From Our Classroom to the Community: fire safety
October 20th, 2025Last week in our classroom: Fire Truck/start of halloween
Sensory table: halloween jack-o-lanterns
filler (orange rice)
dollar store mini pumpkins and clear bottles with pumpkin faces drawn on with a Sharpie
various scoopers/funnels
Activities:
Simple Fire Truck Coloring Page: To make things light and fun on our firetruck visit day, the children colored their own firetruck pages — making predictions about what color they thought the real firetruck would be!
Start of Halloween Activities: We kicked off our Halloween-themed fun with the letter S for Spiders! The kiddos painted beautiful watercolor spider webs and added dot stickers showing a variety of emotion faces — a great way to combine art, creativity, and social-emotional learning.
To this week from our partners: Physiokids partnership
Head over to @alliesplayschool on Instagram for a chance to win a balance board and 2 first visit climb passes ($84 value) with Climb Kalamazoo!
To this week from our community: Fire truck visit
Thank you to the Texas Township Fire Deparment for coming to Playschool to help educate young children on the importance of fire safety awareness and what to do in an emergency. We are so thankful for all that you do for our community!
It was so heartwarming to hear the kids point out smoke detectors, egress windows, and pretend to call 911 or run to the “fire.” It goes to show how much these real-life experiences impact their learning and understanding of safety. ❤️
To this week in our community: upcoming events
Christmas co-Op
Small Business Saturday → this is the place to be!
We can’t wait to see you there!
Playschool will be hosting a Kiddie Corner so your little ones can feel the joy of community through a local, family-owned business too.
The best part? The Co-Op is completely FREE and open to the public. No tickets needed—just come hang out, shop small, and join the fun!
Mini berry holiday session
Instructors: Melissa Ludwa, Lisa Brown, Rachel Stratton
Fa-la-la-la fun! Holiday and wintery themes will be infused into this 3-week series of Music Together classes. Sing, dance, and play with us in class and take home the Mini Berry song booklet (with music access code to 15 Music Together favorites) to keep you singing and dancing until we start again with our 10-week Sticks semester, beginning in early January.
Class Days and Times:
Classes at Crescendo Academy of Music:
Mon: 9:30 am & 10:30 am
Tues: 9:30 am & 10:30 am
Fri: 9:30 & 10:30 am
Sat: 9:30 am
Sun: 5:30 pm This is a collaboration with OutFront Kalamazoo for queer families and allies
Details and registration: here
