Mar 3 - 7, 2025 - 3 Year Olds Newsletter

3 Year Olds Newsletter

Dear Parent,

This week we are discussing Lent. Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. The forty days represent the time Jesus spent in the wilderness, enduring the temptation of Satan and preparing to begin his ministry. It is a time to prepare our hearts for what Jesus has done for each of us on the cross. Each week of Lent, we will make a symbol with a special prayer to say for that week and bring it home. Please place it in an area where you will see it and say it with your child. We will be saying it at school also. We are also sending home a calendar of activities your child could do each day during Lent.

We are also reading the story of Humpty Dumpty. We will be sequencing the story, creating our own Humpty Dumpty and building a wall for him as we experiment to keep him on the wall, learning the difference between ovals and circles, tracing ovals, counting objects to ten and making patterns.

Reminders

March 5th- Ash Wednesday Mass at 7:35 AM and 7:00 PM.

March 7th- First Fish Fry from 4:30-7:30 PM. Enjoy live music inside or our speedy drive thru. Dessert donations can be dropped off on Thursdays. Contact me if you are interested in volunteering.

March 14- Second fish Fry. We will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day at this fish fry.

Registration is open

Preschool Link

https://www.wesharegiving.org/App/Form/30f2443b-659c-45d6-bcf2-302fe459bae9

School Link Grade K-6th

https://www.wesharegiving.org/App/Form/be3d99c0-3404-49bd-87ec-ed31f479ea4e

Tips for Parents from Preschool Teachers

Tip #8 Lighten up. If your child refuses to do something, try turning it into a game. "Humor and games are two great tools that parents sometimes forget about in the heat of the moment," says Zebooker. When her own son, now 13, was in preschool, she used to persuade him to put his shoes on in the morning by playing shoe store. "I would say, 'Welcome to Miss Mommy's Shoe Store, I've got the perfect pair for you to try on today,' and I'd speak in a silly accent and he loved it." (I've had luck using this strategy with Sophie, who used to clamp her mouth shut whenever I tried to brush her teeth. Now we play the "Let's Guess What You Ate Today" game -- and she willingly opens up so I can search her molars for cereal, strawberries, or mac and cheese.)

Have a blessed week!

Sincerely,

Pamela Nunnelley