Party          I would like to have a pizza party.  Our party will be Friday, December 20th.  I am asking that every child bring in $2.00 for pizza and pop for the party.  I will also need some help from someone on that day to go and get the pizza for me.  We will be having pizza and watching a movie. 

                                                                                    

Home Links The new packet will be due on December 16th.  This is required homework!  Your child should be able to complete these independently.  The extra practice does make a difference.  Please count with your children at home.  Count by 1’s, 5’s, 10’s and 100’s from any number to 1,000 is the end of the year goal.  

 

Book-It     Keep filling out those calendars! 20 minutes for 20 days. This is required homework.  The only way we will become better readers is by reading, reading,  reading!  Please take the time and have your child read at night. 

 

Special      December 16th   Snowman/Snowflake Day

Days        December 17th    Reindeer/North Pole Day

December 18th   Candy Cane Day

                   Math Mania Night 5:00-7:00 pm

              December 19th   Pine Tree/Christmas Tree Day

              December 20th   Jingle Bell Day

                            

On these special days you can have your child dress up, wear a pin, or any other creative way you want to participate.

 

Clothes      Please make sure your child has boots, a hat and gloves or mittens.  They need these things in order to go outside to play. We all go outside for 30 minutes every day! If they do not have boots please make sure they have inside and outside shoes. 

 

Gifts           We will be doing a stocking exchange this year.  Each child puts a small, inexpensive gift in each child’s stocking.  The children really enjoy the little treats and have a lot of fun filling stocking.  I have attached a separate note explaining how this works.

 

 

 

I also do not need a thing for Christmas, many families have given me wonderful gifts over the years but really it is not necessary.  If you feel you must get me something I would much rather get a nice book for our classroom library or a gift card for Wal-Mart to put toward supplies for the classroom. Please don’t feel like you have to get me anything. 

 

 

Wanted     We are in need of some classroom helper!  We are wanting to open our classroom store but need a volunteer to help.  Ideally, I am looking for a few volunteers to kind of be in charge of it.  I was thinking about letting the children shop every other week.  We can be flexible on times to fit into your schedule.  Please let me know if you would be interested !

                  

                   We are also looking to see if anyone is interested in doing a sewing project.

The children need book bags to carry their books home to practice.  Please let me know if you are interested. 

 

Happy Holidays,

Cheryl Hatfield

 

 

 

 

Stocking Gift Exchange

 

Dear Families,

 

For our gift exchange we have chosen to have the children fill

stockings for each other.  The children each bring in a stocking

with their name on it to hang up in the classroom.  The stockings

will be sent home on December 20th.  Each child brings in 17 small

inexpensive items to put in each child’s stocking.  We have found

that dollar stores are good places to find things.  Some ideas

children have done in the past are stickers, candy, pencils,

erasers, markers,  or any other creative idea you have.  Please do

not spend a lot of money.  This is meant to be inexpensive.  If

anyone needs help with this please let me know and I will be

happy to help.  We will start filling stockings on December 16th with a few

children doing it each day.  It is fun to see who can keep a their treat a

secret and who can’t.  Finally, at our Christmas party the children get to empty their stockings and see all the treats from their friends.  The children enjoy surprising their friends with a treat and we enjoy watching the excitement.  If you have questions please ask. 

 

Happy Holidays,

Cheryl Hatfield