T-Th Preschool News - Week of Sept 27

Hello Tuesday-Thursday Families,

This week we learned about friendship at preschool Of course, one of the most important things that we wanted the children to know is that Jesus is their friend! I found this song on the You Tube site Cullen's ABCs and thought it would be perfect to teach the children...

I Have a Friend

I have a friend who loves me so
And Jesus is his name-o
J-E-S-U-S
J-E-S-U-S
J-E-S-U-S
And Jesus is his name-0

Here are some of the other things we did this week...
We had our pictures taken by Miss Leslie (the proofs should be in next week!)
We played with puzzles at greeting time this week.
We made cards for our friends (the stickers were a big hit!)
We practiced counting and sorting skills by playing with peg boards. They were a favorite with all of the children!
We celebrated the last day of September by wearing red and by painting the letters R E D to hang up in our hallway.


We read the stories "All Things Bright and Beautiful" by Ashley Bryan and "Forever Friends" by Carin Berger. Both books had beautiful collage illustrations that the chidren really enjoyed.
We took a walk on our church sidewalk to look for signs of fall. The boys and girls are doing so well on our walks. It's hard to believe that it's only September!

Enjoy the beautiful fall weather!
Miss Jean, Miss Amy and Miss Pat

T-Th Preschool News - Week of Sept 20

Let the little children come to me... Matthew 19:14

Hello Tuesday-Thursday Preschool Families!

First of all, let me say thank you to everyone for joining us this week at our Curriculum Night. Being involved with your child’s school life is a very important part of parenting!

We’ve had another wonderful week at preschool! Our theme this week was family! We talked about our family members at home, our extended family who may live far away from us, and our preschool family. Our art project on Tuesday was drawing our family members on house shaped paper. The teachers had so much fun hearing all about the people who live in your houses! On Thursday, we took a long sheet of paper and drew ourselves on it, so we now have a portrait of our Preschool Family to hang up in the hallway (look for it next week when you’re here!).

We read two stories about family members this week. What Mommies Do Best by Laura Numeroff and The Daddy Book by Todd Park. Numeroff and Park and two wonderful children’s authors, so if you have a chance to visit your local library, be sure to look at some of their other books!

For science this week, we talked about the change of seasons and brought out some related activities. Can you believe that fall is already here? In our exploration station, we brought out a leaf matching game where the children would be able to find two leaves that are the same color and the same shape. We also added some laminated paper leaves that had capital letters written on them, so the children could pick a leaf and tell us what letter they found.

We also played a seasons game that had four seasons and we had to match the correctly clothed people pieces to the season where it belonged. Many of the children enjoyed it so much, that I’m sure we’ll be bringing it out again soon!

For large motor, we enjoyed the beautiful weather once again as we played on the playground. We also took our first walk on the church sidewalk using our “Rainbow Rope.” The rope has colored rings on it that we can hold on to. It makes going on walks so much fun!

We are looking forward to next week when we have picture day on Tuesday, September 28. Bring those smiles to school!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Jean, Miss Lacy and Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week of Sept. 20

I praise you God, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

We would like to thank all the parents who attended our curriculum night this week. We are glad to see everyone's interest in their child's preschool education.

We’ve had another great week here at the preschool! This week’s focus was on “Friends and Family.” We talked about our many different kinds of families, including our family at home, our family with Christ, and even our classroom family.

Here are some of the things we did in preschool this week…

Drew a family portrait with markers,
Created “Our Classroom Family” mural,
Made cards for friends or family members
Learned some new songs and fingerplays, such as

“Some Families”

Some families are big. (spread arms out wide)
Some families are small. (bring arms close together)
But God made our families one and all! (point up in the air)

Some families are big. (spread arms out wide)
Some families are small. (bring arms close together)
But God loves our families one and all! (cross arms over chest)

Some families are big. (spread arms out wide)
Some families are small. (bring arms close together)
But God keeps our families one and all! (cup hands in front)

We played on the playground, Duck, Duck, Goose, the Silly Dance Contest, and the Hokey Pokey.
We listened to the stories What Moms Can’t Do, What Dads Can’t Do, by Douglas Wood, and Little Quack’s New Friend by Lauren Thompson.
We also used hole punchers on red paper to develop our fine motor skills, and practiced our writing skills in our notebooks.

