Our Eyes are Fixed on the Lord
Quick Reminders
- END YEAR PARTY - Monday, May 17, from 9 am to 11 am is our Preschool/STEM End of Year Party and Petting Zoo, Rain date, Tuesday, May 18. We will use the St. Malachy School Playground and the west lawn of our school. All St. Malachy Catholic Preschool students and parents are invited to our end of year party! Only preschool students (Clovers and Shamrocks) and parents may attend – not siblings. If Monday is not a regular attendance day for your child, you will be responsible for your child on this day.
- Please send in a sack lunch and drink for your child the day of the party. If your child has any other allergy related to animals, there will be other activities for them to participate in. If you wish, please bring a blanket or lawn chairs for seating.
- To offset the cost of this fun event, we are asking that each child who plans on attending will donate $6.00. Please send the money in an envelope to school with your child by Wednesday, May 12, marked “End of Year Party.”
- FATHER/DAUGHTER DANCE - May 22, See FLYER for details
- SHOES - Due to safety all students will be required to wear athletic shoes. Footwear that is NOT permitted include but is not limited to canvas loafers, boots, slip-ons, Crocs, sandals or open-toed shoes.
- CAPRI LEGGINGS - Just a reminder capris are only allowed on casual days, capri leggings are not permitted under uniform skirts/skorts. Leggings may be SOLID black, white, green or blue.
- Makelearningfun.com is a wonderful website for Pre-K activities if you are inside on a cold winter day.
Dates
- May 4: Cans in Hands (bring canned food or money and dress casual)
- May 17: End of Year Party
- May 21: Field Day & 1 PM dismissal
- May 25: Fly Up Day (visit Kindergarten and learn more about next year)
- May 26: Last day of school
Pre-K Happenings
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Unit Theme: Dinosaurs |
What do we know about dinosaurs? |
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Religion |
Mother’s Day: The children will learn that Mothers bring us God’s gift of life and that God loves and cares for us through our families. We will discuss ways of saying “thank you” on Mother’s Day. |
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Alphabet |
Dd is for Dinosaur, Dinosaur ABC Walk |
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Social-Emotional Development |
We will be working together to make dinosaurs with salt dough. |
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Book Time |
If the Dinosaurs Came Back, Dinosaurs, How to Catch a Dinosaur, How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe?, Dinosaurs Pop! Dinosaur Days, How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? |
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Math |
Dinosaur counting and sorting |
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Science/Social Studies |
We will be learning what dinosaurs were. We will be making dino habitats. |
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Art |
Dino-mite names |
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Music and Movement |
We are the Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Hokey Pokey, Letter Dd Song |
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Writing and Drawing |
Name and letter writing practice |
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Sign Language |
Stop and go |
Pre-K STEM Happenings
Our theme for the month of May is dinosaurs! We will discuss what we already know about these creatures and find out what questions we still have. Students will make cool dinosaur hats and hatch dinosaurs from eggs. We will use our sensory bin to become paleontologists and discover dinosaur fossils. Students will paint dinosaurs named after themselves.
For math, we are continuing with number identifying, counting, writing numbers, graphing, more than/less than concept and patterns. We will continue working on the concept of addition, subtraction, skip counting, and greater than/less than. We will continue to discuss the concept of money and coins.
We are singing "Robin in the Rain” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly1jh0I1wXs&list=RDly1jh0I1wXs&start_radio=1