Welcome to our Pre-K! It is my pleasure to work with your children this year. I hope this will be the beginning of an amazing experience for your child. The curriculum in Pre-K provides a variety of preparatory activities that enable children to gain the readiness skills and tools they will need for future school success. Children gain independence, develop muscle coordination, and care for themselves. They learn to problem solve, socialize and love, and be loved as members of God's family. They will be introduced to religion, science and health, English language arts, social studies, mathematics, arts and crafts, and music.                                     
Morning Prayer:
God made the birds, God made the bees.
God made the sun, God made the trees.
Look all around you and you will see...
That God made you and God made me.
Thank you God, for all that you have made.  Amen.

Meal Prayer:
Thank you for the world so sweet,
Thank you for the food we eat.
Thank you for the birds that sing,
Thank you God for everything!

April - What we are working on...
Letters Bb (bears, beach, butterflies), Rr and Dd, color words,numbers 18, 19, 20 and review of 0 through 9 (phone number BINGO). Songs, fingerplays and nursery rhymes include My Dog Rags, The Butterfly Song, Five Little Seeds . Exploring favorite literature includes "One Little Butterfly',"The Runaway Bunny", "An Extraordinary Egg" and "Chicken Soup With Rice" (months of the year, our birthday month). We are working on a "Kindness Chain" - an act of simple kindness observed in our classroom and are practicing "Hail Mary". We are also looking for early signs of spring - lots of April showers, buds on trees, insects, and discussing ways to take care of our planet, Earth.

Important Dates/notes:
April 12 - return to school
April 23 - Show-n-tell
NJHS - Rosaries (black or white $1), beaded bracelets - 1 decade (blue, clear, or multi $3-)