Also a reminder, this Wednesday, September 29th, will be our class's preschool picture day.

We had lots of fun this week and hope to have even more next week!
Miss Amy, Miss Michele, Miss Jean, & Miss Pat

T-Th Preschool News - Week of Sept 13

Thank you, God, for making me!

Dear Tuesday-Thursday Families,

We've had another wonderful week here at preschool! This week our theme was "All About Me!" We continued to work on learning each other's names this week, and we have been busy learning all about our new preschool friends. And we all remembered to say "Thank you, God, for making me!"

One of our highlights this week was getting a visit from Miss Colleen who works on the bookmobile! She left the bookmobile at the library this time, and just came into our classroom to read a story. The bookmobile visits our preschool each month, switching between the T-Th class and the MWF class. Watch your calendar for the first time we actually get to go ON the bookmobile!

Here are some of the fun things we did at preschool....

For art, we painted with red paint and played with red play dough
We learned about our bodies this week when we played with our human body puzzle and our handprint puzzles. The handprint puzzles also helped us learn our numbers 1 - 10.
We had fun building amazing things with our castle blocks this week.


For fine motor skills, we had the chance to tear strips of red construction paper at our Exploration Station (aka the sensory table).
For large motor this week, we played outside on Tuesday, and stayed inside to play Duck, Duck Goose on Thursday (the children had so much fun with that!)
We read two more big books this week: Mice Squeak, We Speak by Tomie DePaola and Eeny, Meeny, Miney Mouse by Pascoe and Williams.
We had fun being silly when we sang our good morning song in "kitten voices"
We also celebrated TWO birthdays this week! Thanks for the yummy birthday snacks!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! See you back at preschool next week!
Miss Jean, Miss Lacy and Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week of Sept. 13

Thank you, God, for making me!

Hello Monday Wednesday Friday Families!

We have enjoyed another terrific week here at preschool. This week’s topic was “All About Me” and we learned that each and every one of us is special. Each child had an opportunity to share with the class positive qualities about themselves, and about what was special about them.

This week we also…
Painted an abstract picture using red tempera paint.
Sang “Jesus Loves Me” and “I Am Special”
Learned the movements to a poem “Me”
Created self portraits of ourselves.
Worked out our wiggles by doing the “Silly Dance” (which was a huge hit!)
Used yellow and purple tempera paint to create “My Hands” picture


Listened to the stories Designed by GOD, So I Must Be Special by Bonnie Sosa, You Are Special, Little One by Nancy Tafuri, and From Head To Toe by Eric Carle.
Played Duck, Duck, Goose in the GYM.
Demonstrated our knowledge of numbers by playing the Number Game.
Practiced taking turns while playing “Follow The Leader”.
The weather was great this week so we all had the chance to play on the playground.

Looking forward to another great week!
Miss Amy, Miss Michele, Miss Jean, & Miss Pat

T-Th Preschool News - Week of Sept 6

A cheerful look brings joy to the heart. Proverbs 15:30

Dear Tuesday-Thursday Families

It has been a wonderful first week at school! Our two main goals this week have been getting to know your children and helping them adjust to their new environment. We are also learning our morning routine and getting familiar with our classroom environment and our classroom rules.

Here are some of the things we've been doing already in just two days...
Learning our good morning and good bye songs...

Good Morning Song

Hello, Hello
Hello and how are you?
I'm fine, I'm fine
And I hope that you are too!

Good Bye Song

Now our time at school is done
We've learned so much and had some fun!
We'll be back to smile and play
And see our friends another day!

And learning our grace prayer at snack time...

