Mrs. O'Gara
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Welcome to Nursery!
In our Nursery class at Saint Aidan, the students will experience learning in a safe, loving, child-centered environment, based on Catholic values. The program aims to develop readiness skills, social interaction, a love of learning, and compassion for others. The children will be introduced to parental separation, learning our class routines, songs, making friends, sharing, art projects, and listening to stories. Our day also includes music and movement, free play, prayer, and activities that develop both fine and gross motor skills. As the year progresses, the children will work on recognizing their printed name, letters, colors, shapes, and numbers. Catholic values are incorporated into our curriculum through books, daily prayer, celebration, and discussion of holidays.
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Nursery 2 Daily News
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Welcome to our class page
Nursery 2
2022-2023
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Week of October 3rd
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The third week of school has everyone settling in nicely! The routines are going very well, and the children are already excited for the chance to be special helper.
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Monday, September 26, 2022
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A very snazzy Nursery group today - all ready for their pictures! The special helper did a great job during circle time.
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Here is Mrs. Amarain, making sure everyone looks just right for their picture.
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Today we talked about the letter A. We read, "The Lady with the Alligator Purse." This is always a favorite, and we are sure to be singing it for weeks. One of our friends had the perfect snack to go with this book today. The Lady with the alligator purse cheers everyone up with pizza!
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We turned the letter A into an alligator!
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Lunchtime conversation
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Friday, September 23, 2022
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One of the first things we do each day is give out our name tags at circle time. We are working on name recognition. We say our prayers, chat a bit, and then the special helper then collects the tags, holds the flag and helps count the numbers on the calendar.
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It was a very windy day on the playground today, and the children were curious about the pinecones that have started to drop from "our tree." They have started a collection to save in the classroom!
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Today we had music with Miss Reagan. The children really enjoy singing and moving along to the songs that she teaches them. They also love when her service dog Queso joins the class.
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Tools were the toy of choice today at playtime. It seemed as if everything needed a little fixing.
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A little bit of easel painting made for a relaxing afternoon.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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Today we read the book, " The Apple Pie Tree," and talked about how an apple tree changes. We cut open a red, yellow and green apple and were surprised to see a flower shape and seeds on the inside.
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We painted leaves on our apple trees, and when they are dry we will add the apples!
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We made beautiful apple prints with the apples that we cut open. It was so much fun slamming them down on the paper! We loved mixing the paint colors.
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It was another great day to play outside!
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Monday, September 19, 2022
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The children are learning our class routine quickly! Here is the special helper collecting the nametags and holding the flag.
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Today we read "Apple Farmer Annie," as we began our apple theme. We practiced sorting the apples just like Annie did in the story. Today, we sorted by color, but we will continue to sort using different attributes.
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Here we are having fun on the playground.
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We celebrated another birthday today!
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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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It was a smooth transition to a longer day. We started our day with legos. The children were great at clean up. They really worked together.
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Our very first special helper was chosen. Here he is holding the flag.
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Today we started to learn about each other. We talked about birthdays; how important they are, and how we celebrate them. We talked about when we were babies (they loved this part).Here we are putting candles on the make believe cake. This is put in the play kitchen every time we celebrate a birtday in class. The children love to throw a party at playtime.
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It was a beautiful day to play outside. The children were so excited to visit the playground.
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Inside, we finally got to play with all of the toys!
We also painted our birthday crowns.
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Monday, September 12, 2022
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We had a wonderful first day together! We read the book, "Seven Little Mice Go to School." The children loved the snake sock puppet that was in our story basket.
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Snooze the bear came out of his log and made an appearance. He was a big hit. He cried when it was time to back in, but promptly stopped when the children agreed to come back. So sweet! I think it is going to be a great year.
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Painting with water colors.
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The children have really gotten used to our classroom routines. We meet on the rug after table activities and unpacking is done. We give out name tags, pray, and then see who the special helper of the day will be. The special helper is in charge of collecting the name tags before we say the Pledge of Allegiance, and then they hold the flag. New jobs are added on as the weeks go by, and it is amazing to see how eager they are to help.
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Here we are working on shape recognition. The children loved searching for shapes around the classroom.
