Friday, September 29, 2017

Colors, Shapes and a 90th Birthday!!

Hi!   This week we talked a lot about the colors red, blue and yellow.  We are working on identifying, matching and finding within our environment.  We also talked about the shape circle.  Again, we worked on identifying, matching and finding within our environment.   A fantastic way to reinforce this skill at home is to play games like "I spy" when driving in the car, going for a walk or just hanging around the house.  

The children created some process art during our work and art time using red, blue and yellow paint as well as plastic cups (circle).  Process art  is one of my favorite ways of creating with twos. Process art is using tools other than paintbrushes to spark creativity and the ability to think outside of the box. The process is the point, seeing how the tools work with the paint colors, and it’s fun to ask children how they think this object will work in place of a paintbrush.


Painting with marbles!



 Painting circles with cups!





 
 
 
 
We have really been enjoying our specials!  Gym with Mrs. Mosser allows us to stretch and get out our two year old energy!!
















We had our first visit to the library and it was AWESOME!!! We are a class that enjoys books independently or during story time.















To close our week we celebrated Holy Child Academy's 90th birthday! Each child received an anniversary tote bag as a gift. We attended our first school wide event, a lunch in the cafeteria with the entire student body, and it was a great success! We had some helping hands from our 6th grade buddies. We were so happy to be part of such a wonderful milestone:-)















Things to Do at Home:

-Practice cleaning up with your child.  Montessori education is all about independence and responsibility.  We are learning how to clean up our work before beginning a new activity.  Reviewing this at home is greatly appreciated.

-Review primary colors: red, yellow and blue.  You can pick out various items of red, yellow and blue in your environment and ask your child to identify them.  If they have mastered colors, you can do this with shapes.

-We are working on sitting at the table for snack and waiting for all our friends to finish.  Please try to do this during meal times at home. 


Important Information:

-Scholastic Book orders went home on Thursday.  Orders are due by October 2nd or you can order online using our class code RJ26P. 



I Hope to see you all at Linvilla Orchards on Saturday.  Just a reminder, the hayride leaves at 10 am sharp!


Have a great weekend :-)






Friday, September 22, 2017

Happy Friday from N2!!


Hi there!   Thanks for coming back to check out what N2 has been up to this week!  We are still getting acclimated to our Nursery School environment but Mrs. Festa and I are so proud of the strides we have made in just the short time we have been together. 

Every morning we talk about our class rules.  This week we created our class contract.  We read over and discussed our classroom rules and why they keep us safe.  Each child's hand was traced and place on our "contract". 






We have begun to learn a few of our Montessori lessons and work time has gone quite smoothly.  Check out these hard working N2 students!!









In keeping with our apples theme, on Wednesday we made apple volcanos.  The children just loved seeing the apples "erupt"!   We also used our senses to explore the apple volcanoes.  We used our hands to feel the foam that erupted from the volcanos, we used our noses to smell the vinegar used to make the eruption, and our eyes to observe it. 









Things to Do at Home:

-Practice cleaning up with your child.  Montessori education is all about independence and responsibility.  We are learning how to clean up our work before beginning a new activity.  Reviewing this at home is greatly appreciated.

-Review primary colors: red, yellow and blue.  You can pick out various items of red, yellow and blue in your environment and ask your child to identify them.  If they have mastered colors, you can do this with shapes.

-We are working on sitting at the table for snack and waiting for all our friends to finish.  Please try to do this during meal times at home. 


Important Information:

-Scholastic Book orders went home on Thursday.  Orders are due by October 2nd or you can order online using our class code RJ26P. 

-The HCA 5K Race/Walk and 1 Mile Fun Run is this Saturday, September 23!!  Lace up your sneakers and get ready!!  The race begins at 8:30 a.m. sharp.  I hope to see all my little friends at the Dragon Dash :-)

-HCA Early Childhood family fun day at Linvilla Orchards is Saturday, September 30th from 9:45-11:45. The cost is $10 a person. The price includes a hayride, entrance to the playground and pumpkin painting. The hayride will leave at 10 a.m. sharp. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Kellich at rkellich@holychildacademy.com



Have a great weekend!










Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Our first full week of school!!!

Welcome to the N2 blog!   I will blog and post pictures here often during the week.  This is also the place that you can find any important information pertaining to N2.  Please be sure to hit "follow" so that you can receive notifications when a new post is up on the blog.

We have had a busy first full week of school!  Although we still have some tears, which is completely age appropriate, the children are adjusting nicely to their Nursery School environment.  We are learning how to clean up after ourselves at snack, lunch and work time, roll and unroll a work rug, and walk quietly in a line .  The children are working hard, and we are so proud of them.

In the last week and a half we have read books about the beginning of school.  The children really enjoy  The Night Before Preschool by Natasha Wing and Pete the Cat Rocking In My School Shoes by Eric Litwin.  I have introduced how to handle a book properly. For example, I demonstrated how to turn the pages gently as well as identified the front and back of the book.  We have also read books and sang songs about apples.   We will continue to do so in the weeks coming in preparation for Fall.   Wednesday we had an apple tasting and created a pictograph of our votes.  Granny Smith won by a landslide!!  We also had a chance to examine inside of the apple.  We observed the core and saw that the green apple had white seeds and the red apple had brown seeds. 

We began our specials this week.  The schedule is as follows:
Monday/Wednesday - Gym
Tuesday/Thursday - Music
Friday - Art


Things to Do at Home:

-Practice cleaning up with your child.  Montessori education is all about independence and responsibility.  We are learning how to clean up our work before beginning a new activity.  Reviewing this at home is greatly appreciated.

-Review primary colors: red, yellow and blue.  You can pick out various items of red, yellow and blue in your environment and ask your child to identify them.  If they have mastered colors, you can do this with shapes.


Braden sorting apples.

 

Apple pictograph--Granny Smith wins!!!

Grace and Ben apple sorting

Tasting the apples.

CJ tells Maya he likes the red apple  better!

 
Eating our lunch in the cafeteria.

Maya apple sorting,


 
Music with Mrs. Clay.

 
Kylie strengthening her fine motor skills with play doh,











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