Dear Kindergarten Families,
Once
again, the Kindergarten year began warmly, with much excitement, a few
butterflies, and an introduction to our classroom and one another last week. Getting to know one another and have fun
while learning the expectations and routines of the Kindergarten classroom were
the main goals for our first full week, and we are making excellent progress.
MORNING ROUTINES
When your child enters our classroom, I thank
you for ensuring that when they say
goodbye to you at the classroom door they are wearing their indoor running shoes and bring in their lunch box and bookworm bag
EVERY DAY. (This has been EXCEPTIONAL already this year…THANK YOU SO MUCH
AS IT ASSISTS YOUR CHILD AND ME IN MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR SCHOOL DAY! J). Children who attend Before School Care are assisted in their
morning organization by the staff from that program. If your child attends BSC,
they take their belongings with them downstairs and bring them up with their
classmates who also attend BSC.
STORIES
Your child may have brought home their raccoon
on their first day of school, and hopefully had the opportunity to share The
Kissing Hand with you. We also
shared many stories about starting Kindergarten, and will be working with the
All About Me and Tree themes in the weeks ahead. These two themes are beautifully bridged in
the sequel to The Kissing Hand in the book A Kiss Goodbye – the children
were given an acorn as a reminder of these early themes.
Our reading and writing introductions begin with
“Ss”, “Aa” and “Tt” and the children have begun their “Sound Booklets” which we
will work on in the months ahead..
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