February Themes
Health & Nutrition
Valentine's Day
Family
Anti-Bullying Day
Valentine's Day
Each playschool class will be having their own Valentine’s party. As always, we are planning on following the regular classroom routine, however we will be including a few different games and activities related to the Valentine’s Day theme. They will be decorating cookies for a special treat, but please send a regular snack.
Valentine's Cards
The children will be handing out their Valentine cards to each of their friends, if parents choose to send them. We would really appreciate it if you DO NOT write each child’s name on each Valentine card. We have found in the past years, that it takes a very long time to hand out the cards and the children get very restless waiting for their turn. If you could just write who the card is from, we will be very grateful!! If you do choose to give out Valentine cards, please give one to each child in the class so as to avoid hurt feelings. Class sizes are listed below.
Please bring your child’s Valentine cards to the playschool the week of February 6 – 10.
Monday/Wednesday AM - 17 students
Monday/Wednesday PM - 8 students
Tuesday/Thursday AM - 21 students
Tuesday/Thursday PM - 18 students
Thank you to Shannon Madaleno for donating both the icing and sprinkles needed for cookie decorating!
Anti-Bullying Day
The annual Pink Shirt Anti-Bullying Day is on Wednesday, February 22nd. We feel it is important to join the nation in teaching the children how not to be a bully. We will be observing Anti-bullying day on Wednesday, Monday, February 27th and Thursday, February 28th. Please have your children wear pink on those days to support this great message.
Winter Weather Clothing Tips
With the cold weather returning, staff help the children get dressed to leave for the day, and they are having difficulties with some children struggling to put on their gloves. If possible, we highly recommend the children wear mittens, not finger gloves, as many children who bring finger gloves to school have difficulty with putting their fingers where they need to go, which takes the teachers a longer time to get the children ready.
We have also noticed some of the children’s shoes are getting a little snug. We will be letting the families know if your child is growing out of their indoor shoes. It is appreciated if you could replace your child’s shoes with either Velcro or slip on style. This will help your child become more independent in putting their own shoes on, which in turn helps them with kindergarten readiness.
February 13th - Valentine’s Party for the Monday/Wednesday classes
February 14th - Valentine’s Party for the Tuesday/Thursday classes
February 15th - Wear red for the Monday/Wednesday classes
February 16th - Wear red for the Tuesday/Thursday classes
February 20th - No school because of the Family Day holiday
February 21st - No school because of the Family Day holiday
February 22nd - No school because of the winter break
February 23rd - No school because of the winter break
February 27th - Pink shirt day for the Monday/Wednesday classes
February 28th - Pink shirt day for the Tuesday/Thursday classes
February 28th - Mrs. Marg visits from the Carstairs Public Library
Table Time
This month the three year old's will be starting to work on holding our pencils correctly in order to start the first section of the Handwriting Without Tears program. This involves tracing straight lines and following directions. We will be working on Mat Man, little legs, chicken legs, duck legs, as well as the plus sign. This is a fun way to learn vertical lines!
This month the four year old's will be working on letters T, I , U, C, O, Q, and we will reserve one day to practice our Mat Man activity. Practicing these letters will help the children learn to use correct top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality for letters, while holding a crayon with proper pencil grip and using their helper hand to help stabilize objects and paper.
