Helping your Child through Tragic Events

Good Morning,

I am not going to spend time discussing anything about the events that took place last Friday in Connecticut.  However, I do want to share with you a website that we (at MAES) have found very helpful in teaching educators and parents how to help young children process tragic news and events.  Please take some time to read through the article on the following website.  It has many great pointers as well as discusses things your children may be thinking.  

http://www.fci.org/new-site/par-tragic-events.html

I am wishing you all a happy holiday season.  We are all very blessed. 

Ms. Brittany

Christmas

Greetings,

With the hustle and bustle of preparing for Christmas, I ran out of time to update our blog this week!  Thanks for being patient!  This week and next week we are learning about Christmas and focusing on the letter "Ii."  Some of our projects include our letter book, preparing for our Christmas program and making many Christmas presents for the special people in our lives!  :)  The kids have been working so hard on learning all of their Christmas songs!  Before you know it, everyone will be all dressed up and ready to perform! 

I wish all of you a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year!  Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your child's life!  I enjoy working with each and every one of them!

Happy Holidays,

Ms. Brittany

UPDATES AND REMINDERS:

**Our theme (in January) will be Arctic Animals.

**Our Christmas Program is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 19th and Thursday, Dec. 20th at 10:30 A.M. in the MAES gym.  There will be refreshments afterwards as well as some special gifts you will need to pick up in our classroom!  If you are taking your child home, please remember to sign him/her out.  The sign out sheet will be in our classroom near the door!

**We will be having our Christmas Party on Wednesday or Thursday before the Christmas program.  Please have your child bring in a $5.00 gift as soon as possible to ensure all children can participate.  Please remember, if this would be a hardship for your family this year, please contact me as soon as possible to make other arrangements for a gift.

**There will be NO SCHOOL for all grades Monday, Dec. 14th through Tuesday, Jan. 1st.  School will resume Wednesday, January 2nd.  

**Our next Families Being Involved workshop is scheduled for Friday, January 18th.  Please look for more information to come home in January.

Cookies and Christmas Trees

Greetings,

This week in Pre-K we will be talking about Cookies and Christmas Trees.  Our letter of the week will be "Cc" and we will be wrapping up our numbers by learning about number 10.  Please continue to practice identifying letters and numbers with your child at home.  Some of our projects this week include making a shape, cookie book, sequencing four pictures, playing name bingo and beginning to work on some "special" Christmas gifts! 

Our Pre-K Christmas program is right around the corner, and we are working extra hard on practicing our Christmas songs while at school.  The children are very excited to know that most parents and maybe some other family members, will be coming to school to watch them perform.  Please look in your child's folder today and tomorrow for information coming home regarding the Pre-K Christmas Program!!



UPDATES AND REMINDERS:
**Our theme for the next two weeks will be Christmas.

**Our Christmas program is scheduled for Wednesday, December 19th and Thursday, December 20th at 10:30 A.M.  For more information, you can refer to the form sent home today in your child's folder.  Please return the bottom portion as soon as possible. 

**There will be no school for all grades on Monday, December 24th through Tuesday, January 1st due to Christmas break.  Some will resume on Wednesday, January 2nd.  

**In your child's folder, you will find a half sheet of information on our class gift exchange.  This information is in the Classroom News as well.  If purchasing a gift would be a hardship for your family this year, please let me know as soon as possible.

**On Wednesday, December 5th, our Monday/Wednesday group will be walking over to the high school to work with our high school buddies.  We will be leaving school around 9:45 and returning a little after 11:00.  Please contact me if you need to take your child out of school during those hours.