August 26- Letter A

Let the letter learning begin!! During the week we will learn about the letter A and the two sounds that it makes.

Our color this week is PURPLE and please allow your child to wear purple to school on Thursday.

Our shape is circle 

and we will be making a circle collage.

We will be gluing our Bible Verse: Genesis 1:3-5

God said,"Let there be light." in our journals. Along with the yellow and black paper that we ripped last week.

We  will be painting with purple paint in art center.

Also while in centers we will be making angels by using the capital letter A and glitter and coffee filters.

Get ready for some apple tasting, the children will be eating a red and green and yellow apples and then drawing which one is their  favorite in their journals.

We will be cooking this week as well, making some delicious homemade applesauce.  Please let us know immediately if your child has an allergy to apples or applesauce so we can make sure they do not eat them.  Thank You 

Our star student for Sept 2-4 will be Maelynn please bring enough snack from the approved snack list for 16 students and the star student bag will go home on Thursday and be returned on Tuesday with a show and tell.

August tuition is due at this time, if you have not done so.. please send in.  September tuition is due next week.

Have a great week and Thank You for sharing your child with us!! We are going to have a great year!! 

August 19th Our first blog post of the school year

Welcome to our blog, we hope you find this helpful and informative.

Our first week of school will be full of fun and activities that we hope your child will like and be excited to learn more.

We will learn how to quietly walk in the halls and catch a bubble.

We will go outside and learn how to be safe on our playground.

We will be reading  The Kissing Hand Book and doing some really cute crafts that go along with the book.

We will be using colorful counting bears and playing a matching game.

We will be working on our gross and fine motor skills by tearing up paper that we will be using next week for a project.

 we will be using scissors  and learning how to hold them correctly and practice open  shut them open shut them.

We will be using noodles and spoons and other items,and practicing our sensory skills.

Please remember to send in your paper work and emergency cards as soon as possible.

You can email me at Tracyhfyh@gmail.com  or send a private message on facebook.  If you have not added me please do so; so that I can add you to our private Home For Yourt Heart School page.

Tracy Garrett-Stefurak.

Thank You so much for sharing your child with Mrs. Kerri and myself, we look forward to watching your child grow with his or her faith in god.  And we hope that  we make your child's first experience with school a happy and enjoyable one through out the year.

Watch every week for a new blog post  

Important Announcements

Tuesday - May 13th Pre -School will walk over to the main campus and run through Graduation. PLEASE put your child in tennis shoes.

Tuesday- May 13th we will be having our Pizza Party for ALL students, please send in your 2.00 ASAP.  NO LUNCHES NEEDED we will be eating at 11 am.

Wednesday - May 14th is END OF THE YEAR PARTY,  Pre-School is from 10 am to 11 am. Inflatables and pony rides will be available for each class. In order for your child to participate in the pony rides, please sign and return the waiver that was sent home in your child's binder.  I will have a few extras on Wednesday morning in the classroom just in case. PARENTS ARE INVITED!!!  Lunches will be needed for full day students.

Thursday- May 15th, Students will need to be dropped off at the main campus by 8:30 am for practice, ALL STAFF will be there to greet the children.
We will return to our classrooms and we have been invited to watch Toddler Time and Jumpstart graduation at 10:30 am in the Chapel.
HALF DAY ONLY! NO FULL CLASSES TODAY.


Graduation Night, DOORS WILL OPEN AT 6:00 pm at the Main Campus.
Please have your child wear his or her HFYH shirt.
Please have your child in the GREEN ROOM no later than 6:15.  
After Graduation is over please pick up your child in the GREEN ROOM.

Ms. Katie and I would like to take this time to thank you for sharing your child with us, we have enjoyed watching your child grow academically as well as spiritually.  Each and every one of our kiddos have touched our hearts and it has been our pleasure to be a part of their growth.

This week is our review on letters R,S and U

We have a busy week ahead of us with many things to do!

We will start out our week with food coloring and water making raindrops.

We will be playing in Rainbow Spaghetti, we will be decorating underwear for the letter U. We will be sponge painting and playing a spoon game and if time allows will be doing a sink or float activity.

We will be playing S pantomimes: sweep, slide, smile, sing, sew, swing and stomp.

