Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful, safe, and restful break!
FRIDAY CENTER ACTIVITY (SENSORY BOTTLE) For one of our centers this week (on Friday) I will be inviting students to create a sensory bottle. This can be very open-ended as to what items you have available and/or prefer to use. Specific items have not been sent home for this in our packets so I wanted to give you a heads up that it would be an upcoming activity. You can use any type of plastic bottle with a securable lid. Items you can use to fill it could be: sand, rice, beans, water, beads, small toys, pebbles, things from a nature walk, etc. Here is also a blog post about sensory bottles that has a bun of fun ideas for different types of sensory bottles: littlebinsforlittlehands.com/recycled-sensory-bottles-common-household-bottles/ CONFERENCES We will have our spring parent-teacher conferences on Monday, February 8th via Zoom. Just as in the fall, this is not at all required, but will be available if you would like to take advantage of it. I will not be preparing anything special to show at conferences, but it could be a time for us to discuss any questions you may have about: transitions to kindergarten, evaluation processes, future IEP meetings, brainstorm solutions for any issues you are encountering with your child (school related or not), etc. Each conference will be no longer than 20 minutes. Please let me know whether or not you would like to have a conference by filling out the following form: forms.gle/EVTpToKURpogQ4px7 SCHOOL PICTURE DAYS I have inquired about picture days for our class since that will look different for us this year. HR Imaging will be at the Preschool to take individual student pictures on Wednesday, February 10th and Thursday, February 11th. If you are comfortable and would like to bring your child to school to get his/her picture taken you can bring them on those days between 9:15-11:00AM or 1:15-2:00. Their photo slip for the photographers will be in the office and I have been told that we can just slip our students in quickly to get you in and out. If you choose to bring your child in for a photo, then that will be the photo that is used in this year's yearbook. If you are not comfortable bringing your child in for pictures, but would like for his/her photo to be in our yearbook, you can send a picture of your choice (chest/shoulders and up and of only your choice please) to me and I will submit it to HR Imaging. Please let me know if you have any questions. VALENTINE'S DAY EXCHANGE As mentioned in our last news update, I would like to still offer a valentine exchange for our students. In our January 25th packet pickup we send home a white paper lunch bag along with a list of student names. If your child would like to share and/or receive valentines, please have him/her decorate the bag and return it during our February 8th packet pickup. If they will be sharing valentines with friends you can also pop those into the decorated white bag. Mrs. Schmidt and I will then work to distribute the valentines appropriately and deliver the decorated bag back to your home on Wednesday or Thursday of that week. KINDERGARTEN SCREENING If you plan to send your child to Kindergarten next year, please view the linked flyer below. Current preschool students do not need to register for Kindergarten as they are already in the Hilliard City Schools system. The only thing they you will need to do is provide the preschool with updated immunizations and contact the Welcome Center beginning on January 11 – 29th to schedule a kindergarten screening appointment. Here is a link to the flyer: preschool_flyer_for_kg_2021.pdf PACKET PICK-UP SCHEDULE Our pick-up dates for the remainder of the year will be: January: 1/11 &. 1/25 February: 2/8 & 2/22 March: 3/8 & 3/22 April: 4/12 & 4/26 May: 5/10 We will also have another scheduled time during the last week in May (5/24-5/28) where I will ask for families to return their school iPads and any other school-owned items. That date and time is currently to be determined.
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