Friday, December 22, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
December 21, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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, paper fun making fun creations, goop with beads to pull out, a surprise project, and shelf toys.
Books: A Wocket in My Pocket, The Way I Feel. Vocabulary words: happy, sad, angry/mad, excited, surprised, bored, silly, disappointed, frustrated and scared were some of our vocab words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
The students had fun using the scooter boards in PT group with Renee this week.
Important Reminders
~ If your child is sick, he/she should be symptom free (vomit, fever and diarrhea) for 24 hours before returning to school. This will help to prevent the illnesses from being passed around! No one wants to be sick for the holidays.
~ Please send your child in with hat and mittens each day for outside playtime.
~ Sending your child with mittens instead of gloves is preferred…it easier for the students to put mittens on independently…and independence is the goal in preschool.
A Look Ahead…
~ In December we will learn about Positional/Place words, Food and Meals, Holidays, and Manners/Feelings.
~ In January we will learn about winter, action words, and dinosaurs.
~ The sign up to read dates have been confirmed and have been sent home. If you have a conflict with your assigned date, please let us know as soon as possible.
Extra! Extra!
~ Did you order Flip and Learn: Writing letters from Scholastic Book Clubs? If so, we have something that was missing from your order which Scholastic just mailed to us. Please let us know and we’ll get it to you ASAP.
~Mud Puddle anyone? We have misplaced the Mud Puddle book and kit. Can you please check at home for it? Thanks so much!
~Schoolwide reading program update: We have had some students complete their bronze and silver treasure maps! Congratulations for all their great reading! Please continue to read for “treasures” with your child. When your treasure map is complete, please send it back to school and your child will get a reading ribbon and his/her picture will be displayed in the front hallway.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
~THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! _
~Thank you to Michael and family for the spoon and napkin donation. They will come in quite handy.
~Thanks to all of the families for the cricket donations! Rocky and Tony are very grateful for your timeliness! _________________________________________________________________________________________
***Email address change: The correct email address to reach me is knagy@cromwellct.org. If you have another address similar to KimberleyNagy-Maruschock@cromwellct.org please delete it and change it to the address above. Sorry for any inconvenience.
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great winter break! See you January 2nd.
This 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, paper fun making fun creations, goop with beads to pull out, a surprise project, and shelf toys.
Books: A Wocket in My Pocket, The Way I Feel. Vocabulary words: happy, sad, angry/mad, excited, surprised, bored, silly, disappointed, frustrated and scared were some of our vocab words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
The students had fun using the scooter boards in PT group with Renee this week.
Important Reminders
~ If your child is sick, he/she should be symptom free (vomit, fever and diarrhea) for 24 hours before returning to school. This will help to prevent the illnesses from being passed around! No one wants to be sick for the holidays.
~ Please send your child in with hat and mittens each day for outside playtime.
~ Sending your child with mittens instead of gloves is preferred…it easier for the students to put mittens on independently…and independence is the goal in preschool.
A Look Ahead…
~ In December we will learn about Positional/Place words, Food and Meals, Holidays, and Manners/Feelings.
~ In January we will learn about winter, action words, and dinosaurs.
~ The sign up to read dates have been confirmed and have been sent home. If you have a conflict with your assigned date, please let us know as soon as possible.
Extra! Extra!
~ Did you order Flip and Learn: Writing letters from Scholastic Book Clubs? If so, we have something that was missing from your order which Scholastic just mailed to us. Please let us know and we’ll get it to you ASAP.
~Mud Puddle anyone? We have misplaced the Mud Puddle book and kit. Can you please check at home for it? Thanks so much!
~Schoolwide reading program update: We have had some students complete their bronze and silver treasure maps! Congratulations for all their great reading! Please continue to read for “treasures” with your child. When your treasure map is complete, please send it back to school and your child will get a reading ribbon and his/her picture will be displayed in the front hallway.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
~THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! _
~Thank you to Michael and family for the spoon and napkin donation. They will come in quite handy.
~Thanks to all of the families for the cricket donations! Rocky and Tony are very grateful for your timeliness! _________________________________________________________________________________________
***Email address change: The correct email address to reach me is knagy@cromwellct.org. If you have another address similar to KimberleyNagy-Maruschock@cromwellct.org please delete it and change it to the address above. Sorry for any inconvenience.
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great winter break! See you January 2nd.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
December 14, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 a happy/sad face puppet project, and completed some large floor puzzles. The floor puzzles were very challenging, but we felt really good after we worked hard and completed the puzzles! We also had an emotions game where the children had to look at the picture of the person, decide what emotion he/she was feeling, and put that on the chart in the appropriate spot. Shelf toys, train table, journals and coloring were other centers open this week.
Books: I was So Mad, How I Feel: Scared Vocabulary words: happy, sad, angry/mad, excited, surprised, bored, silly, and scared were some of our vocab words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week the students used the scooter boards to deliver packages to “houses”. The packages were colored beanbags, and houses were colored hoops lying on the floor. The children had to match the colors to deliver the packages to the correct house. They had to listen to Renee’s directions and bring a certain number or color back with them. It took a lot of attention to do this activity, which everyone did quite well!
Important Reminders
~ If your child is sick, he/she should be symptom free (vomit, fever and diarrhea) for 24 hours before returning to school. This will help to prevent the illnesses from being passed around! No one wants to be sick for the holidays.
~ Please send your child in with hat and mittens each day for outside playtime.
~ Sending your child with mittens instead of gloves is preferred…it easier for the students to put mittens on independently…and independence is the goal in preschool.
~ There is still time to sign up to read to the class. Please send in your sign up sheets by Dec 19th.
A Look Ahead…
~ In December we will learn about Positional/Place words, Food and Meals, Holidays, and Manners/Feelings.
~ In January we will learn about winter, action words, and dinosaurs.
Extra! Extra!
