Klahanie Nursery School Newsletter
October 2012
September Reflection
What a wonderful start to our 2012-2013 school year! Our new students have adjusted
smoothly and happily to the classroom environment and routine. Thank you parents for all your positive
support during those delicate emotional days for the new students adjusting to
coming to school for the first time and finding safety here with us teachers
and classmates!
September was our month of getting to know each other and
finding connection. We supported
this by introducing our art project of Self Portraits (which are currently
displayed in our classroom) and singing our Days of the Week song
highlighting who is in class that day to support the development and
celebration of ourselves and how to connect as a friend. The elder students in both our AM and
PM classes have displayed amazing levels of empathy and helpful guidance to the
children adjusting to being in class for the first time. Some of these elders have even shared
remembering how they missed their family when they first started school and
took time to show these new classmates favorite areas in class and in the
garden during outside play.
October Curriculum Topics
·
Vashon Island:
This school year geographical exploration of Land and Water forms (specifically that relate to our Pacific
Northwest living) is our focus.
For October we will begin with Islands (“a body of land surrounded by
water”) and weave it to our daily living and what vehicles assist us when
living/going to school on an island.
·
Apples: Parts of
Apples as well as the life cycle and add fun activities with these tasty autumn
treats!
·
Pumpkins &
Jack-o-Lanterns: Again using Parts of Pumpkins as our guide, we will
make botany posters of the pumpkin life cycle (seed, vine, leaf/flower, pumpkin)
as well as fun Halloween Jack-o-lantern collages and songs. Children are
welcome to wear their costumes on Halloween.
·
Spiders: Continuing our
exploration of these little arachnids by singing fun songs about their parts of
body and ways we can respect what they offer the earth and how to best care for
them is our focus.
·
Bats: Mammals
whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally
capable of sustainable flight—these shy little creatures will be celebrated
during our October month! Through
art activities and circle time songs and books, our classes will understand how
important bats are to the Pacific Northwest (www.batsnorthwest.org is a great family
resource).
·
Autumn: To find
awareness of the changing season, we will focus on autumn weather, colors,
leaves and animals preparing for the encroaching winter months.
Thank You
Jessica Seaman for donating the geometric pattern puzzles and alphabet
tower!
Reminders
ART/CURRICULUM FEE DUE NOW Please bring your $50
fee no later than Oct.25
TUITION October tuition is now due. Payment for tuition is due the 1st
of the month. If paid after the 7th,
a 35% increase is added to the tuition amount unless other arrangements have
been made with Director Emily Graham (206-491-9465).
OPENINGS Our Tuesday/Thursday PM class is completely
full but we do have one more opening in our Wednesday PM class if a parent
wants to add a day for his/her child.
We have two openings for children 18 months and younger in our AM
class. We will not fill these
spots until Teacher Lauren is back from maternity leave (end of February/early
March). Please feel free to pass
our school information to families who might be interested.
SUBSTITUTES Occasionally a teacher will need a volunteer
parent to sub for her if they cannot be at school due to illness. If you would like to be on a list of
parents to call to volunteer, please sign up on the sub list posted on the
school board (on the deck).
PHOTO OF YOUR CHILD Please remember to bring your photo
of your child for our School Peace Wall.
The children LOVE to find him/herself and friends on the wall throughout
the school year!
SCHOOL ILLNESS POLICY With the autumn months here, more
colds and other illnesses will surely start to flare up. If your child is well enough for
school, he/she will be well enough to participate in all school activities,
including going outside in all weather.
Please keep you child
home if you observe the following: Persistent cough, Yellow/Green Mucus,
Diarrhea (3 or more watery stool in a 24hr period), Vomiting (in 24hr period),
Fever (101 degrees or higher in 24hr period), Rash (not associated with diaper,
heat or allergies), Eyes thick with mucus or pus draining.
Monthly Class Pictures For Our AM and PM Classes:
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| Sister from our PM class walking her brother to his first day of school in our AM class! Picture by Jessica Seaman |
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| Birthday celebration in our PM class |
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| Self Portraits |
