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Millcreek Newsletter


June 25, 2010

Upcoming Events:

Monday, July 5^th, Closed for the Holiday

Friday July 9^th, Children’s Night Out, “USA Night,” 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 21^st, Staff Appreciation Day!

School Notes and News

Have a wonderful weekend!

  Financial Memo

July tuition is due. Pay by June 30th to avoid late fees.

Children’s Night Out is a great way to extend your hours on a Friday evening to go out for a nice quiet dinner, grocery shopping, etc….it’s not every Friday that you get three hours to get caught up on YOU! We provide yummy nutritious meals, take part in seasonal arts and crafts, and watch movies. The fee is $15.00 per child ($5.00 more for each sibling). Mark it on your calendars!

Speech Weekly

Toddlers and young 2’s

We began by reading several noisy stories to focus on correctly producing  /p/, /b/, /m/, /s/, /z/, /t/, /k/, and /g/.  We then read Becca Bunny and worked on time concepts such as early/late, morning/afternoon, and day/night.  We read “Buddy Bear Goes on Vacation” and described all the places Buddy Bear went such as the desert, ocean, jungle, beach, forest, etc. We worked on sign language throughout the entire session.

Older 2’s

We also read several noisy stories and worked on simple categories.  We put several different pictures in category pockets of clothing, food, animals, and transportation.  We then read “Buddy Bear Goes on Vacation” and described places such as the forest, jungle, beach, desert, ocean, etc.  We finished the session with our bubble machine.  

3’s and 4’s

   In some classrooms we continued working on phonemic awareness.  More shaving cream was placed on the table to blend sounds to make words.  We used the tabletop to make simple words and integrated several letters to make new words. In other classrooms we answered questions from our oral language box.  Each child had to pick a card out of the box and answer several different questions.  We focused on speaking clearly while standing up in front of our friends and worked primarily on /k/, /g/, /th/, /sh/, and /s/ sounds in words and sentences. 

Have a great weekend.   
 

                                    Stacy Torrence M.S. CCC-SLP

Class Notes

Sea Turtle

      The Sea Turtle’s have had another great week! We continued talking about different types of animals by reading books such as, “Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?” and “Mixed Up Chameleon” both by Eric Carle and both of which help teach something else we’ve been discussing in class…our colors! The color of the week was green and we utilized it by having each child stamp green paint onto paper with leaves, and by painting pictures of turtles with green paint. We’ve also been going over different shapes and stamped them onto paper with potato stamps that I made. Other arts and crafts projects included painting with marbles (by sticking construction paper into a canister with paint covered marbles), and having each child shake it around, coloring different types of animals, and painting with pudding.

      Sprinkler day was a hit again this week. Even if a child didn’t get in the water, they really enjoyed watching the other children. Please continue to dress them in their swimwear every Wednesday, and please remember to apply sunscreen before school every morning!

      Thanks for another great week Sea Turtles! I look forward to seeing everyone next week!  

Miss Ashley

Penguin

In class this week we talked about the color yellow, circles, and triangles. For art, we painted with marbles, made ball prints, and a sun out of a circle and triangles. We also made sure to review all of our letters. The children had fun pretending to bake, and watching the birds. We read some new books and learned new songs. The children also sorted different objects by color, which helped us review our colors this week. We have been working on using our words, and pointing out our body parts. Everyone had a great time pretending to play baseball, and swimming in the ball pit in the gross motor room! The children had a chance to take a trip to grandma’s house, and baked some cookies in the family living room. We had a really fun week and everyone is doing a great job in class! See you next week!

Ms. Danielle

Starfish

This week was all about sports. Monday we went to Starfish lanes and bowled. The children loved bowling, and it helped us practice our hand and eye coordination. For art we colored our own bowling balls. For math we counted the pins. We also practiced taking turns and cheering for our friends. The next sport we played was basketball, which helped us practice our gross motor skills. We talked about our favorite sports, and then made a chart. We made ball prints with paint. Water Day was fabulous, and the children were all smiles. We played soccer; it was a big hit. We colored footballs, and talked about what you need to wear when you play. Friday was bike day; the children love to show me there skills and their bikes. We reviewed days of the days of the week, colors, shapes, letters, and animals.

Ms. Jennifer

Seals

Hello again from the Seals! This week we had more fun. We talked about different sports and tried some of them out. Some of these sports were; baseball, bowling, and football. We also reviewed abc’s, opposites, numbers, shapes, and colors. The children practiced using their words, listening skills, and following directions. 

In art we decorated bowling balls. We colored foam bowling balls and the children glued sequins on them. We also made ball prints with sponges and some different kinds of balls. The children rolled the ball in paint and then proceeded to create a picture using this. We also made a brown bear out of construction paper. The children made footballs out of construction paper. The last thing we did was make a picture that displayed the different sports we have gone over.

During our gross motor time, we played follow the leader and Simon says. The children also danced to their favorite songs. The Seals were able to shake some of their wiggles out by doing exercise. We also pretended we were playing some of our favorite sports.

The children have had a blast this week. Next week there will be more fun things to do and learn. Until then, see everyone next week. Have a great weekend!

Reminders:

July 5 Closed for observing the fourth of July.  

Ms. Cheri

Dolphin

The dolphin group had a wonderful week filled with sports.  We learned about all the different types of sports, the equipment they use for each spot, and the types of balls used.  For math we made a graph of our favorite sports, used the balls to figure out if they were heavy or light, and sorted them by size.   We have really enjoyed project green this month and this week we continued with our endangered species.  The students learned about the Big Horn sheep.  For art this week we did a week long project.  We made a sport mobile which are hanging in the hallway.  The students did a wonderful job on these.  We really enjoyed sprinkler day and bike day this week.  We had some extra bike time this week for having great behavior.

With the hot weather we are having lately Ms. Michelle and I would greatly appreciate it if you are able to donate either a pack of baby wipes to wash faces after outside time or a pack of freeze pops for the students to enjoy during outside time.  Thank you for your cooperation in advance!!!!

Ms. Missy & Ms. Michelle

Walrus

The Walrus group is really moving along. We had a fantastic week, and enjoyed week 2 of Sprinkler and Bike Day! The students have been writing so much in their journals and we are reviewing our lower case letters again by matching them up with their capital letter. We are also making numbers! The students used the magnetic numbers and made whatever number I asked them to make. They did a fantastic job with both of these activities. Quin brought in these fantastic animal cards that have great facts on the back and we went over two of them each day! We also practiced using descriptive words by describing our fathers. We made sure to water the garden and decorate the front of the school with chalk! The children love drawing people and we practiced adding more details to the faces and bodies! We added eye lashes, eyebrows, ears, shoes, and fingers! The pictures look great; please check them out in the hallway! Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you on Monday!

Ms. Ryland & Ms. Emily