~ Did you order Flip and Learn: Writing letters from Scholastic Book Clubs? If so, we have something that was missing from your order which Scholastic just mailed to us. Please let us know and we’ll get it to you ASAP.
~Mud Puddle anyone? We have misplaced the Mud Puddle book and kit. Can you please check at home for it? Thanks so much!
~Schoolwide reading program update: We have had some students complete their bronze and silver treasure maps! Congratulations for all their great reading! Please continue to read for “treasures” with your child. When your treasure map is complete, please send it back to school and your child will get a reading ribbon and his/her picture will be displayed in the front hallway.
Please see the back of this for continuation of this newsletter. Lots to report this week!
~THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
~Thanks to all of the families for the cricket donations! Rocky and Tony are very grateful for your timeliness!
~ Thanks to Patrick and family for the napkin donations.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
We recently sent home a suggested gift list from Margaret Root, our Occupational Therapist. We hope you find this useful.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
~The Pre-K website is up and running! It still needs a little work, but at least it’s there! To view it, go to cromwellschools.org/ecs and click on ECS Pre-K program. You will find a link to this newsletter there. Thanks for your patience.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
***Email address change: Some of you have been having trouble sending me reply emails. Apparently my address had been changed without my knowledge, and is now changing back to the original email address. The correct email address to reach me is knagy@cromwellct.org. If you have another address similar to KimberleyNagy-Maruschock@cromwellct.org please delete it and change it to the address above. Sorry for any inconvenience. Hopefully this will fix the troubles you’ve been having recently.
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
This 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 a happy/sad face puppet project, and completed some large floor puzzles. The floor puzzles were very challenging, but we felt really good after we worked hard and completed the puzzles! We also had an emotions game where the children had to look at the picture of the person, decide what emotion he/she was feeling, and put that on the chart in the appropriate spot. Shelf toys, train table, journals and coloring were other centers open this week.
Books: I was So Mad, How I Feel: Scared Vocabulary words: happy, sad, angry/mad, excited, surprised, bored, silly, and scared were some of our vocab words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week the students used the scooter boards to deliver packages to “houses”. The packages were colored beanbags, and houses were colored hoops lying on the floor. The children had to match the colors to deliver the packages to the correct house. They had to listen to Renee’s directions and bring a certain number or color back with them. It took a lot of attention to do this activity, which everyone did quite well!
Important Reminders
~ If your child is sick, he/she should be symptom free (vomit, fever and diarrhea) for 24 hours before returning to school. This will help to prevent the illnesses from being passed around! No one wants to be sick for the holidays.
~ Please send your child in with hat and mittens each day for outside playtime.
~ Sending your child with mittens instead of gloves is preferred…it easier for the students to put mittens on independently…and independence is the goal in preschool.
~ There is still time to sign up to read to the class. Please send in your sign up sheets by Dec 19th.
A Look Ahead…
~ In December we will learn about Positional/Place words, Food and Meals, Holidays, and Manners/Feelings.
~ In January we will learn about winter, action words, and dinosaurs.
Extra! Extra!
~ Did you order Flip and Learn: Writing letters from Scholastic Book Clubs? If so, we have something that was missing from your order which Scholastic just mailed to us. Please let us know and we’ll get it to you ASAP.
~Mud Puddle anyone? We have misplaced the Mud Puddle book and kit. Can you please check at home for it? Thanks so much!
~Schoolwide reading program update: We have had some students complete their bronze and silver treasure maps! Congratulations for all their great reading! Please continue to read for “treasures” with your child. When your treasure map is complete, please send it back to school and your child will get a reading ribbon and his/her picture will be displayed in the front hallway.
Please see the back of this for continuation of this newsletter. Lots to report this week!
~THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
~Thanks to all of the families for the cricket donations! Rocky and Tony are very grateful for your timeliness!
~ Thanks to Patrick and family for the napkin donations.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
We recently sent home a suggested gift list from Margaret Root, our Occupational Therapist. We hope you find this useful.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
~The Pre-K website is up and running! It still needs a little work, but at least it’s there! To view it, go to cromwellschools.org/ecs and click on ECS Pre-K program. You will find a link to this newsletter there. Thanks for your patience.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
***Email address change: Some of you have been having trouble sending me reply emails. Apparently my address had been changed without my knowledge, and is now changing back to the original email address. The correct email address to reach me is knagy@cromwellct.org. If you have another address similar to KimberleyNagy-Maruschock@cromwellct.org please delete it and change it to the address above. Sorry for any inconvenience. Hopefully this will fix the troubles you’ve been having recently.
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, November 30, 2006
November 30, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 different pieces of furniture, kitchen where we discussed the different types of furniture, blocks where we built different types of furniture, coloring pictures of furniture, and puzzles.
Books: In a People House and The Napping House. Vocabulary words: chair, table, couch/sofa, bed, dresser, bureau, stove/oven, refrigerator, and bookshelf were some of our vocab words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week the students went through an obstacle course set up in an empty classroom. They crawled through a tunnel, jumped on a trampoline, walked up and down foam blocks, did a somersault or side rolling, hopped on circles, rolled over a “log”, and walked on a balance beam. Everyone worked really hard and had lots of fun doing this.
Important Reminders
~Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
~We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED.
A Look Ahead…
~ In December we will learn about Positional/Place words, Food and Meals, Holidays, and Manners/Feelings.
~ In December we will be sending home a sign-up for reading to the class starting in January.
Extra! Extra!
~ Did you order Flip and Learn: Writing letters from Scholastic Book Clubs? If so, we have something that was missing from your order which Scholastic just mailed to us. Please let us know and we’ll get it to you ASAP.
~Mud Puddle anyone? We have misplaced the Mud Puddle book and kit. Can you please check at home for it? Thanks so much!
~Schoolwide reading program update: We have had some students complete their bronze treasure maps! Congratulations to Michael and Patrick for all their great reading! Please continue to read for “treasures” with your child. When your treasure map is complete, please send it back to school and your child will get a reading ribbon and his/her picture will be displayed in the front hallway.
~THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! For all of my birthday treats! It was very thoughtful of all of you getting personal cards from the children!
~Can you please help? We need plastic spoons and napkins for our class supply.
~The Pre-K website is up and running! It still needs a little work, but at least it’s there! To view it, go to cromwellschools.org/ecs and click on ECS Pre-K program. You will find a link to this newsletter there. Thanks for your patience.
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
This 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 different pieces of furniture, kitchen where we discussed the different types of furniture, blocks where we built different types of furniture, coloring pictures of furniture, and puzzles.
Books: In a People House and The Napping House. Vocabulary words: chair, table, couch/sofa, bed, dresser, bureau, stove/oven, refrigerator, and bookshelf were some of our vocab words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week the students went through an obstacle course set up in an empty classroom. They crawled through a tunnel, jumped on a trampoline, walked up and down foam blocks, did a somersault or side rolling, hopped on circles, rolled over a “log”, and walked on a balance beam. Everyone worked really hard and had lots of fun doing this.
Important Reminders
~Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
~We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED.
A Look Ahead…
~ In December we will learn about Positional/Place words, Food and Meals, Holidays, and Manners/Feelings.
~ In December we will be sending home a sign-up for reading to the class starting in January.
Extra! Extra!
~ Did you order Flip and Learn: Writing letters from Scholastic Book Clubs? If so, we have something that was missing from your order which Scholastic just mailed to us. Please let us know and we’ll get it to you ASAP.
~Mud Puddle anyone? We have misplaced the Mud Puddle book and kit. Can you please check at home for it? Thanks so much!
~Schoolwide reading program update: We have had some students complete their bronze treasure maps! Congratulations to Michael and Patrick for all their great reading! Please continue to read for “treasures” with your child. When your treasure map is complete, please send it back to school and your child will get a reading ribbon and his/her picture will be displayed in the front hallway.
~THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! For all of my birthday treats! It was very thoughtful of all of you getting personal cards from the children!
~Can you please help? We need plastic spoons and napkins for our class supply.
~The Pre-K website is up and running! It still needs a little work, but at least it’s there! To view it, go to cromwellschools.org/ecs and click on ECS Pre-K program. You will find a link to this newsletter there. Thanks for your patience.
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, November 09, 2006
November 9, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 coloring, and borax soap. A farm animal memory matching game, and our project was a farm animal counting book project. Shelf toys and a barn with animals were centers this week also. Books: “My Cow” and “My Pig” were books we looked at this week. Vocabulary words: cow, calf, milk, pail, pig, sow, boar, and piglet.
Physical Therapy Group
This week the students pretended they were trees with leaves or the wind blowing the leaves. They used colored scarves and the wind “blew” the scarves off of the tree. Everyone had lots of fun doing this.
Important Reminders
~Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
~ We go outside to play every day, weather permitting. Please be sure to send your child to school with a jacket. It may be warm when your child comes in to school, but the temperature can change quickly.
~We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED.
A Look Ahead…
~In November we will talk about Farms, Spiders, Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. See you then!
~No PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to parent conferences.
Extra! Extra!
~Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program update: WE DID IT! We have now read 200 books and still counting! GREAT JOB!
~Can you help? We are using lots of Velcro around the classroom these days, so we are again desperate for Velcro. If anyone would like to donate more, we would appreciate it.
~To view this newsletter online and see recent photos, visit http://ecsprekpm.blogspot.com/
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great LONG weekend!
This 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 coloring, and borax soap. A farm animal memory matching game, and our project was a farm animal counting book project. Shelf toys and a barn with animals were centers this week also. Books: “My Cow” and “My Pig” were books we looked at this week. Vocabulary words: cow, calf, milk, pail, pig, sow, boar, and piglet.
Physical Therapy Group
This week the students pretended they were trees with leaves or the wind blowing the leaves. They used colored scarves and the wind “blew” the scarves off of the tree. Everyone had lots of fun doing this.
Important Reminders
~Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
~ We go outside to play every day, weather permitting. Please be sure to send your child to school with a jacket. It may be warm when your child comes in to school, but the temperature can change quickly.
~We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED.
A Look Ahead…
~In November we will talk about Farms, Spiders, Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. See you then!
~No PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to parent conferences.
Extra! Extra!
~Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program update: WE DID IT! We have now read 200 books and still counting! GREAT JOB!
~Can you help? We are using lots of Velcro around the classroom these days, so we are again desperate for Velcro. If anyone would like to donate more, we would appreciate it.
~To view this newsletter online and see recent photos, visit http://ecsprekpm.blogspot.com/
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great LONG weekend!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Mrs. Savinelli's story time
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
A Peek at the Week
This 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 leaves and identified them using a book about leaves.
Books: “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” and “When Autumn Comes” were books we looked at this week. Vocabulary words: pumpkin, vine, orange, green, brown, yellow, fall, autumn, leaves, change, acorn, pattern, and repeat.
Physical Therapy Group
This week we played on the wooden playscape for maybe the last time before snow flies. The children had lots of fun following the leader around the playscape, climbing up, down, through tunnels, down slides, etc. Nice following directions!
Important Reminders
~Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
~ We go outside to play every day, weather permitting. Please be sure to send your child to school with a jacket. It may be warm when your child comes in to school, but the temperature can change quickly.
~We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED.
A Look Ahead…
~In November we will talk about Farms, Spiders, Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th.
~Reminder: no school on Nov 7 or Nov 10. Also, no PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to parent conferences.
Extra! Extra!
~Thanks to Sean and family for the special Halloween goodies. These were sent home in backpacks on Tuesday! FUN!
~Thanks to Mrs. Savinelli for reading a story and doing a project with us on Monday. We loved hearing the story about the square pumpkin and making our own pumpkins. You can visit http://ecsprekpm.blogspot.com/ to see pictures of this activity.
~ Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program update: WE DID IT! We read 100 books and still counting! We are up to 127 books read so far! GREAT JOB! We’re going to work toward 200 books, so keep reading!
~Thanks for the help from home! We had help from morning and afternoon parents with putting Velcro on our pictures, as well as pasting and cutting these. Thanks to Mrs. Arling, Mrs. Savinelli, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Torres and Mrs. Parikh!
~Thanks for the great response to getting crickets for Rocky and Tony. A complete schedule was sent home this week.
~We are using lots of Velcro around the classroom these days, so we are quickly going through our recent donations. If anyone would like to donate more, we would appreciate it.
~A new member of our team: Miss Wendy. Miss Wendy is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant who will be working in the classroom from time to time.
~To view this newsletter online and see recent photos, visit http://ecsprekpm.blogspot.com/
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
This 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 leaves and identified them using a book about leaves.
Books: “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” and “When Autumn Comes” were books we looked at this week. Vocabulary words: pumpkin, vine, orange, green, brown, yellow, fall, autumn, leaves, change, acorn, pattern, and repeat.
Physical Therapy Group
This week we played on the wooden playscape for maybe the last time before snow flies. The children had lots of fun following the leader around the playscape, climbing up, down, through tunnels, down slides, etc. Nice following directions!
Important Reminders
~Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
~ We go outside to play every day, weather permitting. Please be sure to send your child to school with a jacket. It may be warm when your child comes in to school, but the temperature can change quickly.
~We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED.
A Look Ahead…
~In November we will talk about Farms, Spiders, Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th.
~Reminder: no school on Nov 7 or Nov 10. Also, no PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to parent conferences.
Extra! Extra!
~Thanks to Sean and family for the special Halloween goodies. These were sent home in backpacks on Tuesday! FUN!
~Thanks to Mrs. Savinelli for reading a story and doing a project with us on Monday. We loved hearing the story about the square pumpkin and making our own pumpkins. You can visit http://ecsprekpm.blogspot.com/ to see pictures of this activity.
~ Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program update: WE DID IT! We read 100 books and still counting! We are up to 127 books read so far! GREAT JOB! We’re going to work toward 200 books, so keep reading!
~Thanks for the help from home! We had help from morning and afternoon parents with putting Velcro on our pictures, as well as pasting and cutting these. Thanks to Mrs. Arling, Mrs. Savinelli, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Torres and Mrs. Parikh!
~Thanks for the great response to getting crickets for Rocky and Tony. A complete schedule was sent home this week.
~We are using lots of Velcro around the classroom these days, so we are quickly going through our recent donations. If anyone would like to donate more, we would appreciate it.
~A new member of our team: Miss Wendy. Miss Wendy is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant who will be working in the classroom from time to time.
~To view this newsletter online and see recent photos, visit http://ecsprekpm.blogspot.com/
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Pirates reading program
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!
Thursday, October 26, 2006
October 26, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 pumpkins. Another project was tearing paper into little pieces and making “mosaic” type leaves. These are on display in the classroom.
Centers: patterning project, paper tearing project, shelf toys, journals, wooden blocks, coloring and a felt apple tree number activity: if there was a 3 on the tree, we had to put three apples on the tree.
Books: “Picking Apples and Pumpkins”, “Autumn Leaves”, and “Read Leaf, Yellow Leaf” were books we looked at this week.
Vocabulary words: fall, autumn, leaves, change, acorn, pattern, and repeat.
Physical Therapy Group
This week with Renee the children used balloons. They practiced tapping the balloons back and forth with their hands, thumbs, elbows, knees, and heads. Everyone did very well listening to the directions and working their hardest to do this activity.
Important Reminders
~Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
~ We go outside to play every day, weather permitting. Please be sure to send your child to school with a jacket. It may be warm when your child comes in to school, but the temperature can change quickly.
~We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED.
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk more about Fall and Apples. In November we’ll talk about Farms,
Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th.
~Reminder: no school on Nov 7 or Nov 10. Also, no PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to parent conferences.
~We will be sending home a story to read at home, called “Mud Puddle”. We read this story last week and used props to retell the story. Watch for this in backpacks soon.
Extra! Extra!
~Thanks for the Velcro! Thanks to Niyati and Mom for donating the Velcro to the classroom…it is used for so many things every day! Thanks so much.
~We are participating in the Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program. We are up to 87 books read so far! GREAT JOB! It’s lots of fun working toward 100 books together!
~Would you like to help us out from home? We need parents willing to cut/collate and put sticky Velcro on LOTS of little pictures. If you can help out, please let us know and we’ll send home the “homework” in your child’s backpack.
~Thanks for the great response to getting crickets for Rocky and Tony. A complete schedule will be sent home next week.
~A new member of our team: Miss Wendy. Miss Wendy is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant who will be working in the classroom from time to time.
~To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekpm.blogspot.com/
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
This 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 pumpkins. Another project was tearing paper into little pieces and making “mosaic” type leaves. These are on display in the classroom.
Centers: patterning project, paper tearing project, shelf toys, journals, wooden blocks, coloring and a felt apple tree number activity: if there was a 3 on the tree, we had to put three apples on the tree.
Books: “Picking Apples and Pumpkins”, “Autumn Leaves”, and “Read Leaf, Yellow Leaf” were books we looked at this week.
Vocabulary words: fall, autumn, leaves, change, acorn, pattern, and repeat.
Physical Therapy Group
This week with Renee the children used balloons. They practiced tapping the balloons back and forth with their hands, thumbs, elbows, knees, and heads. Everyone did very well listening to the directions and working their hardest to do this activity.
Important Reminders
~Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
~ We go outside to play every day, weather permitting. Please be sure to send your child to school with a jacket. It may be warm when your child comes in to school, but the temperature can change quickly.
~We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED.
