Thursday, December 22, 2005
Website Update
The website is a work in progress. The pictures section is being updated currently. Any pictures dated 2004 are last school year. For current pictures, look for folders title 2005...Please be patient as we find time to update this info.
December 20, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week was a quick week. We talked about the upcoming holidays, and completed projects pertaining to the holidays. A special gift was sent home in your child’s backpack yesterday or today. Please no peeking until the holiday! : ) We made goopy gunk (what we call goop) this week. The children followed a recipe using glue, food coloring, water, and borax soap as ingredients.
On Wednesday we attended an assembly: Music Stories, a cultural program. Be sure to ask your child about it. On Wednesday we had a small holiday celebration where we danced and did various gross motor games and activities. Thanks to the room parents for their help with the snacks.
Centers this week included: lacing holiday cards, goop and play dough centers, train center, lego and kapla blocks, kitchen, coloring on our bellies, and various other project centers.
Physical Therapy
Due to the assembly on Wednesday, we did not have PT group this week. We look forward to seeing Renee in the New Year!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~ IMPORTANT REMINDER: PLEASE label EVERY item your child brings to school with his/her name…hats and mittens especially. We’ve recently had a few hats go missing.
~Gloves vs. mittens: we appreciate you sending your child to school wearing mittens, not gloves. We are teaching independence in Pre-K, and mittens are much easier for the children to put on independently. Thank you for your help with this!
~ Thanks for sending in shoes when your child wears boots to school.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: In January we will be learning about Winter, Action words, and Dinosaurs.
Does anyone have an old animal see ‘n say they could donate to the classroom? This would be beneficial for some of the children learning the sounds the animals make.
In January we will begin Scholastic’s Classroomscare Reading is Giving. We will be sending home slips of paper for you to fill out when you read books at home. After we read 100 books, Scholastic will donate books to needy children. Happy reading everyone!
We want to wish everyone a safe, fun, happy holiday season! We’ll see you all back on Tuesday January 3rd! Happy Holidays!
This week was a quick week. We talked about the upcoming holidays, and completed projects pertaining to the holidays. A special gift was sent home in your child’s backpack yesterday or today. Please no peeking until the holiday! : ) We made goopy gunk (what we call goop) this week. The children followed a recipe using glue, food coloring, water, and borax soap as ingredients.
On Wednesday we attended an assembly: Music Stories, a cultural program. Be sure to ask your child about it. On Wednesday we had a small holiday celebration where we danced and did various gross motor games and activities. Thanks to the room parents for their help with the snacks.
Centers this week included: lacing holiday cards, goop and play dough centers, train center, lego and kapla blocks, kitchen, coloring on our bellies, and various other project centers.
Physical Therapy
Due to the assembly on Wednesday, we did not have PT group this week. We look forward to seeing Renee in the New Year!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~ IMPORTANT REMINDER: PLEASE label EVERY item your child brings to school with his/her name…hats and mittens especially. We’ve recently had a few hats go missing.
~Gloves vs. mittens: we appreciate you sending your child to school wearing mittens, not gloves. We are teaching independence in Pre-K, and mittens are much easier for the children to put on independently. Thank you for your help with this!
~ Thanks for sending in shoes when your child wears boots to school.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: In January we will be learning about Winter, Action words, and Dinosaurs.
Does anyone have an old animal see ‘n say they could donate to the classroom? This would be beneficial for some of the children learning the sounds the animals make.
In January we will begin Scholastic’s Classroomscare Reading is Giving. We will be sending home slips of paper for you to fill out when you read books at home. After we read 100 books, Scholastic will donate books to needy children. Happy reading everyone!
We want to wish everyone a safe, fun, happy holiday season! We’ll see you all back on Tuesday January 3rd! Happy Holidays!
December 15, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week we continued talking about positional words and also began learning about manners. We continued working on our holiday projects, along with a train positional place word project.
Each day we continue to work on learning the names of colors, and we have begun learning the names in Spanish as well. We also work on letter and number recognition through the “rapid naming” exercises. We continued to have visits from Ruby the duck (a sticker picture). She likes alphabet letters, so each day she will be stuck on a different alphabet letter when we do our rapid naming.
Centers this week included: a holiday project, train project, play dough, coloring, train center, and kitchen center.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: please, thank you, excuse me, you’re welcome, etc as well as in, out, on, under, beside/next to, under, on top, over, near, far, in front, behind, and up/down.
Physical Therapy
In PT group the children played with large shapes this week. The children went in and out of the shapes, moving their bodies in different ways. First they crawled through, and then they crawled backwards, then walked through without letting their hands touch the floor, etc. Everyone did great with this!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~Gloves vs. mittens: we appreciate you sending your child to school wearing mittens, not gloves. We are teaching independence in Pre-K, and mittens are much easier for the children to put on independently. Thank you for your help with this!
~ Thanks to Liam for the box of tissues for the classroom supply.
~ Thanks for sending in shoes when your child wears boots to school.
~ OUTSIDE playtime: We will not be going outside each day while the snow is on the ground. We will send home a note asking you to send in snow gear if we will be going outside the next day.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: The rest of December we will be talking about food/meals, holidays, and manners/feelings.
We will be having a small holiday “party” on Wednesday December 21. Our room parent will be making a simple treat, and we will be doing a special project after attending a holiday assembly.
The week of December 19 will be a “typical” week for the AM class…we will be in session Tues, Weds, Thurs that week.
Does anyone have an old animal see ‘n say they could donate to the classroom? This would be beneficial for some of the children learning the sounds the animals make.
