Pumpkin Farm

4K had an absolute blast at the Pumpkin Farm!  We learned how pumpkins grow, how to tell if your pumpkin will have lots of seeds in it (hint: look for deep lines in the pumpkin), we made it through a corn maze, pet some adorable baby animals and took a hayride to find the perfect pumpkin.  

Thank you to everyone who joined us!

Pumpkin Fun...

 We met with buddies earlier this week and made Buddy Candy Corn!  We had to use our finger muscles to tear the paper and add it to the candy corn.

We also painted pumpkins using marble painting!  It's one of the cleanest ways to paint. :)

Pumpkin Day!

 We had a blast making shape pumpkins, trying pumpkin foods and even investigating a pumpkin as scientists!  Some friends were even brave enough to touch the inside of the pumpkin and count some seeds.  Click below for some pictures from our fun day!

Red Ribbon Week...

    What do I want to be when I grow up?

A Police Officer!

A Doctor/Vet!

A Hunter!

Star Student.... Alex!

 Alex is a kind, playful and happy 4K friend.  We love his sense of humor and how he loves to laugh and make others laugh too.  We loved learning all about Alex last week through his poster, show-n-tell and pictures as Star Student.

Teamwork during Centers!

 Play is essential in 4K.  It helps develop so many skills including literacy, math and social emotional.  The picture below is of friends working together using different pattern block shapes to build a design together! We love learning, playing and working together in 4K! 💗

4K's Non-Spooky Trail Display- Spooktacular

 

If you were able to attend Spooktacular at Parkview last week, you may have walked through the Non-spooky Trail to see 4K's Ghosts and Spiders!  Below are pictures of our artwork hanging in the trail in case you missed it!

Red Ribbon Week & 4K Dress-up Days

Red Ribbon Week is this week at Parkview.  Because 4K already has dress-up days scheduled, we plan to continue our planned dress-up days and add Red Ribbon Week too.  

See below for 4K's Dress-up Week October 25th-29th:

Monday 10/25: 

Wear RED for Red Ribbon Week

Tuesday 10/26: 

Wear a uniform/outfit for what you want to be when you grow up for Red Ribbon Week.

Wednesday 10/27: 

Wear Orange for Pumpkin Day

Thursday 10/28: 

Wear Parkview Pride/Blue for our Field Trip

Friday 10/29: 

Wear Orange/Black for our Fall Bash

Wacky Wednesday....

 RED Day!

Parkview Pride Day

 Parkview Pride!

Silly Faces!

Fun at Library

 We have been lucky enough to visit the library two times since the start of our school year.  4K friends are loving hearing a story and then being able to look through books and check one out.  We now have two teachers in Library: Mrs. Vick and Mrs. Wagner.  Library is always fun to look forward to!

Pumpkin Day - Signup

 

We are so excited to have a 4K Pumpkin Day next week Wednesday, October 27th!  Friends will wear ORANGE, make pumpkin projects, help carve a pumpkin and try pumpkin foods!  

If you are able to send an item in for our Pumpkin Day, please click HERE to add your name.  All items can be sent in before or on October 27th.  Thank you for your help!

Wacky Wednesday.....

 Rainbow Day!

Fire Truck Visit

 

We were so lucky to have Fire Fighter Jason from the Cedarburg Fire Department join us today!  He talked all about fire safety in our homes and then showed us step by step how he puts on his gear to keep him safe in a fire.  The visit ended with a special look at his fire truck and some of the tools inside.  Friends even got a chance to sit in the fire truck too!  It was such an exciting day in 4K!  

Click below to see pictures from our fun afternoon.

Celebrating Friendships

 

After a month of school, we are learning more and more about each other.  To celebrate our new friendships, we had a 4K Friendship Day!  We made a special trail mix, made projects and read stories all about friends.  Click below to see some fun memories we made from that day. :)

4K Crayon Grip

                      

This week we learned how to hold a crayon using a special crayon grip.  We use small "flip" crayons to practice holding a crayon using the tripod approach and a song called "Pick up a Crayon" to help us remember the steps.  This can be tricky at first and takes lots of practice and patience.  Be sure to ask your child all about it and remind them to use this grip at home too. :)

We practiced using our special new grip in our Handwriting Workbooks!

Apples, Apples, Apples

 We had a blast reading apples stories, singing apple songs, making apple projects and even eating and voting on our favorite apple foods.  

Click below to see pictures from our apple fun!

Meet Man Man!

 

Now that we learned all about the lines and curves to help friends make uppercase letters, this week we used those lines and curves to make Mat Man!  Mat Man is a fun and engaging way to help 4K learners learn how to make a person that includes all body parts, including an often forgotten one... the body! 

Handwriting Pieces

                    

4K has began their Handwriting adventures!  

We learned that all uppercase letters are formed using 4 different lines.

We have a Big Line, Little Line, Big Curve, and Small Curve.

See the picture above of the wood pieces we use.  We learned all about them through songs and movement while holding the different lines.