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk more about Fall and Apples. In November we’ll talk about Farms,
Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th.
~Reminder: no school on Nov 7 or Nov 10. Also, no PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to parent conferences.
~We will be sending home a story to read at home, called “Mud Puddle”. We read this story last week and used props to retell the story. Watch for this in backpacks soon.
Extra! Extra!
~Thanks for the Velcro! Thanks to Niyati and Mom for donating the Velcro to the classroom…it is used for so many things every day! Thanks so much.
~We are participating in the Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program. We are up to 87 books read so far! GREAT JOB! It’s lots of fun working toward 100 books together!
~Would you like to help us out from home? We need parents willing to cut/collate and put sticky Velcro on LOTS of little pictures. If you can help out, please let us know and we’ll send home the “homework” in your child’s backpack.
~Thanks for the great response to getting crickets for Rocky and Tony. A complete schedule will be sent home next week.
~A new member of our team: Miss Wendy. Miss Wendy is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant who will be working in the classroom from time to time.
~To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekpm.blogspot.com/
~Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
10/25/06 Carrots from the garden
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. 
Thursday, October 19, 2006
October 19, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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” book, which will be sent home to share in the coming weeks.
Centers: Listening center with “Silly Sally” story, practicing snipping/cutting (on index card junk mail), cutting play dough and using “rookie sticks” (similar to chopsticks) to pick up the play dough and put it in containers. We also had pretend play grocery shopping with grocery lists to write, coupons to cut out, cash register and money to purchase groceries. Shelf toys, and a flannel board activity where the students sorted apples and made patterns were also centers this week.
Books: “Silly Sally” was our story this week. Vocabulary words: upside down, backwards, right side up, forward, fall, autumn, leaves, change. Rhyming words: pig/jig, dog/leapfrog, loon/tune, sheep/sleep, down/town.
Physical Therapy Group
This week with Renee the children used bean bags. They placed the beanbag on a body part, such as their heads, elbows, shoulders, and foot and then had to walk while trying not to drop the beanbag. They also put the beanbags on their backs and crawled. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk more about Fall and Apples. In November we’ll talk about Farms,
Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. A sign-up sheet was sent home.
I will return the schedule with your scheduled time next week.
~Reminder: no school on Nov 7 or Nov 10. Also, no PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to
parent conferences.
~We will be sending home story to read at home, called “Mud Puddle”. We read this story last week and used props to retell the story. Watch for this in backpacks soon.
Extra! Extra!
~Thanks to Rachel and family for bringing in crickets for Rocky and Tony. YUM!
~Thanks for the Velcro! Thanks to Rachel and family for donating the Velcro to the classroom…it is used for so many things every day! Thanks so much.
~Fish anyone? It’s a long story, but we have become overrun with guppies in our tank with the toads. If anyone would like some guppies, they are free for the taking!
~We are participating in the Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program. We have already received some papers from students who have been reading! GREAT JOB! It’s lots of fun working toward 100 books together!
~To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
This 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” book, which will be sent home to share in the coming weeks.
Centers: Listening center with “Silly Sally” story, practicing snipping/cutting (on index card junk mail), cutting play dough and using “rookie sticks” (similar to chopsticks) to pick up the play dough and put it in containers. We also had pretend play grocery shopping with grocery lists to write, coupons to cut out, cash register and money to purchase groceries. Shelf toys, and a flannel board activity where the students sorted apples and made patterns were also centers this week.
Books: “Silly Sally” was our story this week. Vocabulary words: upside down, backwards, right side up, forward, fall, autumn, leaves, change. Rhyming words: pig/jig, dog/leapfrog, loon/tune, sheep/sleep, down/town.
Physical Therapy Group
This week with Renee the children used bean bags. They placed the beanbag on a body part, such as their heads, elbows, shoulders, and foot and then had to walk while trying not to drop the beanbag. They also put the beanbags on their backs and crawled. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk more about Fall and Apples. In November we’ll talk about Farms,
Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. A sign-up sheet was sent home.
I will return the schedule with your scheduled time next week.
~Reminder: no school on Nov 7 or Nov 10. Also, no PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to
parent conferences.
~We will be sending home story to read at home, called “Mud Puddle”. We read this story last week and used props to retell the story. Watch for this in backpacks soon.
Extra! Extra!
~Thanks to Rachel and family for bringing in crickets for Rocky and Tony. YUM!
~Thanks for the Velcro! Thanks to Rachel and family for donating the Velcro to the classroom…it is used for so many things every day! Thanks so much.
~Fish anyone? It’s a long story, but we have become overrun with guppies in our tank with the toads. If anyone would like some guppies, they are free for the taking!
~We are participating in the Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program. We have already received some papers from students who have been reading! GREAT JOB! It’s lots of fun working toward 100 books together!
~To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, October 12, 2006
October 12, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 center set up for the children with blankets, bottle, clothes, toys, diapers, etc. Everyone had a great time being Moms and Dads taking care of the babies. Shelf toys, coloring body part pictures, and Potato Head People were also centers this week. We also traced our hands in our journals this week. Books: We read “Mud Puddle” this week. It’s a great book involving body parts and prepositions. Vocabulary words: head, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, chin, arms, legs, hands, fingers, feet, toes, ankle, wrist, shoulders, chest, belly button and stomach/belly were our vocabulary words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week with Renee the children used bean bags. They placed the beanbag on a body part, such as their heads, elbows, shoulders, and foot and then had to walk while trying not to drop the beanbag. They also put the beanbags on their backs and crawled. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
~Also, thanks those parents who have offered to bring in crickets, it is a huge help and Rocky and Tony have never been happier!
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk more about Fall and Apples. In November we’ll talk about Farms,
Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. A sign-up sheet was sent home. Please return your sheet with your three choices to me by October 19th.
~Reminder: no school on Nov 7 or Nov 10. Also, no PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to
parent conferences.