This week we continued talking about positional words and also began learning about manners. We continued working on our holiday projects, along with a train positional place word project.
Each day we continue to work on learning the names of colors, and we have begun learning the names in Spanish as well. We also work on letter and number recognition through the “rapid naming” exercises. We continued to have visits from Ruby the duck (a sticker picture). She likes alphabet letters, so each day she will be stuck on a different alphabet letter when we do our rapid naming.
Centers this week included: a holiday project, train project, play dough, coloring, train center, and kitchen center.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: please, thank you, excuse me, you’re welcome, etc as well as in, out, on, under, beside/next to, under, on top, over, near, far, in front, behind, and up/down.
Physical Therapy
In PT group the children played with large shapes this week. The children went in and out of the shapes, moving their bodies in different ways. First they crawled through, and then they crawled backwards, then walked through without letting their hands touch the floor, etc. Everyone did great with this!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~Gloves vs. mittens: we appreciate you sending your child to school wearing mittens, not gloves. We are teaching independence in Pre-K, and mittens are much easier for the children to put on independently. Thank you for your help with this!
~ Thanks to Liam for the box of tissues for the classroom supply.
~ Thanks for sending in shoes when your child wears boots to school.
~ OUTSIDE playtime: We will not be going outside each day while the snow is on the ground. We will send home a note asking you to send in snow gear if we will be going outside the next day.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: The rest of December we will be talking about food/meals, holidays, and manners/feelings.
We will be having a small holiday “party” on Wednesday December 21. Our room parent will be making a simple treat, and we will be doing a special project after attending a holiday assembly.
The week of December 19 will be a “typical” week for the AM class…we will be in session Tues, Weds, Thurs that week.
Does anyone have an old animal see ‘n say they could donate to the classroom? This would be beneficial for some of the children learning the sounds the animals make.
December 8, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week at school we learned about positional/place words. We did many activities involving these words; including putting stuffed bears around the classroom using the positional words. For example, we looked at a picture showing on top, and then put the bear on top of the bookshelf in the classroom. The students had fun finding silly places to put the bears using these place words.
Each day we continue to work on learning the names of colors, and we have begun learning the names in Spanish as well. We also work on letter and number recognition through the “rapid naming” exercises. We also met Ruby the duck (a sticker picture). She likes alphabet letters, so each day she will be stuck on a different alphabet letter when we do our rapid naming.
Centers this week included: a holiday project, a colored glue project, train center where we put the trains through the tunnel, over the bridge, under the bridge, etc. Coloring pictures of positional words was another center. Blocks with cars and trucks, journals and cutting centers were open this week as well.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: in, out, on, under, beside/next to, under, on top, over, near, far, in front, behind, and up/down.
Physical Therapy
In PT group the children played with “hula hoops”. They practiced using place words by standing inside the hoop, outside the hoop, etc. Everyone listened very well while practicing these words. Nice work!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~Gloves vs. mittens: during the winter season, we appreciate you sending your child to school wearing mittens, not gloves. We are teaching independence in Pre-K, and mittens are much easier for the children to put on independently. Thank you for your help with this!
~ Thanks to Nicolas and Michael for the boxes of tissues for the classroom supply, we are still in need of more. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: In December we will talk about Positional/Place words, food/meals, holidays, and manners/feelings.
We will be having a small holiday “party” on Wednesday December 21. Our room parent will be making a simple treat, and we will be doing a special project after attending a holiday assembly.
The week of December 19 will be a “typical” week for the AM class…we will be in session Tues, Weds, Thurs that week.
Note about projects: many times we display completed projects in the classroom for a few weeks before they are sent home.
OUTSIDE playtime: We will not be going outside each day while the snow is on the ground. We will send home a note asking you to send in snow gear if we will be going outside the next day.
This week at school we learned about positional/place words. We did many activities involving these words; including putting stuffed bears around the classroom using the positional words. For example, we looked at a picture showing on top, and then put the bear on top of the bookshelf in the classroom. The students had fun finding silly places to put the bears using these place words.
Each day we continue to work on learning the names of colors, and we have begun learning the names in Spanish as well. We also work on letter and number recognition through the “rapid naming” exercises. We also met Ruby the duck (a sticker picture). She likes alphabet letters, so each day she will be stuck on a different alphabet letter when we do our rapid naming.
Centers this week included: a holiday project, a colored glue project, train center where we put the trains through the tunnel, over the bridge, under the bridge, etc. Coloring pictures of positional words was another center. Blocks with cars and trucks, journals and cutting centers were open this week as well.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: in, out, on, under, beside/next to, under, on top, over, near, far, in front, behind, and up/down.
Physical Therapy
In PT group the children played with “hula hoops”. They practiced using place words by standing inside the hoop, outside the hoop, etc. Everyone listened very well while practicing these words. Nice work!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~Gloves vs. mittens: during the winter season, we appreciate you sending your child to school wearing mittens, not gloves. We are teaching independence in Pre-K, and mittens are much easier for the children to put on independently. Thank you for your help with this!
~ Thanks to Nicolas and Michael for the boxes of tissues for the classroom supply, we are still in need of more. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: In December we will talk about Positional/Place words, food/meals, holidays, and manners/feelings.
We will be having a small holiday “party” on Wednesday December 21. Our room parent will be making a simple treat, and we will be doing a special project after attending a holiday assembly.
The week of December 19 will be a “typical” week for the AM class…we will be in session Tues, Weds, Thurs that week.
Note about projects: many times we display completed projects in the classroom for a few weeks before they are sent home.
OUTSIDE playtime: We will not be going outside each day while the snow is on the ground. We will send home a note asking you to send in snow gear if we will be going outside the next day.
