Kindergarten Monthly Themes
September: friendship, growing and changing (ourselves, life cycle of monarch butterfly), author studies-Eric Carle and Kevin Henkes
October: My Body (five senses), Fall Season, Fire Safety (field trip Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, visit by firefighters.
November and December: Diversity, Construction
January: Winter season, animals (habitat), Author –Jan Brett (visit by the Chewonki Foundation or David Sparks with live owls.
February: Animals and Habitat continues, 100 Day of school, Author Study-Robert Munch, visit by puppeteer Martha Dana
March: Health , Author Study – Dr. Suess, visit by York Community College
April: Dirt, sand and water
May: Plant life, spring season, estuary (field trip to Parsons Beach estuary), visit by author Laura Rankin
June: Ocean/tide pools (field trip to Kennebunk Beach with seventh graders to explore tidal pools)
Help! Help! Help!
Here are some items that are needed in our classrooms. We appreciate any donations.
Glue Sticks
Bottled Glue
Bold Washable Markers
Fine Washable Markers
Colored pencils
White and colored card stock
Bright colored 8 1/2 by 11 copy paper
“Funky paper”?.animal prints, marbled, tie dye etc.
Gallon zip lock bags
Washable inkpads in any color
Magnetic letters
Paper towels
Clorox or baby wipes (store brands are fine)
Stickers
Clipboards
Foam letters and shapes
Glitter pens or glue
Craft supplies: craft sticks, acrylic jewels, old buttons, pom poms, pipe cleaners, glitter, etc.
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Dear Parents,
September is a time when we get to know your child, the children get to know each other and we get to know you. We will be spending time learning school, classroom, literacy and math routines. Please send your child with a quick, healthy snack since we have a 15 minute snack time each morning.
Our month’s literacy focus will be friendship. We will be reading books by two authors, Kevin Henkes and Eric Carle. We will be working with the alphabet; both upper and lower case letters, the letters in our names and become familiar with how the literacy centers work. Our first letters in our phonics program will be Mm and Ss. You can help us by reading with/to your child daily, having your child find these letters in the text they see daily and playing games with words that begin or end with these sounds. Have your child write their names beginning with uppercase and using lower case for the rest of their name. Discuss with your child how to make and keep friends.
In math we will work with the number line, calendar and weather, patterning, counting and general numeration concepts. You can notice numbers in daily surroundings and practice counting with your child. You can post a calendar and note the day, date and weather each morning helping your child become aware of the names of the days.
In science, we will explore growth and changes in ourselves and in the life cycle of the butterfly. If you see a monarch caterpillar, please have your child bring it to school in a plastic container so we can all enjoy watching the metamorphosis. It would also be helpful if you would send in a baby picture of your child that we can use in our study of how we grow and change. You can discuss changes that you observe in nature as the seasons change and how your child has changed as they have grown (what they can do now that used to be difficult.)
Thank you for your time. You will find each monthly newsletter on our blog by going to Consolidated School’s page and clicking on classrooms. Our first book order is attached. Please return it to your teacher by Wed., Sept. 12th.
Mrs. Kathy Cmaylo
Mrs. Loralie Mildner
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Dear Parents:
Welcome to Consolidated School and our all day kindergarten. This is going to be an exciting learning year for children and families. We are looking forward to meeting each and every one of you. Here are some important dates to remember for the start of our year.
Sneak-a Peek August 30th from 3:15 to 4:15
Screening September 4 or 5 appointments all day
Parent Orientation September 10th at 7:00PM in the classroom
Each morning we will have a short snack (healthy, please) and a morning recess. Milk (white or chocolate) and orange juice may be purchased for $.50 a carton. The first couple of weeks, the children will have a bag lunch as they learn the rules of the lunch room. After this learning time, they will have two main entree choices for lunch and two optional sandwiches each day. Hot lunch is $2.00 per day. Milk is included in the hot lunch. Milk may also be purchased at lunch time for those bringing a lunch from home. We have a computerized lunch program where each child has an account. You may pay for lunches a week, a month or for even the school year. When your account runs low, the kitchen will send home a notice that your funds are low. Children do not need to have hot lunch every day. Lunch for kindergarten will be at 11:15. It would be helpful to have parent help for the lunch times for the first couple of weeks as it is new to the children. We will have a story and a short rest time after our lunch recess most days. We are asking that each child bring a beach towel to keep at school for rest time. We will send them home periodically for a wash and ask that you return them the next Monday. It is also helpful for children to have a change of clothes here. Please label all items and put in a zip lock bag.
We share bus duty at the end of the day. We will need a note from home should your child have a change in their normal afternoon routine. This prevents tears and anxious moments for your child and for us!
There is so much more and we will cover those items at parent orientation. Bring your questions and concerns. Enclosed is a list of some items that would be helpful for us to have in the classroom. We are grateful for any help you can provide. We are so looking forward to meeting each of you and forming a partnership that will ensure that we all have the best kindergarten year!