Extra! Extra!
~Velcro, please? We are running low on sticky Velcro. If you can donate some to the class, we would be very grateful. Thanks so much.
~Fish anyone? It’s a long story, but we have become overrun with guppies in our tank with the toads. If anyone would like some guppies, they are free for the taking!
~Woops! We don’t have a new child joining our morning group after all. More friends to join us soon.
~We are participating in the Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program. Please read the letter being sent home with this newsletter. In past years the students have really enjoyed getting involved in this project, and it’s lots of fun working toward 100 books together!
~To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
This 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 center set up for the children with blankets, bottle, clothes, toys, diapers, etc. Everyone had a great time being Moms and Dads taking care of the babies. Shelf toys, coloring body part pictures, and Potato Head People were also centers this week. We also traced our hands in our journals this week. Books: We read “Mud Puddle” this week. It’s a great book involving body parts and prepositions. Vocabulary words: head, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, chin, arms, legs, hands, fingers, feet, toes, ankle, wrist, shoulders, chest, belly button and stomach/belly were our vocabulary words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week with Renee the children used bean bags. They placed the beanbag on a body part, such as their heads, elbows, shoulders, and foot and then had to walk while trying not to drop the beanbag. They also put the beanbags on their backs and crawled. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
~Also, thanks those parents who have offered to bring in crickets, it is a huge help and Rocky and Tony have never been happier!
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk more about Fall and Apples. In November we’ll talk about Farms,
Furniture and Utensils.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. A sign-up sheet was sent home. Please return your sheet with your three choices to me by October 19th.
~Reminder: no school on Nov 7 or Nov 10. Also, no PM Pre-K on Nov 13 and 15 due to
parent conferences.
Extra! Extra!
~Velcro, please? We are running low on sticky Velcro. If you can donate some to the class, we would be very grateful. Thanks so much.
~Fish anyone? It’s a long story, but we have become overrun with guppies in our tank with the toads. If anyone would like some guppies, they are free for the taking!
~Woops! We don’t have a new child joining our morning group after all. More friends to join us soon.
~We are participating in the Scholastic ClassroomsCare reading program. Please read the letter being sent home with this newsletter. In past years the students have really enjoyed getting involved in this project, and it’s lots of fun working toward 100 books together!
~To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, October 05, 2006
October 5, 2006 PM Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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. Everyone had a great time being Moms and Dads taking care of the babies. Other centers included a large face with Velcro eyes, ears, mouth, nose etc for building your own face. We also had people body puzzles where the children had to put the body parts in the right spot. Shelf toys, coloring body part pictures, and Potato Head People were also centers this week.
Books: We read “My Body” and “Me and My Body” this week.
Vocabulary words: head, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, chin, arms, legs, hands, fingers, feet, toes, ankle, wrist, shoulders, chest, and stomach/belly were our vocabulary words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week with Renee the children used hoops, incorporating body parts. They had to put their foot in the hoop, out of the hoop, elbows in/out, knees in/out, and walk around the hoop, jump in/out, etc. Great way to work on body part identification. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
~Thanks those parents who have offered to bring in crickets, it is a huge help, and Rocky and Tony have never been happier!
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk more about Body Parts, Fall and Apples.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. A sign-up sheet will be sent home in October for your preferred times.
~Reminder: No school Monday October 9th. Have a nice weekend!
Extra! Extra!
~We are saying “hello” to a new friend…Sean. He will join our class next Tuesday. Please watch for an updated class list coming home soon.
~Do you prefer to communicate through email? Please send me an email and I will add you to my address book. knagy@cromwellct.org
~This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
This 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. Everyone had a great time being Moms and Dads taking care of the babies. Other centers included a large face with Velcro eyes, ears, mouth, nose etc for building your own face. We also had people body puzzles where the children had to put the body parts in the right spot. Shelf toys, coloring body part pictures, and Potato Head People were also centers this week.
Books: We read “My Body” and “Me and My Body” this week.
Vocabulary words: head, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, chin, arms, legs, hands, fingers, feet, toes, ankle, wrist, shoulders, chest, and stomach/belly were our vocabulary words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week with Renee the children used hoops, incorporating body parts. They had to put their foot in the hoop, out of the hoop, elbows in/out, knees in/out, and walk around the hoop, jump in/out, etc. Great way to work on body part identification. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
~Thanks those parents who have offered to bring in crickets, it is a huge help, and Rocky and Tony have never been happier!
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk more about Body Parts, Fall and Apples.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. A sign-up sheet will be sent home in October for your preferred times.
~Reminder: No school Monday October 9th. Have a nice weekend!
Extra! Extra!
~We are saying “hello” to a new friend…Sean. He will join our class next Tuesday. Please watch for an updated class list coming home soon.
~Do you prefer to communicate through email? Please send me an email and I will add you to my address book. knagy@cromwellct.org
~This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 28, 2006
September 28, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 students rolled the die, and then put that number of teeth on the “mouth”. Shelf toys, wooden blocks, small chalkboards, and the hand-washing sequencing project were other centers open this week. Books: We read “Bath Time for Biscuit” and “Maisy Takes a Bath” this week. Vocabulary words: wash, bath, toothbrush, toothpaste, towel, washcloth, hairbrush, comb, and soap were our vocabulary words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week was lots of fun with Renee. The class went out on the wooden playscape and practiced climbing over and under, crawling through tunnels, walking up stairs, and sliding down slides. The students are already asking when we’ll be doing it again! Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
~A BIG THANKS to Mrs. Torres and Michael for bringing in crickets, it is a huge help and Rocky and Tony have never been happier!
~ Thank you to Mrs. Rydzewski for offering to help with the class website. This will be a huge help!
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk about more Self-Care, as well as Body Parts, Fall and Apples.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. A sign-up sheet will be sent home in October for your preferred times.
Extra! Extra!
