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• Preschool - Paula Johnson
• With November brings cooler temperatures and some snowy days.  Due to these changes, preschool has been busy learning how to zip coats, put on and take off boots, hats, and gloves independently.  The joy of seeing how excited they are when they do something by themselves for the first time is wonderful!
• Of course, with November also comes Thanksgiving.   We have been busy making crafts, reading books, learning about colors, shapes, and numbers, singing songs, and playing in special centers, all based on the Thanksgiving theme.  We also found time to go on a jungle safari adventure and managed to find many silly monkeys, thanks in part to our homemade binoculars.
• We have had many good times this month in preschool and hope to continue to do so.  We have many fun activities planned for the Christmas season ahead of us and are looking forward to every minute of it.  Happy Holidays.
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• Kindergarten - Ann Gibbs and Renee Swisher
• Fire Prevention week was in October and we learned how to be safe in case of a

fire.  We had six volunteer firefighters come and visit our classroom!  Thank you to Brad Waage, Eric Moody, Trent Anderson, Ryan Kutter, Leif Johnson and Tyler Kampa.  They were dressed in their fire gear and helped the children learn "not to be afraid" of them dressed this way.  Later that day, we visited the fire station and the firefighters showed us around the station and the special equipment they use.  We also heard the sirens-boy, are they loud!  Thank you to these wonderful volunteers-our small town is lucky to have such a great crew!  A special thank you goes out to Trent Anderson for coming to visit our classroom and teaching the children about fire safety in our homes.  He taught us how to stop, drop and roll.
• Another very important community help, Officer Jerry Bjerke visited with

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