Happy New Year! The children and teachers are settled back into their routine and everyone is feeling great! With the New Year come new goals, new resolutions, and a new word. If you are having trouble coming up with any, we suggest you and your family make a list of what you want MORE of…
This past week, we talked All About our families and ourselves! We learned who’s in our family by looking at photos and videos. We created our own, “Who’s in our Family” Art as well as our “Classroom Family” wreath. We learned that we are unique, even down to our fingerprints and we created self-portraits art…
We just finished week two of the new school year and everyone is settling in nicely and getting used to our schedule and routine of the day! Routines are so, so important whether at school or home. Just like adults, children feel more confident and secure when their days are predictable and familiar. Routines can…
What a SUCCESSFUL and BUSY week this week! During Teacher In-Service week, the teachers and Admin. organized, cleaned, purged, planned and prepared for our fall school year. We also to time to have professional development training and team building activities. We hope you were able to go to our Fall Orientation to receive important information,…
We finished Camp Art & Movement Sensation this past week and it was SO.MUCH.FUN!!! The children participated in bike day, relay races, field day activities, parachute fun, yoga, breathing exercise, stretching, tie-dyeing shirts, and so much more!!! The benefits of regular movement are: Some of the other activities the children enjoyed participating in were Beach…
Yee-haw! We sure had fun down on the farm! We learned all about what animals you might find on the farm, jobs on the farm, healthy food choices, painting with vegetables, making cow masks, tractor bowling and even dressing like a farmer. Some of the other fun things that happened this week were, we harvested…
We are off to a great 2023 summer, but it is definitely flying by!!! In June, we WELCOMED SUMMER FUN by having fun themed days, like Pajama Day, Wacky Wednesday, Water Day and more!!! We then MERRY-GO-ROUND into Camp Carnival with themed outdoor stations, face painting, parachute play, snowballs, cotton candy and much, much more! As we moved into…
For our last month of the school year, we are focusing on SAVORING and PERSEVERANCE in Positive Psychology! Our Positive Education Focus this week, we discussed savoring and explained that it means to be in the moment, to be mindful as well as observe. We started the lesson off with discussing eating with all of…
This past week, we focused on our theme, Colors of the Rainbow! The teachers PACKED this week with LOTS of fun activities, games, art, science experiments, and more! During Cooking Class, the teachers discussed why eating rainbow-colored foods is so important and why it’s so good for you! Then the children followed the Colors of…
We are ending this a BLOOMING month by focusing on ways to relieve stress by eating healthy and drinking water. Here are two tips to control stress with food: The Benefits of Drinking Water: Getting enough water every day is important for your health. Drinking water can prevent dehydration, a condition that can cause unclear…