ECS Pre-K Classroom News~Afternoon Edition

Mr. Elty Truck Visit March 2010

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Mr. Elty Truck Visit March 2010

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

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Mrs. Cantwell read a St. Patrick's Day story with a leprechaun this week!

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Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News January 28, 2010 Afternoon Edition A Peek at the Week This week we learned about dinosaurs. Some dinosaurs walked on two feet, some on four, some could swim, others could fly, and some were herbivores, some

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Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News January 14 + 21, 2010 Afternoon EditionA Peek at the WeeksLast week we learned about emotions/feelings. We sang “the feelings song” and learned that it’s ok to have feelings, even negative ones such as sad and angry. This week we talked about winter, including signs of winter, activities we do in the

NO NEWS ONLINE

2010-01-25T21:34:00.001-05:00

Sorry folks, for the 2009-2010 school year I have been unable to post the classroom newsletters online. Hopefully I'll be able to continue this next year.

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News June 11, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-06-11T01:09:00.002-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week at school we played more with tools, and also talked about pond life, including tadpoles, turtles and ducks.We also worked on thank you cards for those people involved in building our playscape. These cards will be given to those people, including the fire department, playground committee and Greater Hartford Jaycees, next week.Centers this week:project-special project

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A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about tools and hardware. We learned about the different types of tools and what each one is used for. Centers this week: Listening-Froggy Goes to Camp; block building with tools and hardware; Journals-drawing about our favorite thing to do at school; sorting with play fruits and making fruit patterns; project-making a spider; finger painting.~Books and

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News May 21, 2009 Afternoon Edition

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A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about insects. We learned about the lifecycle of a butterfly, and about the different types of insects and what they eat. Some students participated in the book swap this week. After the book swap, each student was able to pick out a book to take home from the books donated to the Pre-K from the Junior Women’s Club.Centers this week: coloring-on our bellies

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News May 14, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-05-14T00:55:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about gardening/planting. We learned about the steps to growing a plant from a seed, and did experiments with seeds in a plastic bag with a paper towel. We also looked at the parts of a carrot and talked about how some foods grow under the ground and some grow above ground. We put the carrots in water and we will watch to see what happens to them. We also

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News May 7, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-05-07T00:38:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about nursery rhymes and the characters in these rhymes.Centers this week: Project-making a Humpty Dumpty picture; coloring-on our bellies; block building-building a wall for Humpty Dumpty, a clock for the mouse in Hickory Dickory, and a school for Mary’s lamb; Listening center; puzzles ; Kitchen-pretend play; shelf toys-building with Mr. Potato Heads.~Books

2009-04-23T22:35:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about spring and what happens in the spring time. Our “Concepts of the Week” were “loud” and “quiet”. We practiced clapping loud and soft, stomping loud and soft, and singing loud and soft. THE NEW PLAYGROUND IS HERE!: A BIG thanks to Mr. Cantwell from the morning class and to Mr. Beck and Mr. DiClemente from the afternoon class for their help with the

The Playground is Installed!

2009-04-23T22:11:00.003-04:00

Please go to the link below to view photos of the students enjoying the incredible new Pre-K playground!http://picasaweb.google.com/knagymaruschock

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News April 9, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-04-09T22:17:00.002-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about spring and what happens in the spring time. We also began using a program called “Second Steps Curriculum”. This program is used to teach social and emotional skills. We met Impulsive Puppy this week-he acts without thinking and doesn’t know the rules of how to act at school. So the students helped him learn how to have his eyes watching, ears

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News April 2, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-04-02T20:16:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked more about numbers and number concepts. We compared groups of objects and talked about when had "more" and "less" or the "least" and the "most".Centers this week: Project-making a number counting book; coloring and completing dot-to-dot number papers; Lego block building; pretend play-pretending to be grocery shopping and cashiers using cash registers. Dot

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom NewsMarch 26, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-03-26T19:59:00.002-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about numbers and number concepts. We had the "number box" job this week. One student asks the students to guess what is in the box based on the sound the box makes when it is moved around. The student then reveals what is in the box and counts the items in the box.Centers this week: Project-painting colorful peacocks for our bulletin board; coloring; pretend

Chief Pendl came to visit

2009-03-24T13:00:00.000-04:00

During our community helpers unit, Chief Pendl taught us about fire safety. Everyone got a hat after than practiced "stop, drop and roll". Everyone also practiced crawling under the smoke. Coloring books and crayons were given to each student.

