Welcome to September! A lot of important dates for this month so we will keep the dates posted on our blog as well as attached to our family wall for references. This week will be working on our Social and Emotional: Self-Talk. Self-talk is talking to yourself in a quiet voice or inside your head and helps you focus and pay attention. We will also be introducing Clifford Curriculum and our first week is all about "Let's Start School!"  We will also be going over the letter "s" colors; green, orange and red, and shapes; rectangle and diamond.
     On Friday we will be celebrating Mother Mary's Birthday and we will provide a special snack for this quiet celebration. On Wednesday our class will be taking our school pictures, if you are wanting your child to be changed into a different outfit afterwards just refer to us and we will make sure to take care of that. Please check your child's box daily as we use it as a resource to keep our families up to date of what's going on in the classroom, our family folders, and any other important information.
     Please check on your child's extra clothes to see if anything needs to be replaced or added, and to make sure all items have your child's name on them.
     Thank you always for all that you do! We have enjoyed our first month and looking forward to what September has to offer! As always, please feel free to come to any of us with any questions or concerns.

**Important Dates**
9/2/19: Labor Day, No School
9/4/19: School Pictures
9/4/19: Open House 5:30-7:00 pm *Dinner is available from 5:30-7:30 tickets are available in office
9/8/19: Virgin Mary's Birthday
9/11/19: Vision Screening *Permission slips will be available in the office
9/22/19: Pancake Breakfast 7:00-12:00 pm *Tickets available in office
9/25/19: September Birthday Celebrations
9/27/19: St. Vincent Lunches

Blessings to All!
~Mrs. Donavan and Mrs. Irma

     Welcome to all of our OLM families!! This our official first week of school and we are excited for what the new year will bring. Mrs. Donavan and Mrs. Irma are also pleased to introduce some new faces to our Olm Preschool family, Clarissa and Eva, they will be joining our classroom for the new year. Please visit our blog at olmlancers.com and there you will find preschool blogs, again the blog will be our biggest resource on keeping everyone up to date with what is happening in the classroom each week and any important future dates.
     For our first week of school, we will be focusing on our classroom rules, our routines and how to use our words. Mrs. Donavan and Mrs. Irma are excited to be using the Second Step early learning program in your child’s classroom to teach important skills.The Second Step program teaches skills in the following four areas:
1. Skills for Learning: Children gain skills to help them be better learners, including how to focus their attention, listen carefully, and ask for help.
2. Empathy: Children learn to identify and understand their own and others feelings. Children also learn how to show care for others.
3. Emotion Management: Children learn how to calm down when they have strong feelings, such as worry or anger.
4. Friendship Skills and Problem Solving: Children learn how to make and keep friends and to solve problems with others in a positive way.
     Please remember we are an open door policy for anything you might need, we can't thank you enough for choosing OLM Preschool for your child's first experience in a school setting and we both feel completely blessed to be part of such a big experience.
     If needed for questions or concerns please feel free to contact us at (209) 722-6657 or by email Donavan.Garrison@olmlancers.com and/or Irma.Lopez@olmlancers.com

Blessings to you all!

Mrs. Donavan and Mrs. Irma
     

     Welcome to our OLM Preschool blog with Mrs. Donnie and Mrs. Irma. We just wrapped up family conferences and they went amazing!  We were both so grateful to be able to have one on one time on meeting you all, to learn more about your child(ren), and to go over what to expect in your child's classroom for the upcoming school year. As a reminder the blog will be one of our best resource to keep up to date what's happening in the classroom each week, as well as any holidays or important dates that are coming up. Mrs. Donnie and Mrs. Irma encourage to have open door policy so please feel free to email us, call us or even stop by the classroom for any reason at all! Here is to a great and blessed school year!

*Important Dates
8/12/19- First Day of School

*Teacher Request
     Please bring an extra set of clothes. It helps if the extra clothes are in a zip lock bag with your child's name on the bag. They will be kept in your child's cubby. Please mark your child's name on their lunch box, sweaters and jackets.

     We will provide a morning and afternoon school snack. If you would like to help, please sign up to bring the listed items for the snack of the day on our monthly calendar, which will be located on our parent information boards.

     We would greatly appreciate baby wipes and paper towels for the classroom.


Blessings to you all!
Mrs. Donnie and Mrs. Irma