Newsletters

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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Miss Krista’s Kindergarten Newsletter: April 11, 2011

by Krista 04.12.2011 Curriculum

The past few weeks have been very busy in the kindergarten classroom. We began an author study of Mo Willems. This author has written books such as “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus,” “Knuffle Bunny,” and the Elephant and Piggie series. The children have really enjoyed incorporating Mo Willems books into all areas of [...]

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Miss Theresa and Miss Tiffany’s April Newsletter

by Steve 04.04.2011 Curriculum

Thank you to all the dads, grandpa’s and everyone else who joined us for “Donuts With Dad”. The children were very excited to have their special guests join them for donuts and fun in our classroom. Some of the favorite activities were building structures, playing in the moon sand, and the space scavenger hunt. Thank [...]

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Miss Sarah and Miss Elena’s April Newsletter

by Sarah 04.03.2011 Curriculum

We would like to first of all say THANK YOU to all our dads, grandparents and special guests for joining us during “Donuts with Dad” this past week. The children loved having family members in the classroom, and the parachute play was awesome! This month we will be learning about fairy tales, spring flowers and [...]

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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 Sarah and Miss Elena’s Newsletter: February 2011

by Sarah 02.08.2011 Curriculum

During the next two weeks the young three’s will be exploring the rainforest and shapes. During our rainforest lessons we will learn which animals live in the rain forest, the type of weather they experience, and what the rain forest looks like. The children will be making beautiful butterflies, leopard masks, and creating leopard prints [...]

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