This is such a bitter-sweet day.  To have to say ‘good-bye’ to my group of little friends is sad, yet to  know that I played a part in their development this year is so rewarding.  I am excited about next year and thrilled that I will see so many of your happy faces at the door of the four year old program.  See you then!

Have a safe and restful summer.

May God bless  you and your families.

Hope everyone is ready to come and join us this Friday, June 4th at 10am for our End-of-Year celebration.  The children have planned a wonderful program for you. Please come and join us for some songs, a play, and some refreshments.

Enjoy the evening with your family.

Here is the information:

Join us for our year End Celebration

June 4th @ 10:00am

We will be performing  ‘Alphabet Stone Soup’    adapted by the Pre-K students from the classic ‘Stone Soup’

Our program will be followed by the awarding of certificates, a slide show of the year,  and refreshments

Enjoy the long weekend with your family.

Our focus today was on bumble bees and how they help in making new flowers and in giving us honey. The children made bumble bee head bands and we wore  them as we paraded in the halls counting to number 13.  We played a Bumble Bee counting game and we worked in recognizing the letter ‘b’ as we glued on a variety of foam bugs to the shape.    The children are coming home with their headbands as well as the decorated letter ‘b’.

Enjoy the weekend with your family.

The children were busy in the ‘camping’ drama area of our classroom this morning.  We cooked over the camp fire, we used our flashlights, we studied our plastic bugs. We talked about safety in the wonderful outdoors and how we should always stay with the adults.  The children played a silly beach ball game where they had  to give the color and a number that was written on that color section.  We listened to two stories this morning, and we counted bug eggs.  We also  worked together on a ‘Leap Frog’ counting caterpillar puzzle.  We made lady bugs which you should find in their backpacks.

What a wonderful day they had – and me too.

Enjoy the evening with your family.

Our dress rehearsal was GREAT.  Please remember to have your  student at school by 6:15 tomorrow night.  The children should come in costume and report to the cafeteria.  The PreK students will walk on stage with the older students and sing several opening songs.  At the conclusion of the ‘Picnic’ song the children will join their families and enjoy the middle part of the program.  We will signal the children to rejoin us on stage right  before the final singing of ‘Picnic”.

Have a wonderful evening with your family.

The children were busy in Music class this morning working on their part for the Spring Concert. Remember, this concert is Tuesday evening the 11th. Mrs. Jones is having a dress rehearsal on Monday the 10th. The PreK children SHOULD come in costume.  We will slip out of our costumes at the end of the practice and fold them neatly to be sent home with your child until the following evening’s performance.

In our classroom this morning , the children practice their end-of-the-year play. We read a wonderful informational book on ladybugs.  We painted butterflies and we reviewed the letter  ‘Ii’ .  WOW! they were busy.

Enjoy the evening with your family.

The children celebrated the beginning of the wonderful month of May by making May Day baskets for you. They were just beautiful! Hope you enjoy them. The children also worked in small groups this morning to finish up some painting of our props for the end of the year play.  They are so excited about putting this play together for your entertainment.

Our Spring Musical Concert is to be held on May 11th at 6:30.  Our Four Year Old students will be part of the group preforming that evening. They will join the older children in the beginning of the program to sing several opening songs.  They will then be dismissed to join their families in the audience while the older children sing their specialized songs.  At the conclusion of these songs, our PreK students will be invited to return to the stage for the final song(s).  This is always a wonderful evening. Please plan on joining us!

Have a wonderful weekend with your family.

We had another busy day in the three yr old program. The children reviewed simple counting and letter recognition during a circle activity.  Later we read a story about birds and ducks,  including how they make their nests and we studied several pictures of bird/duck eggs.  We followed up this activity with making a silly picture of a little duck hatching from an egg. This activity gave the children the opportunity to strengthen their fine muscle control with cutting and the use of the glue sticks as well as using their listening skills. These pictures can be found in their backpacks today.  The children also finished up our unit on seeds/plants/spring by making their own individual gardens.  We planted marigold seeds and maybe, just maybe they will grow.  Some of us got carried away with watering, some of us wanted more dirt – you get the idea.  But it was fun!

Enjoy the weekend with your family.

The children had computer this morning with Mr. Hartwell. The children are displaying ease and confidence in the handling of the computer and going into and out of the programs.  In the classroom, the children worked on the props for our end-of-year program and we practiced our actions and lines.  They are looking forward to putting this wonderful day together for you.

Enjoy the evening with your family.