ECS Pre-K Classroom News

PM Edition December 17, 2004

A Peek at the Week

This week we talked about holiday fun and worked on some holiday projects. Each day the children enjoyed talking at circle time about their Christmas trees (it seems everyone in class has a tree at their house). We heard about the special ornaments and lights on the trees, and how holidays are special at their houses. The children are VERY excited for the upcoming holidays. When we ask, “what day is it?” the response has been “Christmas”. What month is it also gets the same response! : )

Centers: Foam blocks and balls and ramps at the rainbow rug, train station/tracks, coloring on mural paper on the floor, “writing” letters to family/friends or Santa, holiday crafts, and painting on the easel.

Vocabulary: holidays, family, special, important, ornaments, tree, giving, sharing, kindness.

PT Group: This week the children participated in a fun, creative holiday activity. The children worked in pairs…one was a reindeer, and the other Santa. The reindeer pulled Santa on his/her sleigh (scooter) to deliver a package to the houses. Colored foam blocks were the presents, and colored hula-hoops were the houses, so they had to match the correct shape with the correct colored house. This was a great teamwork activity, and the children enjoyed pretending to be reindeer and Santa. We did take a few photos of this activity, and will try to post them on the website this week.

Speech/Language:

Bowen-mishou@cromwellct.org

THANK YOU’s!: Thanks to Nate and Mrs. Schmidt (in the AM class) for getting crickets for our frogs this week.

Looking Ahead: We will be having our Holiday class party on Wed December 22, since there is no school on the 23^rd. This is sure to be a fun time! When we come back, January will be a month of learning about many winter topics, including projects with snowmen, snow, and animals. The end of January will be Dinosaur fun.

Does your child play with the same toys every day? With the holiday gifts approaching, now is a good time to look at your child’s play habits. Does he/she play with the same toys in the same way during play times? To help expand your child’s interest and play skills, it’s a good idea to “rotate” your child’s toys. For example, if you have a train set up for daily play, you could pack it away in a closet for a while, and put some new toys out in its place. This way your child is given opportunities to learn how to play with new, different materials. Maybe your child doesn’t typically seem interested in art activities such as painting. By providing them with an easel and the paints each day, they will begin to try new things with these materials. Something to think about…

Reminders: Class meets Mon, Tues, Weds next week. Have a nice weekend!

ECS Pre-K Classroom News

PM Edition December 10, 2004

A Peek at the Week

This week we learned MORE about manners and our feelings. The children are now applying these manners to our daily routine, and commenting on actions saying, “that was nice manners” or “that’s not good manners”. During circle we played a game “what is different?” The teachers change one thing about a child or teacher at the circle, and the students have to look at everyone and see if they can determine what changed about someone. This is a great activity for practicing getting your child to visually attend to what is happening around them.

Centers: Computer, Kitchen, Chalkboard coloring, blocks, Happy/Sad face “masks”, Look What I Can Do, Journal writing, an emotions sorting/grouping activity, and coloring.

Vocabulary: please, thank you, sorry, you’re welcome, no thank you, excuse me, and can I have a turn?

PT Group: This week the children continued practicing with the balls. They sat on the floor and rolled the ball around their bodies. Then they rolled the balls around their waists while standing, as well as around their heads and their knees, as well as many others. Then they were paired up with a partner, and passed the ball to each other while standing back-to-back and sitting back-to-back.

Speech/Language:

Bowen-mishou@cromwellct.org

Looking Ahead: In December we will be learning about Feelings, Manners, Holidays with Families, and Food/Meals. We will be having our Holiday class party on Wed December 22, since there is no school on the 23^rd. The room parents will provide more information, as we get closer to that time.

Reminders: Have a nice weekend!

PM Edition December 3, 2004

ECS Pre-K Classroom News


A Peek at the Week
This week we learned about manners and our feelings. During circle time we talked about the way we should treat other people, and how the way people treat us makes us feel. We read various books about our manners and feelings, and practiced using good manners throughout our school day. We carried over these good manner habits into our center time, practicing good manners in all of various centers.
Centers: kitchen, puppet theater, blocks, science with magnets and paperclips inside water bottles, Look What I Can Do, Journal writing, an emotions matching game, and coloring.
Vocabulary: please, thank you, sorry, you’re welcome, no thank you, excuse me, and can I have a turn?

PT Group: This week the children practiced using balls. They sat on the floor and rolled the ball around their bodies. Then they rolled the balls around their waists while standing, as well as around their heads and their knees, as well as many others. This required good listening to the directions and holding the balls with each hand.

Speech/Language: This week Matt and Molly were exercising. The children worked on concepts of print, yes/no and “wh” questions, and sequencing. On Thursday they acted out the story. They all did a great job.
During our phonological awareness activities we continued to practice rapidly naming alphabet letter names and sounds. The children also enjoy singing and signing the ABC song. They need to slow down for L,M,N,O,P. Finally we worked on rhyming with our sound of the week /r/. The children call /r/ a “back lifter and the growling dog sound”. We have been careful to say /car/ not /cah/.
Each week I try to give the children time to share an experience so that they can practice using expressive language in front of a small group. Everyone seems to enjoy this.
Bowen-mishou@cromwellct.org

THANK YOU’s!: Thanks to Hannah and Mrs. Perry for sending in a package of Velcro... it is put to good use every day.


Looking Ahead: In December we will be learning about Feelings, Manners, Holidays with Families, and Food/Meals.



Reminders: Have a nice weekend!

A Peek at the Week

This week we learned about Tools and Utensils. We talked about many common tools and utensils, and what these items are used for. We also talked about how our hands can be used as tools, such as when we open our milk, and while finger painting. At the science table, the children used magnet wands to “find” the paperclips inside a bottle filled with sand, and another bottle filled with purple water. The children also walked around the room finding other objects which were magnetic, such as the legs of the chairs and tables, the filing cabinet, the art drying rack, door knobs, etc. On Friday the children will attend an assembly about dancing. Be sure to ask your child about it.
Centers: Finger painting, little tikes tool bench with legos and tools, dollhouse and furniture, coloring turkey pictures, Science table with magnets, and a Magnetic Leap Frog letter activity.

Vocabulary: hammer, nail, tool, screwdriver, drill, saw, nut, bolt, utensil, whisk, spatula, spoon, fork, knife, can opener, magnetic, metal, and magnets.