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The best way to end a busy week is with some parachute fun! The special helper always gets a ride.
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Here we are doing a mitten match up game after singing a fun mitten color song .
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I will see everyone on Monday!
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019
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There are many daily routines in Nursery, and the children really like predictability. They feel comfortable when they know what is coming next and some reluctant students become more engaged when they know what to expect. Here is a staple of our morning - the special helper collecting the name tags and counting on the calendar.
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We spent time having a letter hunt this week to practice what we have learned. This activity is not about knowing the letters, but for working on visual discrimination. Even if a child is unfamiliar with the name of a letter, they can still find a match and feel successful.
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The weather was beautiful this week and made for a lot of fun on the playground.
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We highlight a new letter every week, but none of the concepts we introduce are in isolation. They are woven into everything we do and the goal is to have the children be the ones to eventually get excited about recognizing and pointing them out to us. Our learning in Nursery is done primarily through play. Today we went on a letter hunt!
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We have been talking a great deal about Thanksgiving. We have read about the first Thanksgiving, books about gratitude and today, a counting book highlighting some popular Thanksgiving food. "1, 2,3 Thanksgiving," by W. Nicola-Lisa. The children had a lot to say about the food!
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Today, we water colored some turkeys. Painting is definitely one of their favorite table time activities.
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Welcome back everyone! The children were all so happy to see one another again, and had a lot to talk about. We got right back into the swing of things and the special helper did a great job collecting the name tags, holding the flag, and marking off the date on the calendar.
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A busy week full of holiday projects and a lot of practice following directions. We made an angel, a Christmas tree, a manger scene, Rudolph and a candy cane too!
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Spirit week was so much fun, and the best was when we got to wear our pajamas. We got to see our tree lights get turned on, and we sang songs too!
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We sang some fun songs with our shaky eggs.
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There was time for play-doh too!
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As important as routine is in nursery, there are times when we need to break routine when things don't go as planned, in order to recognize the need of a student, or when something seems very important to a little one. Today it was needing to wrap the baby doll up just right, hold it tight, and bring it to the table for lunch (highchair and all). As young as they are, these children have tremendous capacity to love and care for one another. They watch everything we do!
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We reviewed our letters today with a game of memory using paper plates and then all took a turn trying to hit letters with the ball.
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Monday, February 10, 2020
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A parachute "clubhouse" is so much fun, and a great place to read books with your friends. "No grown-ups allowed," we were told!
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Not all children are fans of the parachute, so this week we did some unique parachute activities that everyone LOVED! The children did some block sorting on the parachute. It was interesting to watch them make corrections when they found a stray block. More, less, shapes, colors - we got it all in with this simple activity.
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Today we celebrated Charlotte and Ellie's birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Traina came in to read the book "Birthday Monsters," by Sandra Boynton. A perfect book since we are working on the letter M. We painted monster paper bag puppets also. They will come home on Wednesday after we use them to act out some funny monster stories!
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Have a wonderful weekend and I will see you on Monday!
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It was a beautiful day so, after lunch and reading time, we went out to play and had so much fun! It definitely did not feel like a winter day in February!
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One of my favorite moments of the week. A quiet moment in the flurry of free play. One student quietly reading to a friend and another stopping by to listen.
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We have been reading and talking about hibernation. We even made our own brown bears! Today we put them in their "den" to hibernate until the spring. We will check each day off on the calendar until spring arrives.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Week of October 25-29
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We started our day with puzzles!
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The special helper was very happy to do the morning jobs: collecting the tags, holding the flag, labeling the weather, and counting on the calendar.
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There was a lot going on in the kitchen at playtime today!
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A new job has been added for the special helper! We are crossing off the days until spring arrives and our bears come out of hibernation.
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The weather was so wonderful today that we decided to go out to play in the afternoon. When we told the children, they let out a big cheer. Rest time was much more restful after they had the chance to run and play.
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The special helper has many jobs. Collecting the nametags is the first job of the day.
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The mornings are for building and making things together at the tables. A house for a spider, and a colorful birthday cake!
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We have decorated the classroom with things that the children have made and it looks beautiful! They love looking at their work and talking about it. Sitting at the art table is a nice time to get to talk to the children one on one.