~To help reinforce what we have learned this week at school, a tooth brushing chart is being sent home with your child. Please help your child put a sticker each time he/she brushes his/her teeth and send it back to school when they are completed. These will be proudly displayed in the classroom!
~Do you prefer to communicate through email? Please send me an email and I will add you to my address book. knagy@cromwellct.org
~This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
This 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 students rolled the die, and then put that number of teeth on the “mouth”. Shelf toys, wooden blocks, small chalkboards, and the hand-washing sequencing project were other centers open this week. Books: We read “Bath Time for Biscuit” and “Maisy Takes a Bath” this week. Vocabulary words: wash, bath, toothbrush, toothpaste, towel, washcloth, hairbrush, comb, and soap were our vocabulary words this week.
Physical Therapy Group
This week was lots of fun with Renee. The class went out on the wooden playscape and practiced climbing over and under, crawling through tunnels, walking up stairs, and sliding down slides. The students are already asking when we’ll be doing it again! Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
~A BIG THANKS to Mrs. Torres and Michael for bringing in crickets, it is a huge help and Rocky and Tony have never been happier!
~ Thank you to Mrs. Rydzewski for offering to help with the class website. This will be a huge help!
A Look Ahead…
~In October we will talk about more Self-Care, as well as Body Parts, Fall and Apples.
~Parent conferences will be held November 13th and 15th. A sign-up sheet will be sent home in October for your preferred times.
Extra! Extra!
~To help reinforce what we have learned this week at school, a tooth brushing chart is being sent home with your child. Please help your child put a sticker each time he/she brushes his/her teeth and send it back to school when they are completed. These will be proudly displayed in the classroom!
~Do you prefer to communicate through email? Please send me an email and I will add you to my address book. knagy@cromwellct.org
~This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to call, email or send in a note if you have any questions/concerns.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 21, 2006
September 21, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 variety of activities such as shape sorters, stacking puzzles, and small manipulatives for building/putting together. Other centers included the block center, journals where the students drew a picture of themselves, and our project center. At the project center the students made paper versions of themselves, which we then glued their head pictures on to and these are on display on our hallway bulletin board. The students also played bingo game using student and staff pictures.
Physical Therapy Group
Renee was absent for this week’s session, so we used the time as an opportunity to go outside during this wonderful weather we have been having.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. It is important you read this newsletter each week, as it will contain information pertinent to your child’s participation at school.
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
A Look Ahead…
During the month of September, our topics will be: Getting to Know Each Other, Our Families, and Self-Help skills. In October we will continue to talk about Self-care, as well as body parts, Fall and Apples.
Extra! Extra!
~HOORAY! Rocky and Tony are back! Who are Rocky and Tony? Our classroom pets…Fire-Bellied Toads, and they are hungry for crickets each week. We are looking for parent volunteers to sign up to get crickets at the pet store. If you are willing to help, please let us know ASAP. Rocky and Tony thank you from the bottom of their bellies!
~Snack: For snack, please only send in one snack for your child, as we only have time for your child to eat one snack at that time. Thanks for being so careful about sending in any items containing peanuts/nuts.
~Bathroom anyone? This week we’ve had many students needing to go to the bathroom soon after arriving at school, during our circle time. Could you please help us with this by having your child use the bathroom before he/she comes to school. We understand “you’ve gotta go when you’ve gotta go”, but it would be a more productive circle without all the interruptions. We appreciate your help with this.
~Does your child enjoy writing his/her name at home? If so, please be sure to have your child practice writing with one uppercase letter for the first letter, and then lowercase letters for the rest of the name. It is easier to teach it properly as they first begin this skill than it is to “re-teach” it the correct way later. Later in the year we will be sending home practice sheets for you to use at home.
~This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
This 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 variety of activities such as shape sorters, stacking puzzles, and small manipulatives for building/putting together. Other centers included the block center, journals where the students drew a picture of themselves, and our project center. At the project center the students made paper versions of themselves, which we then glued their head pictures on to and these are on display on our hallway bulletin board. The students also played bingo game using student and staff pictures.
Physical Therapy Group
Renee was absent for this week’s session, so we used the time as an opportunity to go outside during this wonderful weather we have been having.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. It is important you read this newsletter each week, as it will contain information pertinent to your child’s participation at school.
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
A Look Ahead…
During the month of September, our topics will be: Getting to Know Each Other, Our Families, and Self-Help skills. In October we will continue to talk about Self-care, as well as body parts, Fall and Apples.
Extra! Extra!
~HOORAY! Rocky and Tony are back! Who are Rocky and Tony? Our classroom pets…Fire-Bellied Toads, and they are hungry for crickets each week. We are looking for parent volunteers to sign up to get crickets at the pet store. If you are willing to help, please let us know ASAP. Rocky and Tony thank you from the bottom of their bellies!
~Snack: For snack, please only send in one snack for your child, as we only have time for your child to eat one snack at that time. Thanks for being so careful about sending in any items containing peanuts/nuts.
~Bathroom anyone? This week we’ve had many students needing to go to the bathroom soon after arriving at school, during our circle time. Could you please help us with this by having your child use the bathroom before he/she comes to school. We understand “you’ve gotta go when you’ve gotta go”, but it would be a more productive circle without all the interruptions. We appreciate your help with this.
~Does your child enjoy writing his/her name at home? If so, please be sure to have your child practice writing with one uppercase letter for the first letter, and then lowercase letters for the rest of the name. It is easier to teach it properly as they first begin this skill than it is to “re-teach” it the correct way later. Later in the year we will be sending home practice sheets for you to use at home.
~This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 14, 2006
September 14, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 shelf toys where there is a variety of activities such as shape sorters, stacking puzzles, and small manipulatives for building/putting together. Another center was the sorting center, where the children sorted small transportation vehicles by their color or type of vehicle. The students also played a matching game using student and staff pictures. This is a great way to learn each other’s names.
