Greetings everyone! We had a month full of fun activities, but the way we celebrated the end of October was with Apple-Pumpkin days.
The children stepped into the role of sous chefs and helped us make tasty apple and pumpkin themed treats. In room 3, we made Apple and pumpkin parfaits. The children crushed graham crackers for the crust, scooped the filling onto the crust, and enjoyed the parfaits as a class.
We enjoyed the parents that came to volunteer as head chefs, and we are very grateful for their help. Until next year!
We are excited to join forces with Samaritan’s Purse for Operation Christmas Child once again this year! Informational flyers have been distributed in the parent mailboxes, and we encourage you to contribute by bringing completed boxes to the Thanksgiving Tree in the preschool lobby. Together, we can share the message of God’s love and make a meaningful difference in the lives of children around the world!
We’re excited to share that Room 2 has been assigned to display our art projects in the preschool lobby for the month of November! Our young artists have been busy creating some adorable little turkeys, and we can’t wait for you to see their work. Be sure to stop by the lobby and check out their finished turkeys!
We have chosen some new table top and small group activities, all of which will serve to improve our students gross and fine motor skills, including, but not limited to, free water color painting, Legos, and spelling the letters of their names in table salt.
And speaking of spelling the letters of their names, Ms. Kira has set out sign-in sheets for our kids to practice recognizing and tracing their own name in the mornings when parents first come in to drop off their kids. They’ll find their names directly behind the sign-in area.
All this in preparation for kindergarten. We want nothing less than for our students to leave here ready for and able to succeed in kindergarten.
Here’s the sensory activity with table salt. Above you’ll find Ms. Alyisa’s Pink Unicorns using one finger to draw the first letter of their names. Purple Dragons patterning and completing an HEA activity with Ms. Kira.Turquoise Butterflies drawing things that start with the letter G with Ms. Ray.
We’re fostering the spirit of curiosity in our students, not snuffing it out. Their creativity and imaginative are encouraged. As you can see, there are no boundaries, no barriers, no wrong answers.
Things to ask your child today:
What shapes or things did you draw in the “white sand” today?
What did you do in Ms. Kira’s group?
In your journal, what did you draw that starts with the letter G?
What are some words or things that start with the letter G?
Two enjoyable days for our mini chefs, we made apple pie in a cup for Thursday and pumpkin pie in a cup for Friday. OOOH, Lala!
We smashed and crushed our graham crackersWe filled the cup with crackers on the bottomFollowed by apple pie filling Then Oooh, Lala! Discovering what is inside our pumpkinsParents thank you for your amazing help. “Pumpkin Day”Visit from the police department and Mr. McGruff to teach us about safety during trick-or-treating and riding in a car.
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What a great way to end the month of October!!!!!!!!
We have had a blast this October! From exciting outdoor and indoor activities to a special visit from our police officer friends and McGruff. Our friends went on a nature hunt that turned into an art project we were able to explore and observe after! We wrapped up the month off celebrating our Apple and Pumpkin days by decorating sugar cookies!
A big thank you to our parents for all of your help!
It’s time to reset our clocks as we “Fall Back” by one hour. This minor adjustment can affect our kids, leading to emotional drop-offs and concerns about how dark it gets while they’re still at school. Classrooms will address the time change, and we are ready to support the children as they adjust to this shift.
As the days grow darker and colder earlier, we will transition from spending afternoons outdoors in the yard and on patios to spending them inside the classrooms.
End of the Day Classrooms:
Older Pod– Rm 1 for Rm 1 & 2
Younger Pod– Rm 5 for Rm 4 & 5 Friends (Rm 3 will remain in their room.)
Toddlers – Toddler A for all our toddler friends.
Preschool Chapel – Friday, Nov. 7th
This month’s chapel will focus on the story of Noah’s Ark. The children adore this story and its emphasis on family, animals, and listening to God. We eagerly await the opportunity to worship and praise God together.
Veterans Day – Tuesday, Nov. 11th
PRESCHOOL OPEN
The preschool will be open for Veterans Day. We are thankful and eternally grateful to all the men and women who have served and are currently serving our country, as well as to the families who support them. We will honor their sacrifice and service with the kids on campus.
Special Event: TK/Kindergarten Preview Day – Thursday, Nov. 13th
Calling all Room 1 & 2 families! Here is your chance to check out the main campus and see the TK and Kindergarten in action. This special Preview Day is exclusively for Pasadena Preschool families. Use the button below for more information and to RSVP.
Mark your calendars! Rooms 1, 2, & 3 will be going on our traditional fall field trip to Underwood Family Farm this year; yay!
