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Discovering Something New Every Day

Discovering Something New Every Day

| November 19, 2018

Last week CH-2 delved into a fun art project and science experiment. The class also discovered all of the words that can be made with our letter of the week P such as phone and pretzel. For art the children explored the world of color  with finger painting.Everyones painting turned out great! For science day […]

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Happy Birthday Ms. Lindsay!

Happy Birthday Ms. Lindsay!

| November 19, 2018

Last week was Ms. Lindsay’s birthday week!  We had lots of fun celebrating in the Toddler 2 class!  We even made balloons for our craft for the week.  We also learned about words that start with the letter I, all about lions, and how to say “Grandpa” in sign language.  

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Community Helpers

Community Helpers

| November 19, 2018

Last week we spent our time discussing people in our neighborhood who contribute to making everyone’s lives better. The doctors who heal us when we’re sick. The dentists who keep our teeth strong and healthy. The teachers who help us guide our children into adulthood. The police officers and firefighters who come to our rescue […]

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The letter F

The letter F

| November 14, 2018

Greetings transition1 parents what an exciting week we have had. This week we finished up our lesson on Freddy Fish. We talked about so many words that started with the letter F such as finger face feet feather and so many more. The children also practiced writing their names and I must say they did […]

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“O” is for Ostrich

“O” is for Ostrich

| November 12, 2018

In CH-2 last week the class was busy conducting experiments, both artistic and scientific . The class also worked on our letter of the week, O and reviwere how O is a bowel which has both a long and short sound . For art the class conducted a art experiment where we first painted glue […]

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November Trees

November Trees

| November 12, 2018

Last week was another fun week in the Toddler 2 class.  We learned about the letter H, how to say “Grandma” in sign language, and all about gorillas!  For our craft, we painted fall leaves on trees using plastic bottles.  Our friend Emmeline turned 2!  The weather has been very chilly lately, so if you […]

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Kindness Matters

Kindness Matters

| November 12, 2018

A weekend Facebook debate about hate speech and the 1st Amendment led me to renew my commitment to teaching kindness. It may be the single most important lesson we learn as humans, to respect each others’ differences and treat everyone with kindness and understanding.

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Spooky Days

Spooky Days

| November 6, 2018

What an awesome Halloween week! We enjoyed reading all our cool Halloween books and having a super fun disco dance party on Wednesday. Plus we had a trick or treating parade through the school. We enjoyed our challenge week with everybody completing enough activities to qualify for Show and Tell.  

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Halloween Paloza

Halloween Paloza

| November 6, 2018

Last week CH-2 was veery busy with spooky activities and dancing as we celebrated Halloween . For art the children made some spook-tacular glow-in-the dark ghosts and made colorful frozen hands on science day . Finally we had a great time on Wednesday when we celebrated Halloween with trick-or-treating and a party with dancing, games […]

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Trick-Or-Treat

Trick-Or-Treat

| November 5, 2018

This past week was so much fun for the Toddler 2 class!  We learned about words that start with the letter G.  Our favorite part of the week was Halloween!  The toddlers loved wearing their costumes to school and going trick-or-treating to all the other classrooms.  This week we also colored Coco coloring pages for […]

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