color Book!  Please assist your child in going through magazines or catalogues to find pictures that match their color.  They may also draw on their page using the same color.  I do ask that they do not use any other color on their page.  When all of the pages come back, I will assemble them into a class book that the students may read in our class library! 

I have found that I am working with a very artistic group!  Both groups love it when we take out the paints, crayons or markers and especially when we take out the paper punches!  Watch for masterpieces that come home in their folders!  Some of their art work I am hanging up in our room!  I will post some pictures of the class artwork next week!  I encourage the kids to create using any materials I have available.  There is no right or wrong way to do art!  It is all free expression!!  They are truly creating works of art worthy of framing!

Since our lockers are not in our classroom, checking backpacks is sometimes missed.  I am working with the kids on bringing anything that is in their backpacks into the room.  We have a spot for library books, folders and book bags.  Please encourage your child to bring their items into the classroom in the morning. 

An Evening of Story-telling!

We had a wonderful time last night with Patty Nunn!  She brought stories to life for the children and the parents who attended!!

October ECFE calendar 2012

There will also be class on October 2, 9, 23 and 30. 

M,W,F classes held in room A116

T class is held in 4 year old preschool room

PLEASE NOTE:  NO ECFE on Wednesday October 3! 

Patty Nunn - FREE EVENT

Spice of Life Storytelling with Patty Nunn!

Please join Parkers Prairie ECFE in celebrating the art of storytelling with Patty Nunn!

Tuesday September 25, 2012

5:30-7:00

Parkers Prairie Elementary School

Media Center

All families of young children are welcome!

September 24 and September 28

No ECFE

Book Order Direct Link

https://orders.scholastic.com/GM9K3

Click on the link above to go directly to our classroom ordering page.  You can order from all of the fliers, not just the ones that go home!  Just put in your order, pay for it and an email will be emailed to me so that I know I have a parent order waiting!  I will typically put in parent online orders once a week on Fridays.  Orders can still be turned in to me with a check made out to Scholastic. 
Happy Reading!!

BUTTONS!!

For the next 2 weeks, my ECFE and Adventure Preschool are going to be doing a lot with BUTTONS!  If you have BUTTONS that you are willing to donate, please send them to school or bring them to class!  I'm going to need A LOT of BUTTONS!! :) 

ECFE calendar

September 2012
Su	M	Tu	W	Th	F	S
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30

Pete the Cat

We finished up our 4-day read-aloud of Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes!  We all had such a good time singing along with the song!  Adventure Preschool friends:  Make sure you check your child's folder!  I sent home a simple version of the story!  Ask your child to tell you the story and sing the song!  For the next two weeks we are going to be reading Pete the Cat and His 4 Groovy Buttons!  We will be doing lots of different activities with buttons!  We will make button prints in playdough, pattern with buttons and talk about colors and shapes!  This story is available to listen to online as well at the harper collins website. 

Vocabulary words for this story are: numbers from 0-4, Shirt and Button.  Please work with your child on recognizing the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.  Help your child count buttons that they see on shirts, coats, pants etc. If you have extra buttons, allow your child to play with them, count them and pick them up.  This is great practice for developing those small muscles in the hand...the same ones that we use to write!

Tuesday

Outside fun!

Monday Night ECFE!

We got to see so many beautiful smiles!!

Taking care of babies...

...and wild animals!

and more beautiful smiles!

we even got to make new friends!

We had a wonderful turnout for our first night of ECFE!!  I hope that we have as good a showing in the rest of the classes!  Here are some pictures of our first night!! 

Adventure Preschool

We have been reading Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes and listening to it being read by the author!  Here is a link so you can enjoy the story with your child!  http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/feature/petethecat/

Encourage your child to sing along!  They know the words! :)

ECFE Apples, Apples, Apples!

This week in ECFE we will be exploring apples!  We will graph our favorite kind;  green, yellow or red?  We will make a torn paper apple and color on sandpaper with red, green and yellow crayons!  There will also be plenty of time to explore our new room!  Reminder:  M-W-F classes are in room A116, T classes are in the same room as last year!  To find room A116, go down the same hallway as if you are going to the library.  If you keep walking straight, you will walk right into my room!  :)  I can't wait to see you all there!

Book Ordering online!

It is easy to order from Scholastic bookorders!  You can order online and not worry about sending the order and a check with your student to school. Plus, when you order online, you get a free book!!  Just go to www.scholastic.com and enter code GM9K3.  The order will be shipped to me and I will send it home with your child!  Plus, every time you order online, not only do you get a free book but we will also receive a coupon for a free book for the classroom!  You can help our classroom library continue to grow!  If you have any questions, please email me at hplasek@pp.k12.mn.us

First Day of School - Group A

We colored on the SMART board!

What artists!

Friends!

We played with jungle animals!

and trucks!

Lots of Leaves!

Snack time!

First Day of School!! (Group B)

We made pictures!

And took care of the babies!

We used tweezers to pic up rocks in the science center!

Looking for rocks!

we got to play outside, too!

ECFE Begins!

ECFE will begin the week of September 10!  You can contact Heidi Plasek or Deanna Lipinski to register or just come to one of our classes!  Our classes are as follows:
Monday Night: 5:30-7:00 (Plasek - A116)
Tuesday Night: 5:30-7:00 (Lipinski - ECE room)
Wednesday Afternoon: 1:30-3:00 (Plasek - A116)
Friday Morning: 9:00-10:30 (Plasek - A116)

We have openings in all four sessions!
Contact Heidi Plasek at hplasek@pp.k12.mn.us
or Deanna Lipinski at dlipinski@pp.k12.mn.us

We are looking forward to a wonderful year!