November Calendar

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Weekly Theme: Wacky Week Letter of the Week: Ss				1	2	3
4 Weekly Theme: Dinosaurs Letter of the Week: Ss	5 Una Shoaps VIP	6	7 Will Watson VIP	8 Otto Lindaman VIP	9	10
11 Weekly Theme: Dinosaurs Letter of the Week: Rr	12 Davey Pence VIP	13 Roland Struckman VIP	14	15	16	17
18 Weekly Theme: Giving Thanks/Harvest Letter of the Week: Rr	19	20	21	22 Closed	23 Closed	24
25 Weekly Theme: 5 Senses Letter of the Week: Pp/Qq	26	27	28	29 Grace & Josie Ryan VIP Fire Drill AM	30 Aizley Mathias VIP	31

Greetings Congdon Creek Families,

Our school has been busy as usual, and it’s been an extra fun time to be a preschooler. We are having an excellent school year so far filled with exciting themes, field trips, visitors, and events. During the September and October months, the preschoolers learned all about creepy crawlers (some learned a new word: arachnid), community helpers (we got to explore many parent jobs!), fire safety, and autumn. We’ve enjoyed many wonderful volunteers and parent helpers who’ve come in to read, help out at lunch, share with our class, and assist us on our field trips.

We will kick off November with a unit on dinosaurs in which we will learn about the different types of dinosaurs, explore the time period in which dinosaurs lived, and we will even go exploring for some dinosaur fossils. Also this month we will be doing a unit on giving thanks and fall harvesting. The families here are CCPS have a lot to be thankful for, so we will be focusing on ways to show thanks to others and what it means to be thankful. We will end November with a unit on the 5 senses. The preschoolers will learn about all of their senses and explore the many ways we use them. If you have anything to contribute to any of these themes and topics, please feel free to talk to one of the teachers.

This month we will focus on the letters: Tt, Ss, and Rr. We will focus on the letter sounds and letter recognition so feel free to encourage your child to bring in letter specific show-and-shares.

As we all know, November in Duluth means cooler temperatures; so please remember to send appropriate outdoor clothes for your preschooler including hats, gloves, outside shoes, and of course a warm jacket.

If you’re ever wondering what we’ve been up to or want to scope out some fun pictures of your preschooler, feel free to check out the preschool website: congdoncreekpreschool.blogspot.com. This is a great place to leave any comments you may have or to ask any questions. Also, Congdon Creek now has an email address: congdoncreekpreschool@gmail.com.

And finally, just a reminder that Congdon Creek will be closed for Thanksgiving Holiday Thursday, November 22^nd, and Friday, November 23^rd so that all of our families can indulge in a little tryptophan heaven with our loved ones.

Warmest Wishes,

Miss Jakki