News from the Director of Communication
New Communication System
As we've mentioned in the past two weeks, we've had some difficulties
with our emails to some of you being flagged as spam. We've decided to
start a new system of communication by subscribing to Constant Contact, a
web-based email service which will hopefully allow us to communicate
without any glitches. This newsletter is our introductory communication
to you via Constant Contact. In order for us to communicate
efficiently and without any further problems, we need your help. We
need you to add the email address associated with this email to your
contact list, add us as a "safe sender", and do not flag our emails as
spam. If you do not want to receive further emails from us, simply
click on the "unsubscribe" link provided for you at the top of this
message and we will make sure to remove you from our list.
Additionally,
if you are receiving this email at a work address, please request from
your employer that they list us as a "safe sender." This will ensure
that our emails will reach you.
If your family relies on the
assistance of grandparents, nannies, or other adults for bringing your
child to and from school, please share this newsletter with them, as it
contains important information that could help them to make your child's
day easier. Additionally, encouraging them to subscribe their email
address with us will ensure that they receive our newsletters on an
ongoing basis.
We hope you enjoy our new way of communicating.
As always, your feedback is very important to us, so please let us know
how we are doing.
Thank you,
Sara Berg
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Christmas Wreath Sale
Order forms due Friday October 26
The Board of Trustees is selling beautiful evergreen wreaths as a
fundraiser for our Scholarship Fund. Decorate your home, a loved one's
nursing home, a cemetery plot, or give a gift to someone special while
helping a child to experience our nursery school. Order forms may be
obtained at the office or on our blog at: http://spcns.blogspot.com/2012/10/wreath-sale.html
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Notes:
- Wonderful Wednesday begins on October 24
- Check the Lost and Found bin located between the Nazareth and Bethlehem rooms
- Halloween
can be a scary time for some children, and we want to keep our Nursery
School a safe place for everyone. Therefore, we have adopted a "no costumes" policy for Halloween. Each of the classrooms will host a special celebration
and will do special projects in preparation. We ask that you explain
this policy to your children and ensure that they do not come to school
wearing costumes or masks of any type.
- The
teachers would love to have you volunteer in their classrooms for
special projects. Why not consider volunteering to be a "story scribe",
or talk to the children about what you do for work? Sharing a special
talent, a family holiday, or cultural custom is a great way to get the
children excited about the world around them. Please contact your
teacher about ways in which you can make a difference in your child's
learning.
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Mrs. Christman's Twos
Separation on its way...
The task of separation seems like a daunting one, especially if you are
two-years-old. Mrs. Christman and her crew of assistants have been
hard at work in their attempt to make the children comfortable with
school and build enough trust with them to allow their parents to go out
of their sight.
Now that most of the children have accomplished
this important milestone, they can start focusing on the hard stuff of
nursery school: play. Fall time is a great time for learning and
exploring. Leaves are great for raking, learning colors, and developing
the sense of touch. Sensory stimulation is an important part of
development at the age of two. The children will experience different
smells and sounds as they explore their outdoor environment.
Preparing
for Halloween will be a main focus, as the teachers help the children
to deal with their fears through stories and songs. The children will
prepare for their Fall/Halloween feast by creating pumpkin place mats,
with which they will also learn about shapes and space discrimination
(where do the eyes, nose and mouth go?).
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What's happening in the Big Room?
Monsters, monsters everywhere...
This week the children will make monsters of their own. They will
dictate words for their "Monster Story" to the teachers. what a great
way to talk about whether monsters are real or pretend!
This week
the children will also have a visit from a representative of the
Carnegie Library who will come to read special stories to them.
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School-Wide Service Project:
The
children will be making Halloween cards for the Senior Citizens who
participate in the Meals on Wheels project through the EECM.
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Mrs. Callaway's Class
The Letter C
We welcome Mrs. Callaway back from her world travels. We can't wait to hear all about her adventures...
Colors of the rainbow will brighten our room, and crystals will shine on our science table. We will discover how primary colors can mix to make new colors. We will explore with colors at the light table, and discover connections all around us. We will collect, create, and collage new creations after taking a nature walk around the corner.
