Monday, February 6th - Friday, February 10th, 2012

Preschool Peek of the Week: February 6-10, 2012

Last week we celebrated Groundhog Day with coloring, cutting, and patterning projects. We also enjoyed groundhog stories from the Smithfield Librarian, Miss Pauline!

We learned about deditos, our fingers, at Spanish Class with Miss Lauren, practiced tumbling and the duck squat at Movement class, and enjoyed Sign Language with Miss Deb, and Music class with Miss Anne Marie.

We recited the 5 Little Snowmen poem during circle time, completed a color-by-number hibernating animal picture, and practiced nursery rhymes!

Next week, we'll begin talking about Valentine's Day! We will create red collages, complete heart puzzles, and go on a heart hunt in our room!

Report cards are coming home this week. I'm so proud of the progress the children have made so far this year!

Enjoy the weekend!
-Sarah

Monday, January 30th - Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Preschool Peek of the Week
January 30- February 3, 2012

Last week, the preschoolers enjoyed our second week of Spanish with Miss Lauren! We reviewed colors, the alphabet, and learned a new song about deditos, or fingers. We sang with Miss Anne Marie during Music class, tumbled in Movement class, and learned how
to finger-spell and sing the song: "I'm H-A-P-P-Y" during Sign Language with Miss Deb.

We solved winter word riddles during circle time, created textured polar bear faces at project time, and had show and share on Tuesday and Friday. We patterned shapes on a scarf, and played a winter items memory game where Miss Sarah and Miss Lauren dressed up in outerwear!

Next week, we plan to read JanBrett's "The Mitten", sequence the animals that appear in the story, and create our own matching mittens. We will also read the "Gingerbread Man", and design our own gingerbread man. We will also celebrate Groundhog Day on Thursday! Will he see his shadow?.....

Enjoy your weekend!
-Sarah

Monday, January 23rd - Friday, January 27th, 2012

Preschool Peek of the Week: January 23-27, 2012

Last week, the preschool class talked about ice! We learned water freezes at 32 degrees, ice melts when left in a cup in the room, and ice feels wet, cold, and hard. We talkled about Martin Luther King Day, and MLK's message of peace and equality. We created shimmering snowflakes for the front windows, talked about where animals hibernate in the winter, and journaled our show and share items.

Next week, we plan to sort snowballs into large and small, create matching mittens, solve winter word riddles, and decorate scarves with shape patterns.

Enjoy the weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, January 16th - Friday, January 20th, 2012

Preschool Peek of the Week
January 16-20, 2012

Last week, we talked about snowmen. We read "Snowman, Snowman, What Do You See?", sequenced how to build a snowman, created glue & shaving cream pictures, and journaled our Show & Share items.

We enjoyed a musical performance by Rhythm Room, where we learned about drums and beat. We also practiced the song "Zipah-dee-do-dah" in Sign Language, tumbled in Movement class, and sang winter songs in Music class.

Next week, we'll be closed on Monday, January 16, 2012.

The preschoolers will explore ice and snow, talk about animals that hibernate, and learn about MLK, Jr.

Enjoy the weekend!
-Sarah

Monday, January 9th - Friday, January 13th, 2012

Preschool Peek

Last week we enjoyed listening to snowman stories with Miss Pauline, the Smithfield librarian, and signing "Zip-a-dee-doo-da" with Miss Deb during Sign Language class. We also practiced stretching and tumbling with Miss Alexa at Movement class. We were lucky enough to get outside everyday!!

We decorated "2012", talked about resolutions, cut coffee filter snowflakes, matched mittens, and made winter, snow covered trees.

Next week, we are looking forward to an interactive performance from Rhythym Room on Wednesday and Thursday!!! We will also begin our discussion of snowmen. We'll create a few unique snowmen, journal our show and share items, and we will enjoy playing outside in January!!!

Enjoy the weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, January 2nd - Friday, January 6th, 2012

Preschool Peek of the Week: December 26 - January 6, 2012

We had a fun week! We were able to enjoy the beautiful weather with many recess opportunities. We had Santa's Toy Shop, Christmas Cookie Decorating, and wrapping centers set up in Dramatic Play. We played Christmas Bingo, created snowmen ornaments and listened to many holiday stories. We also enjoyed Sign Language and Movement classes!

The Little Village Schoolhouse will be closed from 12-26-11 to 01-02-12, and will reopen on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Enjoy your Christmas Break and holiday!

