Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We have been having such a fun week before Christmas. Our favorite thing has been the Santa hat and beard or the Reindeer Antlers. We have spent a lot of time loading "presents" (box blocks) into our sleigh and flying through the sky. Teacher Diana is out with the flu :( she should be back Monday- send lots of positive (and healthy) vibes her way. We will have substitute teachers in our classroom on Tuesday and Wednesday next week while Diana takes a few days off. I will be gone all of next week. I am taking time off to spend time with my family. All will be back to normal by January 3rd.
On that day we will send all the kids that are five years old onto the 5's class. It is so hard to let them grow up and move on! We will also be getting about 15 new friends that day coming down from the 3's class. We are excited to welcome a new group of kids and parents to our class.
In January we will spend the 1st 2 weeks reviewing letters and class rules then we will start back on the alphabet.

Tomorrow Dec.23 will be a fun "Night Before Christmas Party" It will be PAJAMA DAY! So remember to wear jammies tomorrow.
Have a fun safe holiday and see you all in the new year.
Teacher Trina

Sorry about the delay...

So obviously we did not do the Candy Houses Friday- mostly because I was home with sick kiddos. YUCKY stuff is going around! My girls were sick for like 4 days. Please make sure you are taking your blankets home to wash, washing hands when you get to school and before you leave or as soon as you get home. Make sure your child has been puke and fever free for 24 hours before they come back to school. So candy houses will be done on Monday.

Monday is also our school wide Christmas Party. It will start at 3:00. Kids will rotate from classroom to classroom. The party will include a craft, drink & movie, cookie frosting, and Santa. It will probably finish up before 4:15 if past years are any indication. If you want to bring your child back for it or leave them longer that day- it is perfectly fine. Parents are not required to attend this party.

We will finish up the alphabet this week with Y & Z. We will continue talking about Christmas, especially doing activities with gingerbread.

Have a great week (hopefully sick kid free)
Trina

December 6-10

Hope everyone has had a great weekend. We are getting close to the end of the Alphabet. This week we will learn W & X. We will also talk about some of the different things people do to celebrate Christmas.
Friday we will be making candy houses. Please have all candy donations to us by Wednesday so I have a day to sort and bag them up for each child. We appreciate all the support and help you are to us!
Make sure you have turned in your December Schedule. We need a basic idea of how many kids will be here the week of Christmas and the week after so we know how many teachers we will need. Make sure to let us know if your plans change. We don't want anyone charged extra money!!

Have a Fantastic week!
Trina