PT Group: Renee came up with a very creative obstacle course this week. The children had to obtain all of the ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal. They walked across a balance beam where they picked up one plastic vegetable, then went through a tunnel where they picked up a fruit, rolled across a mat and got a “roll” or other bread, then hopped on a trampoline, and finally walked on a path of circles where they picked up a plastic turkey or ham. The children then sorted the items back into their appropriate categories by placing them in a basket for the bread, etc.

Speech/Language: Mrs. Mishou was out sick on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Bowen-mishou@cromwellct.org

THANK YOU’s!: Thanks to Robyn Casella (AM class) for donating the leap frog alphabet letters refrigerator game, both classes have enjoyed these very much already. These are a great idea for a Holiday gift... some parents told me at conferences that you already have these letters and love them! Mrs. Polezonis (PM class) donated a homemade stop/go sign for the bathroom door. It is Velcro’d to the door, and the children change the sign to show whether the bathroom is occupied or not. What a great idea! She also donated some glue sticks, and picked up crickets for the frogs this week, so thanks again. Thanks to those parents who sent in the cards from magazines…these will be great for the children to practice cutting anytime!

Help needed: those items mentioned previously...thanks again to everyone for your help!

Looking Ahead: Next week we will be talking about Thanksgiving, and furniture/utensils. It will be a good time to discuss table manners and the items on the table during meals.


Reminders: Both AM and PM classes will meet as usual on Monday and Tuesday next week. On Wednesday, there is only AM class, NO PM Class on Wednesday November 24th. There will be no newsletter next week due to the shortened week. Enjoy your holiday!

A Peek At Our Week

Apples, pumpkins, and farms were the topics again this week. During circle we continued to work on rhyming words related to farms, such as cow-now, pig-dig, etc. We also continue to work on rapid naming of letters and numbers each day. The children do well attending to the activity and participate enthusiastically. The children cut out their sponge painted leaves from last week, and they are hanging in the classroom, very colorful and each one unique. As part of a continued focus on Science in the Pre-K, we received some new wooden blocks this week. The children have enjoyed exploring these new blocks, and creating many unique buildings. The children can make predictions about what will happen when blocks are positioned a particular way, guess why something does or doesn't work, etc. This activity is great for learning about concepts such as shorter, taller, longer, biggest, etc.

Centers: Farm animals and barn with blocks, shelf toys, kitchen, coloring, Look What I Can Do, writing in journals, and farm puzzles.

PT Group

Since last week went so well, we repeated last week's activity. The children pretended they were the wind blowing leaves off of the trees in autumn. Two or three children were designated as the trees covered with leaves (colored scarves). The wind came along, took one leaf, and brought it to its corresponding colored circle. This was a great color recognition/sorting activity as well as a great movement and creativity activity. See the web for pics.

Help needed:

During parent conferences many of you asked for a wish list of items we need in the classroom. We decided to try including a few items in the newsletter when we are running low. This seemed to work well for the spoons and napkins; please let us know if this method does/doesnt work for you. We're also including one no cost item you may have at home.

Current items running low on:

• Glue sticks for art projects
• A gallon of white glue (for making goop/silly putty)
• Sticky back Velcro (Joann's sells it in a box of 15 ft for approx $25.00, but can use 40% off coupon which I can provide you with).
• You know those annoying post cards that fall out of magazines? Those are great for practicing cutting and writing. Please save these and send them in to us, or use them at home with your child to practice cutting and writing on the lines.

THANK YOU's!

Thank you to SO MANY of you that sent in napkins and spoons! We should be all set for the year! Your prompt response is very much appreciated! Thanks to: Ben, Jared, and Nate from the morning class, and Hannah and Colette from the afternoon class. Thank you to Nate and Mr. Schmidt for tracking down crickets on Monday night. The frogs appreciate your dedication and traveling to 3 pet shops for their dinner!

If you are planning on picking up crickets for the frogs, Guppies to Puppies has been out of them quite frequently. Cozy Coe's Pet Shop at 1914 Silas Deane Highway in Rocky Hill seems to be a better choice. Thanks to those parents for sharing that info. Have heard nothing bad about Petco, just further to travel for most.

Looking Ahead

In November our topics will be: apples and leaves, Farm/Tools, Friendship/ Thanksgiving, and Furniture and utensils.

Website: To see the site, visit www.cromwellschools.com/ecs knagy@cromwellct.org

ECS Pre-K Classroom News Afternoon Class

A Peek at the Week
Apples, pumpkins, and farms were the topics this week. During circle we continued to work on rhyming words related to farms, such as cow-now, pig-dig, etc. We also continue to work on rapid naming of letters and numbers each day. The children do well attending to the activity and participate enthusiastically. The children worked on a sponge painting leaf activity that will be displayed in the classroom next week.
Centers: Farm animals and barn with blocks, shelf toys, kitchen, coloring, Look What I Can Do, and farm puzzles.
A BIG THANKS: Parent conferences were a GREAT success. It was wonderful having the opportunity to sit down with each and every one of you and discuss your child’s wonderful progress! I had 100% attendance at the conferences, which is extraordinary. Thanks to all of you for being such involved and supportive parents!A new book: This week each child was sent home with a book What Readers Can Do. These books were given to the children from the Scholastic Book Club due to the great participation in ordering books for your children. Thanks for your support in the Book Clubs, and enjoy the free book at home

Speech and Language: Bowen-mishou@cromwellct.org

PT Group
During PT group this week, the children pretended they were the wind blowing leaves off of the trees in autumn. Two or three children were designated as the “trees” covered with “leaves” (colored scarves). The “wind” came along, took one leaf, and brought it to its corresponding colored circle. This was a great color recognition/sorting activity as well as a great movement and creativity activity. See the web soon for pics

OT Corner
With the approaching holiday season I’d like to invite you all to check out some gift ideas that will be fun and encourage student’s developing pre-writing skills. (See attached Gift Suggestions List.) One of the interesting and fun activities that Mrs. Maruschock has been using in the classroom is one you could use with your children at home. They will need a clipboard with paper or a sturdy pad with shapes (or even letters) drawn down the left side of the page (i.e. circles, squares, diamonds and triangles). Then they look around the house for things that are the same shape as the ones they have listed and put a check next to the appropriate shape for each shape they find. The students really enjoyed doing this in the classroom and are so proud of themselves whenever they recognize the shapes around them. The skills they are developing include visual discrimination, visual scanning, matching, visual figure ground discrimination and form constancy (recognizing images in a variety of positions and formats as the same images). And, as always, HAVE FUN

Looking Ahead
In November our topics will be: apples and leaves, Farm/Tools, Friendship/ Thanksgiving, and Furniture and utensils.
Website: To see the site, visit www.cromwellschools.com/ecs knagy@cromwellct.org

THANK YOU’s!
Thanks to Jared and Mrs. Valentin (in morning class) for delivering crickets for the frogs this week!

