4K News for November 27-December 1

 4K Families

I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. I got to do Karaoke with my brother, so it was a good day from my perspective. 

It is good to see so many back. Please remember that your child does need to be 24 hours fever free before returning to school. 

Now that is officially cold, I want everyone to know that 4K will not go outside this year if it is below 32F. If it is 32 or above, we will go out, and on those days please make sure your child has all they need to keep them warm. If there is any snow on the ground, the school expects kids to wear boots. I cannot let children go outside during these cold wintery days with sandals or crocs on. They can wear sneakers, but will need to stay on the asphalt away from the wood chips and playground equipment. 

AM CLASS: We have recess right away, so please send your child to school wearing their snow pants and boots along with their other winter clothes. If they are ready before school, it makes things smoother and gives us more play time. (when the weather permits)

PM CLASS: We do not have recess until later, so please send the students with their snow pants in the backpack or a different bag (if they don't fit in the backpack) so that we don't have to worry about taking them off at the beginning of the session. This will make things run smoother for the busy snack/lunch time at the beginning of the PM session.

**If your child has extra (gym) shoes at school, they can change into them on the days they wear boots and will not need to bring an additional pair of shoes. 

If you have any questions about this, please don't hesitate to ask. 

We started our third time through the alphabet this week.  We are doing letters Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, and Ee. Each letter coincides with an animal in our Animal Alphabet Book. We will take a bit of time learning about each of the animals on their day. The animals this week are armadillo, bat, caterpillar, dolphin, and elephant. We will also be practicing write our names each day, and some words that begin with the letter of the day. An example of our letter A page is below. We will be practicing lower case letters when we write the words. It should be a fun time full of learning and great writing practice. 

Thanks for reading!

Miss Gilding