Preschoolers will begin discussing ice, snow, and hibernation during the month of January.

Merry Christmas!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, December 19th - Friday, December 23th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: December 19-23, 2011

Last week, preschoolers enjoyed working on our Christmas gifts for parents, traveling through the centers to complete our "Centers Christmas Tree", and rode the Polar Express on Wednesday wearing our jammies!

We decorated a tree in Dramatic Play, pretended to work in Santa's Workshop making wooden toys, and we practiced songs for our Christmas Party! We also enjoyed many beautiful mornings outside!

We enjoyed our Christmas Party on Friday. We sang our Christmas and Hannukkah songs. We also sang songs in Spanish and Sign Language. We were surprised with a special visit from Santa!

Next week, we'll finish projects for parents, pass cards out to friends, have fun learning about Christmas.

We hope you enjoyed the Christmas Party!
Merry Christmas!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, December 12th - Friday, December 16th, 2011

Preschool Peek

This week we learned about Hannukah! We created paper scrap menorahs, spinning dreidel paintings, practiced writing "menorah", decorated a Christmas tree at Dramatic Play center, created Gingerbread men at Motor Skills, and read Hannukah books at Library.

We practiced our holiday songs in preparation for our party on Friday, December 16, 2011.

Next week, we'll be starting our conversation about Christmas. We'll write the word "Christmas", color a tree, and make a Christmas wish list.

Enjoy your weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, December 5th - Friday, December 9th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: December 5-9, 2011

Last week, we talked a bit about the upcoming holiday season, but mostly about staying healthy. We learned a "Staying Healthy" song and voted for our favorite grain product during circle time. We created new Christmas Tree cubby tags, sequenced toothbrushes by size, and enjoyed listening to stories from Miss Pauline, the Smithfield Librarian.

We tumbled during Movement Class with Miss Jo Ann, sang with Miss Anne Marie at Music, practiced a holiday song during Sign Language with Miss Deb, and reviewed colors and articles of clothing during Spanish with Miss Loureanna.

Next week the preschoolers will learn about Hannukah! The holiday is celebrated over 8 nights, so we will focus on the number 8, the letter "H", and stars. We will hunt for gelt, Hebrew money, around the classroom, list sources of light, and create a gist wrapping center!

Reminder: TLVS Holiday Party will begin at 10 am on Friday, December 16, 2011, and a secret visitor (Santa) is expected at 10:30 am, followed by a pizza lunch. Parents are encouraged to attend!

Have a great weekend!
-Sarah

Monday, November 28th - Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving break!

Last week, the preschoolers enjoyed Miss Sherry's storytelling. She told us
about the voyage on the Mayflower and taught us vocabulary from the Pilgrims
era, such as waist coat.

The preschool class sang "If You're Thankful and You Know It", created
hand-print turkeys, and made turkey roll-ups at snack.

Next week, we'll talk about health. We'll discuss where healthy food comes
from, and some aspects of the farm. We are looking forward to transforming our
classroom into a Holiday experience, complete with a wrapping center at Dramatic
Play!

See you next week!
-Sarah

Monday, November 21st - Friday, November 25th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: November 21-25, 2011

Last week, we enjoyed a presentation from Tulip the Turkey! We danced and sang songs with her!

We also reviewed colors and "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" in Spanish, learned "I'm Hungry" in sign language, practiced memorization activities with Miss Jo Ann at dance, and enjoyed songs with Miss Anne Marie during music class!

We talked about being Thankful, cornucopias, and Native Americans during circle time. We created mini cornicopias at snack using Bugles and Trix cereal.

Next week, we will be closed on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Break.

We will discuss the first Thanksgiving and create a Thanksgiving scene.

Enjoy the weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, November 14th - Friday, November 18th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: November 14-18, 2011

Last Week: Preschoolers talked about staying healthy and stopping the spread of germs. We practiced sneezing in our elbow with Jeremy the Germ! We learned a new song, "I Have a Cold", and a new poem, "Scrub, Brush, Chew". At Motor Skills, we played "Feed the Turkey" with clothes pins, and we started a class Tree of Thanks, where the children list reasons they are thankful for their friends at TLVS.

We practiced how to sign "Happy Turkey Day" and "I'm hungry" during sign language class with Ms. Deb. We counted in Spanish with Miss Laureanna, participated in memorization activities in Dance class with Ms.JoAnn, and enjoyed Miss Ann Marie's music class.

Reminder: TLVS will be closed for the Thanksgiving Break on Thursday & Friday, 11/24 & 11/25.