Help needed: We are running low on our class supply of spoons and napkins for snack each day. Can you help? Thanks.Our frogs eat about two dozen crickets a week, would you like to pick some up one week for us? Please let us know and we can make arrangements

A Peek at the Week
Apples, pumpkins, and farms were the topics this week. The children made paper apples or leaves by tearing paper and gluing it on the apple or leaf shape. These are displayed in the classroom. Thanks to Mrs. Savinelli (parent in the morning class) for supplying a great apple tasting chart, the students each got to try a green (granny smith), red delicious, and a yellow delicious apple. They told a teacher their favorite, and their name was written on an apple of that color. Check out photos at the website.

On Thursday some of the class chose to help make applesauce. The children helped cut the apples using plastic knives and put the sugar, water, and cinnamon in the dish. We microwaved it for approximately 15 minutes (depends on how many apples you use). The children enjoyed tasting the applesauce, which was delicious! This would be a great activity to do at home: talking about amounts such as a little, more, less, and descriptive words such as pouring, stirring, and cooking. (Recipe on back)

The Halloween party on Friday included a pumpkin project, yummy snacks, and goodie bags. Nate (a boy in the morning class) gave each child a ghost lollipop, and Mrs. Babbitt made goodie bags for each child. Thanks Mrs. Babbitt!

Centers: Farm animals and barn, pattern block pictures, shelf toys, kitchen, coloring, Look what I can do, and sensory table with pumpkin “guts”.

PT Group
Apples and pumpkins were at one end of the room, and the children had to ride their scooter boards to the other end and get a certain number of apples and pumpkins as Renee told them. It got tricky when she started asking for different numbers, such as one apple and three pumpkins. This was a great listening activity as well as movement.

THANK YOU’s!
Thanks to Mrs. Babbitt for her help with the party as well as the goodie bags! Thanks to Mrs. Beck for her help with the party too! Thanks to those parents who provided snacks/juice!
Thanks to Mrs. Savinelli (parent in the morning class) for the great apple tasting chart, and for supplying apples to taste. Thanks to Nate Schmidt from the morning class for the lollipops.

New class pets!
New this week: two fire-bellied toads in an aquarium at the science center. The children enjoy watching the frogs hop and swim in the water. Anyone willing to pick up crickets for the frogs one week, please let us know.

Reminders/Help needed:
§ Parent conferences will be held Nov 1 and Nov 4. Please verify your time and let me know if you need to change your time. There will be no afternoon class on these days.
§ Help needed: We are running low on our class supply of spoons and napkins for snack each day. Can you help? Thanks.

Looking Ahead
In November our topics will be: Finish up with apples and leaves, Farm/Tools, Friendship/Thanksgiving, and Furniture and utensils.

Website: To see the site, visit www.cromwellschools.com/ecs and click on Maruschock-Prek.
Email: knagy@cromwellct.org
Have a safe and fun Halloween weekend!

Jack and Mrs. Dumas rolling balls through the tube! 

A Peek at the Week

This week at school the class did lots more fun things with shapes and colors. The students worked on rhyming with color words such as “green, bean” and “square, bear”. The big hit was in the block center where the students were provided with a variety of balls and ramps make of PVC pipes sliced in half. The children set these up around the block center, and then rolled the different balls down the ramps. This was a great activity for using descriptive vocabulary, such as “fast, slow, down, up, higher, lower, on, under, and through”.
** be sure to check out the pictures of this and other fun during the week**

http://photos.yahoo.com/ecsprekclass@sbcglobal.net
More Vocab: square, circle, rectangle, oval, star, triangle, pentagon, hexagon, and octagon, trapezoid, small, medium, and large, ramp, tunnel, cylinder, roll.

Centers: Magic painting: paint on white paper with water colors and watch as a shape magically appears on the paper (we used white crayon to draw the shapes on before the activity). Science table, balls/ramps center, practice corner, using shape sorters at the shelf toys center, and finding shapes around the classroom and checking it off on a clipboard. At Look what I can do, the children practiced cutting shapes which ranged from straight lines to circles. Some of the students started drawing in their “Science Journals”. Their first task was to draw a picture of the balls and ramps center to illustrate what they did there. The children did a great job with this for their first time, and will continue to be given opportunities to draw more in their journals.

Speech and Language: This week Matt and Molly talked about “The Hungry Turkey”. In this story Matt and Molly tried to figure out what a turkey likes to eat. Through this story we learned how to use the words to indicate negation. We also practiced sequencing, yes/no and wh questions. Our sound of the week was /l/. We call this the “tongue lifter”. Next week we will start our stories with Braidy. Please remember to bring in your special thing when it is your turn.

PT Group
This week the students used scooter boards to “deliver” shapes to the correct large wooden cut out shape. Each student picked up one shape, rode down on their scooter however they wanted…some on their bellies, their knees, or their bottoms. They then matched the shape with its larger match, and went back for another shape. This was a lot of work, but everyone worked together and got it done!

THANK YOU’s!
A Big thanks to Mrs. Marczuk for donating wooden puzzles to the classroom. These were a big hit with the children during out puzzle center last week…they are sure to get lots of use this year and for years to come!
Thanks to the Perry family for donating some much-needed items for the Humane Society. This is something the class has done in previous years, and more info will be coming soon. I will deliver these and other items I have received from my neighbors recently to either Meriden or Newington’s Humane S.

New class pets!
New this week: two fire-bellied toads in an aquarium at the science center. The children enjoy watching the frogs hop and swim in the water.

Reminders:
§ Sneakers & comfortable clothes every Wednesday for PT group.
§ Comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.
§ Parent conferences will be held Nov 1 and Nov 4. Please verify your time and let me know if you need to change your time. There will be no afternoon class on these days.

Looking Ahead

The last week of October will be about farms, apples, and fall time. We will be tasting apples, and making applesauce. We will be having a small Halloween party Friday October 29th. You will hear from the room parents with more information, as it gets nearer. If you would like to volunteer in the classroom to help with a project involving one of the upcoming topics, please let us know.
Website: To see the site, visit www.cromwellschools.com/ecs and click on Maruschock-Prek.
Have a great weekend!

