Blog Posts
Here are the last 10 posts from selected categories:
News
- 2012 Winter School Closing Information 01/12/2012
Winter is upon us! Here is what you need to know about local school closing information this winter. Pembroke Kids will close if all Avon Lake District Schools close due to inclement weather. So, where can you check to see if schools are closed? ...
- Plan to attend our Open House on December 8th from 1-7 pm 12/05/2011
Pembroke Kids’ December Open House is on Thursday, December 8th from 1:00 pm until 7:00 pm. This is a perfect time to tour our school while classes are in session, or stop by later in the day after work. Meet our teachers, learn about our early child...
- Pembroke is Growing Up 11/22/2011
Steve and I would like to let you know of our plan to add Pembroke Day grades 1 through 4 starting in the fall of 2012 with a 1st grade of 10-14 children. Please join us Tuesday November 29 from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm for an open house to meet the teacher...
- Smiles For Sophie Thanksgiving Pie Fundraiser 11/04/2011
Mama Jo Homestyle Pies Thanksgiving Pie Fundraiser Looking for some great pies to top off your Thanksgiving dinner this year?? Look no further than Mama Jo Homes...
- Plan to Attend Upcoming Preschool PTA Information Nights 11/01/2011
Avon, Avon Lake, and Bay Village will be hosting Preschool Information Nights during the first week of November. Pembroke will be attending each of the events. Here are the times, dates and locations. Links to each group's website are included. Avon...
- How do you keep your kids safe online? 10/25/2011
At Pembroke, we use OpenDNS, which is a service that lets you control the websites that are accessible on all Internet-connected devices in your home. Learn more and sign up here. It's FREE!
- New staff member at Pembroke Kids 10/17/2011
Meet Hobbes, a 9 month old Pembroke Welsh Corgi who recently joined the "staff" at Pembroke Kids. When not at school working, Hobbes lives with Steve & Andrea. During the day he keeps watch over all his friends at the preschool, kindergarten and af...
- Pembroke Kids Awarded 3-Star Step Up To Quality Rating from the State of Ohio 06/17/2011
[caption id="attachment_1020" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="3-Star Rating"][/caption] For the second year in a row, Pembroke Kids has been awarded a 3-Star Rating by the State of Ohio! Step Up To Quality is a voluntary, quality rating sys...
- Do you know... 03/07/2011
Events, dates, and Fun Happenings at Pembroke Kids! Did you know that Pembroke Kids is hosting a wine tasting at Nemo Grille? The information is in this newsletter! All the Pembroke staff is seriously hoping the worst of winter is behind us! Even...
- Preschool and Kindergarten Open Houses during February 2011 02/03/2011
Pembroke Kids will host Preschool and Kindergarten Open Houses on Saturday, February 12th from 10:00 am until 12:00 Noon, and Wednesday February 23rd from 1:00 pm until 7:00 pm. Come tour our school while classes are in session, or stop by later in ...
Curriculum
- Miss Krista's Kindergarten Newsletter; February 3, 2012 02/03/2012
Hello Kindergarten Families! Thank you to all the families who drove to the playhouse field trip. Please remember to turn in the $5 for the tickets if you have not done so already. Also, I would like to say thank you to the families dropping off at the...
- French With My Friends 01/12/2012
Bonjour! The French resource bags are now making the rounds from family to family. If you have not yet had a turn with the bag, your time is coming. When you receive a bag, you can keep it for one week. The bag goes home on the day your child has F...
- Miss Kelly and Miss Jenny's January Newsletter 01/12/2012
Happy New Year, Everyone! We hope you all had very happy holidays. Thank you to those of you who were able to make it into our classroom to share a special tradition or story last month! THEMES: Throughout the past two weeks, we have been learni...
- Miss Christy and Miss Sue's January Newsletter 01/12/2012
It's been a ROARING good time in our classroom this past week! Dinosaurs are all around us and we have been discovering and uncovering incredible facts about many different types of dinosaurs and their habitats! We made a volcano using clay, vinegar, b...
- Miss Sarah and Miss Elena's January Newsletter 01/12/2012
Hello Everyone! Hope you all had an enjoyable holiday break with your family. We are officially back in the swing of things in the classroom and working on all sorts of skills. We can’t wait to share all of our progress during conferences. We ha...
- Miss Theresa and Miss Tiffany's January Newsletter 01/12/2012
We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed your time with family and friends! You and your children helped make our holiday more special, thank-you very much! Conference time is quickly approaching and the sign up sheets are outside our cl...
- Miss Krista's Newsletter; January 10, 2012 01/10/2012
Welcome back to school! I hope that everyone had a great holiday break! As we get back into our rhythm, the students have been working on strengthening their self-help skills. This includes many things in the classroom. During snack and lunch, children...
