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Hello Families, Last week we began talking about Twiggle, the turtle, who is one of the PATHS characters.  PATHS is the social-emotional curriculum that Spark! uses and it is great!  We created a Twiggle.  It was a great fine motor, following directions and counting (we counted the turtle’s feet before putting them on!) task for […]

Hello Preschool Families!!      We hope that you enjoyed your long weekend. A Week in Review: ·      We explored the different areas in our classroom as well as in our building. ·      We played games to get to know one another. We also continued our social and emotional curriculum with Twiggle, the turtle. Twiggle came to talk with […]

Hello! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: As some of your know, we have been building beds for our teddy bears to sleep in. If you have any extra shoe boxes at home we would love them for our beds. This week we will officially begin our first STEM unit on Pets. Look out […]

Dear Families, I hope you are doing well and enjoying your long labor day weekend.   The children had a wonderful week where we continued to open new centers in the classroom.  They all loved creating in our STEM center, playing with water in the sensory table and watercoloring in the art area.  The children worked […]

Ms. Marie’s September 2019 Newsletter Dear Preschool Families: REMINDER:  There is no school tomorrow, Monday September 2nddue to the Labor Day holiday.   We hope you are enjoying the Labor Day holiday with your family and friends.  We had a busy first full week of school!  The children are already beginning to learn the routines throughout the day.  We will […]

We are off to a great start to the school year! The students are getting used to the schedule and routines, and seem to be enjoying preschool. Hopefully you are hearing good things at home! We have started our social-emotional curriculum, PATHS, and students loved meeting the puppets we will be using throughout the year […]

August 29, 2019   Dear Family Members:   The school year is off to a wonderful start! For the past 2 weeks, we have been learning our classroom rules and routines and how to be kind friends. STARpower is a reward recognition we give students for following our school rules Stay Safe, use Teamwork, Act […]

Hello Families,  We are off to a great start!  We are learning all about our school community.  Inside our classroom we are learning the rules for circle time, how to play in centers together, our schedule, and how to clean up.  We have also practiced walking to and playing on the different playgrounds as well […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 08/25/19 Dear Preschool Families and Friends,                                                            We had lots of fun our first week of school!  The children are making new friends while they are learning.  We have been teaching the routines and activities in our classroom and how to treat each other. It’s such a delight to get to know each student!  […]

Dear Families, We have had a wonderful start of the school year in our class!  The children are learning the school routines and started to explore our different center areas.  Last week we focused on playing in the dramatic play area, blocks, math and manipulative’s and playing with play-dough.  The children are learning what materials […]