Fall has arrived and with it cooler weather! Please remember to send your child with the appropriate outdoor clothing and shoes. We will go outside nearly everyday unless it is frigid, wet or the air quality is at unhealthy levels.
Parents: please, please, please do not let your child walk unaccompanied to the door during drop off. Hold your number card out the window and stay in your vehicle when in the drive. I know it seems like it might help move things along to open car doors for staff or unbuckle children, but it is our policy for your child’s safety. The greeting teachers will become faster and more efficient with experience.
Hopefully by now, you have had the chance to meet all of our staff. Maren and Brittan, USU students in Family Consumer and Human Development, joined us this month as AM Preschool Aides. Both add delightful energy and enthusiasm to Morningside School and the children adjusted very quickly to the new faces in their classroom!
It is so neat to see how much the children have already learned this year. The preschoolers have been working on name recognition and writing. Many preschoolers are already writing their own names without help! Each day, during opening circle time Teacher Amber works with the preschoolers on letter and number identification and letter sounds. They are also practicing using new “fabulous” words each week expanding their vocabularies. This week they are learning “Gigantic” and “Miniscule”! What cool words!!! On Friday ask your child if they can use the “fabulous” words of the week before bedtime! If they can do it, give them the great big high-five they deserve! Remember, anytime you are interested in knowing what your child is learning at school, feel free to visit the calendar tab for weekly lesson plans on the website or speak with Amber directly.
The kindergarten students are writing with more sophistication, and have begun learning sight words, a basic step toward reading. But not all learning takes place at a table indoors — nature walks and time on the playground have provided wonderful opportunities to explore the natural world!