Physical copies of our trip information letter and permission slips have been distributed through classroom mailboxes. Parent sign-ups for driving and/or chaperoning are available in the classrooms near the sign-in/out logs.
We will continue the Harvest celebration on-site for Rooms 4, 5, and Toddlers with a visit from a few animal pals.
*If you are a Tuesday/Thursday family, you are welcome to join the fun, but please be sure to speak with your classroom teachers and the preschool office so we can include you in our daily counts.
*Parent participation in Farm Day does count toward MVP hours.
Stone Soup Days – Monday, Nov. 24th & Tuesday, Nov. 25th
Stone Soup Days are one of the most significant preschool events of the year. Based on the beloved children’s book Stone Soup, each child brings a vegetable/food item to class to contribute to the community/class pot of soup. Your classroom teachers or Room Parents will let you know how you can pitch in and be a part of this beautiful preschool annual tradition.
Wednesday, November 26th
MINIMUM DAY – NOON DISMISSAL
The day before our Preschool Thanksgiving Break is a Minimum Day. Therefore, the preschool will close promptly at noon.
Thanksgiving Break – Thursday, November 27th – Friday, November 28th
PRESCHOOL CLOSED
The preschool will be closed for Thanksgiving Break in the second half of the 4th week of November. We hope and pray that everyone has a fantastic time off, reflecting on what they are thankful for.
From our preschool family to yours…
We are thankful for many things, including love, laughter, and the joy that children bring.
For the hugs and tears, and the bumps we encounter along the way, we are grateful for each new day.
We thank the Lord for His unending love and for the gifts we receive from above.
We also thank Him for the gift of you and for all the wonderful things you say and do.
May God bless you on this Thanksgiving Day. We are truly grateful that you chose our preschool and came to play.
Blessings, Pasadena Christian Preschool
Speech and Language Screenings – TBA
Speech and language pathologists from Jabberdogs will conduct screenings for receptive and expressive language, voice, articulation, and fluency at the preschool. Once we confirm the screening dates, permission slips will be available at the preschool front desk.
Grandparents’ Day – Friday, December 12th
MINIMUM DAY: NOON DISMISSAL
Rooms 1 and 2 kiddos will perform specially prepared songs along with the upper campus in our auditorium, while Rooms 3, 4, & 5 will present at the preschool. Our toddlers will host special guests and Grandparents in the toddler classrooms and yard. The Grandparents and Special Visitors will also have the opportunity to check out the classrooms and even take their student with them at the end of our event, with parent permission.
Happy Birthday, Jesus! – SATURDAY, December 13th, from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Happy Birthday, Jesus is a SATURDAY MORNING EVENT. This annual tradition will take place at the preschool and at the PCS main campus, in the auditorium.
From 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., we will host craft activities in all of our preschool classrooms and patios. Children and families are welcome to visit each room to make/create a Christmas craft to take.
At 10:45 a.m., all parents and family members will drop off their preschoolers in their classrooms and then proceed to the auditorium to find seats for our “Happy Birthday, Jesus!” performance. Each classroom has been preparing seasonal songs to share with families. Seeing the kiddos perform as we celebrate the season together as a preschool family is such a joy.
Today is Apple Day, which marks the first festivity and parent helper of the year. Our students witnessed the arduous task of making apple sauce, molded their own apples out of modeling clay, and ran freely outside in the warm autumn sunshine, among other things.
Ms. Kira kindly printed and set out some coloring sheets of cute apples.Most students visited the writing center to color their own. Modeling clay, the model is the apple. They used beads and buttons to decorate them. A medieval apple peeler and our helpful parent.The kids helped chop, blend, and stir.
Overall, Apple Day was a success and the applesauce was a hit, albeit a tad cumbersome.
Oct 31: Pumpkin Day
The kids arrived at school excitable and ready for the day! Today’s agenda: pumpkin spice pancakes with Ms. Kira (spoiler: they were delicious), adorn miniature pumpkins with tissue paper using a paint brush and glue solution, and read some stories about spooky underwear and big green monsters.
See tissue covered pumpkins below.
A friend brought a book in today called: “Creepy Pair of Underwear” and “Room on the Broom,” and below you’ll see a parent reading it aloud to the kids. They were enthralled, not only by the book but his animation! Infliction and humor will get you very far with this bunch.
Pancakes! These were a hit, as they were sure to be! Groups of 6 got to assist Ms. Kira in making the batter and she whipped them up lickety-split! Our little chefs waited eagerly and got to have a pancake with some pumpkin butter and maple syrup. I didn’t get any pictures because I was eating them too. They were delightful: warm and cinnamon-ey, perfect for the season.
Happy Friday!
“I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.” Psalms 145:1-3 NIV
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