October
- 5th-Music with https://littletonemusic.com/#home
- 7th & 10th, Special guest, Talk About Trees Oregon
- 14th, NO SCHOOL
- 15th & 16th, School Pictures, https://www.douglasfrierott.com/index
- 23rd, Music with Teacher David, https://youtu.be/6FpBJhAzzxM
- 31st, Halloween Party with Red Yarn, https://redyarnproductions.com/
October is a busy month. Children and families are settling in to their new schedules and the holidays are just around the corner. Preschool children love to celebrate and have parties. Our first party will be Halloween!
Because Hands On children attend our school on different schedules, we try to make sure that we include a few celebrations that everyone can attend. Our first celebration of the year is Halloween! Dress up and celebrate with us!
Our Halloween party will be on Thursday, October 31st, 12:30-1:30. All families are invited to dress up and celebrate with us! Even if your child doesn’t come to school on that day, you and your child are welcome to join us for the party! Siblings may attend as well.
Look for a sign-up sheet mid-October on the check in table to see how you can help.
November
Friday, November 1st – Pajama Day! You are probably tired from all that trick or treating, so wear pajamas to school and have breakfast for lunch! Look for a sign-up sheet mid-October to see how you can help.
School Pictures
It is that time again! School pictures will be Tuesday and Wednesday, October 15th and 16th. Douglas Frierott is a former Hands On parent and has been doing our class pictures for many years. All children will get their picture takes for our yearbook, but you are not obligated to buy photos or the yearbook. Douglas will put all photos up on a password secured site and you can choose the ones you want him to print.
Individual photos will be taken of each child, and a class photo from each day.
If your child does not attend school on Tuesday or Wednesday, hasn’t started school yet, or your sibling wants to join the photos, just check in with Jennifer so we can make a plan..
Portland Forest School
We share the building with the Portland Forest School, a private K-8th grade school. Last year we started collaborating with them so that our preschoolers and their middle schoolers were reading buddies! I am excited that we will continue this program again this year. Once a month the middle school students will join our class to read to our students. They will alternate morning and afternoons so that all of our students get to participate!
Talk About Trees
Each year we look forward to a few visits from “Talk About Trees”. Talk About Trees is an interactive, science-based program for preschool through eighth grade students. This program brings the forest into schools and helps to encourage awareness and appreciation for the value of trees and forests in our daily lives. The program also encourages an understanding about the protection, management and conservation of the renewable forest. Joan, a former Hands On parent, leads the Talk About Trees program and works with all of our students outside on a nature talk and walk. We will learn about trees with needles and trees with leaves, look at fruit and nuts that come from trees, as well as all different types of cones. Our students love having Joan visit. This month the TAT program will be on Monday, and Thursday, October 7th and 10th.
See you soon!