Ms. Mikki's News- Feb. 23

News from Ms. Mikki February 23, 2018
Tuition:  If you are behind, please make sure to make payments this week.  I will be sending notes home to those who are behind.  Tuition for March is due.  $90.00.   Snow Days-  As stated in the Handbook, there is no reduction in preschool tuition for snowdays.  We are going to ride out the rest of winter and see how many total days we miss before we make a decision about preschool make up days.  We will not be able to make up all of the missed days, but we will certainly look at the possibility of making up some of them. Next week we are celebrating Dr. Seuss’s Birthday-  Our dress up days are somewhat altered from the K-4 theme days to match the stories we’ll be reading. Monday:  Cat in the Hat Day-  Wear a hat Tuesday: Sleep Book-  Wear your Pajamas (please wear tennis shoes for recess).  You can wear your favorite hat on this day too! Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday-  Wacky Clothes Day-  make sure to wear some crazy socks too.  We'll be reading the Foot Book Thursday:  Hooray for Hair-  Crazy Hair and Crazy Socks (Also reading the Foot Book)
February/March Learning Targets: Develops and expands vocabulary Attends to the sound in language-beginning sounds Uses language to represent number of objects Tag counting up to 10 objects Recognizing some letters (upper case)	Literacy: March Author Spotlight:  Laura Numeroff This week:  If You Give A Pig A Pancake We shared out what we each like to put on our pancakes We practiced listening for a purpose.  We made a list of items that Pig asked for.  We read the book multiple times this week.  Our recall list started out pretty small with only a few words.  By the end of the week it had grown significantly.  We are getting better at listening to stories. We also chose a page out of the book and created a vocabulary list by identifying things we saw on that page.
Math: Flapjack Math-  I worked one on one with each child this week as we played a pancake game.  They had to identify the # on the pancake before they could flip it over.  (P.S.  using a spatula and flipping it over is a great fine motor activity that will further support handwriting).   They also had to count the pancakes using tag counting.  Some of us still need some practice on this.  Keep working on it at home.  Start with 3 items for them to touch and count.  Increase the number of items up to 10 as they master each level.
Preschool placements for 2018-2019 Ms. Paula and I plan to let everyone know preschool placements prior to Spring Break.  Please keep in mind that we will do our best to place  you in your first choice session, but we cannot guarantee that.  Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Early Childhood Center- The proposed Early Childhood Center will be presented to voters again in April.  We encourage everyone to get out and vote!	Dates to remember: Feb. 28th:  Cox Care Mobile March 2nd:  Story time-  10:00 March 8th:  Superhero Dance from 6:00-8:00.  Sponsored by PTA March 12-16th: Spring Break March 20 & 22nd:  Spring Conferences March 22nd:  PAT-  All Star night April 19th: Preschool Field trip-  TBA