We are so excited for the month of May in Pre-K! This month we are doing something extra exciting...hatching lady bugs! We have been learning about the lifecycles of plants and animals since we started spring and now we get to explore them in real life! We have our plants sprouting in our garden in the classroom. We love to look at them and water them everyday to see how tall they grow. Now, we just got our lady bug larva. We have put them into our lady bug dome and now we are waiting to watch them grow and change into pupa and then hatch into lady bugs. Once they hatch, we will watch them grow into adult lady bugs and then release them near our school. Hopefully, we will be able to see them when we come to school! We are learning about Mother's Day right now. We are so thankful to have our moms and we love the special day we get to share with them in May! 

We will continue practicing our math skills with pattern work, number recognition, counting, and shapes. We will continue with our letter work with the letters Ww, Xx, Yy, and Zz. We will work on letter recognition, formation, and sound.

There are some things we work on everyday in Pre-K 3, no matter what the theme. This includes the calender, Pledge of Allegience, the weather report, counting, the whole alphabet, following directions, taking turns, sharing with our friends, and listening to the teacher. We play as many games as possible to practice being good friends and our listening skills.

Important Dates:

• Friday, May 7th is an early dismissal day. We will dismiss at 11:15AM.

We follow the New York State curriculum for Pre-K, which can be found here:

https://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/nyslsprek.pdf

If you are looking for extra activities to do with your child at home some options include:

• Reading every night
• Puzzles
• Play Dough
• Drawing and Painting
• Cooking and Baking
• Building Blocks

We meet our specials via our smartboard. Our specials schedule is:

• Monday -- Gym with Ms. Flynn
• Tuesday -- STREAM with Ms. Butler
• Wednesday -- Italian with Mrs. Woodward
• Wednesday -- Art with Mrs. Murphy
• Thursday -- Music with Ms. Stone