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News March 19, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-03-19T19:44:00.002-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week at school we learned more about community helpers. We alsobegan learning our "Opposite of the Week". This week we learned about heavy and light. Please reinforce these concepts at home during your everyday lives, pointing out things that are heavy and light, or asking your child to guess whether something in your home is heavy or light. We are also working on learning

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News March 12, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-03-12T22:34:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the Week This week at school we learned more about the different types of transportation and how we travel in/on them and also began learning about community helpers.Cromwell firefighter Chief Pendl visited us on Thursday and talked to us about fire safety and the job of a firefighter. We learned how to get out of a fire safely, including not stopping for toys, pets, or coats/shoes.

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News March 5, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-03-05T20:29:00.001-05:00

A Peek at the Week~ This week at school we learned about the different types of transportation and how we travel in/on them.Centers this week:Project- Shelf toys-lacing transportation cards; patterns-making patterns using pictures of types of transportation; dot painting transportation pictures; coloring transportation pictures; train tracks-building a train track and riding the train on the

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News February 26, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-02-26T23:48:00.003-05:00

A Peek at the Week~ This week at school we learned about dental health. We learned why it’s important to take care of our teeth and what happens if we don’t take care of our teeth.Centers this week:Project-making a healthy tooth and a not so healthy tooth based on the foods we eat; Shelf toys-playing with various toys; patterns-making patterns using snap cubes; coloring tooth pictures;

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News February 12, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-02-12T18:25:00.001-05:00

A Peek at the Week~This week and last week we learned about dinosaurs as well as Valentine’s Day. On Thursday we exchanged Valentine cards-everyone had lots of fun with this! Centers this week and last: Projects-making a paper dinosaur out of shapes; making a dinosaur egg with sand and glue; Shelf toys-playing with various toys; listening center-Dinofours I’m Not Your Friend; coloring dinosaur

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News January 22, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-01-22T22:39:00.001-05:00

A Peek at the Week~This week we talked about winter weather and the activities we do in the winter. We brought in some snow from outside and watched what happened when it was in our hands. We talked about how the snow changes from snow to water-called melting.Centers:Project-making a polar bear with cotton balls; Shelf toys-playing with various toys; sensory fun with snow in the sensory table;

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News January 15, 2009 Afternoon Edition

2009-01-15T18:25:00.001-05:00

A Peek at the Week~This week we talked about winter weather and the activities we do in the winter. Centers: Project-making a winter book; Shelf toys-playing with various toys; sensory fun with goop (see recipe on the back); game-Penguin Pat-taking a fish and matching it to the correct spot on the game board; blocks-mega blocks and waffle blocks; listening to the story-Penguin Pete and Pat;

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News December 18, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-12-18T18:04:00.001-05:00

A Peek at the Week~This week we talked more about manners/feelings as well as holidays. We learned about “good” manners, and that our manners affect how people feel. On Thursday we joined Mrs. Dougherty in the library for the Polar Express with our stuffed friends. Everyone had a GREAT time pretending to ride the train.~We also have started learning about geometric solids including: sphere,

Pre-K Classroom News December 11, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-12-11T19:44:00.002-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about place words and manners/feelings. We learned about “good” manners, and that our manners affect how people feel. Centers: Kitchen- pretend play, Project- surprise, Listening- to The Story of My Feelings, various puzzles, project-place words cutting/gluing over and under a mountain, coloring-on mural paper while laying on our bellies, Velcro

Pre-K Classroom News November 20, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-11-20T09:35:00.004-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week at school we learned about furniture and utensils. We talked about why we have utensils and furniture, and what we do with them. Some good conversation starters “do we eat soup with a fork? Why not? What do we use to flip pancakes? Why do we have beds? What do we use a desk for?”Centers: Kitchen: we added some kitchen utensils such as a whisk, ladle, and spatula.

