I hope your kids have had all had a good time in class. Amy and I have had a great time with them! We were so busy getting everyone settled and getting work done that I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked. But here's a small sampling of some of the things we did the first five days of school
Quick housekeeping before the fun blogging:
1) Please send August tuition if you have not. It's half of what is normally owed ($100 for full-day/$65 for half day), due to the shorter month. Also, don't forget $1 fee for water bottles and $3 art fee, if you have not already paid this. If you have paid all of these HOORAY! :)
2) Our letter this week is V. Our number is 2. Our shape is the triangle. Our Sight word is "am." Your kids are pretty great at remembering this day-to-day, so feel free to ask them about this at breakfast (if you have time). Our memory verse for the week is "In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth." Genesis 1:1. At least for the first couple of weeks, we will be trying to parallel some of our memory verses with our Wednesday Chapel series on the Days of Creation.
3) PAPERWORK! If you have not turned in your HFYH paperwork or Emergency contact form, the administrative staff has requested you please do that ASAP. If you have lost the paperwork and need a new copy email me rachelhfyh[AT]gmail.com and I will send them to you.
4) Image release: all photos pictured in the blog only show faces of those who turned in an image release for HFYH. That includes the blog as well as the private HFYH Facebook page. If you DO NOT wish to have your child's picture on the blog, let me know.
On Monday, we will always have library. On the first day of school, our Librarian/music teacher Mrs. June just read stories, but your student probably brought home their first library book today!
On Wednesday, we have all-school Chapel where Pastor Doug, our Youth Minister Allen, Mrs. Nicki or the teachers will be teaching a bible lesson to the three preschool and two Pre-K classes together. This is a recent change from individual Sanctuary Classes in previous years and I for one am already enjoying seeing all of our kids in one place sitting so nicely!
As you might already know, the letter for the week was A so we got to do a couple A things, including sharing our letter bags, making some apples (which will be in the hallway once it gets painted!) and, of course, practicing writing As! The afternoon kids got to meet with Mrs. Tracey and Mrs. Brandy's class to make applesauce on Wednesday and Thursday. We got some pretty great faces out of your kids and apparently the finished product was delicious!
On Thursday of last week, we began our first assessments for Enrichment. During enrichment periods on Thursdays, students from the two Pre-K classes will be grouped based on abilities and have tasks that are geared especially to improve certain skills. For example, ability grouping allows the students who are already ready to begin reading can work on that, while our students who are still working on some of their letter identification and letter sounds can focus on those skills.
As far as this week goes, I'm guessing the major story that most of you heard today was about the Hawk. This is a Red-Tailed Hawk, and he/she was rather calm about your kids being around, much to my surprise! It was perched on top of the covered bridge to the playground and stayed there for enough time for all the kids to see and for me to share some of my knowledge about hawks. Mrs. Nicki decided that we're now the Home for Your Heart Hawks, which the kids also agreed upon by majority vote.
Also during recess today, we happened across a live cicada. The boys were enthralled, but the girls couldn't care less. I have never seen a live one before, so it was pretty exciting for me too!
Thank you for checking the blog, and I will be posting new things as often as possible. As always, email if you have any questions or concerns! See you in the morning!
Ms. Rachel
