This morning during music class Mr. Jason brought in an African drum called a Djembe drum. The children enjoy taking turns playing this unique drum. Mr. Jason also brought along Ollie the elephant to help the children learn more about the Djembe drum. Ask your child if they remember what the Djembe drum is made out of?

Happy Birthday, Ms. Yessica! Have a beautiful day.

Tomorrow we have Soccer Shots. Tennis shoes are the safest for this class.

Being able to count in a numerical order and to count quantity is an important skill for the children to learn. So, todays lesson is sure to help further develop this skill. Incorporating counting at home can be a simple and fun activity for you and your child to do together. Here are a few ideas, If you order pizza ask your child to count the number of slices it is cut in, Count how many black (or other color)cars they see on the commute home, Count the number of books they have in their book collection, Count a zip lock baggie full of beans or other item you can fill the bag with. Always remember, practicing rote counting without objects is important too.

Monday is music class. This class begins at 9:00.

This morning the children enjoyed working with puzzle picture cards of items found around the house. This lesson helps to expand vocabulary and recognition of what the written word looks like for a certain item. A fun activity to do at home is to see how many items your child can identify within the home.

Jumpbunch class was a lot of fun. The children used their gross motor skills and their eye/hand coordination playing a game of bean bag toss. Ask your child if they were able to throw their beanbag into the bucket.

Lets play a game of I Spy. Can you find the lizard on this tree? The children were able to spy it quickly during morning play time.

Tomorrow is dance class. Children may come dressed in their dance clothes.

This morning during Montessori circle time the children were introduced to Syllables. They are learning how to clap out the parts in a word to help them count the number of syllables the word has. Every did a wonderful job understanding this concept.

Tomorrow is Jumpbunch class. Tennis shoes are the safest shoes for this class.

Book orders are due tomorrow.

This morning during Soccer Shots the children enjoyed playing a game called treasure island. The children ran around the island finding soccer balls and kicking them into the treasure chest (nets). The word of the day was confidence. Ask your child what the word confident means?

Tommorow will be the first day of Chapel. Chapel begins at 10:30am. Parents are welcome to join us for chapel.

Did your child remember to show you the book orders? They are due Thursday.

We still have a few parent activity questionnaires to be turned in. The return of them is appreciated.

Please remember to turn in your child’s permission slip for speech if you would like them tested on Sept. 20.