Oh NO! It's April and I haven't posted!!!

As you may have guessed, it's been a busy time.

Our 4 year classes will be heading to the Airport soon.   Watch for their permission slips coming home soon.

We are also doing a Scholastic Book Order which will officially be ordered on Thursday, April 17th!  The forms went home in each child's box this week.

Coming in May....
    Parent/Teacher Conferences.....May 1 & 2
    Pizza With Pastor...May (still narrowing down the dates)
    Hospital Field Trip....May 8 & 9
    End of Year Celebrations....May 29 & 30

Watch for more information coming soon!!!!

Fire Station Fun

We had awesome field trips to the Hermiston Fire Department.  Thank you fire fighters for helping us understand how you help us.

Fire Station Field Trips, Thursday and Friday, February 20 & 21

Make sure you have your background check already done for this fun trip.  Check in at our school office to make sure  you are background checked to go with us.

Each driver must have a background check, copy of current insurance, and a copy of their current driver's license.

If you have any  questions, please check with Miss Tess!

Field trip forms will be coming home soon.

Cake Bake Wednesday, February 12 & Thursday, February 13 6 p.m

Bake a cake with your child.
Bring the cake to our school on either night.
Buy a cake to help raise funds for our school.
Head home about an hour after you start.
Get your child to bed on time with a wonderful cake to eat for Valentine's Day!

Family Reading Night.....Wednesday, January 29 at 6:30 p.m.

Come to our family reading night.  Each family will get 2 new books to keep. 

Parents can check out how to share literature with their children.  We'll have ideas to help you make reading fun. 

January Activities

After Christmas Program ....Wednesday, January 8 at 7 pm

Please bring your child to the classroom by 6:45!

December Happy Birthday Jesus Celebrations!

Look what was happening in our classes this week.  We enjoyed lots of activities for Halloween including Pumpkin Pie Playdough, Halloween stories, and wring Halloween words like candy, halloween, and pumpkin. 

Sharing a story together

 Our farm play

 Pumpkin Pie Flavored Playdough

 Writing Practice

November Happenings....

Check out what is coming up in November for the 4 year classes:

 GRANDPARENT DAYS!   Thursday, November 14 & Friday, November 15

      Grandparents can come and stay the entire class with their grandchild, or drop in for a short time to say hello.

THANKSGIVING BREAK IS LONGER THIS YEAR:

     Thanksgiving Break is from Wednesday, November 27 through Friday, November 29.  Enjoy your time to spend with family and thanking God for His wonderful mercies.

October Pumpkin Patch Field Trips

 Bellinger's Pumpkin Patch 2013

Noah's Ark Story (4 year Old Style)

 We told the story of Noah's ark today and each child was an animal partner with another.  We entered two by two into the Ark and waited a long time for the 40 days of rain.  Then we discovered God had kept us safe during the storm, just like Jesus saves us now.  Lots of fun and lots of animal noises!

Preschool Open House...September 29th, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

Preschool Open House.
Sunday, September 29
4:00 - 5:30 pm
See your child's classroom!
Meet our staff!
Get a family photo!
Go on a treasure hunt!

Can't wait to see you there.  We love to meet our families and get to know you.  If you have any questions, just give us a call at the preschool.  567-7829

SEE YOU THERE!

Bring a photo of your child!

We need a 4 x 6 snapshot of each child this week.  We plan to do self-portraits and would like to look at our pictures to draw ourselves.  We want to know what color God made our eyes and our hair.  God tells us we are special!

Awesome First Week of School 2013 2014 School Year

Well, we not only survived our first week of classes, but we thrived.  Each class is settling in and learning the rules as well as meeting all the new friends.  I think we've called most of the children by their correct names, and I know we've soooooo enjoyed them.

Here are a few photos of our afternoon classes.  Sorry, I didn't get the morning classes pictures, just thought of it in the afternoon.  But, not to worry, I'll get some morning photos soon.

Keeping busy pretending in our housekeeping area.

Making squares and rectangles with our geo boards.

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Reading Brown Bear book with felt pieces.

Working together with the barn and animals.

Confession Time.....

Life has been so busy with field trips, extra notes home, and other May details, I forgot to post the May stories.  But, better late than never.

Upcoming events in our classroom:

• Mother's Day Visit Day  Thursday and Friday, May 9 & 10
• Spatter Painting....bring a white T-Shirt by Friday, May 10.  Wear old paint clothes on Monday, May 13 & Tuesday May 14.  The paint does NOT come out!
• Pizza with Pastor... bring your favorite pizza topping for May 15 & 16!
• Un-Birthday Day....all children with summer birthdays can bring a special snack to school on the 23rd & 24th
• End of Year Picnics at McKenzie Park on Thursday and Friday, May 30 & 31

Alot crammed into the last month.  Exciting and a little sad that I will be saying goodbye to many of my preschool friends.  But let's celebrate the time we have left!

2013/2014 Registration Dates

Alumni Registration is April 9th at noon.

Public Registration is May 7th at 9 a.m.

Be sure to tell your friends.

Bring:    Registration Form (bethlehemhermiston.org)
             Immunization Records
             $100 registration fee

Airport Field Trips

We will be heading to the Hermiston Airport on April 25 & 26.   We'll need parents to drive us there and help on the field trip.  Let me know if you can help us out.

Make sure you have a background check on file with our school.  This is a popular field trip and we need time to get your background check completed.

Children will need to wear their BLPS T-Shirts and a warm jacket.

Mike Martin shares his plane and hanger with us and lets each child get into his plane and talk on the radio.

Dad's Week April 8 thru April 12

All dads are invited to come into our classroom the week of April 8 thru the 12th.  Stay the whole class period or stop in for a short time.  I know your child will soooo enjoy you being there!

Fire Station Field Trip

 Checking out a child's heart with a firemen in the ambulance.

 This is what a fireman would look like if he was coming in to save you in a fire.  Don't be afraid.  Make lots of noise and let him find you.

 TTH AM Class Picture

MWF PM Class Picture

 MWF AM Class Picture

We got to go inside a firetruck!

Coming soon.....Fire Station Field Trip Pictures

As soon as I can get them loaded, we'll see what happened at the Fire Station.  The men and women of our own Hermiston Fire Department do an amazing field trip for our classes.  We learn about being safe, what to do if the fire department ever needs to come to our house and help us, and not to be afraid if the firemen come into our house.

We also love spraying the fire hose.  What an awesome experience the Hermiston Fire Department provides for our preschool.

Thanks to all of our parents who so willingly drive our children to and from our field trips and stay to help us do this wonderful activity!