January News

We hope you all had a wonderful, joyous holiday season!  We can’t wait to get back to our regular routine!

The ladies at the Carstairs Playschool would like to shout out a huge “Thank You” to all those families that gave such wonderful Christmas presents this year!!  We are so grateful to have such amazing parents and we all very much appreciate your kindness and generosity!!

January Themes

Winter          Rainbows          Ocean

Beach Day

We thought it would be a fun idea to have a beach day in January.  At least we can pretend it’s warm for one day! Each playschool class will be having their own beach day.  The children can dress in shorts, sun dresses, tank tops, capris, flip flops, etc. but NO SWIMSUITS PLEASE!

Please send a towel with your child so that we can have a picnic on the “beach.”  We ask that the children bring their regular snacks, but a small treat will be provided afterwards.  For each Beach Day, we are planning on following the regular classroom routine, however we will be including a few different games and activities which will be related to the beach theme.

January 8 – First day back to school for the Monday/Wednesday classes

January 9 – First day back to school for the Tuesday/Thursday classes

January 10 – Fire drill Monday/Wednesday classes (weather permitting)

January 11 – Fire drill Tuesday/Thursday classes (weather permitting)

January 16 – Miss Marg comes to read to the Tuesday/Thursday classes

January 16 - Board meeting at 7pm

January 17 – Wear a Jersey Day for the Monday/Wednesday classes

January 18 – Wear a Jersey Day for the Tuesday/Thursday classes

January 29 – Beach Day for the Monday/Wednesday classes

January 30 – Beach Day for the Tuesday/Thursday classes

January 31 – No school

February 1 – No school

Table Work

The three year old’s will be working on the triangle, diamond, as well as an activity involving all the shapes they have learned so far.  These activities help the children work on their pencil grasp, start to practice vertical lines, and listen to oral directions to attend to a simple task.  When drawing the shapes, the children will be recognizing familiar two-dimensional shapes, as well as using correct top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality for symbols.  

The four year old’s will be working on the letters Q, G, and S.  These activities will help the children learn to use correct top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality for letters.  They are also great for proper crayon grip to write and to practice using the helping hand to stabilize objects and paper.  We will also be working on the sight words in, at, and on.

We would really appreciate the following donations:

Small paper plates

2024/2025 Registration

Hard to believe we are starting the planning for next year already!  Registration for the upcoming September 2024/2025 year will open on February 1st.  

The programming will run much like this year:

  • Monday Wednesday - AM 8:45-11:15 - three year old only

  • Monday Wednesday - PM 12:30-3:30 - three four split

  • Tuesday Thursday - AM 8:30-11:30 - four year old only

  • Tuesday Thursday - PM 12:30-3:30 - four year old only

Each program has age cut off dates and limited spaces.  Exact details will be advertised prior to registration opening.