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.