Current Themes & Supporting Websites:

  1. ★It’s “Turkey Time” in Kindergarten this month.  We will learn facts about turkeys such as the variety of sounds they make, parts of a turkey and their feeding habits.  We will also learn turkey songs and, for movement, we will learn how to strut like turkeys.  Once we learn about feeding habits of turkeys, the kindergartners will become nibbling turkeys themselves by having some rice cereal, soup crackers and raisins.  We will also use turkey feathers for art and crafts. 


  3. Websites:

  4. ★The American Turkey

  5. ★Enchanted Learning Activities

Field Trips:


  1. ★Nov. 18th    We are going to the Palace of Fine Arts to see a performance of “A Christmas Carol.”

  2. “This Award-Winning Musical Adaptation of Charles Dickens' enduring and joyful classic is a

  3.   jubilant holiday musical for audiences of all ages.” (from the website)

Special Dates:

  1. ★Monday, November 3                    Lower School CLOSED for Parent/Teacher conferences  

  2. ★Tuesday,  November 4                  Lower School CLOSED for Parent/Teacher conferences  

                                            Presidential Election Day - Take Time to Vote   


  1. ★Sunday, November 16                   COR*NU*CO*PIA  - West Berkeley Arts and Crafts Festival

                                                               10 - 4pm Upper School Campus (click for slideshow)


  1. ★Tuesday, November 25                Grandparents, Godparents, Special Older Friends’ Day

                                                                Watch for details!


  1. ★Wednesday, November 26           All-school Thanksgiving Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00 FAD

                                                       Minimum Day - School Closes at NOON 

                                                                    Day Care closes at 5:00


  1. ★Thursday, November 27               School Closed -  Re-Opens - Monday December 1st


Happy Thanksgiving - have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

Suggested Reading:


  1. ★Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes It’s Feathers by Lorna Balian

  2. ★A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting

  3. ★‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey

  4. ★One Tough Turkey: A Thanksgiving Story by Steven Kroll

  5. ★Farmer Goff and His Turkey Sam by Brian Schatell


Suggested Family Activities & Excursions:


Marine Museum of the American Indian

2200 Novato Blvd.@ Miwok Park

Novato CA 94947

Recommended Resource Sites:

Starfall - (Edutainment) - Learning to read