Colors

What a busy week of school.  It has been a joy building our school family and continuing to get to know each of our Blue Whales.  The Blue Whales are kind caring friends and developing wonderful friendships.  I hear a lot of talk around the snack tables about making plans for playdates and moms calling each other.  Your children are excited about their new friendships too.    

Primary colors, secondary colors and achromatic colors we talked about them all this week.  The Blue Whales had many opportunities throughout the classroom to further their color exploration through playdough, paint and watercolors.  There were lots of opportunities to work on and strengthen their fine motor skills. We introduced paint card samples and talked about hues and shades of color. 

We had our first Music & Movement class with Ms. Vicki on Wednesday.  The Blue Whales sang, danced and played musical instruments. The first Chapel was on Thursday with Pastor Lee.  The children really enjoyed singing a song and listening to a story in the beautiful Sanctuary. 

We will be having our first practice fire drill next week.  We will read our book about what to expect in a fire drill on Monday to prepare for the drill. 

We had Guess-n-Tell and Isobel did a great job with three clues about her item and calling on friends to guess the item.  The Blue Whales were able to guess Isobel’s item because of her great clues.

On Monday we will have our first Lunch Bunch.  Please label your child’s snack separate from their lunch.  Please remember to pack a nut and sesame free lunch and snack. Please include any needed untensils, napkin and water bottle. Lunch will be every Monday and Wednesday and pick up time will be 1:00 pm. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we will continue with pick up in the classroom at 12:00 pm. 

Fall Conferences are on Tuesday, October 8th and Wednesday, October 9th.  I sent out an email yesterday with more information and a Sign Up Genius link to sign up for a conference. 

We are enjoying creating, moving, singing, discussing, observing, reading and playing with our Blue Whale friends.   Hope everyone has a nice weekend. 

School Family

We had another successful week of school.  We have quickly become a school family.  Ms. Beth and I are enjoying building relationships with each of your children and learning about all our wonderful students.  The Blue Whales are kind friends and enjoy playing with each other and are developing lovely friendships.  The Blue Whales are working hard on using their words, listening to their friend’s words and keeping their hands and feet to themselves. We have such lovely and happy children that we will be in a harmonious classroom routine in no time. 

Each Blue Whale had their first job this week and they did a great job.  When they arrive on Monday they can check out their new job for the week. 

One of the most important jobs in the Blue Whale classroom is to keep you and your friends safe, we are all Safekeepers.  Each Blue Whale told their friends and teachers they would keep them safe and added their names to the Safekeeper Box.  They were so supportive of each other and clapping for each of their friends as they added their names to our box.

A popular center this week was the writing center where the children can use any of the art items on the table and shelves to create and experiment.  They have discovered the joys of glue, tape, stickers and hole punches.  All these materials are important for developing their fine motor skills. 

We had our first Guess-n-Tell and Ivy did a great job with three clues about her item and calling on friends to guess the item.  The Blue Whales were able to guess Ivy’s item because of her great clues.

We read some great books this week. We talked about becoming a class family and everyone contributed to our discussions. 

We will have our first Music Class with Ms. Vicki on Wednesday.  And we are looking forward to Chapel on Thursday with Pastor Lee.  Next week we will be discussing and investigating colors.

Ms. Beth and I are so appreciative of our supportive parents with your kind words and items for our classroom. Thanks so much for being a part of our school family.

We are enjoying creating, moving, singing, discussing, observing, reading and playing with our Blue Whale friends.   Hope everyone has a nice weekend. 

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Thankful for a Wonderful Week!

Our visitation days and first day of school went so well!  We enjoyed getting to know your sweet Blue Whales.  They were so excited to see old friends and welcoming to new friends.  We heard kind words and saw lots of sharing and cooperative play among friends.  It has been a wonderful start to a new school year.  Next week we will continue to discuss classroom routines, emotions, rules, our schedule, prayers and singing classroom songs.  Classroom jobs will start on Monday and your child will have a new job each week. 

Ms. Beth and I have chosen some wonderful books to read and discuss with the children during story time.  We feel truly blessed to be able to spend our days with such a wonderful group of children.  And thank you to all our amazing families for your support, kind words and fulfilling some of our classroom needs so quickly. 

Thank you for signing up to provide play dough for the class.  I was amazed how quickly the slots were filled. I think there is only one slot left. I appreciate your support. We need enough play dough, either homemade or store bought, for 14 children. 

I have included the QR Code for our Blue Whale Wish List.  This QR Code will also be hung up outside the classroom.  I will keep it updated throughout the year with needs and wants for the Blue Whale class.  Thank you for your consideration.

I have updated the class photo album link with photos from both visitation days and our first day of school. 

We are looking forward to creating, moving, singing, discussing, observing, reading and playing together.  Have a great weekend!