Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Friday, September 14, 2018
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
September Songs and Poems
We Are The Preschoolers- call and response
We are the preschoolers
We are the preschoolers
The mighty, mighty, preschoolers
The mighty, mighty, preschoolers
And everywhere we go
And everywhere we go
People want to know
People want to know
Who we are
Who we are
So we tell them
So we tell them
We are the preschoolers
We are the preschoolers
The mighty, mighty, preschoolers
The mighty, mighty, preschoolers
I am Special
I am special
I am special
If you look
You will see
Someone very special
Someone very special
That is me
That is me
You are special
You are special
If you look
You will see
Someone very special
Someone very special
That is you
That is you
All About Me
Ten little fingers
Ten little toes
Two little ears
And one little nose
Two little eyes
That shine so bright
Two little lips
To kiss goodnight
Hail, hail the gang's all here
Hail, hail the gang's all here
Never mind the weather
As long as we're together
Hail, hail the gang's all here
School is much more fun
When we're with everyone
It's Sad To Have A Day Without…
It's Sad To Have A Day Without...
It's Sad To Have A Day Without...
Because he/she's our friend
And we'll miss them
The Goodbye Song-We repeat this lyric 3x with increasing speed and one time very slowly
We wave goodbye like this
We wave goodbye like this
We clap our hands for all our friends
And wave goodbye like this
Newsletter September 11, 2018
Welcome to week two of preschool!
Your children did a wonderful job during our first week together. They are getting familiar with our daily routines and learning classroom expectations. I am amazed at how quickly they are learning the routines for lunch and getting ready to go home. Those are complex, multi-step routines that require so much effort. We created class rules "Be safe. Be respectful. Be responsible. Have fun!" We read The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. If you are unfamiliar with this book, I highly recommend it. It is a beautiful story about Chester Raccoon's first day at school and how he says goodbye to his mother. We made Kissing Hand handprints, played two different counting/number games featuring Chester Raccoon, made self portraits, and much more.
This week we will continue to explore our classroom and how to take care of it and each other. I spend several weeks building the culture of our classroom. I find that investing the time during these first several weeks of school pays off throughout the school year. We will be reading Have You Filled A Bucket Today and Fill A Bucket both by Carol McCloud and will make a book on how we can fill each other's buckets. We will share our book with you at the Author's Day in December.
This will be one of the only paper newsletters I will be sending home this year. Information will be posted on my blog. Please follow it at https://msnancysblogmbs.blogspot.com/ . If you do not have internet access, please let me know.
Your children are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing them with us this year. Ms. Sue and I have enjoyed every minute with them.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
End Of The Year Newsletter
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to the second to last week of school. The pictures above show you how I am
counting down to the end of the school year and what the kids think they are good at.
This week and next, we will be talking about endings and beginnings. We looked at
pictures of many of the activities we did this year and drew "My favorite part of pre-
school" pictures. I will send those home next week. We also made a list of what we can
do or are good at. The kids were very proud of their accomplishments. We will discuss
who is going to kindergarten and who is not going to kindergarten. I have pictures of the
kindergarten classrooms and playgrounds at UMS and PPS. We will compare how pre-
school is the same and different from kindergarten. Next week, we will write a letter to
next year’s class telling them all the important things they need to know about preschool.
There is a sing along scheduled with Mrs. Benay on Tuesday afternoon and the popsicle
party on Friday, June 15th at 2:00. It will be a fun and busy time.
I want to take a minute and thank you for sharing your children with me this year. It has
been an honor to spend my afternoons with them. They are an incredible group of caring
and capable people. I feel like I have learned from them as much as I have taught them.
I hope you have a wonderful summer filled with lots of outside and family time.
Nancy
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
End of Year Celebration
Good Morning Preschool Families
I would like to invite you and your family to an end of year gathering. We will hold the gathering rain or shine. The plan is to be outside on the playground and a few stations outside around the playground. If it is raining the event will take place in the classroom...hopefully the weather cooperates with us.
When: Friday June 15th
Time: 2:00
Where: Malletts Bay School playground
Why: Have fun playing, enjoying time with friends, and saying goodbye to friends for the summer
I hope you can make it - Please let me know how many people you think will be attending from your family so I make sure we have enough popsicles.
Thank you
Nancy
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
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