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Classroom Guides - Pre-A (New Berlin)

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Welcome to Pre-A!

• Teachers
• Things you will Need for the First Day!
• Daily Schedule
• Sign Language

Dear Parents,

Welcome to Preschool A! We are looking forward to getting to know you and your child. In this class, we will work on self-help skills, small and large motor skills, letter and number recognition, communication, and several other cognitive and social skills. We will cover these areas using a variety of methods to ensure that learning is always fun and interesting for your child.

Our classroom is theme based, meaning every week has a theme and everyday we discuss a different topic pertaining to that theme. You will receive a copy of our monthly calendar before each month begins. We will integrate this theme into most every activity during the day.

We also concentrate on one letter of the alphabet every week. To find out what letter we are on, please look at the lesson plans that are located on the bulletin board in our classroom. We will work on recognizing this letter, sounding it out, beginning to write it, and also learning how to sign this letter in sign language.

We will review this letter and explore our topic for the day at group time each morning and afternoon. We also say the "Pledge of Allegiance" every morning and work on some basic signs.

Every week one child in Preschool A is our "Star of the Week". This child will get to tell everyone about themselves and share some of their favorite things with their friends. You will be notified the week before your child is the star to prepare anything your child would like to share with their classmates.

The Preschool A classroom is divided into six areas: Home Living, Construction, Art, Sensory, Table Toys, and Quiet/Reading. We use a management system that allows up to four children in each area at a time. Every area has a specific color, each child must wear one of the four color-coded necklaces for that area. The children may switch areas at anytime. We have found that by limiting the number of children in each area, the number of conflicts is greatly reduced.

Teachers

Miss Erica
My name is Erica Lecher and I graduated in the summer of 2011 from UW Milwaukee, with my Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education. I have always had a passion to work with children and I love helping them learn new and interesting things. I believe that teaching children is one of the most important jobs in the world. I intend to do my best to make school fun and educational for all of my students. I love spending time with my family and friends. I look forward to working at Learning Edge and I hope that we can all learn something from each other.

Ms. Nicole
I've began working at Learning Edge in 2010.

Things you will Need for the First Day!

Please make sure you have:

• Photo of your child with his/her emergency card
• Complete extra set of clothes: shirt, pants, underwear, socks, shoes (if possible)
• Art Smock (old t-shirts work very well)
• Blanket and anything else that will make your child comfortable at naptime (pillow, stuffed animal, etc.). Note: according to state regulations, blankets must be taken home and washed every week.
• Winter: hat, mittens, snow pants, & boots
• Summer: sunscreen, bug spray, swimsuit, towel, swim shoes (optional, but recommended)

Please label everything with your child's name!!

Daily Schedule

Sign Language