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Playtime with friends is so much fun. This week we welcomed a new friend to our class!
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May 17 - May 21
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Play-doh fun!
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May 10 - May 14
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Our busy special helpers this week. Look at all of the jobs they did!
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We had so much fun going to the St. Aidan pumpkin patch this week. The children were excited to pick out the perfect pumpkin. It was a windy, windy day!
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Some bowling fun in the afternoon. This is one of their favorite activities.
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We loved the book fair. Thank you to Mrs. Serrano, our school librarian and to all the moms that helped us shop.
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Finishing our letter V project:
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Some morning fun this week:
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Fun with crayons, paper and stickers!
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The playground on a beautiful sunny day!
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It was a beautiful day for the Walk-A-Thon! Thank you to all who joined us. The ice pops were delicious!
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Here are our special helpers this week doing their jobs:
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This week we learned all about the letter V, but first we had to finish our letter U craft. U is for Unicorn. The children all loved the pink glitter! Making the gluey triangle horn, scooping the glitter out and sprinkling it on, pouring the extra off - they loved it all!
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Playground fun!
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Who needs toys when you have a bunch of empty chairs? Spontaneous playtime fun - an airplane ride with a seat for everyone. The baby dolls even came along on the trip. The hardest part was waiting for a turn to be the pilot! Goodbye everyone. We're taking off!
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There is nothing better than getting to see your big brother at school and getting a hug.
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Cleaning up with friends always makes the job easier.
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Manipulative time this morning!
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Week of April 12-April 17
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Welcome back to everyone! It was so exciting for the children to be back with their Nursery friends. We got right back into our routine and had a great week. Here are some pictures of the special helpers this week:
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Monday, December 2, 2019
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We have been focusing on the spring and talking about the weather a lot. The April showers had us painting colorful umbrellas this week. They look beautiful hanging up outside the classroom.
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Here is the special helper of the day collecting the nametags, holding the flag and counting on the calendar.
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We were very busy today making our Advent wreathes and painting Christmas trees to hang up in the classroom.
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R was our letter of the week. Here we are coloring the Rainbow Fish and adding glitter to make one of his shiny scales.
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There was a lot of cooperative play happening in the classroom this week. From fixing broken things to making a meal together - this type of play encourages conversation, listening skills, taking turns, and best of all stretching the imagination!
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We added trains to the classroom this week and they were a big hit!
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We were lucky enough to get out to play this week when the weather cooperated.
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When it was too wet to play outside, we did fun things inside. Here we are bowling and cheering one another on.
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I will see you all on Monday!
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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There were puzzles to begin our day today. We love to watch them work together.
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Here is the special helper collecting the nametags, holding the flag and counting on the calendar.
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Play time is the best time to make friends. All of the children are making connections with their peers now. They are learning how to negotiate sharing, taking turns and expressing how they feel (both positive and negative). It is very interesting to watch how they come to the rescue when they see a friend having difficulty. It doesn't always go smoothly, but they have come so far in such a short time. This is hard work!
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It was wonderful to watch the children's faces, and hear them sing during our lower school tree lighting. One of the children walked past the unlit tree last week and said, "Google, turn the tree lights on," and now it has happened! They really do make us laugh every day.
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We began the day with block building.
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We had a very enthusiastic special helper today who was very excited for it to be her turn.
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Today we read the story of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," retold by Janet Stevens. We used blocks and our play animals to act the story out.
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It was a great morning to play outside. We were running, hanging, sliding, jumping and a few were trying to wake up a princess!
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Some free play after snack!
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Playtime was busy. The children were cooking for Mrs. Amarain, and there was a lot of laughing. Mrs. Amarain loves everything the children make even though they tell her there are hot peppers in everything!
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We had a fix-it crew working on the lockers today. They were loud but, the crew assured me that they all work right now. So much fun.
We had a great day! I will see you all on Wednesday.
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April 26-April 30
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We had awonderful time on the playground this week.
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Mixing paint for the most special project.
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"Writing letters" is one of our new favorite playtime activities.
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Finishing our caterpillars.
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Here are our special helpers for the week!
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The mornings are for playing and building together! It is one of our favorite parts of the day.