On May 1st is our 100th day of school. All of preschool will be participating in our celebration.  We will be making a 100 days smarter hats, We will be stacking 100 Styrofoam cups, making sunglasses and walking on 100 footsteps.  And we will be having a wonderful, delicious snack that you and your child will help prepare by counting out 100 items on our note that went home on Thursday.  We will be doing this from 10-11.  This is just for preschool students to take part in.

May 1st is also Muffins for Mom and Donuts with Dad at 830 am in the gym, so come enjoy some breakfast on us.

Our Star Student this week is: Will

Some other very important dates:

May 13th Is our Preschool Pizza Party, all Preschool students are asked to bring in $2.00 to cover the cost of pizza and drinks.  Please send in ASAP. 

May 14th is End of the Year Party, Parents are invited to attend, we will have inflatables,  pony rides, face painting and even a chance to hit your teacher with a pie. Preschool will be from 10:00 - 11:00 am.

May 15th is our last day of school and will be a half day for all students.

Graduation is at our Main Campus and will start at 6:30 pm.

ALL STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO WEAR HFYH SHIRTS. PLEASE NO FLIP FLOPS OR HEELED SHOES.

Students should be in designated classrooms no later than 6:15pm. 

  

April 21, i a make up day, letter U

Our letter this week is U!

We will be making  Uni-cycles  and playing the game U toss by using Styrofoam letter U's and empty paper towel rolls. 

 We will be making umbrellas and using glue drops as rain on blue paper.

We will be learning about under and over, up and down and having fun with an obstacle course.

We will be making the UP house and using our hand prints with finger paint as the balloons.

We will be gluing our bible verse and coloring it, and doing a U paper.

Our star student is Sophia 

We do have school on Monday April 21.

Our 100th day of school is almost here, we will be eating 100 fruit loops and making 100 days smarter hats, and decorating the number 100 with one hundred dots.  All pre school classes will take part in this fun activity.

We will be having a pizza party in May near the end of the yr, more details to follow.

As always, Thank You so much for sharing your child with us.

Letter S and Field Trip

Tuesday we will be heading out to our field trip to a working farm, it is going to be chilly, highs are only in the 40's PLEASE dress your child in jeans, and sneakers and a light weight coat or layers.

Our letter this week is S and we will be reading the story Stone Soup and making it as well as eating it for snack. {please let us know if your child can not eat vegetable soup} We will be doing this on Wednesday.

We will be decorating card stock socks with  water color paint and finding the letter S that will be hidden on them with  white crayons.  We will be using green paper in a salad bowl and using brown paper with letters on them, they will have to find the S's and put them in the salad.

We will be playing in the sand table and finding things that start with  the letter S.

Our Bible Verse is: Submit yourselves then, to god.  Resist the devil and he will flee from you. James 4-7

We will be using glitter and decorating Stars and then hanging them with string.

If you have not paid tuition it is now due and will be late on the 15th.
If you have not turned in your doughnut forms, please bring those in on Tuesday.
Our star student this week is Lucy

If looking for some fun this summer check out our camps that will run from June 9-12 Space Camp
June 16-19 Sports Camp
June 23-26 Art Camp
All camps are from 9-12 Mon-Thurs.



As always Thank You for sharing your child with us!

Our letter this week is R and the number 23

This week we will be making roosters from lower case r's and making raindrops from blue paper and using food coloring with eye droppers and making rainbows on the raindrops.
We will be using rice on upper case R's.
We will be coloring rectangles red  and tracing the rabbits path with our pencils and practice holding our pencils correctly.
We will be making rain sticks from paper towel holders and rubber bands and foil.  We will then play a game with our sticks and use music.
Our bible verse is: Rejoice in the lord always.  I will say it again. Rejoice!
We will be painting a paper plate blue and reading Rainbow Fish and making our own Rainbow Fish.

We have been busy practicing our songs for Recognition Night.
Our field trip forms are due.
April 11, Please turn in your Fundraiser forms.
Tuition is due now.
If you have not turned in your report card yet, please do so as we need to start accessing the children for end of the year, so that we can see all the growth that they have made.
  Please turn in all field trip forms as soon as possible.
We are in desperate need of paper towels, if you could spare a roll or two we would greatly appreciate your kindness!!