December 1, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week at school we continued talking about furniture and utensils. We did a project where the children colored pictures of furniture including a bed, refrigerator, sink, etc. They then cut out these pictures and glued the pictures into the correct room of the house. These are on display on the classroom bulletin board. Utensils were put in the sensory table along with cornmeal, which the children scooped and poured. We began changing our seasonal bulletin board in the hallway by taking down the pumpkins and adding winter animals to the scene. These included birds and bears, and brown leaves were added as well.
Each day we continue to work on learning the names of colors, and we have begun learning the names in Spanish as well. We also work on letter and number recognition through the “rapid naming” exercises.
Centers this week included: a project coloring and gluing furniture into the proper rooms of the house, listening center with the story “Peanut butter and Jelly”, kitchen where the vocabulary words were emphasized, large floor puzzles: a train puzzle and Hey Diddle Diddle puzzle. Journals and cutting centers were open this week as well.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: couch, chair, table, desk, bed, dresser/bureau, refrigerator, oven/stove, and bookshelf.
Physical Therapy
This week the children played with foam balls and practiced with a partner. They rolled the ball between their legs and around their bodies. They worked on throwing and catching the ball as well.
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~If your child is going to be absent, please call 632-4866 ext 1153 and leave a message.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ Thanks to those who donated boxes of tissues and napkins for the classroom supply, we are still in need of more. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: In December we will talk about Positional/Place words, food/meals, holidays, and manners/feelings.
We will be having a small holiday “party” on Wednesday December 21. Our room parent will be making a simple treat, and we will be doing a special project after attending a holiday assembly.
The week of December 19 will be a “typical” week for the AM class…we will be in session Tues, Weds, Thurs that week.
Do you like to communicate via email? At times I could send home sign-up sheets, etc. via email. If interested, please send me your email address and I’ll add you to my list of parents I’ll contact via email. Have a nice weekend!
This week at school we continued talking about furniture and utensils. We did a project where the children colored pictures of furniture including a bed, refrigerator, sink, etc. They then cut out these pictures and glued the pictures into the correct room of the house. These are on display on the classroom bulletin board. Utensils were put in the sensory table along with cornmeal, which the children scooped and poured. We began changing our seasonal bulletin board in the hallway by taking down the pumpkins and adding winter animals to the scene. These included birds and bears, and brown leaves were added as well.
Each day we continue to work on learning the names of colors, and we have begun learning the names in Spanish as well. We also work on letter and number recognition through the “rapid naming” exercises.
Centers this week included: a project coloring and gluing furniture into the proper rooms of the house, listening center with the story “Peanut butter and Jelly”, kitchen where the vocabulary words were emphasized, large floor puzzles: a train puzzle and Hey Diddle Diddle puzzle. Journals and cutting centers were open this week as well.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: couch, chair, table, desk, bed, dresser/bureau, refrigerator, oven/stove, and bookshelf.
Physical Therapy
This week the children played with foam balls and practiced with a partner. They rolled the ball between their legs and around their bodies. They worked on throwing and catching the ball as well.
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~If your child is going to be absent, please call 632-4866 ext 1153 and leave a message.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ Thanks to those who donated boxes of tissues and napkins for the classroom supply, we are still in need of more. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: In December we will talk about Positional/Place words, food/meals, holidays, and manners/feelings.
We will be having a small holiday “party” on Wednesday December 21. Our room parent will be making a simple treat, and we will be doing a special project after attending a holiday assembly.
The week of December 19 will be a “typical” week for the AM class…we will be in session Tues, Weds, Thurs that week.
Do you like to communicate via email? At times I could send home sign-up sheets, etc. via email. If interested, please send me your email address and I’ll add you to my list of parents I’ll contact via email. Have a nice weekend!
November 17, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week at school we finished up our unit on farms by popping popcorn on the cob in the microwave and eating it for snack. We also began talking about furniture, and Thanksgiving. Next week we will continue talking about furniture and Thanksgiving and also discuss utensils as well. By having the dollhouse center open this week, we were given opportunities to use the vocabulary words for the week, which are listed below.
Centers this week included: Dollhouse, dry erase boards for drawing pictures, shelf toys, paper fun where the children could make their own creations by cutting, gluing, coloring, and drawing with various shapes and colors of paper, and coloring turkey pictures.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: Thanksgiving, turkey, bed, couch, table, chair, dresser/bureau, shelf, desk, and lamp.
Physical Therapy
This week the children played musical chairs. First they simply walked around the chairs, and then Renee changed it each time they played. They had to march, crawl, walk on their knees, and walk backwards. Everyone did very well with this game!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~If your child is going to be absent, please call 632-4866 ext 1153 and leave a message.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ Thanks to those who donated boxes of tissues and napkins for the classroom supply, we are still in need of more. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: Furniture, utensils, and Thanksgiving are next week’s topics. In December we will talk about Positional/Place words, food/meals, holidays, and manners/feelings.
It was nice to see all of you at parent conferences! Thanks for your involvement in your child’s education and development.
Reminder: Next week there will be morning class on Tues and Weds, no class Thurs.
Do you like to communicate via email? At times I could send home sign-up sheets, etc. via email. If interested, please send me your email address and I’ll add you to my list of parents I’ll contact via email. Have a nice weekend!
This week at school we finished up our unit on farms by popping popcorn on the cob in the microwave and eating it for snack. We also began talking about furniture, and Thanksgiving. Next week we will continue talking about furniture and Thanksgiving and also discuss utensils as well. By having the dollhouse center open this week, we were given opportunities to use the vocabulary words for the week, which are listed below.