Next Week: We will begin our discussion of Thanksgiving! We will create a shape match turkey, play a turkey chase game, and create our own Native American name. We will have a demonstration from Tulip the Turkey this week.

Enjoy the long weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, November 7th - Friday, November 11th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: November 7-11, 2011

Last Week: We had a great Halloween Party, and rode Shiloh, the pony, on Monday. We reviewed colors in Spanish class and enjoyed many songs with Miss Anne Marie during music class. In sign language we reviewed colors and started learning Thanksgiving signs like:"Happy Turkey Day" and "I'm hungry". The children created Indian corn, talked about being thankful, and played "Don't Topple the Tower".

Next Week: We will talk about staying healthy! We'll learn the "I have a cold" song, and play "Pin the feather on the turkey" game.

We will have Pajama day on Thursday 11-10, and TLVS will be closed on Friday, 11-11 in honor of Veteran's Day.

Enjoy the Weekend!
-Sarah

Monday, October 31st - Friday, November 4th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week October 31-November 4, 2011

Last Week: We had a busy week! We practiced signing the alphabet, colors and farm animal signs during Miss Deb's sign language class. We learned the color green, verde, in Spanish with Miss Loureanna, sang about the "Little Old Lady that's not afraid of anything" during music class, and danced with Miss Jo Ann. Additionally, we listened to 2 Halloween stories with Miss Pauline, the Smithfield Librarian on Monday, had a Halloween party and Pony rides on Friday!!!

During circle time, we talked about Halloween safety rules, things that surprise and scare us, and read a weekly reader about nocturnal animals. We created spider shakers, hand-print bats, and Halloween ghouls!

Next Week: We will have our Halloween party and Pony rides on Mon, 10-31. Smithfield School Department will be conducting Child Outreach Screenings throughout the week.

We will start discussing Thanksgiving, focusing on cooperation. We'll play "Don't topple the tower" in Blocks, partner feather paint, and sing "The More We Get Together" in music. We'll be creating button indian corn.

We will begin collections of natural materials for our science center. Please send in clean, dry caps from bottles, milk jugs, etc, small wood pieces, and shells of any shape and size.

Enjoy the weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, October 24th - Friday, October 28th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: October 24-28, 2011

Last Week: We talked about fall, pumpkins and Halloween. We practiced forward rolls during "rainy day" play, made pumpkin scented playdough, and explored a real pumpkin! We also created fall patterns, read a pumpkin weekly reader, enjoyed some fall sunshine, and had a great time during out specials, including Music. We learned to say "azul" (blue), in Spanish, practiced signing the alphabet, orange and pizza during Sign Language, and practiced dance moves to "Great balls of fire" in dance class!

Next Week: We'll be talking about Halloween!!! We plan to create paper masks, ghouls out of scraps, and skeleton neclaces. We are going to play "Hocus Pocus" and learn the "Halloween is coming" poem.

We'll listen to a Halloween story from Miss Pauline, the Smithfield Librarian, on Monday. Wednesday and Thursday will be filled with pony ride fun,(please be sure your permission slips are in for Pony rides) and our Halloween celebration will begin on Friday with a trick-or-treat party!!

Enjoy the weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, October 17th - Friday, October 21st, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: October 17-21, 2011

Last Week: We learned about pumpkins! We talked about the life cycle of the pumpkin plant, learned "The Five Little Pumpkins" poem, and created a pumpkin puzzle by cutting up our coloring sheets and putting them back together again! We made the best of the rainy weather and danced inside and created an obstacle course. We listed "P" words and praticed writing the letter "P".

We enjoyed music class with Miss Ann Marie and Spansih class with Miss Loureanna, where we learned about the colors rojo y amarillo, red & yellow. We also had a fun dance class with Miss Jo Ann, and Sign Language with Miss Deb.

Next Week: We'll continue talking about pumpkins. We'll create fall patterns, explore the inside of a real pumpkin, and talk about pumpkin recipes.

Reminders: School pictures are on Fri. 10-14 & Th. 10-20.

Preschool book bags are circulating now! Be on the lookout for your turn!

Coming soon: Pony rides, Halloween celebrations, and Trike-a-thon!

