Welcome to Mrs. Wakely's Class 2021-2022
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Class N-3
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Our goal for this year is to teach your children readiness skills that will be the stepping stone for their future years in school. Nursery is an important year as they are experiencing many new things for the first time. For some, it will be learning to separate from you. We will be learning socialization skills, making friends, sharing, and understanding routines, all in a child-centered environment. Children will explore through free play, story time, music and art, and movement. They will also learn to recognize letters, numbers, shapes and colors as the year progresses. We are fortunate to be doing all of this while incorporating our Catholic values and prayer.
This will be a wonderful experience for your child and I am excited to watch them grow. Together, let's make this a terrific year!
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We had a great week!
We loved learning about the lifecycle of a caterpillar. It was so exciting to come to school and see that they had broken out of their chrysalises and became beautiful butterflies. We were sad to see them go, but the children know they needed to spread their wings!
We had a great time at the St. Aidan Walk-A-Thon and loved having our families there to walk with us.
We also enjoyed a special performance of Frog and Toad. The children were a terrific audience!
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A Special birthday girl and a visit from father Adrian
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april
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Before spring break, we talked about Easter and how much Jesus loves us.
We made some beautiful chalk crosses to remind us of His love.
We are busy watching and learning about our caterpillars and their life cycle. They have already turned into chrysalis!
We celebrated a special girl's birthday and we thanked Mrs. Vitale on Secretary's Day for always helping us out!
We are happy to get outside on nice days and use the playground. We love our morning routine and especially our calendar activities.
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Good bye March, Hello April
We've been very busy learning the letter P for pigs and St. Patrick's Day, the letter Q for queens and quilts, and the letter R for rainbows and rabbits.
We also enjoyed watching a special performance of Seussical Junior and had some special characters visit our classroom!
We said goodbye to winter and welcomed Spring by painting flowers to hang in our hallway. We also practiced our shapes by creating a shape flower with triangles, circles, squares and rectangles.
We also played a fun game of getting the Easter eggs into the Easter basket using a spoon and only one hand.
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March is off to a great start!
We celebrated 2 special birthdays. We are continuing our letters and learned about the letter N and the letter O. We learned about numbers and nests and made an octopus and painted with the color orange. Mrs. O'Connell came in to offer us ashes for Ash Wednesday. We talked about how much Jesus loves us and how we can really be nice to each other the way Jesus taught us. We also celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday by listening to the Cat in the Hat and then we made our own hats.
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february
This month was filled with snow, Valentines, balance beams, stacking, and the Letter M! We read If You Take a Mouse to School and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. We also read Mouse's Valentine and the children were so excited to give out their Valentines in the mailbags they made.
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look at what we've been doing!
We have been busy continuing our letters and learning about J, K, L. We decorated snowflakes and talked about how each one is different and beautiful, just like us. We read Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and had fun making all the animal sounds. Then we made our own Polar Bears.
We learned about Groundhog's Day and made puppets and predicted what we thought the Groundhog would do. We also painted a picture for Chinese New Year and read Pepa Pig Celebrates Chinese New Year.
We were treated to ices for Catholic Schools Week. Yummy! The kids really enjoyed them.
We also celebrated a special boy's birthday. It's been a very busy few weeks in N-3!
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Look what we did this week
We learned about the Letter I and made insects and colored ice cream cones. We also made igloos by pulling apart cotton balls (a great fine motor skill!) and glued it on paper.
Winter is here! We read Curious George is Curious About Winter and Hungry Caterpillar's First Winter. We talked about what to wear when it is cold outside.
We also painted snowy trees to hang out in the hallway!
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Advent is here
It's been a busy couple of weeks! We are anxiously awaiting the birth of Jesus and we made our Advent Wreaths to help us know how soon that will be. We are also very excited to celebrate Christmas and have been busy working on lots of projects to help decorate our classroom and our homes. In between, we have learned about the letters G and H. We made Gingerbread Girls and Boys and love reading the story over and over. We especially had fun using glitter! We will decorate Santa's Hat to celebrated the letter H. It's a fun time to be in Nursery!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
We made some Thanksgiving crafts and talked about the special people in our lives that we are thankful for. We also learend about the letter F and some words that start with F, like Family and Feathers on a turkey.
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November 8-12
This week we learned about the Letter E. We listened to the story Elmer the Elephant and talked about how he was different from the other elephants and that's what made him special! The children had so much fun making their own Elmer.
We also went on a leaf hunt. The children brought in lots of leaves from their own leaf hunt at home. We sorted them by color and looked at all the different sizes and shapes they found. We did some leaf rubbing and looked carefully at them through a magnifying glass.
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November 1- 5
On Monday, we took a walk around St. Aidan School grounds to look for statues of saints in honor of All Saints Day. The children were very excited to point one out when they found one!
