Kindergarten is off and running. We are reviewing our letter sounds and working very hard on vowels. Please take every opportunity to reinforce letter sounds at home. At dinner time and when out and about ask your child what letter items start with (ex. banana starts with the "b" sound which is the letter b.) We also are still struggling with the "teen" numbers and I will be sending these numbers home for practice next week.
T-shirts will be ordered soon and our first field trip will be the end of September - watch for more details to come.
Alex the bear goes home with a different child every Friday and your child will be writing (with your help) all the activities he has experienced with you. Please let your child illustrate all the happenings.

Dear Parents,

The first day of school is rapidly approaching and I know your summer has been enjoyable and rewarding. I have printed the Kindergarten's supply list below. If you have any questions please feel free to call me at Sylvan Prep Academy or my home.

Sylvan Prep Academy 931-528-2543 Gail Farcht (home) 931-525-3643

Supply List
2 boxes Kleenes
2 containers of Clorox wipes
2 bottles of Germ-X
2 bottles of antibacterial hand soap
1 pack of multicolor dry erase markers
1 large pack of colored pencils
2 rolls of paper towels
1 pack of washable markers
2 bottles of Elmer's School Glue
6 glue sticks
2 packs of white copy paper
1 backpack or tote bag
4 packs of pre-sharpened #2 pencils
1 hard plastic pencil box
1 washable water bottle
$10.00 materials fee
1 small pillow and blanket/throw
1 change of clothes in labeled Ziploc bag
2 boxes regular size/primary colors crayons
2 refillable packs of baby wipes
1 plastic portfolio with pockets
2 sets of watercolors
1 pack of sidewalk chalk

13 Days and Counting

Our last few days of school are packed with fun activities. Our Pre-K will be learning the last few sounds of letters A, G, C and Y. The trip to Cumberland Caverns has been cancelled because of safety concerns and instead we will be swimming at TTU in the morning of May 26th. Here is our schedule:

May 24th Talent Show @ 1:oo/Tacky Day
May 25th Field Day at Cane Creek Park/PLA Spirit Day
May 26th Swimming Party @ TTU/Funky Socks Day
May 27th Classroom Clean-up/Crazy Hair Day
May 28th Award Day - Pre-K @ 8:30

It's time for sun and warmth and flowers. Hopefully we will have no more SNOW! The children and I will be talking about some warm weather and the letter "W" this week. Our trip to the bounce zone left everyone all bounced out and ready for the weekend.

We will be having a spring fund raiser in April/May. Instead of buying your annual flowers at the local retail store, consider helping your class with purchasing much needed classroom items. The Johnson Nursery has offered to join with us in availing annual flowers with 20% of the sale going to PLA. A list of annual flowers will be available about April 15th. You will be able to order from your school and when you are ready to plant your flowers you wll be able to go to Johnson's Nursery to pick up your order. Look for details to follow.

SPRING IS ON THE WAY.

WOW! Lots of snow days! Even though some students haven't been here all of the days we have had off, we are still moving right along. We have finished letter"s" and are ready to begin letter "r". So far we have studied 13 letters and 14 numbers. We have also worked hard on right and left, before and after, small, smaller, smallest and big, bigger, biggest. Our next task is to begin measuring and three step sequencing.

We are looking forward to our next field trip to the Cookeville Children's Museum on January 28th. Please don't forget to bring your child's booster seat.

Pre-K is helping Ms. Virginia's class decorate the large bulletin board outside our classroom - take a peek at the beautiful snow laced trees and snowflakes!

Our Pre-K class is working hard to earn dollars for good listening and good choices. At the end of the week we go shopping. I use McDonald toys, Dollar Tree toys, sometimes recycled (in good condition) toys. If you could help fill the shopping box, if would be greatly appreciated. Also when going through your old Halloween costumes if there is an outfit that you would like to donate to our dress-up center the children would love your donation.

Thank you for your support.

Ms. Gail

Field Trip

Don't forget to return permission slips and money ($4) for our trip to Bowling World this week! Students need to wear or bring socks on Friday. All students need to wear a blue or white shirt.