Afternoon Edition October 1, 2004

A Peek at the Week
This week we learned about how to take care of ourselves/our bodies. This included reviewing the steps to washing our hands, and why it’s so important to wash our hands. It also included “practicing” brushing teeth on paper teeth with shaving cream, and identifying self-help objects such as those listed in the vocab list (see below). Be sure to ask your child questions about this topic such as “why do we wash our hands?”

During our end of the day circle, the class played “Duck Duck Goose”. Everyone enjoyed playing this game, and really got the hang of it by Friday. A great game to play on a rainy day at home.
Vocab: germs, wash, brush, soap, toothpaste, hairbrush, toothbrush, washcloth, towel, and clean.

Centers: dolls/babies at kitchen, brushing teeth on easel with shaving cream, shelf toys with zipping/lacing/buttoning boards for practice, Look What I Can Do center with tracing, coloring, writing in journals, and an ABC floor puzzle.

Speech and Language:
This week Matt and Molly were talking about “Molly’s Sunglasses”. The children learned the signs for: sunny, day, confused, surprised, jump, wave, and asleep. They practiced naming alphabet letters and numbers and began to work on the concepts of print: upside down, sideways and backwards. We continue to sign and sing the alphabet and they are learning to sign their numbers up to ten.

When we work on Matt and Molly stories each week we address the skills of yes/no questions, wh questions, sequencing and expressive language. The children enjoy each phase of the stories. During our phonological awareness activities we also work on rhyming with the sound they are learning. This week and last we focused on the /s/ sound. bowen-mishou@cromwellct.org


PT Group
With Renee this week the children continued practicing using beanbags, and balancing them, this time using TWO bean bags. Renee would give an instruction, such as “put the bean bag on your back” and the children had to figure out how to bend their bodies, and walk from one end of the AP room to the other and then back.

The OT Corner (Occupational Therapy)

Hello to all of you, especially those I did not have an opportunity to meet on ‘Meet The Teacher Day’! My name is Margaret Root and I am the Occupational Therapist in the Pre-K program. I would like to use just a little space in the newsletter from time to time to offer suggestions about activities that could be done at home to enhance the fine motor and visual motor development of your child.

For example: Now that fall has arrived it’s a great time for children to get involved in raking. It’s a great way to build strength and coordination in the upper body. Believe it or not stability, large motor coordination and endurance in the shoulders and torso lay the best foundation for writing later. It is also a good time to teach children to ENJOY being good helpers! Have a wonderful weekend!
Margaret Root

Looking Ahead

October topics will include: colors, shapes, farms, apples, and fall time. Next week is colors week. If you would like to volunteer in the classroom to help with a project involving one of the upcoming topics, please let us know.

Website Update: The Website is up and running, though we are a bit behind on posting newsletters. Please bear with us as we get this going again. If you wish to view the pictures, you need to email me, and I will email you the link. You CANNOT reach the pictures by clicking on the link provided at the Website. To see the site, visit www.cromwellschools.com/ecs and click on Maruschock-Prek.
knagy@cromwellct.org

Reminders:
§ Sneakers & comfortable clothes every Wednesday for PT group.

§ Comfortable shoes every day for outside playtime and fire drills.

ECS Pre-K Classroom News September 24, 2004

A Peek at the Week
This week we talked about Families. We read “My Family, Your Family”, and “We Are All Alike, We Are All Different” this week. The children worked on books about their families, coloring each family member’s picture, telling us about that family member, and putting the pages together. These will be coming home today or early next week. Everyone completed his or her life-sized picture of himself or herself, and these will be hung up in the classroom on display.
Our class frogs arrived this week. These frogs were raised as eggs in our classroom last year, and went on summer break with a now Kindergarten student. There are three frogs, and have been appropriately named “small”, “medium”, and “large”. These frogs are fed live crickets, which the children can observe some days. We may be asking for parents to help with picking up crickets from the pet store for us. If interested, please let us know.
Many of the children brought in pictures of themselves as babies. The class had fun trying to guess who the baby was in each picture. We learned the sign language for the following words: family, mom, dad, brother, sister, grandma, and grandpa. Other vocabulary words included: aunt, uncle, and cousin. For centers this week, the dollhouse was a big hit. Other centers this week included: coloring family members, game: Candyland, shelf toys, dolls in the kitchen, and working on a book “about our class”. This book will be sent home with each child to share with his/her family.

Speech and Language:
The easiest way to reach me with any questions is: bowen-mishou@cromwellct.org

PT Group
With Renee this week the children practiced using beanbags, and balancing them. Renee would give an instruction, such as “put the bean bag on your back” and the children had to figure out how to bend their bodies, and walk from one end of the AP room to the other and then back.
Everyone enjoyed this activity while reviewing their body parts.

Thanks..
Thanks to Mrs. Polezonis for representing Pre-K at the PTO meeting Weds night. All parents are encouraged to attend. Thanks to Mrs. Beck and Mrs. Hall-Babbitt for volunteering for the room parents job this year. They will be contacting you as events in Pre-K come up.

Looking Ahead

September will be a month of learning about each other, our families, and our bodies. October topics will include: colors, shapes, farms, apples, and fall time. If you would like to volunteer in the classroom to help with a project involving one of the upcoming topics, please let us know.

Reminders:
Please send your child to school in sneakers every Wednesday for PT group. Also, we’ve had two “official” fire drills so far this year (not including the practice ones we did as a class). Some children have a difficult time walking quickly when wearing sandals, and a couple have fallen off. Please consider this when sending you child to school each day.

Do you prefer communicating by email?? If you would like to communicate with me via email, please send me your email address and I will add you to my address book.
Feel free to email me any time, I check it 2 or 3 times daily. If I don’t respond back to you in the same day, it probably means our email system is down, and you should call me instead.
Update: The Website is up and running. However, if you wish to view the pictures, you need to email me, and I will email you the link. You CANNOT reach the pictures by clicking on the link provided at the Website. To see the site, visit www.cromwellschools.com/ecs and click on Maruschock-Prek.
knagy@cromwellct.org
Have a great weekend!