Pre-K Classroom News November 6, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-11-06T20:18:00.001-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week at school we learned about farms and the animals that are on a farm. We also learned about the sounds the animals make, and next week we’ll learn about what we call baby animals. Centers: Journals-drawing about farm animals, puppet theater-putting on a puppet show for our friends using farm animals, sorting-different colored horses into their barns, floor puzzles- a

Pre-K Classroom News October 30, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-10-30T19:11:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we had more autumn fun and Halloween fun. We also had a visit from Leo the Lion (a puppet). We learned words that rhyme with sock, including lock, block, and clock. This would be great for you to work on at home. Try rhyming with simple items found in your home.Centers: kitchen, cardboard block building, coloring festive pictures, sorting apples into baskets,

What’s wrong with W-sitting?

2008-10-23T19:21:00.002-04:00

By Jean McNamara, PT ADVANCE for Physical Therapists, 1995The W-positions is one of many sitting positions that most children move into and out of while playing, but it’s a four-letter word to some parents. Why is it presumed to be ok for some children and forbidden for others?When playing in these other sitting postures, children develop the trunk control and rotation necessary for midline

Pre-K Classroom News October 23, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-10-23T18:04:00.003-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we had more autumn fun. We talked about fall activities, including carving jack-o-lanterns and Halloween fun. We learned the ASL hand sign for pumpkin and apple. We also had some interest in learning the sign for bat, acorn and Jack-o-lantern, so we learned those as well. We also went on a counting adventure around the school in small groups. We stopped and counted

Pre-K Classroom News October 16, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-10-16T19:56:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned more about body parts, and also began learning about signs of fall. We also began measuring students on our growth chart, which we will check on periodically. Our "Question of the Week" was "are you a boy or a girl?" We made a chart and counted how many boys and girls we have. We learned that we have more boys than girls in the afternoon class.Centers:

Pre-K Classroom News October 2, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-10-02T11:25:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week and last week we talked about taking care of ourselves by being safe. We learned that we should hold an adult’s hand when walking in a parking lot, and talked about being safe around the school buses when coming to and leaving the school. We also learned about our bodies belonging to us, and that we don’t have to share them if we don’t feel comfortable doing that. We

Pre-K Class News September 18, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-09-17T22:03:00.002-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about families. Each student shared their family photo, and we talked about the differences in each family. We learned that some are big, some are small, but one thing is the same about all of them: love. Centers: coloring family pictures, making an “All About Me” book, kitchen, blocks with dollhouse people, playdough, and shelf toys were our centers this

Pre-K Classroom News September 4, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-09-04T22:04:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThese first two weeks of school were full of exploring the classroom and getting to know each other. During our hello circle, the children greeted each other by singing a hello song. We worked on making eye contact with the person we are talking to and saying “Hi”. We also worked on learning the names of our teachers and classmates. We learned the schedule of our day, and

May 15, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-05-14T20:38:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about ordering words, along with insects. We also talked about putting other items in order, such as the numbers 0-10. We should be getting some new additions to our classroom next week: live lady bugs, caterpillars, and ants. We will watch the life cycle of some, and watch the ants in their “ant factory”. This week we did a quick survey with the students

May 8, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-05-14T20:34:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about ordering words, using spring events to incorporate those words. We talked about the life cycle of a seed, and what happens first, next, and then, and last. We also read about the life cycle of a butterfly, learning about those steps, from egg, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, then metamorphosis to a butterfly. We also talked about putting other items

May 1, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-05-14T20:30:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about gardening and more spring time fun. Centers: “Writing” center: Practicing pre-handwriting skills; Project: completing AB and ABC patterns with pictures of flowers, and then coloring them; Science: mixing water colors with eye droppers to make new colors, and then dropping the colors on coffee filters for a project; floor puzzle of a barn with animals;

