1. Our Saviour Lutheran Preschool
120 South Henry Street, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54302
Director: Christina L. Scholz
christina@oslc-gb.org
School 920-468-3596
November 2012
Dear Parents,
“Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken”
Hebrews 12:28.
It is for the kingdom that we give thanks! Yes, we give thanks for God’s daily
blessings and care including all the necessities of life, but in the economic uncertainty
of these days, we can fall into the trap of forgetting that for which we truly give
thanks—all that God has done for us in Christ Jesus! I pray that as you observe
Thanksgiving Day your gratefulness overflows, even if right now you are struggling in
any way. Give thanks with a grateful heart because He has given Jesus Christ, His
Son—FOR YOU.
EQUIPMENT
We are currently introducing sensory equipment and adding it to our red cabinet.
We have demonstrated the use of various equipment; dealing with perception and
small motor skill development; such as the pink tower, perceptisort, sorting trays, nuts
& bolts, tactilo, & perception boards. We will continue to introduce material in our
4K class throughout the year.
For psychomotor, we will begin using hoops, musical activities, parachute,
bouncing & catching balls. We will also use November and December to introduce
balancing and tumbling skills. This movement time gives the children practice
working on various large motor skills, such as body and space awareness, visual motor
control, balance and hand-eye coordination.
INCLAMENT WEATHER
Please note that OSLP follows the Green Bay Public Schools for school cancellation
due to inclement weather. When you see the Green Bay Public schools are cancelled,
our programs will be cancelled for that day as well. Our Saviour Preschool will NOT
show on the cancellation list. Please follow GB public school closing. A late start
means no morning preschool for that day.

2. SNOW GEAR
Please do not send your child to school wearing boots. OSLC takes great care in
shoveling the parking lot and sidewalk and since we do not go out during the winter
months it would make is so much easier if we only had to deal with hats, gloves and
coats.
SICK CHILDREN
We ask you to please keep your children home when they are not well. We do
understand how much they want to be here, but it is not fair to expose their friends
who are well. They need to be clear of any fever for 24 hours before they return to
class. Please call and notify the office at 468-4065 if they will not be in class. Thank
you.
SELF- HELP SKILLS
We are encouraging the children to improve their self-help skills, by having them
practice at home in the evenings. We also have a wooden shoe and “dressing myself”
activity boards at school that will be introduced to practice tying, zipping, buttoning
etc…on their own. Your child will be expected to zip, snap, button, tie and buckle
their own clothing and shoes w/o help in kindergarten. Please practice with them at
home and encourage them to keep trying. It is our policy, to have children wear their
coats to pick-up lines unless it is warm out and we would like them to begin
practicing on their coats and backpacks.
NAMES
We have begun stressing name recognition (4K) in school. The children are being
encouraged to recognize their names on our helper of the day chart and our
placemats during snack time. When your child shows an interest in printing his/her
name, please help them to do it the correct way—the first letter is capital and the
remainder are lowercase. All letters begin formation at the top and continue down.
Example (Mary not MARY), we are encouraging best
practice so that they are ready for Kindergarten. If you want any other advice on
handwriting skills please ask.
SCISSORS
These past two months your child has been shown how to use scissors (using the
thumb on the top hole and the index and middle finger in the bottom hole.)
Learning to cut is a very important early childhood skill. We encourage you to have a
blunt-nosed pair of scissors available to your child at home. Provide paper that can be
easily cut such as notebook, magazines, old coloring books, butcher, or construction
paper. If your child has had very little previous cutting experience, let him or her cut
randomly. Gradually, make it more challenging—cutting out pictures, cutting on a
straight line, or on curved lines, etc.

3. CHRISTMAS CORNER/Gift Wrapping Center
We are already thinking Christmas in Preschool. We are collecting items
to use in our Creative Writing/Art Center. If you would like to donate
items like: buttons, bows, ribbon, cards, pipe cleaners, glitter etc… We
would appreciate it. This is one of their favorite centers and we love to
keep it stocked and we need your help.
THINKING CHRISTMAS
Last week Wednesday and Thursday Mrs. Prindle sent home a book
order. If you are thinking Christmas we will make sure that these items
remain a secret.
DATES TO REMEMBER
November 8-92 NO SCHOOL: Parent Teacher conferences WI Dells
November 15 NO SCHOOL: Weidner Center Field Trip 9:00A.M. start for all classes
November 16 NO SCHOOL 4K Join us on Nov. 15th for Bernstein Bears
November 19-20 No School Parent Teacher Conferences
November 21 In-service No School
WEIDNER CENTER FIELD TRIP: November 15th
All Classes Meet this Day COST is $ 10.00 for student bus and ticket. If you are a
parent volunteer we need to collect $7.00 to cover your ticket. I only have 12 tickets
on hold for adult chaperones. If you would like to attend please let me know ASAP
and I will see if I can add a few tickets to our school count. They are usually very
helpful about adding tickets if we contact early. I have several extra tickets. Parents
do not pay bus fee only the students. Parents only pay for the ticket.
Please note that the Weidner show starts at 10:00
so we will not begin class until 9:00 on this day.
We will leave school at 9:15.

4. Integrity When they’re younger, children’s
lies sometimes are cute and
entertaining, but as they get older,
November: their lies can wreak havoc in your
life and in theirs. Teaching
children to be honest—even when
Stewardship
it’s hard to tell the truth—is an
“I am only one, but I am one. important lesson to teach your
“Now it is I cannot do everything, child over and over. The more you
required that but I can do something. model and emphasize living an
those who have And that which I can do, honest life where your words
by the Grace of God, match your actions, the more kids
been given a I will do.” will see that honest truly is the best
trust must prove policy.
faithful”. ~ Dwight L. Moody~
† Young children often get their
1 Corinthians 4:2 imagination and reality mixed up,
so they aren’t actually lying when
they’re telling a story they’ve
created. Teach your child about
honesty but also allow him to
explore and express his rich
God’s Promises Are True! imagination.
Read: John 21: 7-9 † Watch your (and other people’s)
reactions when your child tells a
“cute” lie, such as sneaking another
Talk Together: Have you ever eaten fish for breakfast?
cookie off of the dessert plate and
Have you ever had breakfast with Jesus? You probably saying, “I don’t see any cookie.
have but you didn’t know it! Maybe you pray this table Do you?” If you (or others)
prayer before you eat: “Come, Lord Jesus, be our Guest, applaud this behavior and
and let this food to us be blest.” When you pray this encourage it by laughing every
prayer, you invite Jesus to eat with you. He IS with time, your child is only going to
you—but He’s invisible! But you can trust His promise to learn how to do it better.
“be with you always.” When do you invite Jesus to be
with your family? What are your family’s favorite table
prayers?