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Counting fuzzy caterpillars. We love this song!
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This week we read the book, "Fall Ball," and talked about all of the changes we see in autumn. We practiced raking and bagging some leaves up, and began painting our own leaves to decorate our painting board with.
"The month is November, the leaves falling down. The colors are crimson, and golden, and brown," is the song we sing at circle time.
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Lunchtime!
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We used Q-Tips to make the leaves on a bare tree. The children thought that the leaves looked nicer when we swirled the colors together!
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The weather cooperated and we had so much fun outside this week!
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Playtime fun
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We had so much fun learning about the letter O this week. We read several books about ocean animals and did many ocean themed activities.
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D is for dinosaur. We read dinosaur books, sang a dinosaur song, and played with dinosaurs this week. It was so much fun!
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It was a group effort to put the ocean puzzle together, and everyone that helped was very proud at the job they had done.
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We did our best to find ocean animal toys that matched the ones in the puzzle.
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We used different shades of blue to make an ocean scene. It was fun mixing and swirling the paint colors together. When it was all dry we glued little fish to it. Our favorite part was drawing on the happy faces!
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We did a little fishing in the afternoon while we waited for our friends to finish resting.
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The best part of this busy week was that we were able to go to our little playground again! The snow has melted and the weather was beautiful!
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Monday, February 3, 2020
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A traffic director and a bouquet of pretty flowers!
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We celebrated a birthday this week and it was double the fun!
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Welcome February! Our busy day began with manipulatives with patterning, sorting and gear assembly.
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We read the book, "Go to Sleep Groundhog!" by Judy Cox and then made cute groundhog paperbag puppets.
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March 8-12
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We introduced the new month and all of the special days. Today we talked about Groundhog's Day. No shadow and, an early spring proclaimed Punxsutawney Phil! Here is our special helper.
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In the afternoon we played with shaving cream! A messy, but fun sensory activity. The children had as much fun helping to clean up as they did playing with the shaving cream.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2020
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We started the day with manipulatives!
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We read the book "Fall Ball," by Peter McCarty. We loved the funny pictures, and the dog who jumped into the leaves. We took turns raking up leaves on the classroom floor.
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It was a beautiful day to play outside.
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Here is our special helper for the day collecting the nametags, and holding the flag. He was very excited to help!
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We were very busy during play time today. The children had fun with Mrs. Amarain setting up a big picnic and they also spent time trying to "fix" our refrigerator. It was a good day. I look forward to seeing you all on Monday!
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Working on puzzles and building together.
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We have fun together on the playground even on cloudy days.
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We love watching our butterflies!
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We had so much fun painting our own wings to wear for our butterfly release.
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Here were our special helpers this week:
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Finally! The day has come to release our butterflies.
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May 3 - May 7
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Here we are finishing up our T is for tree project. Crumpling up all the paper was the best part.
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Happy Halloween!
Aren't our jack-o-lanterns fantastic? We have had so much fun this week. Pumpkin picking, reading Halloween stories, dancing and playing fun Halloween games are just some of the activities we enjoyed.
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Monday, January 13, 2020
Happy Hibernation to our Bears
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A new week has begun! We started today off with table manipulatives.
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Here is our special helper of the day collecting the nametags, holding the flag, and counting on the calendar.
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Although the weather has been unseasonably warm, we are still talking about winter weather and snow! Today we read a Nursery favorite, "The Jacket I Wear in the Snow," by . The children love "reading" the book themselves using the repetetive pictures.
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We then made winter trees. We made one of these back in the fall and we will do one for every season.
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We went out into the hall and had some fun racing on the scooters. It was exciting to cheer one another on. It is especially fun when the teacher and Mrs. O'Connell get in on the last race. How silly! There was a lot of cheering and laughing going on.
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Monday, November 4, 2019
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We read the book "Seven Little Mice Go to School," and used the items in our story basket to tell the story. Everyone loved the snake and making train tracks out of the yarn.
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Here is our terrific special helper today, collecting the nametags!
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What a wonderful first day we had today! Everyone was just a little bit nervous at first, but then settled down as soon as we got in the room and unpacked. The children had an opportunity to play with some of the toys while we made our handprints, and then everyone helped to clean up.