April 17, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-04-29T23:12:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about weather in the spring time, and the type of clothing we wear for different types of weather. We also observed the progress of the seeds we planted. Everybody’s has sprouted, though we have noticed that some are taller than others, depending on the type of seed that was planted.Centers: Games: Raindrop rhyming activity, and a number sequencing

April 10, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-04-29T23:09:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about spring and planting seeds in the spring. Centers: Coloring: spring pictures, Shelf toys, Project: coloring and cutting out pictures of a seed growing, then sequencing them in the correct order, Science: planting seeds, Science: putting water droplets on a laminated picture using an eye dropper/bulb syringe, dot painting pictures of spring.Books: Let’s

April 3, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-04-29T23:06:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about spring and how the weather changes in the spring. Centers: Coloring: spring pictures. Shelf toys: practicing zipping, snapping, buttoning, and stringing beads. Journals: drawing/writing about spring time, Painting spring pictures, sorting/matching eggs into nests by counting the correct number of eggs to match the number in the nest, and a spring

March 20, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-04-29T23:03:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about numbers and quantity concepts. We had the number box job each day this week, with a variety of items and amounts in the box. Sometimes it was a large number, other times small. We compared which was less and which was more. Centers: egg hunt: found paper eggs with letters or numbers on them hidden around the room, brought them to a number line or

March 13, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-04-29T22:59:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about transportation. Centers: pretend play as a train where the students could be the conductor, punch tickets, or ride the train as passengers. pretend play as a captain on a boat; coloring pictures of transportation; lacing cards: lacing string through holes in different types of transportation; transportation pattern project: gluing on different types

March 3, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-04-29T22:56:00.001-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about community helpers. We talked about WHO community helpers are and WHAT their role is in our community. We also talked about how our community is Cromwell. Centers: pretend play as a mail carrier sorting, stamping and delivering mail; writing center: writing letters to put in envelopes and bring to the post office; pretend play as a firefighter or a

February 14, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-02-13T16:20:00.001-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about friends and Valentine’s Day. Centers: Cardboard blocks: free-play building, Paper Fun: making color collages for our bulletin board called “our favorite colors”. Painting: first we painted the circles for our color collages, Fine motor fun play with various small toys, Valentine pattern activity: continuing the patterns using colorful manipulatives,

February 7, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-02-12T18:44:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about animals. We talked about the different types of animals; pets, farm and wild animals. Centers: Listening center: listening to Penguin Pat and Pete. Paper Fun: making collages using animal shapes, stencils, stickers and markers. Painting: dot painting pictures of animals. Sensory Table: wild animals and foam blocks to build homes, caves and trees.

January 17, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-01-17T16:07:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned LOTS about dinosaurs. We learned that dinosaurs are extinct, and learned about the different types of dinosaurs, and broke them down into three types: swimming, flying, and walking. We also sorted them by what they ate. We learned that some ate vegetables and these were called herbivores, some ate meat, called carnivores and some at both meat and

January 10, 2008 Afternoon Edition

2008-01-10T17:22:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week and last week we learned about action words. Last week we focused on action words involving wintertime activities, such as skating, sledding, shoveling, building a snowman, and hibernating. This week we talked about every day activities, such as sitting, running, coloring, washing, swinging, playing, and brushing. We learned that action words (verbs) tell us what

December 13, 2007 Afternoon Edition

2007-12-14T11:58:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about manners, and how our manners can affect feelings. We talked about when to say please, thank you, you’re welcome, excuse me, no thank you, and sorry. We also talked about “I feel _____ when _____”. Some of the emotions/feelings discussed included: happy, sad, angry, excited, surprised, silly, tired and scared.Centers: cutting and coloring a book

November 21, 2007 Morning/Afternoon Editions

2007-11-19T22:37:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the Past Few WeeksDue to the busy schedule these past few weeks, this is a combined newsletter for the month of November. Centers: a farm stamping/counting book, scavenger hunt for fall leaves, cleaning toys in the sensory table, listening center stories included “Inside a Barn in the Country” and “I went walking” and dot painting pictures. In the block center: barns with farm

