Together in Learning, Together in Christ
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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This Week in Nursery 2
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This week in Nursery 2, we are finishing up our letter E projects and learning all about the letter F. We are learning to go from left to right when counting on the calendar, and talking about autumn and the seasonal changes at circle time. We are reading Fall stories, talking about Thanksgiving and ways we can show our thanks for all that we have. We are working on patterns and number recognition too. As always, we are doing a lot of singing as well.
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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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F is also for finger painting. This was messy, but so much fun to do. The children loved discovering what happened when they mixed the colors together. They also enjoyed creating texture using different parts of their hand.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Here is our excellent special helper collecting the name tags!
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One of favorite parts of lunchtime, are the sweet conversations that we have.
The children love to help set the table, and putting the flowers out is a VERY big deal to them. They will reposition them over and over until they feel they are in exactly the right spot.
We set the table, say Grace together, the special helper gives each friend a wipe, and then they get their lunchboxes. When the children are done eating, they need to clean up their spot, put their lunchbox away and then they can come to the rug to read books.
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What a beautiful day it was to play outside. We had so much fun!
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Monday, November 4, 2019
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Here is our terrific special helper today, collecting the nametags!
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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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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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During circle time, we had a surprise visitor. A silly leprechaun came running in carrying our pastor, Father Adrian upon his shoulders. He made everyone laugh! Father Adrian wished everyone a Happy Halloween and was then off running.
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Danny's birthday was yesterday, so we celebrated it today. Here are his friends are giving him instructions to sit in the chair so that we could sing to him.
Happy birthday Danny!
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Here is some of our play time fun. Fishing, building with shapes and a party in the kitchen!
Have a safe and
Happy Halloween!
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