Together in Learning, Together in Christ
N-6 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 NEWS
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We spent the week talking about the letter J, positional words and hibernation. We have read several books about hibernation, and we have put our bears into their "lair" (which is on my desk). Snooze our friendly classroom mascot comes out of his log every day to sing with us. He makes everyone laugh!
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Our mornings are busy and fun!
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The special helper and a favorite job.
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Some parachute fun.
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PLAYTIME!
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We are finishing our snowmen and getting ready to add the details.
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We celebrated a birthday this week!
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January 4th - January 8th
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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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The Epiphany is celebrated on January 6th. We took out our Nativity set one last time and talked about the Three Kins coming with gifts to see baby Jesus. We then made our own Three Kings craft.
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Our mornings are busy. After unpacking we begin our most important work - playing and socializing!
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We read the book "Snowballs", and then built our own snowman!
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Some playtime fun and bowling to end the day!
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Monday, December 14, 2020
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Our week was shortened because of the snow, but on Tuesday the children were all in the Christmas spirit! Christmas hats and headbands helped a lot. They were very excited to talk about the snow.
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We worked on a manger Nativity craft and had to pay careful attention to directions. The children did a great job and were so proud. They have heard the Christmas story several times and love to tell it themselves.
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The children also painted Christmas trees on the easel. When they are dry, we will decorate them and put a star on the top. This is a favorite activity and makes a beautiful decoration for the classroom. This painter had an audience while they waited patiently for their turn.
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Have a wonderful weekend and I will see everyone on Tuesday!
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Week of Monday, December 7, 2020
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This week we learned about the letter H, reviewed our shapes, talked about the birth of Jesus, and sang a lot of songs with our jingle bells.
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We spend the beginning part of our day building and working on various skills while we unpack. This class loves puzzles!
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We begin circle time with a prayer. The children are always excited to see who the special helper will be!
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We have been very busy making Christmas decorations! Some are sent home, many are hanging in the classroom and some are a secret -lovingly made to bring home to you. The children are very excited to wrap them.
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We were able to enjoy some outdoor play this week!
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
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We began the day with manipulatives today. The children like to go to different tables and work with friends. It is sweet to watch them socialize
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Here is our special helper holding the flag.
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We played a matching game to work on letter recognition and the children really enjoyed it.
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At play time, we made a scarecrow and sang the song "I'm a Dingle Dangle Scarecrow". The children love picking out the hat decorations and deciding which direction to glue the eyes but, best part of the project was scrunching up the paper to stuff his head! Aren't they cute?
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One of our favorite times of the day is lunchtime. The children love helping to set the table- flowers, napkins, and tablecloth. The conversation is the best part.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
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We worked on puzzles this morning. It is wonderful to watch them help one another. They really are developing nice friendships.
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The special helper was busy at work collecting the name tags, holding the flag and counting the days on our calendar.
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Here is the book we read today, "Elmer," by Davis McKee. We talked about how we are all different and special because we are uniquely created by God. They loved the book!
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The children water colored their own unique Elmer the elephant. Painting is definitely a favorite activity in this class. The children take their time working and chatting while they paint and they are very complimentary of one another's work.
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Some more playground fun. We have been so lucky with the weather.
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Our elephant craft!
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A lot of play time conversation here!
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Thursday, November 5, 2020
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Manipulatives to start the day today. Building things together is so much fun. Here are the children busy at work.
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The special helper of the day was very busy!
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Our maple tree counting song.
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Here we are having so much fun at play time!
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A very beautiful morning for the playground today.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2020
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What a nice day we had today! Here is our special helper collecting the name tags and holding the flag.
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The weather was nicer today. The sun was out, and the wind had died down, so we went outside to play.
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Running,
Running,
Running,
makes us so happy!
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We talked about the new month and all the things we see as the weather gets colder. We talked about the squirrels collecting nuts and acorns and then made our own squirrel. We used paint to give him a bushy tail. The children loved helping mix the paint colors to make gray.
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Thursday, October 29, 2020
Happy Halloween!
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We had a wonderful day! Here is the special helper collecting the name tags and holding the flag.
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We had a great time playing toss the pumpkin. We had to get it into the ghost's mouth! We also gave a furry spider a ride on our parachute.
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