Centers this week included: Dollhouse, dry erase boards for drawing pictures, shelf toys, paper fun where the children could make their own creations by cutting, gluing, coloring, and drawing with various shapes and colors of paper, and coloring turkey pictures.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: Thanksgiving, turkey, bed, couch, table, chair, dresser/bureau, shelf, desk, and lamp.
Physical Therapy
This week the children played musical chairs. First they simply walked around the chairs, and then Renee changed it each time they played. They had to march, crawl, walk on their knees, and walk backwards. Everyone did very well with this game!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~If your child is going to be absent, please call 632-4866 ext 1153 and leave a message.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ Thanks to those who donated boxes of tissues and napkins for the classroom supply, we are still in need of more. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Looking ahead: Furniture, utensils, and Thanksgiving are next week’s topics. In December we will talk about Positional/Place words, food/meals, holidays, and manners/feelings.
It was nice to see all of you at parent conferences! Thanks for your involvement in your child’s education and development.
Reminder: Next week there will be morning class on Tues and Weds, no class Thurs.
Do you like to communicate via email? At times I could send home sign-up sheets, etc. via email. If interested, please send me your email address and I’ll add you to my list of parents I’ll contact via email. Have a nice weekend!
November 3, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week we talked about Halloween/pumpkins as well as farms. During circle we played a game called “Pass the Pumpkin”. A pretend pumpkin was passed around the circle as we sang the following song: “Pass the pumpkin, pass the pumpkin, pass the pumpkin round to me. When it stops, I’ll take out something that begins with letter /P/” (to the tune of Clementine). The child then opened the pumpkin, took out a picture of an object that begins with the letter /P/, and we all practiced saying that word.
On Tuesday the students went to an assembly about Rain Forests. An informational notice was sent home about this on Wednesday.
Centers this week included: shelf toys, waffle blocks with barns and farm animals, coloring, a pumpkin matching activity, journals, cutting, and magnetic pictures of animals on magnetic boards.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: pumpkin, pie, piano, pig, pencil, pillow, pear, pizza, pin, Jack-O-Lantern, farm, and common farm animals.
Physical Therapy
This week the children played an apples and pumpkins game with Renee using scooter boards. The children were told how many of each object they needed to get, then rode their scooters to the other end to retrieve that number of objects. This fun activity incorporated listening skills and counting skills into the physical activity. Using listening and counting skills is a great idea at home or the playground too!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside play time and for fire drills.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ We need more boxes of tissues and napkins for the classroom supply. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Picture retake day is Thursday November 17 at 9:00. More info to follow.
Looking ahead: Farms, Furniture, Utensils, and Thanksgiving are upcoming topics.
Parent conferences are Nov 14 and 16. A schedule of your confirmed time will be sent home soon.
Have a nice weekend!
This week we talked about Halloween/pumpkins as well as farms. During circle we played a game called “Pass the Pumpkin”. A pretend pumpkin was passed around the circle as we sang the following song: “Pass the pumpkin, pass the pumpkin, pass the pumpkin round to me. When it stops, I’ll take out something that begins with letter /P/” (to the tune of Clementine). The child then opened the pumpkin, took out a picture of an object that begins with the letter /P/, and we all practiced saying that word.
On Tuesday the students went to an assembly about Rain Forests. An informational notice was sent home about this on Wednesday.
Centers this week included: shelf toys, waffle blocks with barns and farm animals, coloring, a pumpkin matching activity, journals, cutting, and magnetic pictures of animals on magnetic boards.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: pumpkin, pie, piano, pig, pencil, pillow, pear, pizza, pin, Jack-O-Lantern, farm, and common farm animals.
Physical Therapy
This week the children played an apples and pumpkins game with Renee using scooter boards. The children were told how many of each object they needed to get, then rode their scooters to the other end to retrieve that number of objects. This fun activity incorporated listening skills and counting skills into the physical activity. Using listening and counting skills is a great idea at home or the playground too!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside play time and for fire drills.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ We need more boxes of tissues and napkins for the classroom supply. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Picture retake day is Thursday November 17 at 9:00. More info to follow.
Looking ahead: Farms, Furniture, Utensils, and Thanksgiving are upcoming topics.
Parent conferences are Nov 14 and 16. A schedule of your confirmed time will be sent home soon.
Have a nice weekend!
October 27, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week we continued to learn about Fall through our circle time lessons and center activities. We made paper plate spider puppets this week which we sponge painted black, then added eyes, legs, and a handle. We used them to sing “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “The Great Big Spider” during circle. At the science table, we observed and compared different fall items, such as pumpkins, gourds, leaves, apples, and acorns. At the coloring center, we colored pictures of pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns. Other centers included: legos, journals, a pumpkin emotions matching/memory game, kitchen, Listening center listening to “5 Scary Monsters”.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: Fall, autumn, leaves, pumpkin, apple, acorn, and different signs of fall such as cold weather, wearing jackets, raking leaves.
Physical Therapy
We played a fun game with pretend leaves this week with Renee. One student was the “tree” with leaves (colored scarves) all over them. The other children were the wind and “blew” the leaves off of the tree. This was lots of fun.
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Extra! Extra!
A note from Mrs. Maruschock: It’s nice to be back. I spent the week getting to know the children and sharing pictures of “baby Jake”. Miss Hughes will be missed, so on Wednesday we took a walk to visit her in the classroom she is currently helping out in.
The class book is coming around! Each family will get a turn to take the class book home and look at it. Please make comments on the pages provided. The children love to share what their families have to say.
