Happy Happy Birthday Ellie!

Wishing this birthday girl the best year ever!!!! xoxox
Love, Pre-K :)

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful break and a great start to the new year! 2016 is off to a great start in Pre-K! We kicked off the new year by reading Squirrel's New Year's Resolution. We learned that a resolution was a promise to make to yourself to be better or to help others. Pre-K talked about some resolutions we might make in our own class and then, made noise makers out of some paper plates, paint and pasta! We counted down the the new year and paraded through school shaking our noise makers (stopping by to see Dr. Bonasera, Mr. Childs, Ms. Joyce, the cafeteria and Mrs. O'Brien's 2nd grade classroom)! Here's a few pictures of us during the countdown....10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2,1 ....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! 

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2016!!!!

Stay tuned for more pictures from 2015.....

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

Check out these one of a kind, hand painted Christmas Trees! We are now learning about Christmas traditions and a what's a better tradition than decorating a Christmas Tree?! The students made these trees COMPLETELY on their own, which is why they are so awesome. From painting to cutting the trunk and decorating...all on their own! The teachers cut out the painted trees and mounted them on paper, but that's it! I can picture these in a nice frame to use as a decoration year after year! 

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree! 

Polar Express/Pajama Day!

Pre-K and Kindergarten are having a special Polar Express/PJ Day on Wednesday, December 23rd! Children are invited to wear their PJs to school. We will watch the Polar Express and drink some hot chocolate! We can't wait for this well deserved fun filled magical day! Although it is PJ day, please send your child to school wearing sneakers. Reminder that this is also an early release day with dismissal at 1:10. Here's a little throwback to last year's Polar Express/PJ Day!

Wow...that conductor looks a lot like Dr. Bonasera! ;)

Little Learners!

So far the letters: c, o, a, d, g, and m have been introduced! We follow the Orton- Gillingham order. First, we focus on the lowercase letters (although we talk about the uppercase, too). Our main focus in letter identification, but letter sound is introduced and reviewed daily as well. After teaching letter/sound, we touch on letter formation. We teach the letter/sounds through a multi-sensory hands on approach. The kids are so excited and engaged when learning new letter! What more can we ask for?! Here are a few of our letter activities....

forming the letter g using green paper

d's with dot stickers

Alligator A's (eating the letter Aa)

Next up....letter Ll! 

Thank you!

Thank you for attending conferences! They were a success! I appreciate your kindness and support!

A few pictures of some December FUN in the SUN!

Hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the BEAUTIFUL weather! Thanks for visiting the Pre-K Post! Come back soon! :)

Happy Hanukkah!

 Pre-K has been learning about some of the Hanukkah traditions such as lighting the Menorah, playing the dreidel game and making latkes! We've been learning about these traditions through songs, poems, books and a special guest visitor!

Handprint Menorahs!

A huge THANK YOU to Whitney's grandma for reading us a Hanukkah story and teaching us how to make potato pancakes! 

We each had a turn grating potatoes and mixing!

Almost ready!

Ready to eat with a little bit of applesauce and they are delicious!!!!! Mmmmm!!!!
Thanks again! What a fun and yummy experience! More please! :)

Check out our dreidels! Some pretty cool, unique artwork using watercolor and dot paint! 

Happy Hanukkah!