Field Trip to the Fire Station

This past Thursday Preschool and Kindergarten took a trip to the Creston Fire Station. Our first field trip was a success! We enjoyed riding on the trolley, what an adventure! We took a tour of the fire station. Our preschool class asked some great questions and got great answers as well!We learned that one of the fire trucks can hold 750 gallons of water, which is like 750 big milks! They each got a turn to sit in the big fire truck! Also, they took a turn picking up heavy items the fire fighters have to carry! They were pretty heavy! You'll see some photos on the right under the Pages tab from our adventure!

Thursday 10/20/16

Three school days this week really made the week fly by! However, at preschool we have been super busy! We will our last week of the Creative Curriculum, beginning of the year study. We will be reading books and discussing how to make and keep friends. We have been busy with our alphabet letters. We have learned about Ll, Ff, and Ee. 

The last week of this unit works well, as we just started, "Al's Pals, kids making healthy choices;" There is a note in your child's take home folder about Al's Pals. This program has three puppet friends who use a variety of songs and discussions to learn how to handle and understand situations. 
For more information follow this link: Al's Pals Information

Field Trip: 

Who: St. Malachy Preschool (afternoon) and Kindergarten classes
What: Field trip
When: Thursday, October 27, 2016
Where: Creston Fire Department
Why: Fire safety information

Please check folders for permission slips. Return permission slips and $1 (to ride the trolley) by Tuesday October 25. 

Don't forget to sign up for conferences. See blog post below for Conference sign up!

Conference Sign Up

Please take a moment to sign up for your child's Fall parent/teacher conference. Each conference is 20 minutes long.


Fall Conference Sign Up  <------ sign up here!

Have a great Tuesday!

Miss McKasson

October 13

It's Thursday and as my preschool friends say, "We have 4 stay home days." No school Monday, October, 17. Teachers have professional development meetings in Des Moines. This week, Mrs. Bearden stepped in for me, while I attended an Early Childhood PBIS seminar (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports). I learned a lot at this training and I'm super excited to start using some techniques in class. Some preschool friends were given a note today for a positive behavior they showed. EACH student will get a note within the next few weeks. This website has great information about Early Childhood PBIS---- https://www.pbis.org/community/early-childhood

Mat man is the first part of this handwriting series. He is made up of shapes, lines and curves. This week we started working on handwriting, the curriculum used at St. Malachy is Get Ready for School; Handwriting without Tears. Get ready for school teaches preschoolers to write using four components to write letters; Big line, Little line, Big curve and Little Curve.  Click the link below for a way to connect Preschool, Home and Get Ready for School!

Sam, Cashton and Braylen are working in a variety of ways to learn to write the letter Ff

More information on our Handwriting Curriculum here:  http://www.hwtears.com/gss/parents

Today the Creston Fire Department, dropped off some Fire Safety information. We read about Sparky the Fire dog and ways to be safe! Also, we talked about the fire exits of the room! I showed them the two exits in our classroom.

We love Thursdays! Choice snack day, they are able to choose their snack for the day. The Fire hats were a big hit!

I'm super proud of my preschool class. They have been working SO hard on a variety of things so far this year. I'm very pleased with how polite and kind they are to one another.