June 1-5

PPCD News:  June 1-5, 2015

Reminders:

Just a reminder, Big Day in Pre-K has been re-scheduled for  Monday, June 1st.   We will be doing water activities outside as part of our Big Day.  We are asking that you send your child ready for a full day of fun!  Please send your child to school with the following:

-swimsuit on under their clothes

-swim diaper if applicable

-swim shoes

-towel

-a complete change of clothes

-sunscreen already applied

-hat

        Please make sure that everything sent to school has your child's name on it.

(Please note that ECS staff is not permitted to apply sunscreen to children. They MUST have it on BEFORE they come to school.)

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

******Family size boxes please not individual packages for snack foods please****

Goldfish crackers and coffee filters

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

June 1              Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2              9:45     AM Party

                 10:15   AM Parade

                                 12:25   PM Parade

                 12:45   PM Party

    June 5              Last Day of School!

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Oval

Purple/Black

Theme:

Summer Safety

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Pout Pout fish

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—Review

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Math:

Counting Fish this week.

Fine motor:

Fine motor strength- using short writing utensils to make beginning writing marks.

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers. 

Creativity

Making Pete’s buttons and shoes

Sensory:

Water play 

May 26-29

PPCD News:  May 26-29, 2015

NO SCHOOL MONDAY!!!!!

Reminders:

Just a reminder, Big Day in Pre-K is Friday, May 29th.   We will be doing water activities outside as part of our Big Day.  We are asking that you send your child ready for a full day of fun!  Please send your child to school with the following:

-swimsuit on under their clothes

-swim diaper if applicable

-swim shoes

-towel

-a complete change of clothes

-sunscreen already applied

-hat

        Please make sure that everything sent to school has your child's name on it.

(Please note that ECS staff is not permitted to apply sunscreen to children. They MUST have it on BEFORE they come to school.)

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

Thank you for the families that have send shirts!  This will be an ongoing project until the end of the year so go ahead and send the shirt if you haven’t already.  We will need one White “Dad size” T-shirt for each child and one toy car.

******Family size boxes please not individual packages for snack foods please****

Alphabet crackers or cereal

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

May 25            No School

May 29            Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2              9:45     AM Party

                 10:15   AM Parade

                                 12:25   PM Parade

                 12:45   PM Party

    June 5              Last Day of School!

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Oval

Purple/Black

Theme:

I can do it!

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Mat Man

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—Review

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Math:

We will be covering Matching shapes this week.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting and gluing.

Fine motor strength- using short writing utensils to write the first letter of our name in the air, on the carpet and on the white board.

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers. 

Creativity

Making Pete’s buttons and shoes

Sensory:

The children will press letters in play dough. 

PPCD NEWS May 18-22

PPCD News: May 18-22, 2015

Reminders:

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:

Thank you for the families that have send shirts! This will be an ongoing project until the end of the year so go ahead and send the shirt if you haven’t already. We will need one White “Dad size” T-shirt for each child and one toy car.

******Family size boxes please not individual packages for snack foods please****

Animal crackers 19 boxes

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates. Thank you!

The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack. If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

May 25 No School

May 29 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2 9:45 AM Party

10:15 AM Parade

12:25 PM Parade

12:45 PM Party

June 5 Last Day of School!

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Oval

Purple/Black

Theme:

Trying New Things

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Mat Man/Zippity Doo Dah

Pre-writing

Letter of the Week—Z

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Zucchino, Zoo, zipper, zebra, Zero

Math:

We will be covering Counting on a ten frame this week.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting and gluing.

Fine motor strength- using short writing utensils to write an Z in the air, on the carpet and on the white board.

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers. The children will write the letter Z in the air and on the white board.

Creativity

Making Pete the cat

Sensory:

The children will drive cars in dirt. 

May 11-15

PPCD News:  May 11-15, 2015

Reminders:

Please look around your house and see if your child might have “accidently” come home with something from school!  Thank you so much.

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

We will need one White “Dad size” T-shirt for each child and one toy car.

We will also need 19 small cups of blended YELLOW yogurt for tasting.

******Family size boxes please not individual packages for snack foods please****

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

May 25            No School

May 29            Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2              9:45     AM Party

                 10:15   AM Parade

                                 12:25   PM Parade

                 12:45   PM Party

    June 5              Last Day of School!

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Oval

Yellow

Theme:

Going to New Places

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Mat Man

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—Y

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Yoyo

Yogurt

Yarn

Yolk

Math:

We will be covering Sorting by Shape this week.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting and gluing.

Fine motor strength- using short writing utensils to write an  Y in the air, on the carpet and on the white board.

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter Y in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will paint a shirt for Dad Shhhhh…….

Sensory:

The children will drive cars in dirt. 

May 4-8

PPCD News:  May 4-8, 2015

Reminders:

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

Microwave popcorn

******Family size boxes please not individual packages for snack foods please****

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week

May 25                                 No School

May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Oval

Purple

Theme:

What is in the sky?

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Mat Man

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—X

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Ox

Six

Ax

Box

Fox

Math:

We will be covering AB patterning this week.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting play dough.

Fine motor strength- using short writing utensils to write an  X on the white board.

