Hi Families,

We have been learning about letters and have been doing a bunch of activities around letter recognition. This week we will also be talking about friendship and what being a good friend looks like. Letter recognition is something we work at all year long as well as being a good friend. These are great ideas to build the beginning of the year on and help us see where we might need to focus learning. Thank you for all the positive feedback on your kids first few weeks. It helps us know we are doing a good job engaging kids and making them excited to come back.

The beginning of our class has a few new routines to it. When the door opens your kids should be taking care of their bookbags(if they have returned it). Please help them to remember to be in charge of their book bags, they should be carrying them into class and taking care of them. Then everyone should be signing in at the table and hanging up their name card in the “Who is in the hive” chart by circle time. Having a morning routine and getting them used to this expectation that they are in charge of things in class is a Kindergarten readiness skill. Thanks for your support with this and for helping your child to work on their independence.

This week we take our first walk across the street to sing to the Grandmas and Grandpas. The facility across the street is called “Kindred” and is a place for older folks that need care to rehab and also live. Our school has been doing this for many years and have found it to be a great experience for all. Those folks love to see the kids and light up when we are there singing. Parents are welcome to join us, let me know if you have more questions about this.

Next week we will be having school/class photos done professionally. All morning kids have a class group photo on Tuesday the 24th.Then on Wednesday the 25th  we will have individual photos of morning class kids. The Afternoon class will have both individual and class group photo on Wednesday the 25th. Look for info in cubbie boxes this week for prices and packages.

Thank you sooooo much for the donations that have been coming in, you are awesome families! We will start putting papers in portfolios this week so we can see the progress from the beginning of the year to the end. Be sure and count 15 minutes of volunteer time with your donation. Look in cubbies for a volunteer time log to keep track of your hours.

Our school finds a lot of value in community and planning activities that bring us together as a school. Our family fun night coming up next week is an example of that as well as the all school carnival on October 4th. We would love to see everyone involved and getting to know other families here at LAPS. There are volunteer opportunities at the carnival and throughout the school year that will be posted on the pre-school office door upstairs.

Please always know that I want to hear from you about your child, concerns or comments. We are so thankful for the great families here at our school.

Teacher Kim

contact info: Email Rivmom@msn.com

Cell # 360-600-2875

Dates to remember:

Sept 18/19...........................sing to the Grandmas and Grandpas (Kindred)

Sept. 24..........................Classroom photos AM Class

Sept. 25...........................individual photos for AM class/individual and Classroom photos Afternoon class

Sept. 27...................................Family Fun night -”Laps for LAPS”

Oct 4th ..............................LAPS Carnival 5:00-7:00pm

Oct 17/18............................Pumpkin patch fieldtrip to BIZI farms