Since Halloween is on Monday, the children will not be wearing Halloween costumes to school.
Class website update: As of this time the website has not been updated, and it is unclear if/when it will be “up and running”. We will keep you posted.
Important
Reminders:
~Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside play time and for fire drills.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ We need more boxes of tissues and napkins for the classroom supply. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at nagy@cromwellct.org.
This week we continued to learn about Fall through our circle time lessons and center activities. We made paper plate spider puppets this week which we sponge painted black, then added eyes, legs, and a handle. We used them to sing “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “The Great Big Spider” during circle. At the science table, we observed and compared different fall items, such as pumpkins, gourds, leaves, apples, and acorns. At the coloring center, we colored pictures of pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns. Other centers included: legos, journals, a pumpkin emotions matching/memory game, kitchen, Listening center listening to “5 Scary Monsters”.
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: Fall, autumn, leaves, pumpkin, apple, acorn, and different signs of fall such as cold weather, wearing jackets, raking leaves.
Physical Therapy
We played a fun game with pretend leaves this week with Renee. One student was the “tree” with leaves (colored scarves) all over them. The other children were the wind and “blew” the leaves off of the tree. This was lots of fun.
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Extra! Extra!
A note from Mrs. Maruschock: It’s nice to be back. I spent the week getting to know the children and sharing pictures of “baby Jake”. Miss Hughes will be missed, so on Wednesday we took a walk to visit her in the classroom she is currently helping out in.
The class book is coming around! Each family will get a turn to take the class book home and look at it. Please make comments on the pages provided. The children love to share what their families have to say.
Since Halloween is on Monday, the children will not be wearing Halloween costumes to school.
Class website update: As of this time the website has not been updated, and it is unclear if/when it will be “up and running”. We will keep you posted.
Important
Reminders:
~Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside play time and for fire drills.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ We need more boxes of tissues and napkins for the classroom supply. Any donations would be appreciated.
~ If your child wears boots to school, please send in shoes for your child to change in to.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at nagy@cromwellct.org.
October 20, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week we learned about Fall through our circle time lessons and center activities. Our class discussed the different signs of Fall; like weather changes, autumn foods, and activities that we can do during this season. Our centers helped us learn more about Fall. We painted apple trees using our hands and made paper plate pumpkins for our hallway bulletin board in the project center. We played two math games called Pumpkin Patch Math and Apple Orchard Math; we were able to pick the pumpkins and apples from the pumpkin patch and the apple tree. We had a chance to taste three different colored apples, red, yellow, and green, and choose our favorite one. They were very delicious! At the science table, we observed and compared different fall items, such as pumpkins, gourds, leaves, apples, and acorns. We spent time sorting leaves by color, type, and size. At the coloring center, we had a chance to imprint leaves by rubbing crayons over paper. The play dough center was lots of fun. We were able to play with orange play dough and could make fall shapes with it using cookie cutters. We learned a lot about Fall this week!
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: Fall, Autumn, leaves, pumpkin, apple, acorn, and different signs of fall such as cold weather, wearing jackets, raking leaves.
Physical Therapy
Renee had us using different parts of our bodies in PT Group this week. We had to practice balancing a bean bag on the parts of our bodies. We used our heads, backs, hands, feet, elbows, and even shoulders. After balancing one bean bag, we had to try to balance two!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside play time and for fire drills.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ We need volunteers to purchase crickets for our frogs once a week.
Please let us know if you would like to “donate” any crickets.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Our last day with Miss Hughes is Thursday, October 20th.
Mrs. Maruschock will be back in our classroom Monday, October 24th. J
The class book is coming around! Each family will get a turn to take the class book home and look at it. Please make comments on the pages provided. The children love to share what their families have to say.
In music last week, we sang songs about caring for our bodies with Mrs. Chapman. We sang songs about washing our hands and keeping our bodies healthy. We even made “soap suds” sounds using musical shakers!
Children will not be wearing Halloween costumes to school. If your child would like to share his or her costume please bring it in next week.
We will have a show and share time set aside for Halloween
costumes. Thank you!
This week we learned about Fall through our circle time lessons and center activities. Our class discussed the different signs of Fall; like weather changes, autumn foods, and activities that we can do during this season. Our centers helped us learn more about Fall. We painted apple trees using our hands and made paper plate pumpkins for our hallway bulletin board in the project center. We played two math games called Pumpkin Patch Math and Apple Orchard Math; we were able to pick the pumpkins and apples from the pumpkin patch and the apple tree. We had a chance to taste three different colored apples, red, yellow, and green, and choose our favorite one. They were very delicious! At the science table, we observed and compared different fall items, such as pumpkins, gourds, leaves, apples, and acorns. We spent time sorting leaves by color, type, and size. At the coloring center, we had a chance to imprint leaves by rubbing crayons over paper. The play dough center was lots of fun. We were able to play with orange play dough and could make fall shapes with it using cookie cutters. We learned a lot about Fall this week!
Vocabulary this week focused on the following words: Fall, Autumn, leaves, pumpkin, apple, acorn, and different signs of fall such as cold weather, wearing jackets, raking leaves.
Physical Therapy
Renee had us using different parts of our bodies in PT Group this week. We had to practice balancing a bean bag on the parts of our bodies. We used our heads, backs, hands, feet, elbows, and even shoulders. After balancing one bean bag, we had to try to balance two!
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee is on
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses!
Important
Reminders:
~Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside play time and for fire drills.
~ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
~ We need volunteers to purchase crickets for our frogs once a week.
Please let us know if you would like to “donate” any crickets.
~ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Our last day with Miss Hughes is Thursday, October 20th.
Mrs. Maruschock will be back in our classroom Monday, October 24th. J
The class book is coming around! Each family will get a turn to take the class book home and look at it. Please make comments on the pages provided. The children love to share what their families have to say.
In music last week, we sang songs about caring for our bodies with Mrs. Chapman. We sang songs about washing our hands and keeping our bodies healthy. We even made “soap suds” sounds using musical shakers!
Children will not be wearing Halloween costumes to school. If your child would like to share his or her costume please bring it in next week.
We will have a show and share time set aside for Halloween
costumes. Thank you!
October 6, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week we learned about the parts of our bodies. We spent time learning the names of the parts
of our bodies, and what those parts do for us. Our centers helped us learn more about the parts of
our bodies. We learned and played in the following centers: caring for dolls, listening to books on
tape, experimenting with the Touchy Feely Box, tracing our bodies, gluing the parts of the body together, playing Octopus Dominoes, and putting Mr. Potato Head’s body together. In the dolls center, we were able to help babies eat, get dressed, and play together. We listened to the books, My Body and The Kissing Hand, on tape, while looking at the books. We were able to feel and describe the many different objects in the Touchy Feely Box, without being able to look at the object! Tracing our bodies was lots of fun, and after tracing our bodies we had to draw our faces with all the right parts. We worked very hard coloring, cutting, and gluing together the parts of the body in the project center. Octopus Dominoes was a fun game to play. We had to match the right colors and numbers together to create the eight arms of the octopus. The center with Mr. Potato Head allowed us to put together a potato head body with whatever body parts we wanted to choose. We also read books about our bodies this week in school. My Five Senses, My Body, and My Body Belongs to Me are a few of those books. The Hokey Pokey and Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes are some of the songs we danced to this week. We also played the game Ms. Hughes Says using our bodies!
Vocabulary was focused on learning the parts of the body. Students worked on learning the following body parts: head, arms, legs, hands, feet, stomach, knees, elbows, fingers, toes, nose, eyes, mouth, and ears.
Physical Therapy
Renee had us using different parts of our bodies in PT Group this week. She gave us each a balloon to bounce in the air. We used our fingers, thumbs, palms, shoulders, heads, knees, and even elbows to bounce our balloons in the air. We found that certain parts of our bodies were harder to bounce a balloon in the air with than others. Ask me which body parts were easy or hard to use!
Important Reminders:
§ Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.
§ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
§ We need a change of clothes at school for every child. Please send a change of clothes in as soon as possible.
§ We need volunteers to purchase crickets for our pet frogs each week. Please let us know if you would like to donate crickets.
§ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org. I will check my email daily.
Looking Ahead…
Next week we will continue to learn about body parts and
begin to learn about self-care.
This week we learned about the parts of our bodies. We spent time learning the names of the parts
of our bodies, and what those parts do for us. Our centers helped us learn more about the parts of
our bodies. We learned and played in the following centers: caring for dolls, listening to books on
tape, experimenting with the Touchy Feely Box, tracing our bodies, gluing the parts of the body together, playing Octopus Dominoes, and putting Mr. Potato Head’s body together. In the dolls center, we were able to help babies eat, get dressed, and play together. We listened to the books, My Body and The Kissing Hand, on tape, while looking at the books. We were able to feel and describe the many different objects in the Touchy Feely Box, without being able to look at the object! Tracing our bodies was lots of fun, and after tracing our bodies we had to draw our faces with all the right parts. We worked very hard coloring, cutting, and gluing together the parts of the body in the project center. Octopus Dominoes was a fun game to play. We had to match the right colors and numbers together to create the eight arms of the octopus. The center with Mr. Potato Head allowed us to put together a potato head body with whatever body parts we wanted to choose. We also read books about our bodies this week in school. My Five Senses, My Body, and My Body Belongs to Me are a few of those books. The Hokey Pokey and Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes are some of the songs we danced to this week. We also played the game Ms. Hughes Says using our bodies!
Vocabulary was focused on learning the parts of the body. Students worked on learning the following body parts: head, arms, legs, hands, feet, stomach, knees, elbows, fingers, toes, nose, eyes, mouth, and ears.
Physical Therapy
Renee had us using different parts of our bodies in PT Group this week. She gave us each a balloon to bounce in the air. We used our fingers, thumbs, palms, shoulders, heads, knees, and even elbows to bounce our balloons in the air. We found that certain parts of our bodies were harder to bounce a balloon in the air with than others. Ask me which body parts were easy or hard to use!
Important Reminders:
§ Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.
§ Check folders every day for important papers and information!
§ We need a change of clothes at school for every child. Please send a change of clothes in as soon as possible.
§ We need volunteers to purchase crickets for our pet frogs each week. Please let us know if you would like to donate crickets.
§ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org. I will check my email daily.
Looking Ahead…
Next week we will continue to learn about body parts and
begin to learn about self-care.
September 29, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week we learned about families. We talked about how families are the same and different, and most importantly, that people in a family love each other. We brought in pictures of our families and shared our family with our friends. We placed our family photos on our class tree for all to see. Our centers helped us learn more about families. We made a family of puppets to sing songs with, spent time in the kitchen and doll house centers, made books about Me and My Family, sorted different pets families may have by color and type, and even spent time washing babies using our water table. Our class sang songs using our puppets, about families. It was fun to learn about our families!
Vocabulary focused on the different members of families. Mother, father, sister, brother, and baby were the main focus of our vocabulary this week. During the time in our centers, we talked about grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and family pets while we worked. Next week… we will learn about the parts of our bodies!