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We read a great book today called "Fall Ball," by Peter McCarty. The pictures were very funny and led to us talking about many things that the season of autumn brings such as windy days, blowing leaves that we rake into piles, the day getting dark earlier, cold frosty nights and football. The children loved the illustrations which are simple but evoke lots of expression and movement. So much to talk about today!
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We even practiced raking leaves into piles. It took a little practice, but we got the hang of it and are ready to help at home!
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We used Q-Tips and paint to add some colorful leaves on the tree branches, the ground and swirling in the air too.
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We marched around the room to The Train Song, and practiced making all sorts of train noises. We stopped to take a quick snack break before going home. It was a very good first day!
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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Here is our special helper today carefully collecting the name tags, holding the flag, and counting on the calendar at circle time.
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I will see you all on Monday. Have a wonderful weekend.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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We began the day today with puzzles. Many of the children ask if they can move around to other tables to help friends do their puzzles. We really enjoy watching them socialize when they first arrive. We see students who like to do things independently, or who don't need help, accept help from a friend. This speaks volumes! Despite how young they are, they love feeling neeeded and they love to feel helpful.
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Here we are at the beginning of circle time!
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Here is the special helper today. She is collecting the name tags, holding the flag, and counting on the calendar.
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We read a funny book at story time called, "Scaredy Crow", and then began making our own scarecrows! We will finish them on Friday.
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We talked about positional words today, and watched Grover from Sesame Street explain them using a simple song. We then practiced acting out the words ourselves to the music. Everyone was laughing and really having so much fun.
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After lunch, we read books together on the rug. The goal is to get the children interested and excited to choose books that interest them. We want them to love reading. When they share a book they like with others, it is wonderful to listen to their conversations and watch their enthusiasm
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Friday, February 28, 2020
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How can you not be excited to come to school when this is how your buddies greet you in the morning?
We had fun this morning with building blocks.
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As the day wound down and everyone was tired, we did some block building on the front rug. They built a zoo for the animals.
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Here is our special helper taking charge this morning.
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We did a lot of singing today, and had fun making music with the rhythm sticks.
One student was so excited to demonstrate all the letters he could make with the sticks. Everyone was quick to jump in and offer suggestions. Learning is happening constantly!
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We painted a few more canvases to add to our color wall.
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January 4th - January 8th
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It was a very busy day! I hope that everyone enjoys the weekend. I will see you all on Monday.
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Happy New Year!
2021It was hard to come back and fall into routine after Christmas vacation. Once everyone was settled in however, it was so much fun to listen to the children talk about what they did while at home, what treats they left for Santa Claus and what he had left for them. It made for a very exciting circle time discussion.
This week we will be talking about the letter I. Ice cream scoops and cones were added to the play kitchen.
We will also be focusing on winter. Winter clothing, weather, and activities will all be part of the books we read, projects we make, and even the games we play. We are decorating our "art gallery" with snowmen. We begin by painting their bodies and then we will add all the details. They are as individual as the children.
We will discuss hibernation and the children will make bears. They will put their bears into a "cave" ( a painted box with a door) and the bears will take a long sleep until the first day of spring. The children will mark off each day they are in the cave until we take them out. This is one of the special helper's jobs each morning.
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Monday, December 9, 2019
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We welcomed 2021 with a fun project that had the children choosing shapes and colors, gluing and peeling stickers. This was great fine motor practice.
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Here is our special helper for the day, collecting the name tags, waving the flag, and counting on the calendar.
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We practiced singing our Christmas songs today and used jingle bells.
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Some playtime fun!
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We painted angel ornaments last week and today we added the glitter.
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In the afternoon we had some fun doing our "reindeer bootcamp". Here we are practicing pulling the sled and walking on the roof.
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Hello! Every year there is "the book." This is the book that no matter how out of season, or how long ago we introduced it we can never put away because of how much the children love it, and ask us to read it to them. This year the book is "Goodnight Gorilla, " by Peggy Rathman which I originally read to the class when the letter G was introduced. Although there are very few words, there are countless little stories held within the illustrations and everytime we read it they seem to notice more. It has been great for expanding their vocabulary. Even the little ones who have a hard time sitting for an entire book love this one!