Enjoy the weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, October 10th - Friday, October 14th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: October 10-14, 2011

Last Week: We learned about Christopher Columbus! We discussed living on a ship at sea, why Columbus traveled by ship, and journaled what Columbus may have seen when his ship landed. We learned to "stop, drop & roll" when Firefighter John visited mid-week. We also had opportunity to explore a fire engine. We enjoyed Spanish with Miss Loureanna, dance with Miss Jo Ann, music with Miss Ann Marie and Sign language with Miss Deb.

Next Week: We'll talk about pumpkins! We'll list "p" words, create a pumpkin puzzle and explore the inside of a real pumpkin!

Reminders: Apple and/or pumpkin recipes are due by the 14th.
TLVS will be closed Monday, 10-10-11, in honor of Columbus Day.

Monday, October 3rd - Friday, October 7th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: October 3-7, 2011

Last Week: We continued our study of the season of fall. We discussed the word "harvest" , harvested paper fruits and vegetables such as eggplant, apples and pumpkins, and created a booklet, "Red Leaf, What do you see?". During centers, we created a scarecrow at Art using popsicle sticks, stuffed a scarecrow at Dramatic Play, and examined real sunflowers at Math & Science. We made fall apple-cinnamon muffins too!

We had our first Spanish class with our new Spanish teacher, Miss Loureana, and enjoyed dance class with Miss Jo Ann, and music class with Miss Ann Marie. We will start Sign Language next week with Ms. Deb.

Next Week: The preschoolers will learn about Christopher Columbus and Fire Safety. We will experiment with the color orange, sequence a fire hose, and journal a "New Land".

Reminders: TLVS will be closed on Monday, October, 10, 2011 for Columbus Day.
Preschool apple or pumpkin recipes are due next week.
Book bags have started going home! Enjoy the books and short activities with your child!

Have a great weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, September 26th - Friday, September 30th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: September 26-30, 2011

Last Week: We began our discussion of fall! During circle time, we listed signs of fall and letter "F" words, and we sang "I'm a Little Scarecrow" and "All Around the Apple Tree". At centers, we used leaves at Art, pinecones in Sand Table, and a leaf matching game at Motor Skills. We also did a leaf journal page, created a first, next, last fall tree, decorated a large letter "F", made tissue paper leaves and finished a same and different fall worksheet.

We spent time outdoors, where we listened to music, painted on the fence, marched with musical instruments, and played hop scotch on the side walk.

Next Week: We'll continue our study of the season of fall. We'll discuss the word "harvest" , list words that rhyme with "fall", and create a booklet, "Red Leaf, What do you see?". During centers, we'll create a scarecrow at Art, dress a scarecrow at Dramatic Play, and keep playing our leaf matching game at Motor Skills.

We had Dance class with Miss Jo Ann and our first music class with Miss Ann Marie.

Enjoy the beautiful fall weekend!
-Miss Sarah

Monday, September 12th - Friday, September 16th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week September 12-15, 2011

During our second week of preschool, we talked about ourselves, our families, and the concept of same & different. We listed our favorite foods, tallied the number of children in our class with brothers & sisters, and graphed hair color during circle time. At centers, the children had opportunity to chart their height at Math & Science, count 5 items in Blocks, and decorate a large letter "A" at Art Center.

Next week, we will begin our discussion of apples. We'll list ways to enjoy/cook apples, talk about the stages of an apple tree, and read an "Apple" poem during circle time.

We are expecting the Smithfield Librarian, Pauline, on Thursday, 09-15. She'll be sharing books about apples.

Please allow your child to bring in a Show & Share item once during the week. It can be a toy, object or item, and can, but does not have to, relate to our current topic of study.

Enjoy the weekend!!
-Miss Sarah

**Please note** The web Designer for The Little Village Schoolhouse's web site will be unable to make web site updates from September 11th to September 25th. Please pick-up a printed copy of your child's Peek of the Week from your child's teacher during this time.

Tuesday, September 6th - Friday, September 9th, 2011

Preschool Peek of the Week: September 6-9, 2011

We had a great first week of school!! We met new friends, learned about our preschool classroom and schedule, and we talked about school rules. We painted, colored, began journals, and read many books! We even had a chance to play outside and enjoy the sunshine! I enjoyed seeing "old" families and meeting our new ones!

Next week, we'll begin our unit "All About Me!". We'll talk about the concept of same/different by comparing eye color, height, hair color, family, and favorite foods. Preschoolers will also create people made of shapes, an "All About Me" collage, and decorate a letter "A". Please encourage your child to bring in an item to Show & Share once next week.

Reminder: TLVS will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2011 in honor of Labor Day. Enjoy your long weekend!
-Miss Sarah