PreK4 eNews

Happy New Year!  We were all so happy to see the children’s smiling faces this week. They were eager to share about wonderful Christmas adventures and special gifts! 

We enjoyed talking about winter, about building a snowman, and about lots of other fun things that we can do when it snows. We also learned that God made each snowflake different…just like us.  We are all made in God’s image, yet each of us is special and unique because there is only one of us!  

Throughout the rest of the year, we will continue to identify the beginning and ending sounds in words as well as those tricky short middle vowels (so far only o, a, and i) in simple words.  Playing listening games at home or in the car is a great way to reinforce hearing parts of sounds in words…which is such an important pre-reading skill!  If you need help with some games to play, ask your child’s teacher for some ideas.

• Bible Verse: “Jesus grew and became strong, filled with wisdom and God’s grace.” Luke 2:40 (We will recite this verse in chapel on Thursday.  Practice at home too!)
• Bible Story: Jesus Calls His Disciples
• Reading/Phonemic Awareness: We will introduce the letter “Pp” and the sound that /p/ makes.
• Math: #9
• Unit:  Winter/Polar Animals
• Show and Tell: Bring something that begins with the letter and sound of /P/.

• January 21 - No school in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Reminder: On very cold days, we will have the children wait inside the Kids Theater during carline.  We will walk children to their cars.  This may take just a minute or two longer than on warm days when we can wait outside, but we want to keep the children warm and safe.