Dear Pre K/K Families,

Thanks to those who have sent in family photos! Please send one in to help comfort your child/children during the day. They love seeing you and sharing the photos with their friends. 

Tomorrow we will meet our Superkid Oswald and study the short sound of Oo with many activities this week!

*Oswald likes odd animals, so we will be talking about different types of animals including otters and the octopus. We will small plastic animals to our Lego/experience boxes this week!

*Ollie the Otter sung by Jack Hartman will be a favorite for all of us as we focus on the short o sound as well. A puppet pattern will be available for those who choose to make it. 

*Show and Tell on Friday is for the short sound of Oo as in Oswald, otter, opposite, owl, octopus, etc.

*Opposites will be discussed as we learn a song by Jack Hartmann about opposites.

*There are hopes and goals of a short obstacle course on the playground sometime this week.

*Math and science will collide this week as we discuss patterns and sort rocks and seashells! Kids love patterns! Patterns are part of reading, math, science, and everyday life. And what kid has not collected a rock as a treasure? Looking forward to these lessons!

*Friday we will celebrate our parish namesake, The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Red is the liturgical color used for martyrs in the church as well as for Good Friday, and this feast day. Your child may wear red to school on Wednesday as part of the celebration. 

*We will be reading and talking about the cross and the crucifixion on a child's level during the week as part of our bible time.

The Parish Fall Festival is next weekend! It is one of our major fundraisers. Please plan on attending or helping in some way. We will use that as an example with the children as we sing, "The more we work together, together, together... The happier we will be!" Many hands make fun light work!

Any questions about this week, do not hesitate to ask!

Peace,

Mrs. Barreca :)   

PS We welcome siblings Serenity and Trinity Decker to our class! :) :)