We learned that D is for Dog and found some other D words. We also painted circles and looked for some around the room.
We had fun using magnifying glasses to look closely at fall items from the sensory box such as acorns, leaves, pine cones and small pumpkins.
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play time is always fun!
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the letter c, fall, and halloween
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Pumpkin patch!
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B is for Bear and Bus!
This week was all about the letter B. We read The Bear Came Over to My House and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? We also sang "The Wheels on the Bus". We made bears and recalled what the Brown Bear saw in the book. We also ripped yellow paper (an important skill to help strenghten our fingers and hands) and used it to cover our school buses.
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We love the playground! It's a great time to take a mask break and see these adorable faces!
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The weather has been very cooperative.
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Check out these smiles!
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Week of 9/27-10/1
This week we continued learning about apples and had some fun using apples to make apple prints. We talked about which color apple they like best and sorted them by their color.
We also learned that A is for Alligator! We used water colors to paint pictures of other words that start with the letter A.
During our morning activites, kids explore with different manipulatives. This week they had fun seeing who can make the tallest tower!
We also started centers this week with our other Nursery friends. One activity we did was play "Don't step on the lava"! It was fun to jump from shape to shape without touching the floor. It was a great week!
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September 20th-24th
This week was all about the color red and apples!
The children had fun coloring, stamping, and gluing red tissue paper onto apples. It was a great way to work on their fine motor skills.
We keep working on our daily routines and the children are really getting the hang of it. This week we added the job of flag holder. They also learned how they can enjoy "reading" books from our library and they continue to enjoy doing our puzzles. Our full day students love having lunch together. And of course, we love to go outside and play on the playground!
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We had a great first day!
The children explored the classroom and played with some of the toys. They colored a first day of school picture. They had snack and did some dancing. We are off to a wonderful start!
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It is hard to believe that this year is quickly coming to and end. The past few weeks we have been very busy finishing up with the letters Y and Z, reviewing our shapes, and creating patriotic crafts for Memorial Day and 4th of July. We have also been very busy practicing for our Nursery Graduation on Monday, 6/14. The children are so excited to perform in the "big show" and show off their special singing talents. We can't wait!
On the last day of class, we colored a picture like we did on our first day of school to show how much we have grown!
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Our two special summer birthday boys!
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Our last day on the playground
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St. Aidan Walk-A-Thon!Thank you parents and special people for joining us!
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Book Fair, Red Day, and Ices! We loved Spirit Week
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We can't forget our Special Birthday Boy!
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May 10-14th
This week we made caterpillar counting books, butterflies using markers and drops of water from an eye dropper (to make the colors blend together), and enjoyed making a picture of what a Spring Garden looks like. We also celebrated our Blessed Mother Mary by bringing in flowers for the May Crowning. The children were so excited to add their flowers to make a class bouquet. They were presented to Mary in the Church by the 8th grade students and we got to watch it live! It was truly a beautiful ceremony.
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Live-stream May Crowning!
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Celebrating A Special Birthday Girl
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We love Spring!
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Time to release our butterflies!
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April 26-30th
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This week we spent a lot of time observing our caterpillars. We watched them change from a caterpillar to a Chrysalis, and now we will wait for them to become butterflies!
We also learned about the letter U. We talked about how we need umbrellas for those April Showers!
We also celebrated another special boy who turned 4!
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April 19-23
This week we got our caterpillars! We are observing how they look and can't wait to watch them change into butterflies. We also learned about the letter T. We celebrated Earth Day by painting our own planet Earth. We talked about how we can help keep our community clean. It was also Secretary's Day and we couldn't wait to thank Mrs. Vitale for always helping us!
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April 12-16th
It was a great week back after a nice, long Easter break. We celebrated a special boy's birthday. We learned about the letter S and are learning all about Spring! When always look for the signs of spring when we go outside. We painted some beautiful flowers that are hanging in our hallway. We also reviewed our shapes and made a flower by matching up triangles, rectangles, circles and squares.
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Finishing up themonth of March!
We celebrated two special birthday girls this week! Happy 4th birthday!
We had fun making Queens and Quilts for the letter Q.
We talked a lot about how much Jesus loves us and we made some beautiful crosses to remember that He died for us and is risen on Easter Sunday.
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Little Leprechauns on the Loose!
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Such a fun week celebrating St. Patrick's Day
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A leprechaun made a mess of our room! We tried to find him but he was just too tricky. We even made rainbows hoping he would come back to look for his pot of gold, but no luck!
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Week of March 8-12Learning the letter P and making rainbows!
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(Early morning drop off startingtheir day with some breakfast!)
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March 1st-5th
We had a very busy week! We celebrated two special birthday girls on Wednesday and Friday.
We also celebrated Dr. Seuss all week by having crazy hat day, Wacky Wednesday, and pajama day. It was lots of fun! We even had a special reading of the Cat and the Hat thanks to our librarian, Mrs. Serrano. The children also went fishing for One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish!