Physical Therapy Group
We will be having a weekly Physical Therapy Gross Motor group facilitated by the school’s Physical Therapist, Renee Casner. The students call her Renee. This group is similar to a gym class, but geared for the Pre-K students and the specific developmental skills these children need to work on. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays. This week the students worked on learning how to do jumping jacks, as well as how to skip, hop on one foot, jump, gallop, and crawl.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. It is important you read this newsletter each week, as it will contain information pertinent to your child’s participation at school.
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
A BIG THANKS to all of the families for all of the great supplies we have received. The Velcro, tissues, purell, books, scissors and more will be put to great use. We appreciate your donations very much!
A Look Ahead…
Now that all of the students are settling in, we are sending home a class list for your information. On the back of this list are pictures of the students in the class. Please help your child learn his/her classmates’ names by reviewing this with him/her. During the month of September, our topics will be: Getting to Know Each Other, Our Families, and Self-Help skills.
Extra! Extra!
Check here for extra tidbits, such as cool websites, upcoming events or information about handouts being sent home with this newsletter.
HOORAY! Rocky and Tony are back! Who are Rocky and Tony? Our classroom pets…Fire-Bellied Toads, and they are hungry for crickets each week. We are looking for parent volunteers to sign up to get crickets at the pet store. If you are willing to help, please let us know ASAP. Rocky and Tony thank you from the bottom of their bellies!
This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
This 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 shelf toys where there is a variety of activities such as shape sorters, stacking puzzles, and small manipulatives for building/putting together. Another center was the sorting center, where the children sorted small transportation vehicles by their color or type of vehicle. The students also played a matching game using student and staff pictures. This is a great way to learn each other’s names.
Physical Therapy Group
We will be having a weekly Physical Therapy Gross Motor group facilitated by the school’s Physical Therapist, Renee Casner. The students call her Renee. This group is similar to a gym class, but geared for the Pre-K students and the specific developmental skills these children need to work on. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays. This week the students worked on learning how to do jumping jacks, as well as how to skip, hop on one foot, jump, gallop, and crawl.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. It is important you read this newsletter each week, as it will contain information pertinent to your child’s participation at school.
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
A BIG THANKS to all of the families for all of the great supplies we have received. The Velcro, tissues, purell, books, scissors and more will be put to great use. We appreciate your donations very much!
A Look Ahead…
Now that all of the students are settling in, we are sending home a class list for your information. On the back of this list are pictures of the students in the class. Please help your child learn his/her classmates’ names by reviewing this with him/her. During the month of September, our topics will be: Getting to Know Each Other, Our Families, and Self-Help skills.
Extra! Extra!
Check here for extra tidbits, such as cool websites, upcoming events or information about handouts being sent home with this newsletter.
HOORAY! Rocky and Tony are back! Who are Rocky and Tony? Our classroom pets…Fire-Bellied Toads, and they are hungry for crickets each week. We are looking for parent volunteers to sign up to get crickets at the pet store. If you are willing to help, please let us know ASAP. Rocky and Tony thank you from the bottom of their bellies!
This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. To view this newsletter online, visit http://ecsprekam.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
September 7, 2006 First Newsletter of the School Year
Mrs. Maruschock’s Pre-K Classroom News
September 7, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 play in the kitchen center, coloring center, and shelf toys where there is a variety of activities such as shape sorters, stacking puzzles, and small manipulatives for building/putting together. Another center was the sorting center, where the children sorted small transportation vehicles by their color or type of vehicle.
Physical Therapy Group
We will be having a weekly Physical Therapy Gross Motor group facilitated by the school’s Physical Therapist, Renee Casner. The students call her Renee. This group is similar to a gym class, but geared for the Pre-K students and the specific developmental skills these children need to work on. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. It is important you read this newsletter each week, as it will contain information pertinent to your child’s participation at school.
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
A Look Ahead…
Next week more students will be joining our class. Once all of the students have settled in, we will be sending home a class list for your information. During the month of September, our topics will be: Getting to Know Each Other, Our Families, and Self-Help skills.
Extra! Extra!
Check here for extra tidbits, such as cool websites, upcoming events or information about handouts being sent home with this newsletter.
This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. Have a nice weekend!
September 7, 2006 Afternoon Edition
A Peek at the Week
This 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 play in the kitchen center, coloring center, and shelf toys where there is a variety of activities such as shape sorters, stacking puzzles, and small manipulatives for building/putting together. Another center was the sorting center, where the children sorted small transportation vehicles by their color or type of vehicle.
Physical Therapy Group
We will be having a weekly Physical Therapy Gross Motor group facilitated by the school’s Physical Therapist, Renee Casner. The students call her Renee. This group is similar to a gym class, but geared for the Pre-K students and the specific developmental skills these children need to work on. Please have your child wear sneakers and pants (no dresses) on Wednesdays.
Important Notices
Please look here each week for important news and reminders pertaining to our class and/or the school. It is important you read this newsletter each week, as it will contain information pertinent to your child’s participation at school.
We have a student with a SEVERE NUT ALLERGY. ABSOLUTELY NO SNACKS CONTAINING NUT PRODUCTS ALLOWED. If your child comes in with a snack containing nut ingredients, we will give your child an alternate snack and send the nut snack home with your child.
A Look Ahead…
Next week more students will be joining our class. Once all of the students have settled in, we will be sending home a class list for your information. During the month of September, our topics will be: Getting to Know Each Other, Our Families, and Self-Help skills.
Extra! Extra!
Check here for extra tidbits, such as cool websites, upcoming events or information about handouts being sent home with this newsletter.
This newsletter will be posted each week on the classroom’s website, which is currently “out of order”. Hopefully it will be up and running soon. Have a nice weekend!
Monday, August 21, 2006
First day of school
Hi everyone! The first day of school is September 5th, 2006. See you then!
Email address: knagy@cromwellct.org
Email address: knagy@cromwellct.org
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