Ole Miss Preschool News

October 2024 Newsletter

Tips to Support Preschool Nutrition

Did you know all children get the opportunity for a free lunch at our school cafeteria through May 2025? This is a great time to encourage your child to try a variety of new foods! Free school lunch is incredibly helpful to our pocketbooks, but as we know, there are a lot of picky eaters out there! You can help encourage children eat a variety of healthy foods

by doing the following:

•Introduce your child to a new food with a meal at dinner time. Continue to familiarize your child with this food by including this food with meals regularly.

• Discuss where various foods come from and grocery shop together. Visit farms, farmers markets, and orchards.

• Cook together! Your child can stir, add ingredients and spices, roll dough, etc. Introduce new

or “unusual” foods slowly and in different ways (e.g. raw onions in a salad don’t taste like caramelized onions in a taco).

• Show flexibility. Model trying new things and refrain from acting negatively towards foods you

don’t prefer.

Support your Student with a Goodbye Ritual!

What is a Goodbye Ritual?

A goodbye ritual is a way for parents and care givers to have a special way to say goodbye to their student. After a special hug, fist bump, or high five- be sure to trust your student's teacher and leave when you say goodbye. This promotes security with not only your child's teacher, but also with your student. The more anxiety you show, the more they will feel. It is instinctual for your child to empathize with the most important person in their life, YOU! Please let us know if you need any extra support with the Goodbye Process.

Family Conference Sign-Up

Preschool Family Conference

Save the Date for our Preschool Family Conferences! We will have a conferences on October 11th. Please look for schedules from your child's teacher to be sent home with your top three times to meet. You can meet in person or by phone. Let us know if you have any questions or concerns! Thank you!

It's getting colder...

Please check your student's backpack and exchange the extra summer clothes for winter clothes. Also, please remember to dress your child for the weather. You will want to put their name on the tag to prevent it from getting lost.

Note from the Nurse

Please be sure to have your child's immunizations up to date. Those who received a letter need to make an appointment with their doctor and let Nurse Brooke know in the office to avoid exclusion.

Important October Dates and Themes

Unit: Balls

We will explore and investigate different types of balls and connect them with our priority standards. We will continue to identify letters, numbers, shapes and count!

Oct. 1st: PTO 5:30 PM Please enter door 3. Childcare is provided.

Oct. 1st: Mobile Market, 4:30-6:30

Oct. 7th: School Board Meeting 6:30pm-7:30pm

Oct. 7th-11th: Fire Prevention Week

Oct. 9th: Picture Retake Day/ Flu Shot Clinic Day

Oct 11th: eLearning/Family Conferences (Look for the sign-up sheet from your child's classroom teacher)

Oct. 15th: LEGO STEAM Night

Oct. 18th: Character Building Convocation

Oct 21st-25th- Fall Break- No School

Oct. 28th: School Board Meeting 6:30pm-7:30pm