October is upon us

Only a few days left of September already.   It is really nice to finally have some Fall weather (well at least for a few days)!

October will be a busy month here at Inland Preschool - See the "Upcoming Events" Page for details.

We will wrap up our study of "All About Me" this week and will begin a NEW STUDY next week on "Animals".
We will start off Mon OCT 5th/ Tues. OCT 6th with a fun game with our stuffed animals.  I will send a note home as a reminder to have your children bring their favorite stuffed animal to school with them on those days.
We will review "a" Allie Alligator and "b" Bubba Bear and then introduce "c" Catina Cat.  The children are really enjoying our time with these animals and playing with the puppets.  This week we will finish up the color Red, Number 1 and the shape-Square before we move on to COLOR - Orange; NUMBER 2 and the Shape - Triangle beginning Oct. 5.  We will also begin to focus on EMOTIONS: Happy/Sad - It is important for children to learn to express their emotions verbally so they will not act out physically.  It is also critical for their development of Social Emotional awareness and developing friendships at this age.

And then to end the month we will have our Zoo Phonics Party on Thurs. Oct. 30th & Fri. Oct. 31st.  We encourage your child to dress up as one of our Zoo Phonics Animals (See the complete Alphabet of Animals hanging in the room later in the week).  It can even be as simple as Animal Ears and a Tail!  I will be "Missy Mouse" of course because Ms. Mari and Missy Mouse begin with the same sound. We will have a sign up sheet for parents to bring snacks for party day, this will be posted as we get closer to the date.