- Holiday Traditions 12/07/2011
This week we have been inviting parents and grandparents into our classrooms to share Holiday Traditions and stories. Thank you to all who have spent time preparing fun activities to share with the children. We've all learned a lot and had a great t...
- Miss Christy and Miss Sue's December Newsletter 11/30/2011
Winter is nearly upon us and we have been studying “Winter Wonderlands” this week and we will continue into next week as well! We have had such a great time participating in science experiments such as predicting which ice cube will melt the quic...
- French With My Friends 11/14/2011
Our French adventures have been so much fun! The children are doing very well during class and really enjoy learning a new language. I encourage families to look over our weekly vocabulary lists and practice the words with your child. If you have any...
Class Newsletters
- Miss Kelly and Miss Jenny's January Newsletter 01/12/2012
Happy New Year, Everyone! We hope you all had very happy holidays. Thank you to those of you who were able to make it into our classroom to share a special tradition or story last month! THEMES: Throughout the past two weeks, we have been learni...
- Miss Sarah and Miss Elena's January Newsletter 01/12/2012
Hello Everyone! Hope you all had an enjoyable holiday break with your family. We are officially back in the swing of things in the classroom and working on all sorts of skills. We can’t wait to share all of our progress during conferences. We ha...
- Miss Krista's Newsletter; January 10, 2012 01/10/2012
Welcome back to school! I hope that everyone had a great holiday break! As we get back into our rhythm, the students have been working on strengthening their self-help skills. This includes many things in the classroom. During snack and lunch, children...
- Miss Theresa and Miss Tiffany's November Newsletter 11/14/2011
Dinosaurs have been a HUGE hit in our classroom! We have been measuring, patterning, and counting dinosaurs. Dinosaur math can be so much fun! We were also very busy being creative. We have painted dinosaurs and made footprints, bones, rubbings, and ...
- Miss Kelly and Miss Beth's November Newsletter 11/13/2011
BUBBLES, BUBBLES EVERYWHERE! This past week we began a unit on Bubbles. The children have been very enthusiastic about learning more about them and have especially enjoyed the “exploration and discovery” side of bubbles. We’ve been making various...
- Miss Krista's Kindergarten Newsletter: 11-11-11 11/11/2011
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.... BLASTOFF!!!! We began our thematic unit on Outer Space this past week in kindergarten. By using thematic lessons in the classroom, we are able to take a large topic, such as space, and incorporate it into every subject area. In socia...
- Miss Krista's Kindergarten Newsletter: September 26, 2011 09/27/2011
MATH WORKSHOPS in Kindergarten: For our math curriculum, we set up daily math stations. During this time, children rotate freely between various math activities. On average, three new math activities are introduced each week. Lately, we have been wor...
- Miss Christy and Miss Sue's September Newsletter 09/21/2011
Our school year is off to a great start! We are very fortunate to have such a great group of students this year! Each one brings his/her own uniqueness and charm to the class! This past month has been very exciting. We have been getting used to our ...
- Miss Krista's Kindergarten Newsletter 09/14/2011
What happens during Morning Meeting? Morning meeting takes place every day at 9am. During this time, we start off by greeting our friends. We may greet them using a different language to say hello, or tossing a ball to our friends. This helps us to le...
- Miss Krista's Kindergarten Newsletter: May 17, 2011 05/18/2011
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 ovipar...
Movies
- An Outdoor Classroom 10/24/2011
There is still time to get out back and enjoy some beautiful autumn weather. Let's take a walk...
- New staff member at Pembroke Kids 10/17/2011
Meet Hobbes, a 9 month old Pembroke Welsh Corgi who recently joined the "staff" at Pembroke Kids. When not at school working, Hobbes lives with Steve & Andrea. During the day he keeps watch over all his friends at the preschool, kindergarten and af...
- Jackson Pollock inspires Pembroke Kids' Kindergarten Art Class 02/05/2011
Ms. Krista’s Kindergarten class met last Friday to create their own Jackson Pollock inspired work. Using cotton duck canvas, sand, acrylic paint, brushes, sticks, combs, a flyswatter, ice cream scoop, and even a feather, the kids created their own ...
- School Age Camp Filmmaking in the DDC 06/25/2010
Check out a great new stop-motion animation created by kids in the Digital Discovery Center's Summer Camp program. There’s lots more to come this summer!
- The Ice Cream Truck 12/16/2009
This 45 second stopmotion film was uploaded to Youtube.com about 3 years ago. As of April 2011, it has been viewed 120,564 times. Not bad for an after school program!
- "Roadblock", a stopmotion animation 12/05/2009
Here is Roadblock, a great little film created in the Digital Discovery Center.
