Quick News

Today we played with balloons, because balloons start with B. We also sang the baby bumblebee song and looked at the lyrics, finding all the letter B's we could. All the little detectives did awesome!
I'm sorry I didn't get the family fun night flier sent home last night, I got pulled into a meeting during my normal copy time, so I will get those copies sent out today.
Also there will be no After School Care Wednesday, September 13th. I will send out reminders closer to that time, but I wanted to make sure there was time to get it on the calendar.
Only one more day till the long weekend! We will see you after school!
Miss Brittney

Bear Hunt Update

Happy Wednesday Afternoon Families! We did something pretty exciting today, we went on a bear hunt! And we found so many bears!!! Thank you to all of our helpers who gave a clues and tips, Miss Debbie in the kitchen, Mrs.Raymer and the 4th Graders, Mrs.Neidert, and Mrs.Luebbert! The kids had so much fun finding the bears, singing our bear hunt song (we had to go through the squishy,muddy Marsh, swim through the big river, push through the tall grass because we couldn't go over it and we couldn't go under it...this was our introduction to positional words:), and cuddly the big furry guys. They did a great job taking turns carrying the bears around and making sure everyone had a turn. 

Our last bear invited us to a bear picnic on Friday!!! The invitation is in their cubby so please remember to take it home tonight.

As promised here is the news on our first Family Fun Night. The Preschool teachers host these four times a year and for our first one we are going to have a playground meet and greet Friday, September 8th at 6:00. We will have cookies and juice, we ask for parents to please sign up to help supply treats. There will be a sign up sheet by our sign in sheet starting tomorrow morning. It should be a lot of fun, the flyer will also be in your child's cubby tonight:)

Last but not least, Happy Birthday to Quinn! Thanks to Quinn and her Mommy for the yougurt birthday treats, they were  big hit!

We will see you after school!

Miss Brittney

Noontime News

Hello Families! Today we extended our knowledge of "B" by adding some items to our letter bag. Then we read " Who will Buy This Teddy Bear," every time we hear a B sound, we had to touch our ears. Then we used black, brown, or blue (notice a theme?) Paint to sponge paint bears and a letter B.
Today was our first parent lunch day! Channing was so excited his Mommy got to have lunch with him! Thanks for stopping by! Parent Lunch F-K will be September 19th, I'll email you a reminder when you need to make reservations.
Tomorrow I will be sending out some information regarding our first Preschool Family Fun night, so please keep an eye out for that.
Enjoy the rest of your day, and we will see you after school!
Miss Brittney

First Monday!

We've almost made it through our first Monday at school and it's going great! We have jumped into learning about letter B by going on a bear hunt on the smart board ( we will be doing a real one through the big school later this week:) and eating bear food( honey nut Cheerios). We also made bears but it was a little harder than I expected so we only got a few done, we will have to finish after recess. We read " Let the Children Come to Me" a book about how Jesus loves children. Then we talked about how Jesus taught the Children how to be nice and kind to each other so that's how we treat our friends. Now a little Naptime for the kiddos and craft prep time for Miss Brittney. Enjoy your afternoon, we will see you after school.
Miss Brittney

Friday, Friday, Read All About It!

Happy afternoon! Today we used Bingo dotters to make the first letter of our names, it went awesome! We have been using this beautiful weather to our benefit and have been really enjoying the slides out at recess. There's a lot of pent up energy today so this afternoon is going to be recess and then hokey pokey, alphabet work out, count to 100 work out anything that lets these active bodies move! Preschool Teacher tip to parents: wanna exercise and help your kiddo learn? Search YouTube for Preschool alphabet or number exercises- there are some intense ones out there (I break a sweat almost every morning doing one video with them).
Just a little note, I will be sending home this week's projects in folders so please take a look at all of your child's hard work from the week. In the folders are release forms for if you want your child to receive the flu shot at school. Please fill it out and return it to school on Monday.
Have a wonderfully fun time with kiddos this weekend! See you after school.
Miss Brittney

Thursday's Thoughts

Hello, Hello! Preschool is having a fun day of play and learning. We did have another fire drill today, which the kiddos rocked! The alarm was still a little too loud and scary but once we got inside, had a Tootsie roll and then played in shaving cream, they were pretty much over it. We talked about how God gave us special smiles and then we drew smiling faces in our shaving cream:) Everyone like shaving cream to different degrees from love it to please let me dbe done after one minute. This afternoon we are going to read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom again and make the coconut tree with letters on a large scale...Let the fun begin!
We will see you after school!
Miss Brittney