Did you look at the back of this newsletter???
Interesting info on the back…

Afternoon Edition September 17, 2004

A Peek at the Week
This week at school we continued to get to know each other. We started each circle time with the same hello song. We also worked on telling people “My name is _____”. We will continue to do activities involving our names to get to know each other. We also learned about body parts, and what we use different body parts for.
For our project, each student glued on body parts on a paper, then colored the person to look like them. These are hanging up on our “shining stars” bulletin board in the classroom. Also, the teachers traced each child on a large piece of paper while they were lying on the paper. The children will color these life-sized people, and then they will be hanging in the classroom. Centers included: shelf toys, kitchen, blocks, a body parts memory/matching game, body part puzzles, and coloring. We practiced having a fire drill, and may have a “real” practice Friday morning. Be sure to ask your child about it today.
Vocabulary: head, arm, leg, shoulder, hands, fingers, legs, toes, belly/stomach, eyes, ears, mouth, and nose were some of the most commonly talked about body parts this week.
Speech and Language:
We started last week with the /l/ sound and this week we have been working on the /s/ sound. We call the /s/ sound “skinny air”. The children pretend that their teeth are a cage and they try to keep the snake (their tongue) behind the cage. Once all the children are able to produce the sound we practice using the sound in the beginning of words, then we use the /os, is, es/ combinations to rhyme with. The children have also begun to use sign language to say the alphabet. Our phonological awareness activities have been rapidly naming the alphabet letters and rhyming. Everyone appears to be enjoying this. Finally we started our “Matt and Molly” stories. Each week we will read a new story. The stories focus on answering yes/no questions, introducing new vocabulary, answering wh questions, and sequencing events. This week Matt went golfing. The easiest way to reach me with any questions is: bowen-mishou@cromwellct.org

PT Group
This week our PT group activity involved our body parts. The children used a balloon, which they bounced with their fingertips, then the palm of their hands, as well as their heads and knees. The group had a great time participating in the activity while learning about body parts.
Playtime is a great time to learn/review your child’s body parts with them.

Thanks..A big thanks for the quick response for tissues. We received many boxes of tissues, and have a good supply to last us for a while! Thanks so much!

Reminders:
Picture day went very well. Thank to for your quick response with the order forms and I apologize for the mix up. There will be a picture “make up” day in the next month or two for those of you interested in that opportunity.

Looking Ahead

September will be a month of learning about each other, our families, and our bodies. October topics will include: colors, shapes, farms, apples, and fall time. If you would like to volunteer in the classroom to help with a project involving one of the upcoming topics, please let us know.

Do you prefer communicating by email?? If you would like to communicate with me via email, please send me your email address and I will add you to my address book. This is a quick and easy way for me to give you updates about your child’s progress, or ask a quick question.
Feel free to email me any time, I check it 2 or 3 times daily. If I don’t respond back to you in the same day, it probably means our email system is down, and you should call me instead.

Update: The class Website is now linked to the ECS homepage, though it still has a few kinks to work out. I will begin posting pictures of those children for whom I have permission soon. To see the site, visit www.cromwellschools.com/ecs and click on Maruschock-Prek.



Did you look at the back of this newsletter???
We have included the words to our daily songs so that you can sing along with your child at home.

Morning and Afternoon Classes September 10, 2004

A Peek at the Week
This week at school was a week of getting to know each other. We started each circle time with a hello song. Each child put their picture on a board one at a time, and we sang “hello ____, hello ____, hello ____, we’re glad you came to school”. We worked on making eye contact when saying hello to someone, and responding when someone says hello to you. We also worked on telling people “My name is _____”. We will continue to do activities involving our names to get to know each other. Each child was sent home with a photocopies page of each student’s picture…this is a great visual helper to facilitate language with your child. Ask them to show the child whom he/she played with each day.

Centers this week included: Legos, shelf toys, kitchen, coloring, dot painting, and drawing pictures of ourselves.

Speech and Language:
Mrs. Mishou will be writing in this newsletter about the activities she does each week with the children. Look here for important information about speech and language news.

PT Group
We had our first PT group with Renee on Wednesday. Thanks for remembering to send your child in sneakers on this day. The children had a fun (and sweaty) time practicing their skipping, galloping, hopping, bear walking, walking frontward and walking backwards, as well as running. Each week Renee will provide the children with many opportunities for movement and exercise. We look forward to a fun year of activities with Renee.

Thanks..
A big thanks for the quick response for tissues. We received many boxes of tissues, and have a good supply to last us for a while! Thanks so much!

Reminders:
The milk program will be starting next week…if you haven’t sent in your money and would like your child to participate, please send in the money on your child’s next school day (Monday or Wednesday). If we don’t receive anything, we will assume your child will be bringing a drink each day.

Looking Ahead

September will be a month of learning about each other, our families, and our bodies. We will be sending home classroom books throughout the year for your child to share with his/her family. This is a great opportunity to talk to your child about his/her experiences at school, and learn more about the classmates in your child’s class.


Do you prefer communicating by email?? If you would like to communicate with me via email, please send me your email address and I will add you to my address book. This is a quick and easy way for me to give you updates about your child’s progress, or ask a quick question.
Feel free to email me any time, I check it 2 or 3 times daily. If I don’t respond back to you in the same day, it probably means our email system is down, and you should call me instead.

Did you look at the back of this newsletter???
From time to time we will be including articles from various sources that we think may be of interest to you as parents. Please watch the back of this newsletter for that info. If you come across something that you would like us to include in the newsletter, please feel free to forward to our attention. We’d love to share the information with all of the parents.
Have a great weekend!

Pre-K Weekly News

The first week of school went very well. Sam, Stephanie, Mark, Jack, Cameron and Jordan enjoyed singing “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and the “ABC song” during our circle time. We also reviewed the Pledge of Allegiance sang “Yankee Doodle”.

During center time, the children had a choice of playing in the shelf toy area, which includes toy houses and people, bristle blocks for building, and waffle blocks, among other toys. Sam, Jack, Mark and Stephanie spent quite a bit of time at this center this week. Another center choice was coloring, which Cameron and Jordan particularly enjoyed. All of the children also played at the Lego center, as well as working on making their placemats for snack time, and finishing up their balloons for the birthday bulletin board.

Reminders:
§ Please be sure to fill out all paperwork sent home and return it as soon as possible.
§ We will be starting to offer milk on September 13. Please send in your money by Friday, September 10.
§ If your child wears diapers/pullups, please send in an ample supply to be kept at school.


PLEASE feel free to call/email with any questions or concerns. I will be touching base by phone with all parents within the next two weeks.

Have a great long weekend!

Mrs. Maruschock
Mrs. Camosci, and Mrs. Dumas

Phone: 632-4866 ext 1153
Email: knagy@cromwellct.org
Website address will be available within the next week or two.

