Hi Families,

What a great time everyone had at the pumpkin patch! The weather was just right and the pumpkins a plenty. Thank you for taking time to join us and spend time with your kids.This week along with some journaling about our field trip, we will be talking about “real and pretend” .We’ll explore some favorite make believe things,monsters and ghosts. then talk about real things that may be scary, like spiders and bats. Developmentally, kids at this age should be grasping understanding of this concept. The Halloween season is a good time to talk about fears of scary things. Having some talks at home about real and pretend and fears would be a great bridge to what we’ll be discussing in class.

This week is our visit across the street to sing to the Grandmas and Grandpas. The morning class will go Wednesday @ 10:15. The afternoon class going over on Thursday @ 2:00. We should all wear our green tie dyed shirts on that day.

I am re-posting the next few items of interest. I just want to keep everyone remembering what’s coming up and letting you know what we need for our classroom. Take a minute to re-read the next few paragraphs that were in last weeks newsletter to be sure you are in the “know”.Thank you so much for supporting the Busy Bee class and our school.

The Family fun night this month will be a Halloween read-in and costume contest and will be on Tuesday ,Oct 29th from 5:30-7:00. The whole family is invited to come in costume and enjoy some great books read by the teachers.

The Busy Bee class goes outside every day unless it is raining. We also have the early playtime , so it can still be chilly in the AM when we go out. Please consider this when dressing kids and sending them in appropriate shoes/coats. We want everyone to be comfortable outside so they can make good use of the time to burn off energy and get some exercise.

Our sweet little Lulu could use some parsley and a few fruits or veggies. Also she needs a new bag of bedding. The bedding can be purchased from a feed/farm store and comes in a large bag for around $6. Let me know if either of these things would be something you would like to donate to our classroom.

We are planning our Halloween party for Thursday the 31st of October for the morning class and the afternoon class. There is a sign up sheet out to send a goodie for our party. The kids can come to school dressed in costume on this day. Please keep in mind we would like non-scary costumes and no weapons at school.

Parent/Teacher conferences are coming up next month on November 7th. A sign up sheet is out to get a time that works for your schedule. There will be no class on this day. Also ,I will be sending home a conference questions sheet for you to jot down concerns or questions about your child we can discuss during our conference time that you send back to school before hand.

The preschool office door has a bunch of sign-up sheets for various volunteer opportunities in the next few months. Helping out with the bake sale, Santa breakfast or the book fair are a few to consider. We so much appreciate your help with these events, we couldn't do it with out our great supportive families.

Teacher Kim

contact info: Email Rivmom@msn.com

Cell # 360-600-2875

Dates to remember:

Oct 23/24........................Kindred(sing to Grandpas & Grandpas)

Oct 29...........................Family fun night/Halloween read-in and costume contest 5:30-7:00

Oct 31........................Classroom Halloween party

Nov 7............................Parent/Teacher conferences

Nov 8th/11th...........................No school Veterans day 

5 little pumpkins

5 little pumpkins sitting on the gate

the first one said “Oh my its getting late”

the second one said “there’s a chill in the air”

the third one said “But we dont care”

the forth one said “Lets run and run and run”

the fifth one said “I’m ready for some fun”

Ooooohhhh went the wind

and OUT went the lights

and the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight