Already starting month #3—and the progress we

have seen with the students is really

incredibly! Listening skills, social skills with peers,

literacy and printing their names are all examples of

growth.

Handwriting Without

Tears

You have likely noticed that we teach your child to

write their name in uppercase letters.

Bedrock Playschool follows the “Handwriting Without

Tears” program, as do both elementary schools in the

valley. All uppercase letters can be made with

the following pencil strokes: big line, little line, big curve and little curve.

It is developmentally appropriate to have

preschoolers learn their uppercase letters first.

Once they have mastered their capital letters and

consistently start printing each letter from the top downwards, then they can learn to print their name with a capital first letter and the remaining letters

in lowercase. If you have any questions on this

theory, please feel free to ask us about it!

Monthly Themes and

Activities

During the month of November, there will be a

gocus on Space and Science. If any parents have items at home that

might enhance our themes such as: toy astronauts, plastic planets, start or spacecrafts. Any solar system/planet posters would also be greatly appreciated. And if any family has a mini

trampoline that could be borrowed until the end of

November, that would be a great and fun help too!

We would definitely appreciate any donations

of these items, or to simply borrow them and they can be returned at the end of the month.

We will also be spending some time on the basics of shapes and colors. There

will be a focus on Remembrance Day as well.

Snack Time

Thank you for packing smaller snacks and

focusing on sending only two different items from the four food groups. It has been great to see so

many smaller and healthier snacks packed with our

students!

Lending Library

Available for lending from the classroom, we have a

variety of books and theme backpacks to assist learning at home. These items are all found in the locker/entry area of the

classroom and can be signed out in the blue

library binder on the shelf next to the book shelf. Students are asked to

bring back previous items before borrowing more, and to make sure they

enjoy and have fun!

Have a wonderful month!

Martha and Laura

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We’re on the Web!

www.bedrockplayschool.com

And come ‘like’ us on facebook!

Helping Hand! With the timeframes for our classes, our hardworking teachers have a small amount of time to tidy up, eat their luches and prepare for their next class. Parents can help by ensuring your child is picked up promptly to provide adequate time for our edu-cators to have that much needed break to recharge and prepare.

PARENT HELPERS: Unsure of what to do on your parent helper day? There is a list of tasks located on the counter by the painting smocks. Please ask if you are unsure where the cleaning supplies are. We can not have this fantastic Playschool without the help of our families parents!!

All of the help for the teachers is always greatly appreciated.

SAVE THE DATES Mark your Calendars for the Bedrock

Playschool Christmas Concerts

Wednesday & Thursday

December 12th & 13th

December 12th—Monday, Wednesday,

Friday students

December 13th - Tuesday, Thursday

students

Doors will open at 6:30pm at the Badlands

Community Facility

To make this event a success, we will need

Holiday Helpers!

Holiday Helper Sign-up and RSVP sheets

will be out the Playschool

classroom shortly!

Watch for more info in

December’s newsletter!

Fine Motor Skills

Here are some activities that your children will love that will help to build fine motor skills:

• Lacing cheerios or pasta

• Using tongs to pick up cotton balls

• Scrunching up newspaper into a ball

• Washing plastic dishes in the kitchen sink

• Experimenting with an eye dropper and water

• Using a spray bottle

• Sorting pennies, nickels and dimes

• Playing with playdough

• Putting puzzles together

• Gluing

Santa’s Little Helpers For the Christmas concert this year, we will be looking for a few ‘elves’ to get planning and preparation put together.

There will be sign up sheets outside the classroom for anyone interested in joining the Christmas Committee

team. There will be small gifts from Santa for all students and their siblings. An RSVP sheet will also be posted

outside the classroom to ensure no child is forgotten. In order to do this, we ask that every family donate $2 for

each sibling not currently attending the program who

will be joining us for the concert. Look for the

Christmas box inside the classroom beside the

Lending Library sign out book for leaving your

toonies. And of course, much thanks!

FOR CHRISTMAS 2014

Add some festive flair to your mail this season. Holiday Return Address

Labels in exclusive limited edition designs.

Mabel’s Labels Year-Round Fundraiser

Mabel’s Labels are ‘sticking around’ all year for all of your labeling needs!

These labels are UV resistant, microwave safe, water

proof/dishwasher safe, do not fade, peel or rub off. You can customize your labels with your child’s name and choose your colors and icon.

Some of the products offered are bag tags, shoe labels, clothing and

household labels, just to name a few.

Check out our website at

Www.bedrockplayschool.mabel.ca

Place your order on-line and the playschool receives 20% of

every sale!

Scholastic Book Clubs are exclusively school-based clubs

that offer classrooms and home schools an easy way to purchase

the best children’s books and software at low prices. Teachers

earn Bonus Coupons and Free Picks with every order from the Clubs, which may be used to get

free teaching materials and classroom resources. The six

Scholastic Book Clubs—Elf, See-Saw,, Lucky, Arrow, Specials

(themed catalogues for all grades), and Club de Lecture (English/French language) -

provide the best children’s books in monthly catalogues mailed

to schools.

November book order forms are now outside the classroom, please feel free to take a look

and see the great value Scholastic has to offer.

November

14/2014

Why reading to your Pre-School

child is beneficial

School Preparation: Reading aloud is the easiest and most effective way to prepare a child for school. And it’s never too early to start

preparing them. Kids who are read to when they are young are more likely to do well in school overall.

When you read to children, you are stimulating language and literacy

skills, as well as building motivation, curiosity and memory. Ever try to

skip a page in a small child’s favorite book? They catch you every time!!

At just $5 each, Mabel’s Labels is offering sweet little

combos that make perfect stocking stuffers, party

favors and personalized add-ons to other gifts. Hurry! These festive

designs are available for a limited time only!

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Message from the PresidentMessage from the PresidentMessage from the PresidentMessage from the President It is hard to believe we are already in our third month of classes and things are

moving along nicely. The kids are settling into their playschool routine and hopefully some lifelong friendships are being made. While we are a play-based program, the

kids have still been hard at work on their pre-school skills such as scissor proficiency and letter recognition to name a few. Our teachers are continuing to

learn new techniques to support our children and an Occupational Therapist recently visited some of our classes to reinforce proper pencil grasp.

Our Christmas Committee is hard at work planning our Christmas Concerts which will be held on December 10th and 11th. We will be looking for parents to help with the set up (December 10th) and take down (December 11th), so please keep an eye our for the signup sheet which will be up in the next few days on the board outside the

classroom.