Information for Parents

by Shari Barber-Meade

Information for Parents

Council Grove Elementary Afternoon Preschool Program

 
 Curriculum

We use a Pre-K Literacy Program that is divided into four parts:  The Kitchen, The Farm, People, People Everywhere and Me and the World Around Me. Basic pre-kindergarten skills such as alphabet recognition, vocabulary, rhyming, alliteration, syllabication and listening are taught using this program.   The CIRCLE assessment is administered three times a year to test the skills introduced through these units.

Home/School Communication

Monthly Calendars will come home each month with your child keeping you informed of our topics of study here at school and with the snack schedule listed.  Weekly reports will also be sent home on Friday.
Math Newsletters will be sent home each time we begin a new math skill.  We encourage parents to complete the math activities with your child at home.
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held twice a year.                                                             

Parent/Child Activities

Each month we will send home a shape for you to decorate with your child using creative materials you have at home.  Please return for the hallway bulletin board!

Birthdays

Please let me know in advance if you plan to bring a birthday treat and we will let you know how many students are in your child’s class.  I will plan to have your child bring snacks on or near their birthday.  Students who have summer birthdays, we will celebrate on their ½ birthday at school.  For example, if your child’s birthday is July 10^th their ½ birthday will be January 10^th.

Absences and Illness

If your child has a fever, vomiting, or is not feeling well, please do not send them to school.  Children need to be free of fever and vomiting for 24 hours before returning to school.  Please call the elementary office or me if your child is going to be absent.   767-6851 ext 313

Snack

Parents provide snacks for our class.  Milk is being provided by the Flint Hills Special Education Cooperative at no cost to the students.  Everyone will receive a snack calendar at the beginning of each month.

All About Me Books

I will be sending home a book that is titled, “All About Me”.  I would like you and your child to decorate this book with drawings or pictures.  This can be as elaborate or as simple as you want to make it.  After you have decorated it, you can slip the pages in page protectors or I can do that at school.  We will tie the pages together with yarn and share our books with the class.  This helps everyone get to know each other a little better.  The books will stay at school in our classroom library and will come home at the end of the year.  The books will also help bridge the gap from home to school and can provide comfort for a student who misses a loved one at home. 

If you lost your pages, click on this link and print them again.  All About Me Book

Daily Schedule

Our daily routine:

12:40 Arrival / Bathroom / Table Activity

Gross Motor/Outside time

Circle Time/Lesson

Centers

Handwriting Without Tears

Bathroom/Snack

Read Aloud/Songs/Review/Show and tell

3:10 Dismissal

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.  Thank you for your interest in your child’s education.  We are going to be a great team working together to ensure that your child has the best possible learning experience. 

Ms. Shari

                                                                                                                                                     620-767-6851 ext 313 (school), 620-767-3178 (cell), smeade@cgrove417.org (email)

Welcome to Preschool!