We also learned about the letter O and the color orange.
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2/22-2/26Numbers, Narwhals, and Nests! We love the letter N
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Happy 100th day of school!
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February 8-12
This week we learned about the letter M and we also celebrated Valentine's Day. We read Happy Valentine's Day Mouse and Five Silly Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. The children had fun decorating their Mailbags and they gave their classmates special Valentine treats.
Some of the kids had fun with unifix cubes and made patterns. We also had a special visit from the music teacher, Ms. Stone, via Zoom. We got to learn some fun songs and have a sing-along! Thank you Ms. Stone!
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2/1-2/5Our week was shortened because of the snow, so we made our own snowman/woman!
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The children enjoyed their special snacks to help celebrate Catholic Schools Week!
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Week of 1/25-1/29
We had a busy and fun week in N-3!
We started off our Monday with some parachute fun!
We practiced our colors by picking a colored bean bag out of the bucket and searching around the room for something of that color. We also were introduced to the letter L.
Later in the week we read Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Then we made our own Polar Bears and did some sequencing using pictures from the story.
We also love using our smartboard, especially during our morning circle time. We love "creating" our special helper of the day. This month we are building a snowman. The kids love to pick silly hats and arms!
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Week of 1/18-1/22
This week we learned the Letter K, the color blue, and painted and looked for squares.
We also used lots of tools with our play-doh. We spent a lot of time using safety scissors to practice cutting the doh. Thumb facing up! They really got the hang of it and were so proud of themselves when they were able to do it.
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Week of 1/11-1/15
We had fun learning about the letter J. We spent a lot of time this week practicing the correct grip "thumb, pointer, tall man...pinch, pinch, pinch" and using our "helping hand" to hold down our papers. It was also fun picking out colors to color in our jelly beans!
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Happy New Year!
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Week of 1/4-1/8
I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and was able to enjoy some precious time together. The children came in and were ready to get right back to work! We used water colors to paint a New Year's sign. We learned the Letter I and made Insects and Igloos.
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The children also had fun using the balance beams and scooters. We are ready to continue growing and learning in 2021!
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Blessed!
We love when Father Adrian comes to visit us. He always puts a smile on our face with his funny jokes and kind words.
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We started sponge painting the feathers on our turkeys.
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Week of 10/26-10/30
What a great week in N-3!
We had lots of Halloween fun, including a trip to our very own Pumpkin Patch!
We also learned about the letter D and found lots of D words.
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Week of 10/19-10/23
We read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and continued learning about the letter C. We stamped some "chocolate chips" on the letter C.
We also are having fun learning the song "Five Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate". We made our own pumpkins sitting on a gate and decorated their faces.
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October birthdays
Happy Birthday Finn!
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Wakely, LoriAnnlwakely5547staidanschool.orgNursery Teacher
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We took turns looking in a mirror to see what color our hair and eyes are. We saw how we are all different and all special!
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Learning About Earth Day and the Letter T!
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We Describe Our Special Helper
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Week of 10/5-10/9
The letter B is here! We read The Bear Came Over to My House and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? We also learned that B is for Bus. We did a fine motor skills activity in which the children had to rip contruction paper into pieces and glue it onto their bus.
We also know that Autumn is here! We talked about the changing colors we see on the trees and made our own Fall Trees. We read Mouse's First Fall. We also painted with water colors.
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You'll Always Be in Our Hearts N-3
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Community Helpers
We learned all about the special people that help keep our community safe. We picked our favorite community helper and had a puppet show on Zoom! It was so much fun.
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Our virtual Memorial Day Celebration!
Some of the children wore red, white and blue to our Zoom meeting. We sang a song about Memorial Day and how we should remember and thank our soldiers. We made flags that we can hang on our doors.
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This week we are learning more about Spring! We are learning all about the parts of a flower. We also learned that V is for Vase to put the beautiful spring flowers in.
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Our Morning Routine
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Our September Birthdays!
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Nursery NewsEveryone is doing such a great job with their crafts and projects. I love getting all the pictures! As per my email, I hope you were all able to get onto Starfall.com as it is a wonderful resource for the children. Stay tuned for my video messages every Monday, Wednesday and Friday in which we can say our morning prayer together and sing our good morning song. It will also show you the craft for the day!
Please continue to reach out with anything you need and keep those pictures coming! I love seeing all of your beautiful children. They make me smile.
A great read aloud that you can find on youtube is When Spring Comes, by Kevin Henkes, and a terrific spring song to learn is Spring is Here by the Learning Station.
Don't forget some easy songs to sing with them:
There are 7 days, there are 7 days, there are 7 days in a week.
Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday,
Saturday.
They also know the months of the year song:
January, February, March and April,
May...June...July and August,
September, October, November and December,
These are the months of the year.
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