November 1, 2007 Afternoon Edition

2007-11-01T19:54:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about apples. We did lots of fun activities around apples this week, including an apple tree counting book. We participated in the “dive into reading” assembly on Wednesday, which the students seemed to really enjoy. Centers this week: paper apple puzzles, ocean headband project, orange playdough that smelled like cinnamon, kitchen making apple pies,

October 25, 2007 Afternoon Edition

2007-10-26T16:56:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about pumpkins. We read stories about pumpkins and did activities involving pumpkins. We learned that if you put a face on a pumpkin it is called a jack-o-lantern. Centers this week: pumpkin coloring activities, putting the steps of carving a pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern in order from first to last, making pumpkin pies in the pretend play center, shelf

September 20, 2007 Afternoon Edition

2007-09-19T14:50:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned all about Families. We talked about the different members in our families, and what role we play in our family. Some of us are sisters or brothers, some of us have baby sisters or brothers, and some of us have pets. We talked about how we are alike and how we are different. We talked about whether we are girls or boys, and learned that all brothers, uncles,

February 8, 2007 Afternoon Edition

2007-02-09T12:46:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about animals and the sounds that different animals make. We practiced moving like the different animals; this was a great way to get the kids moving while learning about animals. Centers: various animal puzzles, paper fun animal project, coloring animal pictures, listening to Penguin Pat and Pete, shelf toys, and the flannel board with various animals to

CT Loves to Read snack w/Furry Friends

2007-02-08T13:02:00.000-05:00

CT Loves to Read snacktime w/Furry Friends

2007-02-08T13:01:00.001-05:00

CT Love to Read snack with furry friends

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January 18, 2007 Afternoon Edition

2007-01-18T13:13:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked about DINOSAURS! The children had a great time learning about all the different types of dinosaurs, and thinking about the possibility of them living in our own back yards at one time. We looked at pictures of dinosaurs compared to other objects, such as a car and a house to compare the sizes of the dinosaurs. We learned that some dinosaurs were bigger

January 11, 2007 Afternoon Edition

2007-01-18T13:12:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked more about winter. We read the story The Biggest, Best Snowman and discussed the steps to making a snowman. Each student then made a “life size” snowman on white mural paper. The students were also able to paint a snowman using white paint on black paper on the painting easel. Centers: kitchen, small wooden blocks, floor puzzles, coloring winter pictures

Mrs. Savinelli made snow globes with us!

2006-12-22T15:23:00.001-05:00

Mrs. Savinelli's visit

2006-12-22T15:23:00.000-05:00

December 21, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-12-21T13:25:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned more about emotions. We played “pass the emotion” and practiced making the different facial expressions. We also took our pictures making the different emotions faces, and will be making an emotions book to send home. Centers: This week was “children’s choice” for centers. They chose the train center, tent with books to read or a colorama game to play,

December 14, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-12-14T13:33:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about emotions. We looked at pictures of people showing different emotions, and practiced making those faces ourselves. We sang, “If You’re Happy and You Know It”, adding verses for if you’re angry, sad, tired, hungry. We made a happy and sad face “puppet” which we then used for a circle activity asking, “How would you feel if…?”Centers: This week we made

November 30, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-11-30T13:08:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about furniture. We learned the words for items found in our homes and in our school, and learned what they can be used for. The children discovered a dining room table could be for eating, doing homework, or even folding laundry. We did a project cutting and gluing pictures of furniture onto a picture of a house. Centers: Dollhouse with all the

November 9, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-11-09T08:44:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we started learning about farms. We learned that we get milk from a cow, a baby cow is called a calf, and cows like to eat grass. We also learned that a baby pig is a piglet, a female pig is a sow and a male pig is called a boar and that pigs like to eat corn. Centers: goop with scissors. Goop is similar to silly putty…it is made from white glue, water, food

Mrs. Savinelli's story time

2006-11-02T08:50:00.000-05:00

Mrs. Savinelli read a story about a square pumpkin who saved the day and many different colored pumpkins. After reading the story, the children made their own colorful pumpkin. Thanks Mrs. Savinelli!

