Last week we wrote about peace and learned about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We used our words about peace and added some hearts to decorate our classroom door. We wrote about kindness in our journals, and looked for ways to be kind to one another in our classroom. We understand that a big part of Dr. King's message was to solve things by using peaceful words -just like we are learning to do with coping skills. Ask your child to tell you and SHOW you a coping skill at home -have them tell you when they could use it. You will be amazed at how smart your children are when it comes to coping skills! 

We also spent a few days learning, reading about and writing about penguins. 

Next week we will begin working on our mail/letter writing unit. Thank you all for sending in letters for your children to read - if you haven't done so yet, please send one in by next Monday. I know your letters will be special surprises for your children!  
On Wednesday February 3 some of our classrooms at Loon Lake will be participating in Global Play Day. For this special day only, your child may bring one toy to school that they will be able to play with. The toy cannot have batteries or be an electronic toy. We also have plenty of fun toys here that we use at Center Time. 
We will have our Valentines Day Party on Friday, February 12. We will make our mailboxes here at school. Most children like to bring a valentine card in for each classmate (we will have 12 students then). Your child should sign his/her name on the card, but does not need to write a name to address it. They will simply put one card in each mailbox - this is much easier for our students to do.
If you would like to send in something for our party, that would be great. We do have some food allergies, so fruit, veggies or cheese cubes would be wonderful. We would also welcome some juice boxes. Just let me know if you are able to send something in.