School will be closed March 16-April 1st
Stay healthy and safe! 

Hello Pre-K 2 families,

I know this is a very confusing time for our children and not being able to go back to school makes it that much harder.  Here are some fun and creative activities that you can do with your children each day. Please do not feel like you have to do them all, they are there to help you and your child have fun learning at home. 

Thursday, March 26, 2020

• Try doing exercises and counting them (ten or twenty jumps, claps, jumping jacks, frog jumps, or make up a new exercise)
• Look for patterns in your home-you may find them on fabric (checkered or striped fabric) Try and draw these patterns on your own
• Measuring distance with our bodies-use your legs to hop from one side of a room to another.  How many hops did it take to get there?  Now try tiptoeing.  This time, how many steps did it take?  Which activity required more steps?
• Have a grown up write your name in big letters and then cut each letter out and mix them up.  See if you can put your letters in order. If you think that’s easy try your last name.

Friday, March 26, 2020

• Spring is here! Look for signs of spring from your window or if you can take a walk on your block. Do you see flowers beginning to grow? Do you see any squirrels, birds or bunnies? Draw a picture of the signs of Spring you saw. 
• Color or paint with yellow and blue-can you see the color green appearing?Look for the color green around your home
• Read a story together and draw a picture of one of the characters and write the title of the book on your drawing. Who was the Author? Who was the Illustrator?
• Try and find one of each of these shapes (circle, triangle, rectangle, square and oval) at home and try to trace them or draw them on your own. Follow the sides, round edges, corners with your fingers.
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Here are some fun and educational free websites for the students to use during this time at home.  To access the classroom magazine you can just click on the link below and go to pre-k section, it offers daily themes, videos and activities.  My Big World with Clifford is the magazine we use at school so the children are very familiar with it. They have short videos for each theme, read a louds, games and printables.   
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html?fbclid=IwAR01Y1VM7TnSWCYfcefzUBE9Y4ZSPeS8i9z3REXB3i-ClpAe7PDG2_bxAR0
Mybigworld.scholastic.com - click on "I'm a student"then enter 
Password:  turtlesprek2  
 Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14hRqd0PELGbKihHuTqx_pbvCLqGbOkF
Cosmic Kids Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
National Parks Virtual Tours
https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service
More Lists of Resources:  
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2020/03/18/free-educational-classes-and-programs-kids-home/5064311002/

Specials  
Monday-Music 10:30-11:10am
Italian 2:25-2:40pm
Tuesday-STREAM (Technology) 9:50-10:30am
Wednesday-Gym 9:50-10:30am (Wear sneakers)
Thursday-Art 10:30-11:10am 

Lunch Menu
Please make sure to place the exact amount of change in your child's folder with the food item and their name written on the envelope. Thank you!
MONDAY-Pizza $3.00
TUESDAY-Hotdogs/tater tots $3.50
Tater tots only $1.50
WEDNESDAY-Chicken tenders w/applesauce or veggies $3.50
THURSDAY-Mac & Cheese $3.50
FRIDAY-Plain bagel $1.25/Cream Cheese or Butter $2.00/Tuna $3.00
Regular Milk/Chocolate Milk-50 cents
Please refer to the lunch section under PARENTS for other lunch options