November 2, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-11-02T08:36:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we talked more about fall time, focusing on pumpkins. Centers: puzzles: Apple, leaf, apple tree and pumpkin puzzles, listening to a story “When the Wind Blew In”, play dough making pumpkins, acorns, leaves, flannel board with pumpkin activities, a leaf painting project and then tracing and cutting the leaf out, and science where we observed the different types of

Pirates reading program

2006-10-31T14:12:00.000-05:00

Today we went to a show about pirates and the importance of reading. This kicks off a new reading program at ECS. More info is being sent home with your child today. Be sure to ask him/her about it! Happy reading everyone!

October 26, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-10-26T08:06:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned more about autumn/fall and the many fun activities we can do in the fall time. We looked at many books about fall time, and looked for signs of fall outside. We looked at acorns, leaves, and even carrots that had been growing in our garden. We continued to learn about patterns and did a project involving making patterns with paper leaves, apples and

10/25/06 Carrots from the garden

2006-10-25T14:16:00.000-04:00

Last week we found the carrots growing on our garden. We pulled them out and talked about all the characteristics of the carrots: we eat the part that grows UNDER the ground, etc.

October 19, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-10-19T07:58:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we began discussing fall and the signs of fall. We introduced patterns using colored apples such as red green, red green, or red green yellow, red green yellow. We read the story “Silly Sally” where Sally walks backwards and upside down. All of the children practiced walking upside down (on their hands like wheelbarrow walking). We worked on making our own “silly”

October 12, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-10-12T08:28:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned more about our bodies. We had fun using frogs to hop on different parts of our bodies, which worked on body parts as well as preposition words such as on, under, behind.Centers: We used play dough to make people, using shapes for the different body parts. “Balls” for the head, “oval” for the body, “rectangles” for the arms and legs, etc. We had a great baby

October 5, 2006 PM Edition

2006-10-05T08:34:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about our bodies. We identified many different body parts and talked about what each body part’s job is. During circle time we did “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”, counted how many fingers and toes we have, and talked about pictures of body parts.Centers: We had a great baby center set up for the children with blankets, bottle, clothes, toys, diapers, etc.

September 28, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-09-28T08:39:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week we learned about Self-Care. We talked about taking care of our bodies by doing things like brushing our teeth, taking baths, blowing our noses, washing our hands, and using the bathroom. The students cut out pictures of the steps to washing our hands, and then sequenced these on a piece of paper. Centers: This week the students played a tooth counting game: the

September 21, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-09-21T08:18:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis week at school we talked about our families. We learned that there are many different types of families, and we have many types right here in our own classroom. The children enjoyed sharing their family photos, and we look forward to displaying these in the classroom. During center time, the students had a chance to play in the kitchen center and shelf toys where there is a

September 14, 2006 Afternoon Edition

2006-09-14T08:52:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the WeekThis second week of school (first week for some) was one of exploring the classroom and getting to know each other. During our hello circle, the children greeted each other by singing a hello song. We worked on making eye contact with the person we are talking to and saying “Hi”. During center time, the students had a chance to play in the kitchen center, coloring center, and

September 7, 2006 First Newsletter of the School Year

2006-09-07T15:17:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News September 7, 2006 Afternoon EditionA Peek at the WeekThis first week of school was one of exploring the classroom and getting to know each other. During our hello circle, the children greeted each other by singing a hello song. We worked on making eye contact with the person we are talking to and saying “Hi”. During center time, the students had a chance to

First day of school

2006-08-21T16:23:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone! The first day of school is September 5th, 2006. See you then!Email address: knagy@cromwellct.org

Website Update

2005-12-22T15:48:00.000-05:00

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 15, 2005

2005-12-22T15:06:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis 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. We also added some snow to our bulletin board display by gluing cotton balls on.Ruby the duck (a sticker picture) continues to visit some days (but not all, keeping us guessing when she will

