Our Saviour Lutheran Preschool 120 South Henry Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54302

Director: Christina L. Scholz christina@oslc-gb.org School 920-468-3596 November 2012 Dear Parents,

“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken” Hebrews 12:28.

It is for the kingdom that we give thanks! Yes, we give thanks for God’s daily blessings and care including all the necessities of life, but in the economic uncertainty of these days, we can fall into the trap of forgetting that for which we truly give thanks—all that God has done for us in Christ Jesus! I pray that as you observe Thanksgiving Day your gratefulness overflows, even if right now you are struggling in any way. Give thanks with a grateful heart because He has given Jesus Christ, His Son—FOR YOU. EQUIPMENT We are currently introducing sensory equipment and adding it to our red cabinet. We have demonstrated the use of various equipment; dealing with perception and small motor skill development; such as the pink tower, perceptisort, sorting trays, nuts & bolts, tactilo, & perception boards. We will continue to introduce material in our 4K class throughout the year. For psychomotor, we will begin using hoops, musical activities, parachute, bouncing & catching balls. We will also use November and December to introduce balancing and tumbling skills. This movement time gives the children practice working on various large motor skills, such as body and space awareness, visual motor control, balance and hand-eye coordination. INCLAMENT WEATHER Please note that OSLP follows the Green Bay Public Schools for school cancellation due to inclement weather. When you see the Green Bay Public schools are cancelled, our programs will be cancelled for that day as well. Our Saviour Preschool will NOT show on the cancellation list. Please follow GB public school closing. A late start means no morning preschool for that day.

SNOW GEAR Please do not send your child to school wearing boots. OSLC takes great care in shoveling the parking lot and sidewalk and since we do not go out during the winter months it would make is so much easier if we only had to deal with hats, gloves and coats. SICK CHILDREN We ask you to please keep your children home when they are not well. We do understand how much they want to be here, but it is not fair to expose their friends who are well. They need to be clear of any fever for 24 hours before they return to class. Please call and notify the office at 468-4065 if they will not be in class. Thank you. SELF- HELP SKILLS We are encouraging the children to improve their self-help skills, by having them practice at home in the evenings. We also have a wooden shoe and “dressing myself” activity boards at school that will be introduced to practice tying, zipping, buttoning etc…on their own. Your child will be expected to zip, snap, button, tie and buckle their own clothing and shoes w/o help in kindergarten. Please practice with them at home and encourage them to keep trying. It is our policy, to have children wear their coats to pick-up lines unless it is warm out and we would like them to begin practicing on their coats and backpacks. NAMES We have begun stressing name recognition (4K) in school. The children are being encouraged to recognize their names on our helper of the day chart and our placemats during snack time. When your child shows an interest in printing his/her name, please help them to do it the correct way—the first letter is capital and the remainder are lowercase. All letters begin formation at the top and continue down.

Example (Mary not MARY), we are encouraging best

practice so that they are ready for Kindergarten. If you want any other advice on handwriting skills please ask. SCISSORS These past two months your child has been shown how to use scissors (using the thumb on the top hole and the index and middle finger in the bottom hole.) Learning to cut is a very important early childhood skill. We encourage you to have a blunt-nosed pair of scissors available to your child at home. Provide paper that can be easily cut such as notebook, magazines, old coloring books, butcher, or construction paper. If your child has had very little previous cutting experience, let him or her cut randomly. Gradually, make it more challenging—cutting out pictures, cutting on a straight line, or on curved lines, etc.

CHRISTMAS CORNER/Gift Wrapping Center We are already thinking Christmas in Preschool. We are collecting items to use in our Creative Writing/Art Center. If you would like to donate items like: buttons, bows, ribbon, cards, pipe cleaners, glitter etc… We would appreciate it. This is one of their favorite centers and we love to keep it stocked and we need your help. THINKING CHRISTMAS Last week Wednesday and Thursday Mrs. Prindle sent home a book order. If you are thinking Christmas we will make sure that these items remain a secret.

DATES TO REMEMBER November 8-92 NO SCHOOL: Parent Teacher conferences WI Dells November 15 NO SCHOOL: Weidner Center Field Trip 9:00A.M. start for all classes November 16 NO SCHOOL 4K Join us on Nov. 15th for Bernstein Bears November 19-20 No School Parent Teacher Conferences November 21 In-service No School

WEIDNER CENTER FIELD TRIP: November 15th All Classes Meet this Day COST is $ 10.00 for student bus and ticket. If you are a parent volunteer we need to collect $7.00 to cover your ticket. I only have 12 tickets on hold for adult chaperones. If you would like to attend please let me know ASAP and I will see if I can add a few tickets to our school count. They are usually very helpful about adding tickets if we contact early. I have several extra tickets. Parents do not pay bus fee only the students. Parents only pay for the ticket.

Please note that the Weidner show starts at 10:00 so we will not begin class until 9:00 on this day. We will leave school at 9:15.

“I am only one, but I am one.

I cannot do everything, but I can do something.

And that which I can do, by the Grace of God,

I will do.”

~ Dwight L. Moody~

Integrity

November:

Stewardship

“Now it is required that

those who have been given a

trust must prove faithful”.

1 Corinthians 4:2

God’s Promises Are True! Read: John 21: 7-9

Talk Together: Have you ever eaten fish for breakfast?

Have you ever had breakfast with Jesus? You probably

have but you didn’t know it! Maybe you pray this table

prayer before you eat: “Come, Lord Jesus, be our Guest,

and let this food to us be blest.” When you pray this

prayer, you invite Jesus to eat with you. He IS with

you—but He’s invisible! But you can trust His promise to

“be with you always.” When do you invite Jesus to be

with your family? What are your family’s favorite table

prayers?

When they’re younger, children’s

lies sometimes are cute and

entertaining, but as they get older,

their lies can wreak havoc in your

life and in theirs. Teaching

children to be honest—even when

it’s hard to tell the truth—is an

important lesson to teach your

child over and over. The more you

model and emphasize living an

honest life where your words

match your actions, the more kids

will see that honest truly is the best

policy.

† Young children often get their

imagination and reality mixed up,

so they aren’t actually lying when

they’re telling a story they’ve

created. Teach your child about

honesty but also allow him to

explore and express his rich

imagination.

† Watch your (and other people’s)

reactions when your child tells a

“cute” lie, such as sneaking another

cookie off of the dessert plate and

saying, “I don’t see any cookie.

Do you?” If you (or others)

applaud this behavior and

encourage it by laughing every

time, your child is only going to

learn how to do it better.