October Newsletter

Kinder Prep News
We are already a month in – and it has been such
a joy to teach your children! Thank you so
much for the opportunity. They are amazing
students and are doing such a great job!
This month we will be talking about bats and
learning how they use echolocation to find prey,
as well as, their sense of smell to find their
babies. We will also be discussing fire safety
and fire prevention. This is a very important
topic that I hope you will reinforce at home.
Next up will be Fall & Leaves. Hopefully the
beautiful leaves hang on until we can explore
them! Then we will move on to learning about
pumpkins while using our Five Senses for
exploration. Lastly we will read some “spooky”
stories and have some coordinating activities.
We will also celebrate Halloween with some fun
games and crafts. It should be an amazing
month!
October News
Important Dates
Odds and Ends
In the Handwriting Without Tears program the
children are instructed to start their letters
at the top. When they make a stroke and need
to go back to the top, we call that a “frog
jump.” In the letter formation information
paper I gave you at the Open House you will
find the correct sequence and terminology to
use when helping your child form their letters.
Please use this information to help your child
practice writing their name. I will be sending
home some name practice papers this month.
Please also help to reinforce that our names
only have one capital – at the beginning.


Thursday, October 30 is Black/Orange Show-
N-Tell Day. Have your child come dressed in
black and/or orange, share something black
and/or orange, and we will have a
black/orange snack as well!
Snacks
Week 1 Week 2
Wed. – Wheat Thins Tue. – Club Crackers
Wed. – Grapes


Week 3 Week 4
Tue. –Baked Puffs Tue. – Graham Crackers
Wed. -Applesauce Wed. - Yogurt


Week 5
Tue. – Cheez-Its
Wed. – Oranges
Thur. – Orange/Black Color Snack

October Skills
In our Literacy/Letter Time, I will be
introducing the letters Hh, Tt, Ii, and Uu. I will
then review the previous letters with vertical
and horizontal lines. We spend time each day
talking about the sounds these letters make as
well as how we form them.
This month in the Math Center, students will be
starting to write numerals 1-4 using the
chalkboards and practice papers. We will also
be working on connecting these numerals to
quantities.
This month’s character education topic is
differences. Please help to reinforce the
importance of accepting differences in others
with your child.