February Newsletter

February, Really!?! With this weather it feels more like spring! We love this warmer weather and will take advantage of it by going outside to play. Yeah!!!

This month we will re-focus on sharing and taking turns. We have started to become more familiar and comfortable with each other and our surroundings, so we will review the rules once again. Sharing is a learned skill and requires a lot of repetition!

Our field trip to the fire station has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 6. We will be at the Hartwood fire station by 10 am. I hope you can join us.

The weekly themes this month are:

2/1- Feelings (happy, sad, mad, silly.....)

2/8- "God made the fish and all the creatures in the sea", heart shape, Chapel at 9:15

2/15- Valentine's Party, "Love one another", friends, exchanging (giving) Valentine's to friends

2/22- Story of 'Noah and the Ark', rainbows and PURPLE day!

2/29- "God made the animals"

We will celebrate our 'friendships' by exchanging Valentines and having a small class party on Feb. 15th. If you would like to send in something for the party, please let me know. We will be decorating a heart shaped cookie for our snack and we would like to have something else to go with it, like yogurt, fruit, or cheese. Also if you have a fun drink you would like to share, it would make our party more complete. I will place a sign up sheet outside the classroom for those of you who would like to bring in something. Do not feel obligated to send in something, unless you want to.

Also, for Valentine's day please help your child make something to put their 'goodies' in. A simple gift bag or shoe box with their name on it will work best. They may decorate it in any way they choose. Thank you for your help with this.

Our Bible story this month will be on "Noah and the Ark". We will talk about Noah, the animals and the rainbow (based on Gen. 6-8, 9:13). We are also focusing on the concept that "God made everything" (Gen. 1:1, 1:20-21, 1:24-25) as we learn about fish, friends and other animals.

On Feb. 22, we will talk about the color " purple ". Please help your child bring to school something purple. It can be a simple drawing with a purple crayon or a purple ribbon. Anything that can be taped to the wall and left at the school.

Have a wonderful February!

Susan and Sharlene