As of 9:30 Sunday evening, spring is only 11 days 2 hours 27 minutes away; I love it when the groundhog is right! We narrowly missed a blizzard Friday evening with the front well off our New Jersey coast and instead enjoyed mild weather the second half of the weekend. Monday is forecast to be a winner so get out... View Article
Dear Parents,We hope you had a wonderful weekend with your family. This week we are introducing the letters K & L. The children will name things that start with the letters I & J, and they will stamp the letters using do-a-dots. This week we will be creating lions by painting a paper plate orange then gluing on eyes and... View Article
Dear Pre-K Families,I hope that you enjoyed the beautiful weekend. We had so much fun last week celebrating Dr. Seuss and all of his wonderful books. We learned about rhyming words, reviewed our letters and sounds as well as reviewed our numbers. We worked on recognizing patterns as well as similar and different objects. This week we will learning about... View Article
Letter: Vv / Number: 17 Color: Violet/PurpleDear Pre-K Families,This week we will be learning about the letter Vv and number 17 and the color Violet/Purple.After reading our Alphatales “Vera Vipers Valentine “we will create a new word wall list.We will turn the letter V into a volcano, practice upper and lowercase Vv as well as discovering what 17 looks like... View Article
Our Theme: Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Welcoming Spring!This week the children begin to look for the upcoming signs of spring. We will discuss the different seasons throughout the year, and the changes that take place all around us as we hope to leave winter behind and welcome spring next week. The children will understand that these observations can be... View Article
Dear Parents, We would like to welcome Paul to our class! This week we are introducing the letters I & J. The children will name things that start with the letters I & J and they will stamp the letters using do-a-dots. This week we will be creating an ice cream cone by painting and using the children’s handprints; then... View Article
Letter and Number Review Theme: Dr. Seuss/ Rhyming Dear Pre-K Families, I hope you enjoyed the weekend.This week we will focus and celebrate Theodor Geisel better known as Dr. Seuss. We will learn about this famous author and read a selection of his many books. In his lifetime Dr. Seuss wrote more than 60 children’s books which include many of... View Article
Our Theme- Celebrating Music and Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss This week we will wrap up our music theme. The children have enjoyed learning about Classical, Pop, Latin, and Country music. The children will vote for their favorite genre, and a special music party will take place at the end of the week. We will have so much fun investigating how... View Article
Dear Parents,We hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend with your families. This week we are going to introduce the letters E & F. The children will be stamping the letters E & F using do-a-dots. This week the children will be making Elmo by gluing on his eyes, nose and mouth to strengthen fine motor skills. They also will be... View Article
Our Theme: MusicThe children will use what they have learned about musical instruments to sort them into the categories of Wind, String, and Percussion. We will explore these different categories, and as a Turtle Creek band, we will parade through the classroom and even take turns being the “Class Conductor”. For math, the children will follow patterns made by musical... View Article