March 2025
Important Dates
- Thursday March 6, 2025: Virtual Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences, 11:20AM Dismissal
- Monday March 10, 2025: Spring Picture Day
- Monday March 31, 2025: School closed in observance of Eid-al-Fitr
Reminders
- Please check your child’s folder every day, and please return the folder to school the next day.
- Please remember to label all of your child’s belongings: write your child’s name on their jackets, water bottles, lunch boxes, lunch containers, etc.
Creative Curriculum
Unit of Study: Light
Focus Questions:
- What objects make light?
- How do we use light?
- What happens when we block light?
- What kinds of things does light shine through?
Math Focus: Measurement and Patterns
- Measurement: Children will learn about length and height.
- Patterns: Children will create their own patterns.
Center Time
Science/Discovery Center is an important part of the pre-k curriculum.
Young children have many questions about the world around them. They may ask: “Where did the puddle go?”, “What do worms eat?”, “How can I make my truck go faster?”, “Do fish go to sleep?”
In our classroom, the Discovery Area is a place where children can explore and investigate to answer their questions. They observe, experiment, measure, solve problems, take things apart, and explore the materials and living things. They guess what will happen as a result.
In the Discovery Area children do what scientists do: ask questions, plan and conduct investigations, gather information, construct an explanation, and communicate findings.
What You Can Do at Home
You do not need to be an expert. Science is all around us- from making bubbles in the bathtub, to boiling water on the stove. Get in the habit of wondering out loud (“I wonder why that water is boiling” or “Why is my shadow sometimes big or sometimes small?”).
The kinds of questions you ask and statements you make when the child is exploring will help develop their scientific skills. Look for opportunities to develop your child’s scientific thinking during everyday activities… taking a bath, cooking dinner, playing with toys, etc.
Sincerely,
The Pre-K Teachers