Friday, October 29

Thanks to all of the families who helped with our Halloween celebrations.  It's your help and support that make our school such a wonderful place to be!

Wednesday, October 27

Thank you to the residents and staff of Summer Breeze for inviting us over to Trick or Treat.  We had a wonderful time!

Thursday, October 21

We had some excitement in one of our 4s classes this morning.  Our monarch chrysalises began opening!  We watched as one of the butterflies dried its wings and moved around the cage.  Another one of the chrysalises has darkened and we think that will be the next butterfly to emerge.

Monday, October 18

Last chance for our school photos!
Photography by Lori will have studio hours on Wednesday , October 20th from 4:00-6:00 for any child who hasn’t yet gotten a school picture taken. We’re hoping to make a yearbook available in the spring so we’d like to have a picture of everyone! Visit http://www.photographybylori.com/ for more information, phone number, address, etc.

  

 

 

A Peek Ahead at November

• No school on November 11th or 12th in honor of Veterans’ Day.
• We’ll be doing a canned food drive during the weeks of November 13th and 20th.  
• Grandparents Day will be Tuesday, November 23. Grandparents (or a special friend) will bring their grandchildren to school for our Thanksgiving program (10:00 a.m.) and a special treat with their classes. (We’ll be sending more information home on this in the next couple of weeks.)
• There is no school on November 24, 25, or 26 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Wednesday, October 13

It’s hard to believe that we’re almost halfway through October already. After our taste of fall weather last week, we’re ready for jacket weather!


Donations Needed!

If you have unused ceramic tiles that you would like to donate to the school, please send them in. We need 4”x4” and 6”x6” tiles for our Grandparents’ Day project. Color doesn’t matter!


Halloween Week Information

On Wednesday, October 27th, our students will go trick-or-treating next door at Summer Breeze. We’ll wear our Halloween costumes on that day and walk over to visit the residents and sing our Halloween songs for them. Because we’re just across the lawn from Summer Breeze we won’t need chaperones for this “trip” but check the class monthly calendar or ask the teacher to see which day your child’s Halloween party will be. Some classes are doing parties on Wednesday after our trick-or-treating and some are waiting until Friday.


Halloween Songs

Below are the lyrics for some of the songs we’ll be singing if you’d like to practice at home.


Salute the Flag

Salute the flag,
The grand old flag
With colors red, white and blue
It stands for truth and liberty
This flag is waving for you!
Salute!


Five Little Witches

There were five little witches flying in the air, flying in the air, flying in the air.
There were five little witches flying in the air
For this is Halloween!

There were four little skeletons jumping up &down...

There were three little ghosts that were staring everywhere...

There were two little goblins saying “Trick or Treat!”...

There was one little pumpkin swinging on a gate...


Eeensy Weensy Spider

The eensy weensy spider climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the eensy weensy spider climbed up the spout again.

False Face

Who’s behind that false face?
Nobody knows but me.
Who’s behind that false face?
Nobody knows but me.

I won’t tell you.
You will have to guess.
If your guess is right,
I will answer YES!


Pumpkin Chant

Pumpkin, pumpkin
Round and fat
Turn into a jack-o-lantern
Just like that!


Stirring the Brew

Stirring and stirring and stirring our brew
(Pretend to stir something in a big pot).
WHOOO-OO, WHOO-OO
(Put hands near mouth and wiggle fingers)
   Repeat

Tip-toe, tip-toe, tip-toe—BOO!
(With each tip-toe sing lower and use your fingers to tip-toe in the air, until BOO where you then close and open your hands next to your face, saying BOO loud!)

Friday, October 8

Thank you very much to the Southside Fire Department for coming out to visit!

Thursday, October 7

We had some interesting things going on around the building this morning...

If you peeked into Mrs. Reese's class, you might have seen a chrysalis.

Just across the hall in Mrs. Whitaker's class, there were some strange shapes taking form...



A few reminders...

• To wrap up Fire Prevention Week, we'll be visited by the fire truck tomorrow morning (Friday) at about 10:00.  Check back for pictures later this weekend.
• The last day to pay October's tuition without a late fee is Tuesday 10/12.
• No school on Monday, October 11th.

Using bubble wrap to mix red and yellow to make orange.

We've had a good response to our first few days of Lunch Bunch.  Remember if you'd like your child to stay, pack a lunch, send a note in the morning along with payment of $5.00, and tell them to have fun!  Pick-up is at 1:00.

Monday, October 4

Have you ever wondered how we manage to keep our tables so clean?

Shaving cream!!!

Friday, October 1

Happy October!  It's Fire Prevention Month!

We had our first fire drill yesterday and everyone did a wonderful job.  We had a lot of our children leaving the building with their hands clamped over their ears, but at least they were moving quickly!  Next Friday the Fire Department will come with their truck and visit us.  This month is a good time to make sure that your family's fire evacuation plan is up-to-date and known by all family members.

If you haven't placed your order for school pictures yet, go to http://www.photographybylori.com/ to the Client Proofs tab.  You'll find your child's proofs online and ready to be ordered.  You must order by Monday, October 4th to receive the current pricing plan.

Monday, September 27

We had a great first day of music with Miss Caitlin!  We can't wait until this Friday when she comes back!

Just a reminder that Photography by Lori will return on Thursday, September 30, to do make-up pictures and retakes.  If you'd like your child's photo taken and your child is not normally at school on Thursday, please bring your child to the Fellowship Hall at 10:30.  If your child is in class on Thursday, please make sure his/her teacher knows that you'd like a photo taken and we'll make sure it gets done.

Tuesday, September 21

We have a new music teacher who will start working with the 3s and 4s each Friday beginning September 24! Please help us welcome Mrs. Caitlin Whitaker to WIPP. She recently graduated from Georgia College and State University with a degree in Music Therapy. After completing a 7-month internship in the Fulton County School System, Caitlin moved to Savannah to start her pediatric private practice, Making Melodies Music Therapy. She is also certified in Kindermusik and is currently teaching classes in the Savannah area. We're thrilled to have her on board!  (We haven't forgotten the 2s!  Miss Caitlin will start visiting them biweekly later in October.)

  

Thanks for returning the forms for Lunch Bunch. Look for a flyer next week with details on our 2010-2011 Lunch Bunch program which we hope to start on Monday, October 4th!

  

Just a reminder that carpool will start for the 2-year-old classes next week. For those of you who have children in the MWF 2s and 3s classes using the back preschool parking lot, we expect some slow-downs. We're doing our best to move things along quickly and avoid a traffic back-up. If you could help us by:

• pulling all the way around to the front of the car pool line;
• placing your child's car seat on the passenger side of your vehicle;
• remaining in your vehicle and letting the teachers help your child in and out of the car/car seat; 
• and displaying your child's name in the front window of your vehicle at afternoon pick-up.

We realize that sometimes you'll need to resettle your child(ren) or adjust things, but we ask that you pull around to the end of the driveway to do that.

Please be careful in and around the parking lot. We've tried to cut back grass and bushes for maximum visibility, but we know it's not always an easy entrance or exit. Also, please refrain from using cell phones during drop-off and pick-up so that everyone's complete attention is on our students.