A is for Apple Tree!

Don't Forget!

Ice Cream Social

Wednesday September 28th!

Check out our bulletin boards!

Golf ball painting apple shapes by the 3 year old class!

Apple name puzzles by the 4 year old class!  The children cut their apples on the lines and then had to put the apple together again to make their name!  They all did a great job!

Our Friendship Tree!  

The 3 year olds painted the tree while the 4 year olds made the apples!  Great team work!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Dot Day!
First, we heard the story

                                        

"The Dot" By Peter H. Reynolds

This is a story about a little girl who does not feel she is an artist.  With some encouragement from her art teacher to "Just make a mark and see where it takes you."  Vashti makes a dot on her paper and that dot takes her on a journey of discovering the unmasked creativity in herself!  I love this story!  It is so important to remember that we all have a creative spirit and sometimes we need just a little encouragement to set it free!

Next we made Dots, of course!

The 4 year old's also matched lettered dots on their apple tree!  Some children matched uppercase to uppercase while others matched uppercase to lowercase letters!  I guess our apple trees are now dot trees!

We would like to introduce you to :

Mat Man

You might be wondering, "What is Mat Man?"  Mat Man is a character that is introduced through the Handwriting Without Tears program.  Through this character we work on important skills such as:

• body awareness
• drawing & prewriting
• counting
• building
• socializing & sharing

The children love to work together to build Mat Man, although many refer to him as Bat Man!

Dear Parents,

We will be having our school pictures taken by Gallery Portraits.  This is different than the rest of Underhill School.  We use Gallery Portraits because they are able to take their time with the children and the pictures come out fantastic!  They will be in the classroom on Thursday September 22nd, and Friday September 23rd during each class time.  Please return the attached envelope with payment by picture day!  You can check out the different backgrounds on their website, www.galleryportraitstudios.com.  Click on the school tab and then Fall Poster.  I also have a poster in the classroom that you can look at.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns!

Thanks,

Lisa

We had a terrific first week of school!