Physical Therapy
We had fun this week working with Renee. We learned how to use scooters. Renee had us walk forwards and backwards on our scooters. We even had to lie down on our stomachs
and use our hands to help us move. It was hard work,
but a lot of fun!
Music
Our first music class with Mrs. Chapman was on Thursday. She came to see us in our room, where we sang songs that helped us learn the names of our new friends and the things that they like. We had fun singing with Mrs. Chapman.
Extra! Extra!
Thank you Mrs. Pendl for volunteering to be our room parent.
Thank you Mrs. Fletcher for bringing in crickets for our frogs. Our frogs were very happy!
Thank you for sharing your family photos with our class. We have placed the photos on a class tree in our room for all to see. What great families we have! The photos will be returned the week of October 10th, unless you need the photos sooner. If so, please let me know. Also if your child has not brought in a family photo, please send one in next week.
Our class learned about what to do when our school has a security drill this week. We even practiced what to do so we would know in case of a security drill emergency. Great job!
Got milk? Yes! We have started our milk program this week. If you would like your child to receive milk, please let us know and we will send home information about the program.
Important Reminders:
~Scholastic book order forms will be sent out Monday morning. If you would like to order from Scholastic, please have the forms and money in no later than Monday, October 3rd.
~Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.
~Check folders every school day for important information.
~Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
This week we learned about families. We talked about how families are the same and different, and most importantly, that people in a family love each other. We brought in pictures of our families and shared our family with our friends. We placed our family photos on our class tree for all to see. Our centers helped us learn more about families. We made a family of puppets to sing songs with, spent time in the kitchen and doll house centers, made books about Me and My Family, sorted different pets families may have by color and type, and even spent time washing babies using our water table. Our class sang songs using our puppets, about families. It was fun to learn about our families!
Vocabulary focused on the different members of families. Mother, father, sister, brother, and baby were the main focus of our vocabulary this week. During the time in our centers, we talked about grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and family pets while we worked. Next week… we will learn about the parts of our bodies!
Physical Therapy
We had fun this week working with Renee. We learned how to use scooters. Renee had us walk forwards and backwards on our scooters. We even had to lie down on our stomachs
and use our hands to help us move. It was hard work,
but a lot of fun!
Music
Our first music class with Mrs. Chapman was on Thursday. She came to see us in our room, where we sang songs that helped us learn the names of our new friends and the things that they like. We had fun singing with Mrs. Chapman.
Extra! Extra!
Thank you Mrs. Pendl for volunteering to be our room parent.
Thank you Mrs. Fletcher for bringing in crickets for our frogs. Our frogs were very happy!
Thank you for sharing your family photos with our class. We have placed the photos on a class tree in our room for all to see. What great families we have! The photos will be returned the week of October 10th, unless you need the photos sooner. If so, please let me know. Also if your child has not brought in a family photo, please send one in next week.
Our class learned about what to do when our school has a security drill this week. We even practiced what to do so we would know in case of a security drill emergency. Great job!
Got milk? Yes! We have started our milk program this week. If you would like your child to receive milk, please let us know and we will send home information about the program.
Important Reminders:
~Scholastic book order forms will be sent out Monday morning. If you would like to order from Scholastic, please have the forms and money in no later than Monday, October 3rd.
~Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.
~Check folders every school day for important information.
~Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
September 22, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week we continued learning about each other. We shared different things that we can do and like with our new friends. We are learning our school songs very well! We even learned new songs about our friends and ourselves this week, like” I am Special” and “If you Want to be a Friend”. During circle time we continued to learn our letters, numbers, and colors. We also spent some time learning about each other; favorite colors, things to do, and how we to be good friends. Our centers this week were painting, kitchen, blocks, look what I can do, games, and projects. The activities in these centers allowed us to share who we are with each other, like what we can do, and learn our classmates’ names, playing memory and Bingo with pictures. Some of the books that we read together are All By Myself and Just a Little Different by Mercer Mayer and Keisha Ann: That’s Who I Am by Laura Colker. It was a fun week learning about our new friends and ourselves!
Vocabulary this week focused on learning the names of the students and teachers in the classroom, as well as learning about what other students like to play, eat, and can do on their own. Ask your child to name a new friend or ask him or her to tell you what his or her favorite center is at school and why. Ask your child to sing “I am Special” for you!
Physical Therapy
This week we worked with Renee using hula-hoops. We put our hands, feet, and ourselves in and out of the hoops. Renee had us run, skip, gallop, jump, and even fly like airplanes this week.
Just a reminder that PT Group is on Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses.
Snacks
The milk program will starting Monday, September 26th. Sign ups are due by Monday if you wish to have your child participate. Due to the number of children in school with peanut
allergies, we ask that your child bring a snack that does not contain peanuts.
Important Reminders:
§ Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.
§ Check folders every school day for important information.
§ Please send your child to school with any missing paperwork and a change of clothes.
§ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Our class pets, the fire-belly toads, have returned to our classroom and they are hungry! We would like to have some families volunteer to purchase crickets, each week, for our frogs to eat. Please let us know if you and your child would like to donate somecrickets for class pets.
Next week…
we will learn about families!
This week we continued learning about each other. We shared different things that we can do and like with our new friends. We are learning our school songs very well! We even learned new songs about our friends and ourselves this week, like” I am Special” and “If you Want to be a Friend”. During circle time we continued to learn our letters, numbers, and colors. We also spent some time learning about each other; favorite colors, things to do, and how we to be good friends. Our centers this week were painting, kitchen, blocks, look what I can do, games, and projects. The activities in these centers allowed us to share who we are with each other, like what we can do, and learn our classmates’ names, playing memory and Bingo with pictures. Some of the books that we read together are All By Myself and Just a Little Different by Mercer Mayer and Keisha Ann: That’s Who I Am by Laura Colker. It was a fun week learning about our new friends and ourselves!
