Mountain Ranch Preschool: Valentine's Day

Friday, February 15, 2013

Valentine's Day

I love Valentine's Day. It is such a fun holiday to celebrate at school!

We spent both Monday and Wednesday this week doing fun Valentine's activities. One of the favorites was our Valentine's monsters. They took us both days to put together and gave the kids practice in cutting, folding and gluing. They turned out super cute!

On Wednesday we celebrated Valentine's by decorating sugar cookies, making Valentine's for our Moms and Dads and had some fun with Valentine's patterns.

Friday was back to our regularly scheduled learning. We talked about things that start with the letter T. The kids are starting to be able to identify beginning sounds pretty well and are able to come up with a few words that start with our letter of the week without my help! This week we also practiced writing by copying some of the T words we talked about.

We also started talking about planets today. The kids all worked together to make a model of the solar system out of playdough. I love how tiny they made the first four plants. They were so fascinated with the sizes of the planets when we learned about them! They did a great job of representing that in their playdough. We also starting making flip books about the planets that will be coming home soon!

If you haven't done it yet, take some time to go out and look at the night sky with your child! See the newsletter for resources to help you identify the things you see.

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About the School

We will be working on all the academic skills your child needs to be ready for kindergarten such as: alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes. We will also be focusing on some other skills that students need such as socialization, following directions and motor skills. We will be learning these through music, play, and classroom time. I strongly believe that children learn by doing, so most of our time will be spent in hands on activities. Each month we focus on a different theme to help us get excited about our learning and to learn a little bit about science and social studies along the way!

2015-2016 School Year

Preschool
My preschool class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 - 2:30. This class is intended for children aged 3 and 4 who will not be entering kindergarten next school year. This class will be focused more on motor skills, socialization, colors and shapes. We will introduce the alphabet and numbers as well. Tuition will be $80 per month.

Pre-K
My pre-k class will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30-11:30. This class is intended for children aged 4 who will be entering kindergarten next school year. This class will focus more heavily on letter and number recognition, writing and use. Tuition will be $125 per month.

Note: Age recommendations for each class are simply recommendations. You are free to enroll your child in whichever class you feel will be most appropriate for them.