Literacy

Learning with Blocks

by Steve 10.18.2011 Curriculum

Blocks are open-ended materials that stimulate young imaginations, provide choices for discovery and invention, and promote the development of problem-solving skills. One day a block may be an airplane. The next day that same block in the hands of the same child can be a sofa for the house he is building. Building with blocks [...]

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French With My Friends

by Sarah 09.22.2011 Curriculum

Bonjour! This year we have implemented a French program for children staying for afternoon classes as well as the kindergarten classroom. We’ve had a blast so far and the children are soaking up the language like sponges. As lessons are introduced I will be sending vocabulary lists home to help families practice the words and [...]

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Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter; September 6, 2011

by Krista 09.06.2011 Curriculum

It has been an exciting first full week of kindergarten. We started the school year by studying the book “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” Most of the children are very familiar with this story. We used this popular story to play several alphabet games while working on letter recognition. Many of us participated in creating a [...]

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Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter: May 17, 2011

by Krista 05.18.2011 Curriculum

The end of the school year is quickly approaching. Although summer is very near, we have a lot of exciting things still in store for our kindergartners. We finished learning about chicks and eggs last week. We had an exciting unit learning about oviparous animals. We even had 5 chicks

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Krista’s Kn Newsletter: March 1, 2011

by Krista 03.02.2011 Curriculum

DR. SEUSS THEME: We concluded our three week long study of Dr. Seuss this week. The children developed a stronger sense of rhyming words and phonemic awareness during this study. We played several sentence building games as well as grouping words according to word families. We ended the unit with a read aloud of

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Miss Kelly and Miss Beth’s March 2011 Newsletter

by Kelly 03.01.2011 Curriculum

Fine Motor Skills: Throughout our Zoo Theme, we have been practicing our fine motor control through a variety of cutting, tearing, and folding activities. A few of these activities include cutting zoo-themed paper in our sensory table, accordion-folding paper to form elephant trunks, and tearing construction paper pieces to make tiger habitats. These cutting, tearing, [...]

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Miss Kelly and Miss Beth’s Newsletter February 2011

by Kelly 02.15.2011 Curriculum

We’d like to start by saying “Thank You!” to all of the parents who made it out for conferences. It was so nice to see all of you and share your child’s progress! Exploration and Discovery during our Polar Region Theme: During our final week of learning about Polar Regions, the children were ready for [...]

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Miss Kim, Miss Theresa, and Miss Tiffany’s January 2011 Newsletter

by Kim 01.14.2011 Curriculum

Now that the cold weather and snow is here, children need to bring in their labeled snow clothes (hats, mitten/gloves, boots, and snow pants) every day. We will go outside each day as long as the temperature and wind chill is 20 degrees by 11 o’clock. A very important preschool skill is independent dressing so [...]

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