Thursday, August 26, 2010

Week of 8/23 - 8/26

Hi Bumblebees,
Welcome to our first class blog entry. Please remember as you view this blog each week that neither of us teachers are professional photographers! We will do our best to have your child in at least one picture each week, please do not take it personally if your child is not in the same amount of pictures from week to week. We have so much to do with the kids each day it's hard to always remember which kids have been pictured each week. Please enjoy this little peek into what your child does at school. We have had a great first week!

Aren't we beautiful?
It didn't take us long to enjoy playing together!

We got to paint! Our beautiful bumblebees are now decorating our classroom. Please stop by and see them!
We do our "Question of the Day" each and every day. So fun to get to know your kids (and their opinions!) better!
We do a lot of singing/dancing/movement to wake up our bodies and brains and get our wiggles out!
Every day during snack time we work on our "daily sentence" together. We want to learn to read these words!
We are practicing walking in a straight line
We get to go to the center room every day where there's so many fun toys,
play-do,
and a rice table!
We spent a lot of time this week putting the letters of our name in the right order. Please practice this!
We have free-reading time every day. We love books!
We are starting to say the Pledge of Allegiance every day
Which one of these names is yours?
Putting our name puzzles together
We love story time!
We have our very own writing journals!
Spelling our names with stickers
How many letters do you have in your name?
Unless it's raining, we get to go outside every day!
We love the playground!
Our class "pet" Chester is going home with Haley this weekend. Have fun!
NEXT WEEK:
*All about Me (please send in your completed "God Made Me Special" family project next week!)
*All about colors

Please practice with your child:
*Spelling their name out loud
*The Pledge of Allegiance
*Saying the names of the days of the week in order







Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Meet your teachers!

Mrs. Melanie (on the left)--
This is my 4th year teaching pre-K here at Journey Early Learning Center and I am excited about another great year! For the 6 years before teaching here at JELC, I had been working as the nursery director/childcare coordinator at the church our family attends. Prior to that, and before having my own children, I taught elementary school for 4 years in New York City.
I have been married for 13 years and have 3 daughters (ages 10, 8, and 6).
Thank you for the privilege of helping you prepare your child for kindergarten!

Mrs. Valeria--
This is my second year working in the school, and I am so happy for this opportunity!!!

I am looking forward to getting to know your child and to help Mrs. Melanie on this journey.

I've been married for 14 years and I am from Argentina.

I have twin daughters Agustina and Catalina, they are 10 years old and the light of my life.

I know will have a really good year together.