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

Starting our day with Play Dough while we get to know each other
Learning to sit together on our rainbow rug (your children did great!!)
Listening to the story I Like Me (in big book form)
Listening to the story Good Night Moon (also in big book form)
Drawing a picture of our first day at preschool and coloring a big apple shape
Playing with some puppets at the Exploration Station
Enjoying our beautiful weather while playing on the playground

As you can see, it's been a busy first week, and Miss Lacy, Miss Pat and I are looking forward to spending the next several months getting to know you and your children much better! Thank you for your patience as we all adjust to our new environment and our new friendships!

Looking forward to next week!
Miss Jean, Miss Lacy and Miss Pat

MWF Preschool News - Week of Sept. 6

This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it! Psalm 118:24

Dear MWF Families,

We have had a terrific start to our new school year!

This week at preschool we really focused on getting familiar with our preschool and learning each other's names.

These are a few of the things that we did in preschool this week. We learned our Good Morning song as we sat together on the rainbow rug, and our Grace Prayer before snack time.

This Is The Day

This is the day, this is the day
That the lord has made, that the lord has made
We will rejoice,We will rejoice
And be glad in it, glad in it

This is the day that the lord has made
We will rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day, this is the day
That the lord has made

We also sang a song and used a bean bag to help us learn each other's names. The children enjoyed this so much that they requested it on the second day as well.

Learning our Names Song

Thank-you God for (name)
For (name), for (name)
Thank-you God for (name)
We're glad (s)he is here

This week we used crayons to color pictures, a scale to balance teddy bears, and we helped develop our pre-writing skills by using dry erase books to practice tracing. Together we read the story ABC I Like Me and discussed what we each liked about ourselves. We also had some fun outside on the playground and in the gym playing with some balls.

Looking forward to next week!
Miss Amy, Miss Michelle, Miss Pat & Miss Jean

Welcome to Preschool!

Every good gift and perfect gift is from above. James 1:17


Welcome to the start of our new school year! All of the teachers are so excited that you'll be joining us for this exciting preschool journey!

And welcome to our preschool blog, too! We're offering this blog to you as yet another way to help improve our communication. Although we only see your children 2 or 3 times a week, there is soooo much information to share with you (especially for those of you who are new to our preschool)! My hope is that these blog postings will help you to be more aware of what goes on at school after you give your child that good bye hug. We'll be posting our weekly newsletters here for you, as well as important bits of learning that will hopefully make your preschool experience more enjoyable!

The information posted here will be kept very general in order to maintain our privacy. You may not see any photos of the children's faces, but you will gain a better understanding of all that goes on "behind the scenes" at school.

First off, let me say thank you to everyone who joined us at Open House or for a Meet the Teacher morning. These opportunities definitely helped make your child's transition to preschool much smoother. We've already learned so much about each other!

Here are just a few reminders...

1. Please send your child to school in shoes that are appropriate for play. Closed toed gym shoes are best - not only for safety, but they also keep those playground wood chips from bothering little feet!

1. Please bring in a change of clothes for your child as soon as possible. It would be great if you could bring them in a Zip Loc bag marked with your child's first and last name (pants, socks, a shirt and undies). You never know when we'll need to make a quick change here! Sometimes preschool gets messy!

2. Also, please remember to bring a photo of your family for us to hang on the bulletin board. Many of the children (especially our new students) love to look at that family photo and it gives the teachers an opportunity to know your families better.

3. A word about hand washing...even though our logo has those paint covered handprints, we always start our day with clean hands :) If you arrive before 9:00, feel free to take your child to one of the bathrooms in the church hallway to help them wash their hands (there are bathrooms in both hallways). Or, when we open the classroom door at 9:00, we have hand sanitizer available. Either way, we want to make sure that we are doing everything possible at preschool to keep germs out!

4. Last but not least, if you would like to order preschool t-shirts for your child (or for you!), please return the order form to us by October 1st (let me know if you need one!).

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to work with your children! We are truly looking forward to getting to know each one of them. Feel free to contact me by phone or e-mail if you have any questions!

Peace & Blessings!
Miss Jean