ECS Pre-K Classroom News May 28, 2004

A Peek at the Week
This week at school we continued talking about community helpers while also continuing our investigations of frogs and butterflies. The children discovered that the smaller pond tadpoles have now grown their front legs as well as back legs. We’re watching for the tails to disappear, and have put a floating log in the container in preparation for their need to climb out of the water. On Friday Mr. Pendl, a father of a morning student and local firefighter, came in to talk to the children about fire safety and show the students the firefighter gear. The children were all very interested and did a great job participating in the conversations. Centers this week included the sensory table as a pond with water, rocks, and plastic frogs and fish to play with. Making a coloring book about a pond was the Look What I Can Do activity this week, playing with goop, large floor puzzle of tadpoles and frogs, and pretending to be a firefighter with a pretend fire truck, hose, hats, and walkie-talkies.
VOCABULARY WORDS included chrysalis, metamorphosis, changes, first, next, last, front and back legs.

PT Group
Since the children enjoyed it so much last week, again this week the children played with kick balls. They practiced kicking to each other, “dribbling” it down a straight line, and finally learned the basics of a kickball game. One child rolled the ball, the other kicked it and ran the bases while the other child ran to get the ball. Then the children switched turns. The other “team” was in the “outfield”, and caught the ball after it was kicked. They did great following directions and really enjoyed this game

Looking Ahead
Frogs and Butterflies, and Tools/Machines will be the topics in May. In June we’ll be talking about summer and Father’s Day. Parents are always welcome to volunteer in the classroom. If you have a special project you would like to share with the class related to one of these topics, you are always welcome to come in!
Class website address: www.geocities.com/ecsprekclass@sbcglobal.net

Reminders:
Upcoming readers: 2:30
June 4 Rae Lynn Pietraszek
June 10 Linda Minnis
June 11 Suzanne Lutz
Please mark your calendars…we look forward to seeing you!

Sunscreen/Bug spray reminder:
Since the weather is now warm, we will be going outside every day. Please remember to apply sunscreen and bug spray prior to sending your child to school. Also, while sandals may be cooler, it’s difficult for the children to play on the playground with sandals, so sneakers are preferred. Thanks for your help with this.

Thanks…
Thanks to Mr. Fletcher for reading to the class on Friday

End of the year info:
As the end of the year creeps up, here are some important dates to remember:
Pre-K end of the year get together will be held on June 17th. More info as the time gets closer. Last day of school for the PM class is Thursday June 17.

ECS Pre-K Classroom News May 14, 2004

A Peek at the Week
This week at school we talked about insects/bugs. The children enjoyed telling lots of stories about encounters with bugs. We read many books about bugs during independent reading, and enjoyed many centers involving bugs. These included: the sensory table filled with finger puppet insects, rocks, grass, etc., the computer game “how many bugs in a box?”, the table game Cooties, an electronic game book called Buzz and Flutters, listened to books on tape, dot painted pictures of insects, and on Friday we’ll finish the week by making our own bug creatures to take home.

Speech and Language
This week "Matt and Molly" played baseball. The children learned how to word a negative statement. "That is not a baseball hat, that is a football helmet." In addition they learned some new signs. We practiced sequencing, yes/no and wh questions. The children also learned how to put the alphabet letters in alphabetical order. They enjoyed this and liked doing it as a center.

PT Group
This week the children went out on the playscape and climbed up the tires, across bridges, down the slides, up and down the climbers, through tunnels, across monkey bars, and across the zip line. Everyone did great following the leader and paying attention to directions!

Looking Ahead
Insects, Community Helpers, and Tools/Machines will be the topics in May. In June we’ll be talking about summer and Father’s Day. Parents are always welcome to volunteer in the classroom. If you have a special project you would like to share with the class related to one of these topics, you are always welcome to come in!
Class website address: www.geocities.com/ecsprekclass@sbcglobal.net

Reminders:
Upcoming readers: 2:30
May 14 Nanfi LuBogo
May 20 Suzanne Lutz
May 21 Amy Pellett
May 28 Mr. Fletcher
Please mark your calendars…we look forward to seeing you!

Sunscreen/Bug spray reminder:

Since the weather is now warm, we will be going outside every day. Please remember to apply sunscreen and bug spray prior to sending your child to school. Also, while sandals may be cooler, it’s difficult for the children to play on the playground with sandals, so sneakers are preferred. Thanks for your help with this.

Reminder: Show and tell next week, check your schedule!

Thanks to Kim Fox for reading on Thursday. The kids enjoyed the visit.

End of the year info:
WOW! Can’t believe only two months of school left! As the end of the year creeps up, here are some important dates to remember:
May 27th is a minimum day…AM class DOES have class this day.
May 28th…regular school day.
Pre-K end of the year get together will be held on June 17th. More info as the time gets nearer. Last day of school for the AM class is Friday, June 18th.

ECS Pre-K Classroom News Afternoon Class May 07,2004

A Peek at the Week
This week at school we talked about…Mothers! We worked very hard on some special projects, and the children hope you enjoy them! On Friday we went to a special show sponsored by the PTO…see the enclosed note for more information. Centers this week included: Look What I Can Do, Playdough, dollhouse, kitchen with babies, and Journals. We continue to watch the tadpoles grow bigger…still no sign of their tails...maybe next week??
On Tuesday and Thursday we were invited to join a Kindergarten gym class using the parachute. The children really enjoyed following the directions of the music, and using the very large parachute with the “big kids”. This was a good experience for everyone!
The rainbow the class worked so hard on is hanging in the hallway. We have gotten TONS of compliments, and Mrs. Lerman, a Kindergarten teacher, even brought the class stickers for all of their hard work! Way to go Pre-K!

Speech and Language
This week Matt and Molly attempted to catch a fly. The story provided us with an opportunity to discuss the difference between doing something intentionally and accidentally. We also talked about what you do when things happen that are not nice. The children continued to practice rapid naming, letters, sounds and numbers. They are also practicing signing the Alphabet song. During our Matt and Molly activity we work on yes/no questions, wh questions and sequencing 4 events. We worked on the /l/ sound. It is called a front tongue lifter. The children were able to rhyme with final /l/ words and think of words that start with /l/, with some help.

PT Group
This week in PT group the children used the parachute. Shaking it up and down quickly and slowly was lots of fun. They also sang “Ring Around the Rosie” and made a big bubble in the middle. The children had a lot of fun, while doing a good job following directions and staying in control of themselves! Good work everyone!

