This Week's Newsletter (9/10-9/16)

A Note From the Teacher
I hope you made it through the first week of school and are feeling great about your child’s experiences in the Sunshine Class! Don’t forget, I’m always available if you have questions or things you’d like to share!

The All About Me theme is a great way to start out the school year as kids are getting to know each other’s names and making friendships with one another. We’ll talk about everything from what we like and don’t like, to our families, our bodies, our feelings and more! By the end we hope that your kids will know themselves better as well as their classmates and that everyone will learn to celebrate and appreciate each other’s unique self!

Fun Things to do Together
Celebrate your child’s likes and dislikes by letting them help you make their favorite food! Break the recipe down into simple steps and choose several that your child can help with or do on their own. They can even help with clean up or setting the table to eat their favorite dish!

Read All About It
If you’re looking for some fun new books to enjoy together at home, here are a few possibilities…

I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
What I Like About Me by Allia Zobel Nolan
The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler

Ask Your Child
· To tell you something they really like to do.
· To tell you their favorite color.
· To sing their favorite song from class for you.
· To bring you something red from their room and then something that is in the shape of a circle.

This Week in the Sunshine Class
Over the next few weeks we will be spending some time getting to know each other as well as getting to know ourselves even better! Each person in the Sunshine Class is unique and special and this week we will spend time honoring our likes and dislikes and celebrating who we are!

Kids will have a chance to look at pictures of different activities and order them by what they like the most and the least. They’ll also have fun sharing these things with each other!
We’ll be making crowns that the kids can wear to show how special they are and each crown will have circle shaped jewels that will tell things about the child such as their favorite color, what they like to eat and more.

We’ll start learning the musical concept “Beat” this week with fun singing and dancing activities. We’ll also be having fun with the color red as we go on a red hunt and we’ll be seeing circles with our painting circle collages!