Category: Theater

Dear Families,   Many students have shared stories of dinosaurs with me recently.  In honor of their overwhelming interest and enthusiasm, we will spend the two weeks before spring break studying paleontology (the science of fossils).  Our dramatic play center has changed into a Dinosaur Dig! We will be building math, literacy, science, and social […]

Dear Families,Thank-you for all the care and time you took to make Valentine’s day so special.  The children’s boxes and cards were wonderful and the party was fun.  Ms. Sherry and i appreciate all the cards, candy and food you contributed to both the party and us! This week we are starting our new unit of […]

Dear Families, The children did a wonderful job settling back into the school routine this past week.  Some were tired by the end of the week, which is understandable.  Please try to take the time to have your child go potty prior to coming to school, I think we broke a record for potty breaks […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 12/11/18 Dear Preschool Families and Friends,                                                            The middle of December is upon us and we are well into our STEM Music unit! The children have been learning all about sounds including the vibrations our ears hear, tapping rhythm sticks fast and slow and seeing how different levels of water in glasses […]

Ms. Piper’s Class Newsletter 11-30-18 Hello, preschool families! We hope this message finds you well. This is the classroom update for the months of November and December. What We’re Learning We have completed our second STEM Unit, Buildings, and begun our third unit: Music! In this unit, we will explore sounds, rhythm, tempo, and musical […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 11/21/18 Dear Preschool Families and Friends,                                                            We hope you are enjoying the Thanksgiving break with your families!  This week we will begin our new STEM Unit on Music.  The children will be learning all about sounds including the science of sounds, tempo/rhythm/pitch, how sounds make us feel, and musical instruments.  The STEM Unit […]

Happy Fall! It has been a busy month for us. We have started working on letteridentification, formation, and the sounds that letters make. We have also talkedabout numbers, and have been working a lot on counting objects and numbersense-having a sense of what numbers really mean. We are well into our STEM uniton Buildings. We […]

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s News Happy February!  We have completed our STEM Unit of Study on Friends and Family.  It was so fun to see pictures of everyone’s families and to read letters from faraway family and friends.  We ended the unit with a Design Challenge where all of the students had to work […]

Wow!  It’s hard to believe the school year is coming to an end!  We have started our last STEM unit of study, which is Nursery Rhymes.  We have a puppet theater in our dramatic play area and the students have really been enjoying acting out the nursery rhymes.  We have really been able to target […]