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| Searching for our stuffed animals. We visited with Nurse Christie-Maples |
We are off to a great start! Thank you so much for your support and involvement. On our end, we had no tears on our first day (not even from us!) and gentle hugs and kisses from you and your children were ready and eager to get started. Hopefully at your end things went well also. Thank you to those of you who have sent in disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer. Both will be put to good us! A few families have signed up for our weekly snack. Thank you! If you have not done so already, please choose a week. The sign up sheet for each class is outside each of our doors. We are providing snacks for these two weeks. In the AM we have a small snack of graham crackers and snack milk (if your child so chooses) since lunchtime begins at 10:45. In the afternoon we plan a bit larger snack break, such as yogurt, fruit, crackers & cheese, etc. The PM will be a longer stretch for your children once they stay all day as of September 17th.
Both our AM & PM sessions have been busy. On the first day you may have heard that your children’s stuffed friends chose to go off exploring the school, those rascals!! We had to go on a hunt searching for them, and in the process the children visited the offices of the secretaries and administration, the nurse and the office or our main maintenance man - Mr. Howe. Thankfully upon our return to our classroom, we found them waiting for us to have a teddy bear picnic! Next week, we think our stuffed friends will be quite tired from days at school and they can remain at home.
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| Working on our butterfly puzzle |
We have noticed that your children have also begun to show fatigue after the first day. Some chose to rest and look at books during exploration time, which is totally fine. This is normal since time spent at school is quite different than time spent in a daycare setting. We are working very hard at learning routines and expectations, like sitting up at circle time, showing good listening skills and following directions. This is hard work. So, you may find your little one is very tired at day’s end.
Our first week we have begun to explore butterflies, doing a number of activities centering around this theme, for example symmetry for math. If anyone discovers any chrysalises when you are out and about, have your child bring them to school so we can observe that miracle of nature.
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| Kerridwyn paints half her butterfly to discover symmetry. |
We have begun to review school rules and expectations, and when the children begin full days (September 17th) we will begin to develop our own classroom rules with the children.
Your child has brought home a Genevieve Fundraising Packet. A portion of the profit is given to your child’s class depending on student participation. We appreciate in advance any and all support you can give. This money is used for extra supplies, field trips and other activities that may happen throughout the year. All order forms are due back on September 17th.
Have a wonderful weekend and we will see your child in the reverse group on Monday! Again full day for all the children will begin on September 17th.
Fondly,
Ginny White & Jennifer Bodnar