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Friday, December 13, 2019
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There was so much creative building happening today. Look how hard they are concentrating, and how proud they are!
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Here is our special helper doing his morning jobs!
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Here we are having some fun decorating stockings.
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Here is an example how how we abandon the plan sometimes because the children love an activity and find a way to make it their own. We started with building activities. The children loved setting the big cardboard blocks up, but what they enjoyed more was finding different ways of knocking them down. They took turns rebuilding sturdy, balanced towers that did not fall down until someone crashed into them. So much laughing!
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We read "All You Need for a Snowman," and then we made our own!
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January 25th - January 29th
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Monday, November 16, 2020
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Every month we paint something different for our "art gallery". This month we are making snowmen! We love painting on the easel.
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The Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th, so we took out our Nativity scene one last time to tell the story of the three kings who came with gifts to see baby Jesus. Then we made a three kings craft.
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Here is our super special helper doing his morning jobs. As the weeks go by, we gradually add more jobs and the children gain confidence and are proud that they can do things on their own while feeling helpful. Each job addresses different skills including: speaking in front of a group, sorting, following directions, and decision making. Here we are collecting the nametags, holding the flag, and counting on the calendar.
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The song we sing at the end of every day:
Now our day is done.
We've had a lot of fun.
It's time to go, so don't be slow.
Goodbye to everyone.
We put the toys away, and now it's time to say:
Thank you, thank you, thank you God.
for this blessed day.
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In the afternoon, we took out the scooters once again, and used them while practicing shape recognition. The children scooted from one end of the room to the other, collected the shape called out, and then delivered it back to the front. So much fun!
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The children were excited to take turns painting on the easel during play time today. We experimented with fall colors and will hang the paintings up in our classroom. It will take us a few days for everyone to have a turn as we like to give each student as much time as they need. The decorations made by the children are the ones they like the best!
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Friday, November 13, 2020
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The children enjoy socializing in the morning. Whether they are working on puzzles, or working with manipulatives, they love to move from table to table to find friends to help.
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Here is our special helper of the day choosing a song circle. "We're Going on a Bear Hunt," is a very popular choice!
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We began our day today with manipulatives at our tables.
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We came in and worked on puzzles this morning. This class just loves puzzles! They do their own, help their friends and then ask to trade.
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We had so much fun racing on the scooters in the afternoon!
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Some fun with manipulatives!
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020
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We celebrated two birthdays this week in Nursery 2, and this birthday boy was very excited about it.
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Success!
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Our special helper was so happy that it was his turn today. Here is is busy with the morning jobs.
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We learned about the letter K this week and had fun going on a letter hunt. Ready, set, go.....
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It is hard to believe that we have reached the end of January already. It went by so fast. February will be a fun month filled with crafts, hearts and cards. I will see everyone on Monday!
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Our sweet birthday girl didn't want the fanfare but she enjoyed letting everyone know how old she was now and talking about her delicious chocolate cake and presents!
We always have birthday decorations hanging in our kitchen and a play birthday cake on the counter to let everyone know we are celebrating!
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We are working on the letter L this week. Today we read the book, "Is Your Mama a Llama,"by Deborah Guarino. We listened to a song, pretended we were animals and looked at photographs of baby animals with their mamas. We painted some lollipops too.
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Getting the babies ready for the party.
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Add some cake and some party hats.
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We did some easel painting today. The children are painting hearts to hang up for Valentine's Day. They love to get involved in mixing the paint colors.
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At playtime, many of the children spent some time at the table we had set up with paper shapes, glue, paper and crayons. They love to create independently.
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Don't forget the donuts and ice cream!
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Lunch, rest time, a fun game of Bingo, and closet toys rounded out the rest of the day.
**Reminder - Friday is a half day for conferences. All Nursery students will be dismissed at 11:30 am.
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Friday, November 8, 2019
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It was a busy morning and we began with manipulatives. It is wonderful how creative the children are!
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Here is our special helper collecting the name tags and counting on the calendar.
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We are working on the letter F. F is for fish! Here is some coloring we did at the table today.
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A floor puzzle at play time is much more fun when there are friends to help. They were very proud when they finished!
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