Pre-K: March 23-27, 2026 Community Helpers!
Friday, March 27, 2026
Community Helpers Week One
We had an amazing week full of excitement! We started the week with our Journals on Monday as well as ‘hat making’ as we designed our own hats to as a community helper. We were doctors, nurses, police officers, chefs, fire fighters and military workers, to name a few. We made an on-going list of community helpers ranging from garbage collectors to train engineers in our morning meeting and added to it each day.
In our Dramatic Play area we had a doctor’s office as well as a tool bench – a mechanic’s paradise. At the Art Table on Tuesday, we made traffic lights and completed by writing what to do when we see the specific colors of the lights. We also worked with numbers at the skills table as we rolled dice to color pictures of community helpers. On Wednesday, we took a field trip to the Wellesley Fire Station just down the street. We appreciated our parent volunteers for making this trip a success. The firefighters showed us so many things to keep them safe while fighting fires and to keep us safe if we are ever in a fire. We were able to sit inside a fire truck and even saw one leave on a call. Firefighter Patrick was kind enough to slide down the fire pole too, a highlight of our visit. The firefighters were so pleased with our gift basket of goodies that you all donated to show our appreciation for their hard work. Thank you for making this a success as well.
Later in the week, we enjoyed designing and making badges at the Art Table as well as designing our own police cars, now on display in our classroom.
We ended our week on Friday with a visit from a Wellesley Police Officer, Officer Kathy Porier. What a treat to get to sit in a police car and see the lights and all the equipment inside the police car! Then Officer Porier read us a book and talked to us about her job as a community helper. We also presented a gift of thanks for her service as well and she was so appreciative of all of the goodies in the basket from you all! Thank you again for making this happen.
Other highlights this week:
- Madison’s “Me Week” was amazing! Thank you Madison for a great poster and pictures. Thank you to your family for coming in to read to us too!
- Thank you to the parents who helped us go to the fire station on Wednesday!
- Thank you to everyone again for sending in the treats for our community helpers (Fire Station and Police Station for town of Wellesley).
Songs we are singing:
March Song
Hello Song in different languages
Have a wonderful long weekend!
Warm Wishes,
Miss Karen, Miss Dana and Miss Jan