Half Day had a wonderful week ! We enjoyed using our different senses, even though our focus was on hearing. We thanked God for all the things we see, hear, taste, smell and touch! This included our tambourines, scooping out the insides of our pumpkins and tasting caramel apples ( well, most of them tasted...Read More
We had a great time celebrating Halloween in the classroom today. This month has been full of fun learning and hands on activities that were all things Halloween! A few talking points to ask your child about: When you did the candy corn experiment, what happened when you put the drops of vinegar on the...Read More
Organized Chaos! That would be the term for this week. Today we had our Halloween Party. Our Buddies from PreSchool came to visit us. They sang us a song, and we helped them make a pumpkin craft. We were able to walk around the Haunted Car Yard even though the weather was not cooperating. This...Read More
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~NEWS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Religion: This week the school will attend a presentation of the Living Rosary on Monday by the 8th grade class. The class will also be talking about the fact that Jesus died and rose to save us from our sins. We will learn the meaning of these words: crucified, faith, Kingdom of God, and...Read More
Looking Back… *Rainbow week was fun and bright. We dressed in rainbow clothes, made beautiful rainbow squares and learned a rainbow song! Our rainbow squares are decorating our hallway this week. *6th Grade Buddies assisted us in making mosaic pumpkins for Halloween…using squares of course, our shape of the week! *Spooky centers were so much...Read More
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Religion: This week the school will attend a presentation of the Living Rosary on Monday by the 8th grade class. The class will also be talking about the fact that Jesus died and rose to save us from our sins. We will learn the meaning of these words: crucified, faith, Kingdom of God,...Read More
Half day continues to grow everyday with our words, comfort level, and abilities! We focused on the letter Hh this week and had lots of fun hopping and huffing and puffing as we did this. Ask them to show you the motion for the letter Hh ( it is a hand cupping near the mouth...Read More
Another week of fun in JK! We hope you are starting to see some independence in your children since the start of the school year! Have you noticed your child helping around the house more? Maybe emptying their own backpack/lunchbox to show you there school work? We have a rule that they should try 3x...Read More
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Religion: This week as we work our Second Step program we will be talking about and role playing ways that we can express concern for people around us. Using our Religion series the class will hear about and discuss ways Jesus’ taught us about the gift of faith God gave us. Reading: We...Read More
Looking Back… *Our short week was a busy one. We reviewed our first five letters that we learned-Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, and Ee with our Jolly Phonics songs and stories and our new alphabet card game. *Carving our pumpkin was messy and fun. We took turns exploring the inside of the pumpkin and described how...Read More
