October Newsletter
Highlights from September
It’s been over a month since we started our 2024-25 academic session and the children seem to adjust to the new routine with ease. Emphasis on the ground rules helped children with this smooth transition.
Thanks to all the parents who came to the “Pumpkin Patch Field Trip”, Pumpkin Patch had a wonderful memorable trip.
We kicked off by inviting Baseball at our Milpitas campus. The children having so much fun!
October
The month of October is filled with interesting themes and topics which will feed the curious minds. We will be learning about change in season, Fall, how & why leaves change color. Learning about hibernation always excites children. We have invited the Milpitas Fire and Milpitas Police Department to visit our center. children and are looking towards this event. We also have scheduled our yearly visit to Pumpkin Patch and we can’t wait to make wonderful memories once again.
October also brings children their most favorite celebration, Halloween. We will be doing our yearly Halloween Parade at school and parents are welcome to come and give goodies (NO CANDY, instead small erasers, pencils etc are encouraged). Please send your child’s costume in a labeled bag and our staff and volunteers will assist them.
PENGUINS CLASSROOM
Themes: Fall, Personal Hygiene, and Halloween
Letters: Introduction to “Ee”, “Ff”, “Nn” and “Dd”
Number: Counting 1 - 4, number recognition and quantity, sorting and matching
Shape: Triangle and Rectangle; Color: Blue and Yellow
Art and Crafts
- Fall Placemats
- Fall Collage
- Handprint spiders
- Columbus Day Craft
Songs
- Five Little Pumpkins
- Eensy Weensy Spider
- Dem bones
- It’s Halloween
Creative Sessions
- Mon: Yoga
- Tue: Music & Movement
- Fri: Show and Tell
PRIMARY CLASSROOM
Themes: Fall & Harvest, Changing Colors of Leaves, Weather Changes, and How Animals Prepare for Hibernation.
Geography: Introduction to World Map, oceans and 7 continents.
Science: Living & non-living things, plants, the lifecycle of a pumpkin, and parts of a pumpkin
Stem: Halloween-themed hands-on experiments
Phonics: letters of ‘E e’, ‘F f’, ‘N n’, ‘D d’. Tracing with sandpaper letters and association with objects
Language: 3-part vocabulary cards for Fall, living & nonliving things, Directions NSEW (North, South, East and West) & Sight words
Math: Recognizing and writing numbers 1-4. Learn patterns with acorns and pumpkins. Teen Board & Ten Board
Artist of the Month: Michelangelo
Art and Crafts
- World map
- Leaf collage
- Q-tip Fall tree
- Fall collage placemats
Songs
- Eensy Weensy Spider
- Five Little Pumpkins
- Dem bones
- Seasons song
Creative Sessions
- Mon: Yoga
- Tue: Music & Movement
- Wed: Nutrition (Whole Grain Choo Choo Train)
- Fri: Show and Tell