December 8, 2005

2005-12-22T15:05:00.000-05:00

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

December 20, 2005

2005-12-22T15:03:00.000-05:00

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

December 1, 2005

2005-12-22T15:00:00.000-05:00

A Peek at the WeekThis 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

November 17, 2005

2005-12-22T14:57:00.000-05:00

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

November 4, 2005

2005-12-22T14:55:00.000-05:00

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

October 27, 2005

2005-12-22T14:53:00.000-05:00

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.We also learned a song “Where is Pumpkin?” which we sang during circle. At the

October 21, 2005

2005-12-22T14:50:00.000-05:00

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

October 7, 2005

2005-12-22T14:47:00.000-05:00

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 ontape, experimenting with the Touchy

September 29, 2005

2005-12-22T14:44:00.000-05:00

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

September 22, 2005 News

2005-12-22T14:41:00.000-05:00

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

Sept 16, 2005 News

2005-12-22T14:37:00.000-05:00

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

Morning and Afternoon Edition June 17, 2005

2005-06-17T10:40:00.000-04:00

Last one for this school year :o( A Peek at the Week: This week was hot to start off with and cool by the end. It was certainly a different week without Mrs. Maruschock. Children kept busy with all their favorite centers along with a center for Get Well cards for Mrs. Maruschock. We are grateful to “Mrs. M” for filling in and spending time with us. The children brought home their Father’s Day

Morning and Afternoon Edition June 10, 2005

2005-06-10T10:39:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the Week: This week was a hot, busy one. We continue to work on the rapid naming of letters and numbers, along with color and shape review. We’ve been talking about Fathers, grandfathers, and other significant men in our lives. The children have been working hard on a Father’s Day project. Centers this week included: Drawing on the chalkboard, Look What I Can Do Center, Father’s Day

Morning and Afternoon Edition June 3, 2005

2005-06-03T10:39:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the Week: This week became a mix of topics…we continued some transportation fun, combined with some of our favorite activities. Over the weekend the butterflies came out of their chrysalis, so we observed the butterflies this week. We plan on releasing the Painted Lady Butterflies today.Field day was LOTS of fun…the children really enjoyed the variety of activities. We had a beanbag

Morning and Afternoon Edition May 20, 2005

2005-05-20T12:09:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the Week: This week we talked about Community Helpers and Transportation. Vocabulary words included: transportation, car, taxi, airplane, train, bicycle, bus, firefighter, police officer, teacher, doctor, and mail carrier. We watched as the caterpillars transformed into their chrysalis and moved them into a bigger “home” in preparation for changing into butterflies. Centers this week

Morning and Afternoon Edition May 13, 2005

2005-05-13T12:10:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the Week: This week we talked more about BUGS and gardening/planting. We read the big book story “Grandma’s Flower Garden” and planted our own flowers in cups, which will be transplanted to our garden outside. Vocabulary words included: marigold, seed, blossom, grow, caterpillar, butterfly, chrysalis, ladybug, praying mantis, dragonfly, insect, and bug. Centers this week included: Look

Afternoon Edition May 6, 2005

2005-05-06T12:07:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the Week: This week we talked about BUGS. On Wednesday we received our Painted Lady Butterfly caterpillars. We are going to track their growth and life cycle on the calendar, counting how many days it takes them to form their Chrysalis, and then how many days it takes to change into butterflies. This is sure to be fun and exciting over the next few weeks. On Thursday we had a Cinco

Afternoon Edition April 15, 2005

2005-04-15T12:07:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the Week: This week we continued talking about spring including signs of spring, spring animals, and spring activities. We continued a curriculum unit called “Backyard Adventure”. This included learning a poem called “Five Little Squirrels” and reading the big book “Backyard Adventure”. The children went on their own “Backyard Adventure” on our playground this week. They brought

Afternoon Edition April 8, 2005

2005-04-08T12:06:00.000-04:00

A Peek at the Week: This week we started talking about spring including signs of spring, spring animals, and spring activities. We also started a curriculum unit called “Backyard Adventure”. This included learning a poem called “Five Little Squirrels” and reading the big book “Backyard Adventure”.Vocabulary words included: spring, flower, seedling, bud, grow, squirrel, crocus, and