Vocabulary this week focused on learning the names of the students and teachers in the classroom, as well as learning about what other students like to play, eat, and can do on their own. Ask your child to name a new friend or ask him or her to tell you what his or her favorite center is at school and why. Ask your child to sing “I am Special” for you!
Physical Therapy
This week we worked with Renee using hula-hoops. We put our hands, feet, and ourselves in and out of the hoops. Renee had us run, skip, gallop, jump, and even fly like airplanes this week.
Just a reminder that PT Group is on Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses.
Snacks
The milk program will starting Monday, September 26th. Sign ups are due by Monday if you wish to have your child participate. Due to the number of children in school with peanut
allergies, we ask that your child bring a snack that does not contain peanuts.
Important Reminders:
§ Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.
§ Check folders every school day for important information.
§ Please send your child to school with any missing paperwork and a change of clothes.
§ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org.
Extra! Extra!
Our class pets, the fire-belly toads, have returned to our classroom and they are hungry! We would like to have some families volunteer to purchase crickets, each week, for our frogs to eat. Please let us know if you and your child would like to donate somecrickets for class pets.
Next week…
we will learn about families!
September 15, 2005
A Peek at the Week
This week we learned about our school and our new friends. We learned many new songs this week. Some songs help us greet each other, and other songs help us remember what to do during the day, like the “Clean Up Song”. We will spend more time next week practicing these songs, and will continue to learn about our new friends. During circle time we worked on learning our colors, numbers, and letters. We also learned about the different jobs of the classroom and even began to work in the classroom each day. We have also spent time in centers. The centers we worked in this week were painting, coloring, making projects, kitchen, shelf toys, legos, blocks, and puzzles. We were able to explore different centers throughout the week. We also spent some time looking at our class pets, fire-belly frogs, which were raised from tadpoles last year. It has been a wonderful, fun week in pre-school!
Vocabulary has been focused on learning the names of adults and children in the classroom, as well as the different activities and centers available to students. Children have been working on learning our schedule and routines. Ask your child who is in his/her class, and what his/her job was, and what he/ she did today!
Physical Therapy
We began working with Renee this week. Renee had us walking in and on lines, walking backwards, skipping, galloping, and even bear and crab walking! We did some of these things two times because they were so much fun. We had a great time working with Renee.
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee will be
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses.
Snacks
Please remember to pack only one snack and drink for your child. Make sure that it is a healthy snack and one that your child will eat. Due to the number of children in school with peanut allergies, we ask that your child bring a snack that does not contain peanuts. We are currently working with our cafeteria staff to get the milk program running for our pre-school classes. We hope to have milk available to
purchase by the end of September. We will be sending home information as soon as possible.
Important Reminders:
§ Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.
§ Check folders every school day for important information.
§ Please send your child to school with any missing paperwork that was given to you on “Meet the Teacher” day.
§ We need a change of clothes at school for every child. Send a change of clothes in as soon as possible.
§ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org. I will be checking my mail every day.
Extra! Extra!
We had our pictures taken was on Wednesday, September 14th.
Our class had the most wonderful smiles!
September topics will include- welcome to school, learning about each other, and families. Next week we will continue to learn about our new friends.
This week we learned about our school and our new friends. We learned many new songs this week. Some songs help us greet each other, and other songs help us remember what to do during the day, like the “Clean Up Song”. We will spend more time next week practicing these songs, and will continue to learn about our new friends. During circle time we worked on learning our colors, numbers, and letters. We also learned about the different jobs of the classroom and even began to work in the classroom each day. We have also spent time in centers. The centers we worked in this week were painting, coloring, making projects, kitchen, shelf toys, legos, blocks, and puzzles. We were able to explore different centers throughout the week. We also spent some time looking at our class pets, fire-belly frogs, which were raised from tadpoles last year. It has been a wonderful, fun week in pre-school!
Vocabulary has been focused on learning the names of adults and children in the classroom, as well as the different activities and centers available to students. Children have been working on learning our schedule and routines. Ask your child who is in his/her class, and what his/her job was, and what he/ she did today!
Physical Therapy
We began working with Renee this week. Renee had us walking in and on lines, walking backwards, skipping, galloping, and even bear and crab walking! We did some of these things two times because they were so much fun. We had a great time working with Renee.
Physical Therapy, or PT Group, with Renee will be
Wednesdays. Please wear sneakers and no dresses.
Snacks
Please remember to pack only one snack and drink for your child. Make sure that it is a healthy snack and one that your child will eat. Due to the number of children in school with peanut allergies, we ask that your child bring a snack that does not contain peanuts. We are currently working with our cafeteria staff to get the milk program running for our pre-school classes. We hope to have milk available to
purchase by the end of September. We will be sending home information as soon as possible.
Important Reminders:
§ Wear comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.
§ Check folders every school day for important information.
§ Please send your child to school with any missing paperwork that was given to you on “Meet the Teacher” day.
§ We need a change of clothes at school for every child. Send a change of clothes in as soon as possible.
§ Remember that you can contact me via email at knagy@cromwellct.org. I will be checking my mail every day.
Extra! Extra!
We had our pictures taken was on Wednesday, September 14th.
Our class had the most wonderful smiles!
September topics will include- welcome to school, learning about each other, and families. Next week we will continue to learn about our new friends.
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