February 2023
Lion Cub Newsletter
This past month the Lion Cubs welcomed the New Year with enthusiasm. We made our resolutions, did a craft, and celebrated the New Year with apple cider.
Winter was the new season, and the children did various lessons on the winter theme. Our class is making a class book called Hot Chocolate, Hot Chocolate. We will have a special treat of hot chocolate and a choice of snacks. Then each child will make a page in the class book. The children can read the book throughout the winter season.
We have started a unit on animals, and they learned about animals in winter, hibernation, and the concept of living and not living. We will continue this theme learning about animal body coverings and diurnal versus nocturnal animals The class made mittens with animals for The Mitten Story bulletin board. They will learn about ordinal numbers by putting the story in first, second, third order. We studied letters K, L, M and N, concentrating on beginning sounds of words.
Christine, from Sulphur Creek, did a wonderful presentation bringing four of her animals to share with the children. They were able to see a gecko, snake, toad, and a guinea pig up close. She talked to them about each animal, and they were able to pet them and even feed the guinea pig spinach stems.
Our Jogathon was a great success. It turned out to be a sunny day and the children had a blast. All the elementary students made signs and cheered us on from their playground. The children ran and enjoyed the encouragement. We had a medal ceremony, and each child was bursting with pride when they received their medal.
This Friday evening, February 2nd, is our Parent Club meeting. Please have your child in their classroom at 6:45 pm as the meeting and performance will start right at 7:00 pm in the church. Come have some snacks and visit with the other parents after the meeting!
The 100th day of school is on Thursday, February 8th. We have been keeping track of how many days of school there have been by putting up each number in groups of 10. We have practiced counting by tens. On the 100th day of school we will make necklaces of 100 Cheerios and do activities with our 100 number chart. There will be a school wide assembly and each class will do a presentation. The Lion Cubs will present their 100 items on the 100 poster they took home and sing a song they have learned.
On Saturday, February 10th, there will be a meeting in the kindergarten classroom to provide information to those interested in our kindergarten. This is a required meeting for kindergarten entrance. At least one parent must attend. The meeting will begin at 1:00 pm and information on the daily schedule, curriculum, and much more will be presented. An open house for new preschoolers will be held by appointment on the same day. If you know any families with preschool children, please let them know about the open house!
The Lion Cubs will celebrate Valentine’s Day with a party on Wednesday, February 14th. During the party the children will exchange Valentine cards. Your child should write their name on a Valentine for each child in the class but do not address it to any particular child. The children will pass out the cards. If you are unfamiliar with Valentine cards, we will have a sample of the cards in the classroom. There will be a signup sheet for party contributions. Fulltime children will need a lunch.
There will be no school on Friday, February 16th and Monday, February 19th due to a teacher workday and the President’s Day holiday. Friday, February 23rd, will be an early dismissal for students on the 9 to 3 schedule to accommodate parent teacher conferences.
We have seen wonderful growth and development in children this year. Much of it is due to the continual support and enthusiasm we receive from you parents.