January 20th-24th

 During the Month of January we have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.  Each day on our morning announcements we were introduced to a famous Latinos/as.  The Diversity Committee planned a fun-filled Hispanic Heritage Celebration for Community Time.

We decorated maracas.

We had a dance party in the gym to Hispanic music.

Mrs. Roz read us The Very Hungry Caterpillar in Spanish.
We colored a Spanish vocabulary coloring page.

Great friendships start in Nursery 3! 

We are still experiencing a high volume of illness.  Please refer to Mrs. Fox-Tully's email and the handy chart below when you are not sure if your child should attend school.  Thank you for working with me to stop the spread of germs in our classroom.  

Please join us for "A Night In Philadelphia".

The Auction is a wonderful night for parents to get to know each other.  All proceeds go to the students of Holy Child Academy. Tickets can be purchased by using the link below.

https://holychildacademy.ejoinme.org/anightinphillyacution2020

Sneakers MUST be worn for the safety of the child .  Children that do not have sneakers on will not be able to participate in PE; they will be given an alternate activity.

Looking ahead:

-Parent visitation will be Friday, February 7th.  Please save the date.
-There is no school on Friday, February 14th and Monday, February 17th.

-The annual auction is Saturday, February 29th, 2020.

Have a great weekend!

January 20th - 24th

Montessori Work Period

Kin is working on letter box 2 to match pictures to their beginning sounds.

Alexandra is working on 1:1 correspondence using the spindle box.

Elle matched numbers 0-25 using the INSTA-Learn board.

Charlie is using letter box 1 to match pictures to their beginning sound.

Arianna is using a do a dot marker to work on hand eye coordination.

Madison is practicing spooning small beads to strengthen her fine motor skills.

Lily is using tongs to move objects from one bowl to another; this lesson helps to strength the muscles necessary for writing. 

Amelia is working on 1:1 correspondence using our penguin/snowball match work.

Vienna is working with tongs to transfer objects from one bowl to another.  This helps to strengthen her fine motor skills.

Pre-Writing Practice

Pre-writing skills are essential for students to be able to develop the ability to hold and move a pencil fluently and effectively.  A major component of pre-writing skills are the pre-writing of shapes.  These are pencil strokes that most letters and numbers are comprised of.  These strokes include l, -, O, +, square, /, X and a triangle.  Below the children are writing l; they followed the line from the top to the bottom. 

Scholastic Book Club order forms were sent home this week.  Orders are due by January 29th and can be sent into school or purchased online by using our classroom code: RJ26P.  With every book order, our class receives free books or educational items.  Thank you for your continued support.

Please join us for "A Night In Philadelphia".

The Auction is a wonderful night for parents to get to know each other.  All proceeds go to the students of Holy Child Academy. Tickets can be purchased by using the link below.

https://holychildacademy.ejoinme.org/anightinphillyacution2020

Sneakers MUST be worn for the safety of the child .  Children that do not have sneakers on will not be able to participate in PE; they will be given an alternate activity.

Looking ahead:

-Parent visitation will be Friday, February 7th.  Please save the date.
-There is no school on Friday, February 14th and Monday, February 17th.

-The annual auction is Saturday, February 29th, 2020.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Devenney

January 13th - Jamuary 17th, 2020

We begin each morning at HCA with a prayer to thank God for our many blessings.

Anthony, Lily, Elle and Charlie completed a 24 piece puzzle together. 

Team work makes the dream work!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Since there has not been any snow on the ground, we decided to make our own.  We combined baking soda and conditioner to make the perfect consistency of snow.  We enjoyed playing in it!

This week we learned about the arctic and the animals that live there.  We discovered that if we traveled the arctic we would need special snow shoes.  On our journey through the frozen tundra we may run into an arctic fox, a snowy owl, a harp seal and maybe even a polar bear!



We explored the frozen tundra in our sensory bin.  (frozen shaving cream, blue food coloring, add animals before freezing)  Students were able to feel "frozen" as well as see how things thaw.

Please join us for "A Night In Philadelphia".

The Auction is a wonderful night for parents to get to know each other.  All proceeds go to the students of Holy Child Academy. Tickets can be purchased by using the link below.

https://holychildacademy.ejoinme.org/anightinphillyacution2020

Looking ahead:

- There will be no school on Monday, January 20th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.

-Parent visitation will be Friday, February 7th.  Please save the date.

-The annual auction is Saturday, February 29th, 2020.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Devenney