On
Wednesday the children will have a special visit from a representative
from the Carnegie Science Center with a presentation called "Hello
Robo."
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Mrs. Jones' Class
Colors, colors everywhere!
This week, as we explore the letter C, Colors of the rainbow will brighten our room. We will discover how colors can mix to make new colors, explore with the light table and discover surprises all around us. As a part of our colors unit, the children
will tie-dye their own T-shirts (Please remember to send in a white
T-shirt with your child this week). We will also enjoy all the
fantastic colors of the Fall season.
This week
we will continue our Halloween projects. We use this opportunity to
discuss what kinds of things are scary for children. We will read
stories about monsters, shadows, and other Halloween themes. We will
also turn our fall trees into a monster forest.
On Wednesday the
children will have a special visit from a representative from the
Carnegie Science Center with a presentation called "Hello Robo."
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What's the Board of Trustees up to?
The Board has a busy few months coming
up. During this time of year, the Board focuses special attention to
raising money for our Scholarship Fund. These scholarships help to
fulfill our school's mission of making our program accessible to all
children, regardless of their family's income. In order to raise funds,
the Board is holding the Christmas Wreath Sale and a Scholarship Letter
Drive. Please help us to fulfill our mission by donating to this very
important cause.
Look for our Book and Gift sale coming after Thanksgiving.
This is a great way to pick up some Christmas gifts while helping the
teachers with their "discretionary fund." This fund allows the teachers
to purchase classroom materials that help to enhance the children's
learning experience.
Additionally, the Board will be hosting our annual Christmas Sing, to be held on Friday December 14.
If you would like to help the Board with any of these tasks, please contact Amy Shorkey, president of the Board.
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Mrs. Kozy's happenings
Can we say Halloween?
This week the children's librarian from the Carnegie Library will pay us a special visit and share some new books with us.
Art:
We hope that the children will let us paint their hands so that we can
make handprint monsters. We will also make Halloween countdown chains
and magic white crayon water color ghosts.
Stories: Please note that although the names of these books sound a bit scary, they are all kid-friendly and very age appropriate. Go Away Big Green Monster, Harry and the Terrible Whatzit, Ghosts in the House.
Songs and Fingerplays: 5 cute and cuddly monsters, 5 little ghosts, bones, as well as last week's songs and fingerplays.
Math: Counting pumpkins
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Mrs. Hall's Class
Wolf spider week
This
week in Mrs. Hall's class will be all about spiders, leafs and
everything Fall and Halloween. While learning all about spiders, the
children will make fuzzy spiders with sparkling silver webs. They will
sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and the theme song from Charlotte's Webb.
The children will read Leaf Man, by
Lois Ehlert, will collect leaves and make a leaf man, just like the one
in the book. They will also make fall trees out of rice paper trunks
and tissue paper leaves.
Then the children will learn about a pumpkin festival in Nova Scotia by reading the book Pumpkin People, by S. Lightburn . They will then decorate pumpkins and gourds with paint.
Please
remember to send in a pair of spoons labeled with your child's name.
These will be used as percussion instruments to play and dance to the
tune of "Dem Bones" during our Harvest/All- Saints/Halloween part on
Tuesday the 30th.
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Mrs. Gianakas' Class
Autumn and Halloween
This
week in Mrs. G's class will be all about autumn and Halloween. The
children will have a Fall leaf scavenger hunt. They will learn about
colors, sorting and shapes and make art projects with leaves.
They will be reading the book Big Pumpkin
by Erica Silverman and act out the story. Gourds and pumpkins will be
available at the science table to be used for comparing weights, shapes,
sizes and patterning. Shape scarecrows will offer further
opportunities to talk about shapes as we try our hand at putting
together some scarecrows. The children will cut out fringe to create
the look of tattered clothing.
Thursday October 25th will bring
about a simple Halloween celebration. We would encourage you to sign up
to contribute to the celebration. A sign-up sheet will be posted
outside the classroom. Please keep in mind that due to the fact that
some children may be sensitive to costumes and masks, we will keep our
party costume fee.
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Speech, Language and Hearing Screenings:
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