Wednesday Wrap Up

We are halfway there folks! Today we did a Paw Patrol ABC song that they loced ( just search Preschool ABC songs on YouTube and you will be amazed at what you find). Then we read "Little Critter's ABC'S." After snack I showed them the first letter of their names, upper case and lower case. We traces the letter with our fingers and then they got to outline it in stickers. At recess, the entire class made a train that went down the bumpy slide, yes all then of them not stop down a slide and then back up the stairs and down again. It was so wonderful to see them all playing so well together. The shyness is starting to wear off and making friends is coming easier now.
There is a Home and School meeting tonight at 6:30 in the gym, I have to be there but you all do not, unless you have an overwhelming urge to attend, have a fantastic evening at home with your lovely children, and we will see you after school.
Miss Brittney

Mid Day Summary

Happy Tuesday Families! I hope everyone had a good weekend, it was so fun coming back today and hearing all about what the kiddos did. It sounds like they had fun with eclipse day, I'm so happy they got to experience it! Getting back into routine has already gotten easier for them, I hope it feels the same for you all. We did jobs today and it went extremely well, you all have raised some good helpers! We started doing our morning prayer and pledge and while they are just repeating after me, they are catching on well. We covered the alphabet today by singing our ABC's, watching an alphabet zoo video, and reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and doing a craft. This afternoon we are going to talk about how our names are special.
Small change to the blog, all of the days pictures will be on a page named with the date, it keeps the pages from getting to long. If you have any trouble finding anything, just let me know:) Have a blessed afternoon and we will see you after school!
Miss Brittney

TGIF

Thank goodness it's Friday! I don't know about you all but I know I could use a sleep-in day(and I feel like some of your kiddos would agree). Just wanted to say, thanks for a great first week, I know it might have seemed a little crazy at times but we did it! As we start settling into a routine it'll calm down...
Just a few weekend reminders, there is no school on Monday, enjoy the eclipse! The school is sending home special eclipse glasses for all the students so please be sure to grab these out of cubbies tonight. Also Naptime stuff is going home tonight so be sure to grab their target bags as well, wash the items and send back on Tuesday. If your last name begins A-E and you want to attend parent lunch day August 29th please call the school office to let them know you are coming. Gotta go prepare for a scavenger hunt we are doing, have a great weekend, enjoy your family, and see you next week.
God Bless!
Miss Brittney

Thursday's News

Good Afternoon Families! Just some updates for the day, we did our fire drill with the whole school and it went great! Everyone lined up, walked with the class, and stayed quiet so they could help Miss Brittney keep everyone safe. We did not like the alarm sound very much but because we were so brave and worked so hard, we celebrated with Hershey kisses(Miss Brittney believes chocolate makes any scary situation better). We also read a story about Wiggles the puppy, who goes to school and learns the rules. That is one of our focuses for the week, following our school rules and how to stay on green. So far, so good:) Until tomorrow, happy almost Friday!
Miss Brittney

Your Naptime Update

Happy Wednesday families! Another morning has gone by and while the good byes may have still been hard, the tears did not last long. We have had two new adventures today, we did a fire drill were we got to hear what the big school fire alarms sound like. We stressed how we were just practicing so we could be safe in case of a real fire. I think it scared some a little bit but I told them it was just pretend and that I was here to keep them safe and it would be OK. We will be having another fire drill tomorrow with the whole school, so this practice should ease the transition. We also got to experience inside recess because it was raining. There were games of catch, chase, and we had some ribbon twirling. All is well here, so enjoy your Wednesday and we will see you after school:)

First Day Recap

Good Afternoon Mommies and Daddies,
Well we have made it to naptime on our First Day and I know the Good-Byes might have been a little rough this morning, but you all were troopers! And have no fear, your kiddos took it all in stride and have been having a fantastic day so far! Any tears were gone within a few minutes and have been replaced with smiles since we have moved forward with our day. Recess and snack(goldfish) were a huge selling point. I have uploaded pictures of all of our fun adventures. To take a look, just go to the Pages Tab on the lower right hand side of our homepage and click on Terrific Tuesday (each days pictures will be under its days heading). Thanks for all of the support this morning! And I promise the good byes will get better:)
                                                                                                                           All the best,
                                                                                                                             Miss Brittney

Welcome:)

Dear Families,
Welcome to Preschool! This school year your child and I will be learning how to handle being in school, how to recognize letters and names, and how to be children of God. To accomplish all of these milestones we will be learning using activities, crafts, and the best channel of learning for children, PLAY! I am so honored and excited to get to be a part of your child's life, and with your involvement, communication, and help I know this will be an incredible year. Looking forward to spending this year getting to know you all.
                                                                                                                   God Bless!
                                                                                                                        Miss Brittney