McDanield Preschool Monthly News
October 2023
Dates To Remember:
October: Fire Safety Month
October: Down Syndrome Awareness Month
10/1: Be on the lookout from your child's teacher for Parent Teacher Conference Sign Ups
10/2: Custodian Day
10/14: Kerby Pumpkin Patch (4 Year Old Classes)
-Permission slips sent home in folders
10/16: NO SCHOOL, Parent Teacher Conferences
10/17: NO SCHOOL, Parent Teacher Conferences
10/16: Boss's Day
10/21-10/25: Bus Safety Week: Here is a link from Deb Elmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLvKyEmrtRk
10/26: Boo Bash @ the Bonner Springs City Library (check out your child's fall craft)
Time: 12-2 PM
10/31: Halloween
(Your child may wear their costume to school)
10/31: Halloween Parade: AM: 10 AM (Verhaeghe, Stos, Long, Woolf)
PM Class: 2:30 PM (Stos, Long, Bulloch)
Snacks will be right after the Halloween Parade for students. Parents are welcome to take their child with them or their child can stay at school for the remainder of the day.
11/4: Food Drive Begins (Student's can bring in canned goods for Vaughn-Trent)
-We will deliver canned goods the week before Thanksgiving break.
Parent-Teacher Chat
Teacher Wish List
- Bag of veggie straws
- Bag of popcorn
- Bag of Mini M&M's
- Tub of cheese balls
- Box of goldfish
- Box of Gogurts
- Box of granola bars
- Box of gluten free cereal
- Halloween candy
- (Optional)
- Thank you for your support!
Letter, Color, Shape, Number:
What are we learning?
10/1: X, Z, J, Q, 4, Rectangle, Red
10/7: A, B, C, D, 5, Diamond, Green
10/14: E, F, 1-5, Diamond, Rainbow
10/21: G, H, I, J, 6, Hexagon, Purple
10/28: K, L, M, N, 7, Trapezoid, Black
Social Emotional:
What are we learning?
- I can identify the size of the problem (big or small problem)
- I can wait.
- I can play fairly.
- I can follow directions.
- I can use self-talk.
At home practice:
- Putting on clothes, jackets and shoes
- Using the restroom independently
- Opening up backpack
- Opening up containers and packages
- Talking to your child (I see a pumpkin, I see an orange pumpkin, I can decorate a pumpkin)
- Taking a deep breath when having big feelings
Book Fair at Bonner Springs Elementary!
There will be a Book Fair at Bonner Springs Elementary that the MCD families are invited to attend.
When: October 16 & 17 (3:30-7:30 PM)