Session 5

We have a fun session planned. Here are the scheduled activities/ themes:

December 15: Fire Safety Position Words "f"
December 17: Holiday Party and Crafts

January 5: Penguins Patterns "p"
January 7: Tundra Patterns "p"

January 12: Senses (sight) Square "s"
January 14: Senses (smell) Square "s"

January 19: Animals Shape Review "a"
January 21: Asian Culture (Chinese New Year) Shape Review "a"

Please take note of what we are studying each day in order to participate in sharing/ circle time. I like to encourage the students to learn to be comfortable speaking in front of others, as well as teach listening skills. The students may bring in anything they would like to share, if at all possible have them bring in something relating to the theme, or the letter we are discussing that day. Thanks for being such great parents and letting me teach your children! Happy Holidays!

Letter J, and Jobs

The students had a fun time making the letter J j out of their pretzels and making brown paper bag costumes for various jobs in the community.

They loved pretending to wear the Home Depot Aprons and work with the tools.

They loved designing their uniforms.

Here is our Police Officer and our Doctor.

Session 4

To keep the parents updated on the themes, the letters, and numbers that will be studied in the upcoming session- here are plans:

Session 4- November 17-December 10

November 17: Dinosaurs
letter D
number 9

November 19: Dirigibles (Hot air balloons)
letter D
numbers 0-9

November 24: Thanksgiving (we are thankful for our families)
letter T
number 10

November 26: Happy Thanksgiving!

December 1 & 3: Community Helpers
letter J
numbers- one to one ration

December 8 & 10: Airplanes and other modes of transportation
letter A
position words

Preschool Complete!

Finally the chairs and table I ordered came in and, voila!- the preschool is complete! I do have a few more manipulatives I would like to buy, but I need to take it easy on the $ going out until there is more $ coming in. My kids love to come in and play with the puzzles and the living center. As you can see, there is a 'bee" theme for Mrs. B's Preschool- I kind of went a little overboard- but it is fun! I have my long range plans completed for the year and am having a blast researching for fun activities that are engaging and educational. Feel free to send me any fun activities- I am all about new ideas! Here are the pictures I took of the preschool room.

Notice the bathroom and closet through the door on the right.

Ryan put in rain gutters to hold the books. The living center is in the left corner. Notice the vacuums- the kids love to "pretend" clean.

Here is the "circle time" area. There is a calendar and a map behind the projection screen.

Last, but not least, is the child size chairs and adjustable table that finally came in. The kids love to play at the table and the chair sizes are just right.

Tutoring

Great news! I have been asked quite frequently if I could tutor as well as teach the preschool. I am definitely up for tutoring in the afternoons. I will be performing assessments pre-tutoring as well as communicating with your child's teacher to expedite the process of narrowing down the exact areas your child would like help in. I have tutored before, and loved it immensely due to the one on one interaction. Many children really need that one on one help, even if it is just with their homework. Please feel free to email me at mariebindrup@gmail.com if you have any questions about tutoring or are interested in reserving a day and time. I will be charging $15/hour. Good luck with the new school year!

Track Break and Off-time Kindergarten

I have been talking with some parents lately, and they seem to see the need in having a preschool program for track breaks only or for those parents who don't have their child in all day Kindergarten, but would like them to have a couple of extra mornings a week. I have thought of this before, and am implementing this idea. If you have a track break where you would like to enroll your 5 or 6 year old child in all day, half day, or only a few mornings or afternoons per week, I can accommodate you. I will need some notice and a materials fee based on the number of days your child will attend. Please feel free to email me if yo have any questions at mariebindrup@gmail.com.

Afternoon time change

I didn't want there to be a conflict with any parents who have their children going to the local schools, so I moved the afternoon start time from 12:30pm to 12:45pm. The end time of the school will be 3:15pm now instead of 3:00. This will make it possible for parents to be able to pick up their child from school, and then have time to pick up their child from this school. I hope this helps a little!