October Newsletter

October Newletter 2019
Greetings from Pine Glen Kindergarten Room 101!

We have completed our first few weeks of school, and
we are making progress in kindergarten.  Our greatest
concern this past month has been your child’s adjustment
to the new school environment.  School marks a major change
in your child’s life. The first year is important. It is now that
children develop attitudes about themselves, their personal status among their peers, and their like and dislike of learning.  These attitudes can follow them through all their school years.  

Hopefully, all will run smoothly!  If not, we urge you to come
in and freely talk over any concerns your child may be
experiencing.  We will be happy to spend time with you.
We are all interested in promoting a happy, profitable learning experience for your child.

So that you might better understand what will be happening
with your child in the coming weeks, we would like to preview
the month for you.  We will continue our work with color, nursery rhymes and our study of the shapes.

Our language arts unit will focus on bookmaking.  This is a creative language experience.  It helps children build expressive language
skills and reinforces the connection between the spoken and
written word.  Bookmaking fosters a sensitivity toward print
and an awareness of how books come about.

In our Math program, envision Math Common Core, the children
will be wrapping up Topic 12 (shapes) and begin working on
Topic 1- Numbers 0 - 5. 

We will explore lots of Science during the month of October. 
We will discover the characteristics of living things vs. non-living things, discuss animals, look at the weather and experiment with forces of push and pull!

We will also learn about the human body.  It is the first of a
two-part study. This unit will lay the foundation for conversations
about food in November.  We learn that although we are all
unique on the outside, on the inside we are all the same. The
month of October is an ideal time to explore bones, bone
structure and blood with children.  We have the assistance
of so many skeletons and vampires!

Our Social Studies efforts will continue as we get to know each
other further and begin to explore our similarities and differences. 
This will lend itself to future discussion of family celebrations,
foods and more! We will begin to learn about the world and
the 7 continents.

We have had a wonderful beginning of the school year with
your child and we look forward to a very enjoyable year.

Thank you for your continued support.
Melissa Parnell & Marsha Fallon


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