PKFA- 2 | Mrs. Joanne Chatterton

Welcome to PKFA-2
Ms. Joanne and Ms. Kristy

WE’RE ON A ROLL

Home/School Connection

1. Look out of a window (store, bus, subway, bedroom, etc.) and discuss what you see at various times throughout the day. What do you see that reminds you of fall? What do you see in the morning? In the evening? Right before bed? What is different each time you look? What is the same? Why?
2. Take a sensory walk together. Pay attention to what you hear, see, feel and smell. Additionally, discuss with your child how they can use their senses to stay safe when walking outside. How do our eyes help keep us safe? For example, looking for cars before crossing the street or identifying unsafe items to touch such as garbage or sharp items. How about our ears? Can our sense of smell help keep us safe? How? This can occur anywhere at any time you and your child are walking together.
3. invite your child to smell or taste a new food or something they would not usually eat. Provide prompts to encourage discussion, how does it look? What do you see? How does the food feel before you try it? How does it feel in your mouth? How does it taste? How does it smell? Would you try it again? Why or why not? 
4. Fall Brown Bag Scavenger Hunt. Find items of various textures at home or natural objects collected from outside, related to Fall. Please make sure that they are clean and safe for small children to handle such as pine cones, acorns or leaves. Talk about why certain items might be safe or not safe. Put them in the bag for children to bring to school and share with a partner. Items you send in should not be valuable as they may get lost.
5. Do a Google search for some paintings by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, for example, L'Autunno, Fruit Basket or Portrait with vegetables. Ask your child what they see in the paintings ( hint: some can be viewed in two directions). Use produce that you have, to try and create a face.

Welcome to Sacred Heart School. My name is Ms. Joanne and I will be your child’s Pre-K teacher along with Ms. Kristy, the educational assistant. We are thrilled to have your child in our class this year. Pre-K is an exciting and fun year for children. Our days and weeks will be filled with so many wonderful experiences and opportunities to grow and learn. We are so excited to welcome you to our school family!

We are committed to making our classroom a safe learning environment for your child and look forward to the growth they will experience. This year your child will be learning many new things in the areas of Language and Literacy, Social-Emotional Development, Physical Development, Math, Science, Social Studies, and the Arts. We believe that children learn best when they are engaged in hands-on experiences.

• A photo of your child for our "Getting to Know PKA2" bulletin board. Please email your picture to: jchatterton@sacredheartschoolsi.org before the first day of school.
• A complete extra set of clothes, in case of toileting accidents. Be sure to write your child’s name on the bag and label each article of clothing.
• We ask that each child brings in one crib size set (fitted crib sheet and a thin top sheet or blanket) for nap time. Our storage is very limited.  They will be sent home each Friday so they can be washed over the weekend.

Sacred Heart School Folders will be used throughout the year for notes and announcements. Please bring them back and forth every day.