Dear Parents, Our holiday party was a great success. Thank you for supporting Arms Wide Open. Special thanks to the PTO for all their hard work! We will continue this month celebrating the holiday season. This week we will create menorahs and Christmas trees by coloring paper light bulbs and gluing them on the tree. We will be making menorah’s... View Article
Weekly Theme: Holidays Weekly Letter: Tt Weekly Number: 8 Weekly Color: Blue Hello Pre-K Families! This week we will continue to learn and prepare for the upcoming holidays. We will also continue to explore one letter and one number every week. This week we will be focusing on the letter “Tt”and the number 8 as well as the color blue.... View Article
Mrs. Cappelluti Week of December 9, 2019 Our Theme: The Grocery Store Our “Grocery Store”’ is ready for business! The children have enjoyed watching our dramatic play area transform into our very own class Supermarket! Our “class delivery truck” filled with groceries will be driven to the “grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony!” We will explore and role-play the different jobs... View Article
Pre-K Highlights for December 2nd – December 6th Monthly Theme: Holidays Letter: Ll Number: 7 Color: Green Dear Pre-K Families, I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families! Thank you for your cooperation in making our morning transitions much smoother. The children are taking to it well and will only continue to encourage responsibility and... View Article
Pre-K Highlights December 2nd – December 6th Weekly Theme: Holidays Weekly Letter: Ll Weekly Number: 7 Weekly Color: Red Welcome back Pre-K Families! We hope you enjoyed your mini break and had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This week we will be busy working hard on multiple holiday projects. We will be discussing December Holidays and the different celebrations... View Article
Dear Parents, We hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful and that you enjoyed the long weekend with your family. This month is all about the “Holiday Season”. This week we will be creating a “Cinnamon Gingerbread Man” by painting it brown and decorating it. We will be making our own Cinnamon Paint by mixing cinnamon and brown paint together. The... View Article
Mrs. Cappelluti Week of December 2, 2019 Our Theme: The Grocery Store Now that Thanksgiving has winded down, and all the crops on the farm have been harvested, we will help the children discover what happens next; how food gets to the grocery store. We will discuss and explore what we know about the grocery store, various jobs within... View Article
Dear Parents, We hope you enjoyed the weekend with your family. This week we will be creating “Turkey’s” using the children’s handprints; they also will be gluing feathers on it. We will be singing “The Be Thankful Song”. The children LOVE TO PAINT. They will be painting different vegetable’s and gluing them on a placemat. We are going to talk... View Article
Mrs. Cappelluti Week of November 25, 2019 Theme: Giving Thanks What a busy and wonderful month! We are reminded every day how much we have to be thankful for. This week we get ready for Thanksgiving and our class feast! We are busy sharing what we are thankful for and understanding how the Pilgrims and Native Americans came together to... View Article
Kindergarten Highlights November 18, 2019 Over the river and through the wood to grandmother house we go! We are settled into mid-November and the weather feels more like early winter than late fall. Before we know it, the holidays will sneak up and bite our nose just like the cold air did the other morning. The students seemed to enjoy... View Article