Looking Ahead
Insects, Community Helpers, and Tools/Machines will be the topics in May. In June we’ll be talking about summer and Father’s Day. Parents are always welcome to volunteer in the classroom. If you have a special project you would like to share with the class related to one of these topics, you are always welcome to come in!
Class website address: www.geocities.com/ecsprekclass@sbcglobal.net

Reminders:
Upcoming readers: 2:30
May 13 Kim Fox
May 14 Nanfi LuBogo
May 20 Suzanne Lutz
May 21 Amy Pellett
Please mark your calendars…we look forward to seeing you!

Staff Appreciation Week!
I would like to take this opportunity to say a BIG thanks to Mrs. Camosci and Mrs. Dumas for all of their hard work in the classroom. As paraprofessionals, they sometimes get overlooked in the big picture. I know for certain that this Pre-K program would not be the success it is without their dedication! They go above and beyond every day, staying late, doing errands on their own time, and keeping my head on straight. Thanks a bunch Mrs. Dumas and Mrs. Camosci from Mrs. Maruschock!

Happy Mother’s Day! Enjoy the day!

End of the year info:
WOW! Can’t believe only two months of school left! As the end of the year creeps up, here are some important dates to remember:
May 27th is a minimum day…AM class DOES have class this day.
May 28th…regular school day.
Pre-K end of the year get together will be held on June 17th. More info as the time gets nearer. Last day of school for the AM class is Friday, June 18th.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Special Ed Parent Group, May 11, 2004

We would like to announce the development of a Special Ed parent group.
If your child is recieving specail ed services and you would like to be a part of this group, please come to our 1st meeting on Tuesday, May 11. From 6:00-8:00pm at the Hilltop Covanant Church on West St in Cromwell.

We hope to be able to share experiences, resources and information that will help us to help our children.
Please come and be a part of this development and have a chance to chat with other parents.

Refreshments will be served.
For more information please contact:
Nanfi Lubogo at: nlubogo@hotmail.com
Jennifer Beck at: ufobeck@juno.com

ECS Pre-K Classroom News Afternoon Class April 30, 2004

A Peek at the Week
This week at school we talked about how to take care of our bodies, and keep our bodies healthy. We looked at pictures of self-care objects, and explained what we do with them…such as a comb/brush, toothbrush/toothpaste, soap, washcloth, and towel. Centers this week included: Dollhouse where we took care of the people, shelf toys to practice lacing, snapping, buttoning, playdough, Look what I can Do (writing in journals), creating a large rainbow mural, and observing tadpoles. The tadpoles have moved into a bigger home…a 10-gallon fish tank. They continue to grow bigger, and the children are trying to predict when they will grow their back legs.

Happy Birthday to Ben Acampora and Kate Pietraszek!
Have a great weekend…enjoy the weather!

PT Group
This week in PT group the children went out onto the wooden playscape outside. This was a great opportunity for the children to play “follow the leader” while climbing up tires, going through tunnels, and sliding down the slides. Everyone did great following directions, and many have requested we do this activity again soon! Hopefully with the nice weather upon us, we can make a few more visits to the playscape before the end of the school year!

Looking Ahead
Mother’s day, Insects, Community Helpers, and Tools/Machines will be the topics in May. Parents are always welcome to volunteer in the classroom. If you have a special project you would like to share with the class related to one of these topics, you are always welcome to come in!
Feel free to email me anytime at: knagy@cromwellct.org

Reminders:
Upcoming readers: 2:30
If you haven’t signed up to read yet in May/June, the following dates are still available: May 5, 6, 13, 14, 21 and June 21.
…we look forward to seeing you!

CONGRATULATIONS!
We had 9 children in the PM class that participated successfully in the “TV TurnOff Week”. It was a great eye- opener for many of us, including Mrs. Maruschock, who realized how much we miss out on while watching TV! Hopefully it had a good impact on some of you, and we’ll watch a little (or a lot) less TV because of it! Thanks to Mrs. Camosci for purchasing the great prizes for ALL of the children for their effort!

Thanks..
Thanks to Mrs. Gallo for reading the Thomas the train book. We look forward to upcoming readers!

End of the year info:
WOW! Can’t believe only two months of school left! As the end of the year creeps up, here are some important dates to remember:
Class picture day: Next Thursday, May 6th. The class group picture as well as individual pictures will be taken this day. Info was sent home in your child’s backpack.
May 27th is a minimum day…NO PM CLASS.
May 28th…regular school day.
Pre-K end of the year get together will be held on June 17th. More info as the time gets nearer.
Last day of school for the PM class is Thursday, June 17th due to a minimum day on the 18th.

ECS Pre-K Classroom News April 16,2004

A Peek at the Week
** Please see bottom for speech news**
Well, the day the children had been waiting for arrived on Monday. The tadpoles are now in the aquarium, and the children spent the week talking about them, and learning more about the stages of their development. Be sure to ask your child about what s/he saw in the aquarium. On Wednesday, we took a trip to Mrs. Mason’s 2nd grade classroom. There we observed her frogs Kermit and Spot, as they ate their weekly meal…crickets. The kids thought it was great seeing what our tadpoles are going to grow up to look like!
Also at the science center, the bean plant we grew from seed now has full-grown green beans on it, the sunflower seeds have sprouted and are about 4 inches tall, and the potato plant is over a foot tall now! Very exciting!
During the week, the children participated activities involving clothing. At the dress up center, the children could dress up as a postal worker, a construction worker, a doctor, a firefighter, a princess, a mother, a father, and a ballet dancer, among others. The flannel board had a boy and a girl that could be dressed in summer clothes, winter clothes or rainy day clothes. We also had this activity available on the colorform board. Matching polka dotted shirts with the correct number, and “dressing” paper dolls were other centers this week, in addition to Look What I Can Do, Blocks, Shelf Toys. Also, the class continued to work on the Rainbow mural…it will be displayed in the hall when it is completed!
We continued learning the days of the week song with sign language. This is incorporated into our daily calendar routine to help learn the days of the week.

PT Group
This week in PT group the children played a good old-fashioned game of musical chairs. The children enjoyed moving to the music as they listened for the music to stop. Since the focus wasn’t on who was going to win, the children had fun laughing as they tried to sit in a chair, sat with a friend, and got to watch the game. And, they worked up a sweat while playing!

