Friday, April 23rd

We had another beautiful week of spring weather! We had the chance to be outside a few days this week and enjoyed new centers in the classroom. We reviewed patterning with links in the math center and on worksheets. We continued practice with coloring, cutting, and gluing during our morning work. We welcomed a new friend, Daniel, to our class this week.

The class had a chance to see the Mr. and Mrs. Fish Assembly on Tuesday of this week. They learned about ocean animals in anticipation of our upcoming school-wide MARE theme. The children have a lot of fun activities to do related to ocean animals coming up in the month of May. MARE kick-off is May 5th.

Thank you to everyone for your help with the Tricky Tray basket! It was a great success!

Monday is picture day. All students will have their picture taken. They will send you home the pictures to review. You can then decide if you want to keep them and purchase them or send them back. I received some forms back already, and you can still send them Monday if you wish.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Remaly

Friday, April 16th

This week, we all adjusted coming back from a nice long spring break! Hope everyone had a great week off! We welcomed a new student, Marco, to our class.

Ms. Michelle did an obstacle course group on Wednesday of this week. The children really do a great job following directions, taking turns, and completing the gross motor tasks in the activity. With a growing class size, waiting for a turn is getting harder, but we are doing our best!

We did some coloring, cutting, and gluing this week at our morning table time. Some children have become independent in these skills and enjoy doing this work on their own. For others, scissor skills are new, and we are working to have them hold the scissors correctly (thumb up!) and snip paper with help. We spent some time on the playground this week with the nicer weather, too.

Kindergarten Round-Up was this week and I am excited for the students who are moving on to Kindergarten next year. I am so proud of all they have done in Preschool, and know that great things are ahead!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Remaly

Thursday, April 1st

Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Spring Break. Hope that everyone has the chance to get outside and enjoy the sunshine! See you back on Monday, April 12th.

Mrs. Remaly

March 26, 2010

Friday News
Friday, March 26, 2010

We had a chance to visit the playground this week again due to some nice weather in the beginning of the week. The children are doing an excellent job with the playground rules and really enjoying our time there.

We practiced rhyming words and AB patterns again this week as a review, and the children seem to have it down pat! We will introduce ABC patterns next week for practice. We have been working on a book about farm animals, and will continue this into next week.

Our Occupational Therapist did a gross motor group this week. The children loved being “sandwiches” inside two bean bag chairs! They hopped like bunnies (getting ready for that special one that is coming soon!) and hopped in and out of hoops. We did yoga this week as well, and they loved showing off some of the animal moves they know.

Just a reminder, there is no school next Friday, April 2nd. Spring break begins, and we will return to school on Monday, April 12th.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Remaly

Friday, March 19, 2010

Friday News
Friday, March 19, 2010

What a beautiful week of weather! We finally had the chance to visit the playground, after many weeks of being inside. The children had a great time! They loved climbing, sliding, and of course running!

We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by making rainbows, shamrock books, and counting gold coins. I will be sending all of our projects home today that have been on our walls in the classroom. The children enjoyed dressing up in Leprechaun hats and beards on Wednesday and visiting some of our friends around the school, delivering treats.

Mrs. Parks has reported that our Tricky Tray Basket is complete. Thank you to everyone who was able to help.

Next week, we will begin a unit on Spring Animals, which will continue until our spring break.

Have a great weekend- enjoy the sun!

Mrs. Remaly

Friday March 12, 2010

This week, we welcomed two new students- Kaitlynn and Karlee. Mrs. Ruskan is also back to join us!

We started a unit on St. Patrick’s Day and the color green. The children enjoyed making rainbows by sorting cereal by color. They are decorating our walls and will come home next week. Today, we made green milkshakes- what a great way to end a Friday!

We had a gross motor group with the OT on Wednesday this week. The kids enjoyed hopping, crawling, climbing, and rolling on the big therapy ball. They did a nice job following directions and taking turns.
I am truly proud of how independent the children have become in our daily routines. They stepped up to the plate and really helped out our new students this week, showing them what we do in our classroom each day.
Next week, we will finish up our St. Patrick’s Day activities and begin a unit on “Spring!” As the weather gets nicer, I hope to do some of our activities outside.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Remaly

Friday March 5th

We finished up our unit on “weather” that we continued from last week due to another snowy, long weekend! The children brought home their weather books that they made this week- I hope you enjoyed them! Each child also has a picture of themselves in the “weather news station” that Mrs. Gilberti created and they had the chance to report the weather in the microphone while another friend manned the camera! They had such a great time with this.

Next week, we will begin talking about St. Patrick’s Day and the color green. We will make shamrocks and green milkshakes! We will be counting and sorting gold coins and making rainbows.

The deadline is approaching for the Tricky Tray basket. If you are willing to help, please let Mrs. Parks know as soon as possible. The Tricky Tray brings a lot of money to our school that benefits our kids- I hope everyone can help out!

We will welcome two new friends, Kaitlynn and Karlee on Monday. Mrs. Ruskan will also be back to help us on a daily basis. We are excited to have them all in our classroom!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Remaly