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter X in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will paint and make cloud picture of the sky.

Sensory:

The children will paint a starry sky. 

PPCD News April 28-May 1

PPCD News:  April 28-May 1, 2015

Reminders:

Remember: Monday April 27^th is a student holiday – No School Monday!!!

THIS THURSDAY, April 23^rd, we have a performance in the cafeteria at 6:00 p.m.  We would love for you to bring your child to perform that night and stay to watch.  Please bring your child to my room at 5:45 p.m.  There will be no PTA meeting that night.  We will be making hats to wear that night.  If you like, you can dress your child in a light or white shirt but please don’t go shopping. Thank you.

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

Lima beans, Sunflower seeds, popcorn watermelon, worms!!

******Family size boxes please not individual packages for snack foods please****

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday

May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week

May 25                                 No School

May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Rectangle

Yellow

Theme:

Plants

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Monster Shape Song

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—W

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Wolf

Wagon

Wing

Worm

Welcome mat

Woodpecker

Wishbone

Wood

Watermelon

Math:

We will be covering shapes and the concept of flipping and turning the shape and “It’s still a Triangle”.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting out lines.

Fine motor strength- using short writing utensils to trace a W.

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter W in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will paint and make a flower.

Sensory:

The children will pretend to plant flowers. 

PPCD News:  April 20-24, 2015

Reminders:

Next week, Thursday, April 23^rd, we have a performance in the cafeteria at 6:00 p.m.  We would love for you to bring your child to perform that night and stay to watch.  Please bring your child to my room at 5:45 p.m.  There will be no PTA meeting that night.  We will be making hats to wear that night.  If you like, you can dress your child in a light or white shirt but please don’t go shopping. Thank you.

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

Wood clothes pins, cheese sticks, goldfish, grapes, and we need more bowl type coffee filters.

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Family size boxes please not individual packages.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday

May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week

May 25                                 No School

May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Rectangle

Yellow

Theme:

Earth/Recycling

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Recycle, Recycle

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—V

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Vulture

Van

Violin

Vase

Volleyball

Vegetables

Valentine

Math:

We will be covering rote counting to 10.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting out a volcano.

Fine motor strength- tracing letters in shaving cream

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter V in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will paint with recycled materials.

Sensory:

The children will make an earth out of puff paint. 

Newsletter April 13-17

PPCD News:  April 13-17, 2015

Reminders:

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Family size boxes please not individual packages.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

April 17                                 Letter Parades (9:15 & 12:25)

April 23                                    OUR CLASS PERFORMS AT 6:00 p.m. IN THE CAFETERIA

April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday

May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week

May 25                                 No School

May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Rectangle

Yellow

Theme:

Butterfly

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Butterfly,  Butterfly

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—N

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Newspaper

Nickel

Nuts

Nest

Needle

Necklace

Neck

Nail

Notebook

net

Math:

We will be covering more and less.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting out a letter N

Fine motor strength- play dough on the letter N

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter N in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will look for insects in the sensory table.

Sensory:

The children will use play dough to create the letter N. 

April 6-10

PPCD News:  April 6-10, 2015

Reminders:

*If you are missing a grey hoodie (Kids Korner size 4-5), please e-mail me.

*IF YOUR CHILD IS ABSENT please email earlychildhood@friscoisd.org

and cc mathisj@friscoisd.org

and call transportation @ 469-633-6562

*** If your child is sick, please e-mail me with as many details as possible. ***

Items needed by Monday for cooking/crafts/snack foods:  

2 boxes of Muffin mix, eggs (or whatever is needed in the mix), bowl type coffee filters.

Please go to Facebook or e-mail me if you want to bring one of the items above so we don’t have any duplicates.  Thank you!

 The snacks are only for families that participate in group snack.  If you send a snack then you don’t need to sign up to send snack items.

Family size boxes please not individual packages.

Upcoming activities:

Upcoming Spring Events:

April 17                                 Letter Parades (9:15 & 12:25)

April 27                                 No School - Student Holiday

May 4-8                                Teacher Appreciation Week

May 25                                 No School

May 29                                 Big Day in Pre-K!

June 2                                   End of Year Parade, Parties (9:15 & 12:25)

ECS WEBSITE:

http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home

CONCEPTS FOR THE WEEK

Rectangle

Yellow

Theme:

Insects

Books:

See Weekly Record sheet.

Song

Do you know the muffin man?

Pre-writing

 Letter of the Week—M

See Weekly record sheet for details.

Vocabulary

Moth

Monkey

Mouse

Magnet

Mailbox

Marble

Marshmallow

Mask

Mittens

Metal

Microscope

Mirror

Magnifying glass

Money

Mushrooms

Math:

We will be covering long and short.

Fine motor:

Pre-cutting skills- We will be cutting out a letter M

Fine motor strength- Using magnet sticks and magnet marbles.

Practicing a functional grasp- The children will be practicing the tri-pod grasp while writing.

We talk about crabby fingers and using 3 fingers and tucking away the other 2 fingers.  The children will write the letter M in the air and on the white board.  

Creativity

The children will look for insects in the sensory table.

Sensory:

The children will use play dough to create the letter M.