Dear parents:



Tuesday, we went to the Taipei Fine Art Museum for our first field trip of 2009. The exhibition is titled: “Pixar 20 Years of Animation”. The kids were interested to find out about the cartoon characters that they are familiar with, such as in the movie Cars, Toy Story, Wall-E, etc. After the show, we had lunch together in the basement with everyone. We all had great fun.





















For math class, I introduced the color red. We also went through objects that are red like tomatoes, cherries, strawberries, apples, hearts, and stop signs…we crossed out the object that is not red.

For social studies, we began the first unit: “My School and Friends.” First, we went through the class rules. The kids learned some of the objects in the classroom and some in the playground.


For motor skills class this week, we practiced how to use scissors properly by cutting straight lines and curvy lines. We also played finding the colored balls on Thursday afternoon to exercise their small muscles by picking up the balls that were on the floor.

This week we read “I love Pre-K “and “ABC Drive” for story time.

Individual comments:

Dora likes to help other kids before she does her things. I guess she probably thinks by helping others, it makes her feel older. She is working on her small muscle development by using scissors.

Tanya had a great weekend; I felt that she has been more mature over the last few weeks. She still loves to tattle tell on the others and loves to eat just like the “Cookie Monster”.

Sherri is small but very mature. She never asks for assistance unless she really needs it. Sometimes when I ask her questions, she might shout out the answers so spontaneously. She shocked me a few times this week


Ellie is more active in class compared with a few months ago. I’m kind of glad that Joyce’s class moved upstairs. Now, Ellie only speaks English and also tries to be more independent in class.

Daniel improved so much on classroom manners. He doesn’t get up and wander around like he used to do. He already picked up many simple phrases. I’m so proud of him.

Henry is a sweet heart; he is always so happy when he comes to school. I also encouraged him to try new things and rewarded him with stars.

Emelia likes to participate in class when we have open discussions. Nowadays, she speaks some English with some Chinese. She is definitely a quick learner.

Aida is one of the new students that have adapted well. She is a friendly and co-operative student. Everyone loves her.

Chloe improved a lot on her separation anxiety this week. She loves to sing and dance in the morning. She is able to eat on her own during meals and take naps.