Looking Ahead
In April we will talk about nature, planting, weather/April showers, Clothing, and Self-Care. Mother’s day, Insects, Community Helpers, and Tools/Machines will be the topics in May. Parents are always welcome to volunteer in the classroom. If you have a special project you would like to share with the class related to one of these topics, you are always welcome to come in!
Feel free to email me anytime at: knagy@cromwellct.org

Reminders:
Upcoming readers: 2:30
April 29 Suzanne Lutz
April 30 Christine Julia
A sign up sheet went home this week for May/June. Please sign up and return it ASAP.

Enjoy your April Vacation!

Please see the attached information on TV turn off week

Thanks..
Thanks to Amy Pellett for reading the fables to the children on Thursday..they enjoyed the silly stories. Also thanks to Mrs. LuBogo for reading the class on Friday.

Updated website: Thanks to Mrs. LuBogo, the website has been updated. If you have misplaced newsletters, visit the website for previous newsletters. Also, links to informative websites have been added..check them out when you have a minute.
Geocities.com/ecsprekclass@sbcglobal.net
knagy@cromwellct.org

**PM Pre K Speech News** This week Matt and Molly fed the “Hungry Cat”. The children practiced making negative statements, (e.x. Cats don’t like pizza.) They are getting very good at sequencing events (4). They are also becoming pro’s at answer “wh” questions about the story. Our sound of the week was /ch/. They all did very well. We call /ch/ “ quiet fat air pushed”. We are continuing to practice counting forward and backward. The children are also singing the alphabet sound using sign language. Have a great break!

ECS Pre-K Classroom News April 08,2004

A Peek at the Week
This week at school we talked about weather/April showers. They all worked on coloring leaves, cutting them out, gluing stems, and putting their pictures on a flower project to be hung in the hallway.

Centers this week included matching and counting plastic eggs in the sensory table, rhyming picture words on umbrellas, journals, sequencing paper eggs from smallest to biggest, observing at the science center (still waiting for the frog eggs to get here), dress up/pretend play in the veterinarian/doctors office, and starting a rainbow mural which will be worked on again next week.

We started learning the days of the week song with sign language. This will incorporated into our daily calendar routine to help learn the days of the week.

PT Group
Again this week the children pretended to be a slithering spring creature: a snake. One child rode on the scooter board on his/her belly, tagging the other children. Once a child was tagged, s/he would then be a snake riding on his/her belly on a scooter board. When everyone was a snake, the game started again with the last child tagged as the first snake. This took a lot of listening and following directions…the class did great!

Looking Ahead
In April we will talk about nature, planting, weather/April showers, Clothing, and Self-Care. Mother’s day, Insects, Community Helpers, and Tools/Machines will be the topics in May. Parents are always welcome to volunteer in the classroom. If you have a special project you would like to share with the class related to one of these topics, you are always welcome to come in!
Feel free to email me anytime at: knagy@cromwellct.org

Reminders:
Upcoming readers: 2:30
April 15 Amy Pellet (resched.)
April 16 Nanfi LuBogo
April 29 Suzanne Lutz
April 30 Christine Julia
We look forward to seeing you!
A sign up for May/June will be coming home soon.

Happy Holidays, enjoy the long weekend. See you next week

Thanks..
A big thanks to Mrs. LuBogo for her work on the website..it’s coming together nicely!

Have you visited the class website? Please email me or write a note letting me know if you have visited the class website this year, if you find it useful, and what you would like to see added to it. With the help of Mrs. LuBogo, a parent in the PM class, we hope to have it updated soon. Thanks for your patience.
knagy@cromwellct.org

ECS Pre-K Classroom News Afternoon Class April 2, 2004

A Peek at the Week
This week we talked quite a bit about spring, including planting seeds and growing plants. The children planted their own sunflower seed, following a sequence of what to do first, next, and last. We will watch the seed sprout, and see the seedling, and then the plant and last the flower. As a project, the children cut out the pictures of the sequence, colored them, and glued them in order of steps 1-6. These are hanging in the classroom and will be sent home next week.
At the science center, we now have an aquarium with a snail and a few plants in it. The children observed the snail this week, and we talked about our future guests in the aquarium: frog eggs. We learned about the sequence of the frog egg, to tadpole, to a frog. The eggs will be arriving soon, and the children are looking forward to watching the tadpoles transform to frogs. The children colored a coffee filter using eyedroppers, and these will become flowers which we will add stems and leaves to, and hang outside the classroom with each child’s photo in the middle of the flower. Another center this week was sorting pumpkin, sunflower, and carrot seeds. The children guessed which cup contained more seeds, then counted them to find the actual number. Since the carrot seeds were the smallest, it looked as if there was the least amount in that container, when in fact it had the most. Other centers included: dramatic play doctor/veterinarian office, blocks, coloring on our bellies on the floor, and look what I can do. **Vocabulary words for this week are in italics.**
Speech and Language
This week Matt and Molly were busy trying to get the monkey out of the tree. Almost everyone is now able to sequence the 4 events in the stories. They are becoming experts and answering yes/no and “wh” questions. When we answer “wh” questions the children are now able to put their responses in the form of a sentence, with a few reminders. We have been practicing the alphabet song, in sign language and we count in sign language to 10 and then backward to 0. The children are working hard at developing their phonological awareness skills. Everyone is now able to rhyme. Keep up the great work!

PT Group
This week the children pretended to be a slithering spring creature: a snake. One child rode on the scooter board on his/her belly, tagging the other children. Once a child was tagged, s/he would then be a snake riding on his/her belly on a scooter board. When everyone was a snake, the game started again with the last child tagged as the first snake. This took a lot of listening and following directions…the class did great!

Thanks..
A big thanks to Mrs. LuBogo for reading to us on Thursday, and to Mrs. Julia for reading on Friday. The children enjoy the stories and giving familiar faces “high 5’s

Looking Ahead
In April we will talk about nature, planting, weather/April showers, Clothing, and Self-Care. Parents are always welcome to volunteer in the classroom. If you have a special project you would like to share with the class related to one of these topics, you are always welcome to come in!

Feel free to email me anytime at: knagy@cromwellct.org
Reminders:
Upcoming readers: 2:30
April 1 Nanfi LuBogo
April 2 Christine Julia
April 8 Amy Pellet
April 15 Still available
We look forward to seeing you!
A sign up for May/June will be coming home soon.

Have you visited the class website? Please email me or write a note letting me know if you have visited the class website this year, if you find it useful, and what you would like to see added to it. With the help of Mrs. LuBogo, we hope to have it updated soon. Thanks for your patience. knagy@cromwellct.org