Speech, Language and Hearing Screenings:
The Easter Seals of Western Pennsylvania will
be offering speech, language and hearing screenings for children in our
Three-, Four-, and Five-Year-Old classes on November 5, 6, and 7. The
cost for these screenings is $20 (made out to Easter Seals). We
encourage you to enroll your child in these early screenings, as it is
crucial that difficulties be caught early in order to ensure greater
success.
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News from the Director of Communication
I
hope you are enjoying this new system of communication as much as I
am. It certainly allows us to keep you up-to-date with everything
that's happening in the Nursery School. We are still noticing
that a few of the addresses we are sending to are bouncing back. Please
check with your spouse/mate to see if they are also receiving these
notices. If not, would you please ask them to send us a request to be
added to the list? We want to ensure that all parents know about what
is going on in our school. Additionally, if you depend on a
grandparent, nanny or any other adult for transportation of your child
to and from school, please ask them to subscribe to this email list. We
will be sending all of our school notifications (including school
closings) via this method. I have encountered some difficulties
with what I thought was a perfect solution to our emergency closing
notifications. I was hoping to start doing this via texting, however,
the information I found on the internet for sending texts was not
completely accurate. I still have to do some more research before this
service can be made available to our family. Please hang in there as I
try to figure it all out. In the meantime, continue to check the local
television stations and your email in order to get closing
notifications. Thank you, Sara Berg
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Christmas Wreath Delivery
Thanks to all those families who orders
Christmas wreaths. Your orders will go a long way in helping a child to
attend our Nursery School next year.
Wreaths will be delivered the week of November 26 and can be picked up that same week at the Nursery School.
The Board has
ordered some extra wreaths for those folks who forgot to place their
order. If you are still interested in purchasing a wreath, please check
with one of the Board members the week of November 26.
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Friday November 9, 2012 - Teacher in-service. No school for children.
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Cold Weather Reminder
As
we near winter and temperatures start to dip, we wanted to remind you
to please dress your children appropriately for the weather. One
of the children's favorite times is going outside to play. Classes are
usually outside for half an hour. This is too long a period of time
for a child to be out there without the appropriate gear. Please
remember to send your child to school with a hat, coat, and mittens or
gloves. Dressing them in layers is preferable, as they can remove the
layers as they become active outside, therefore being better able to
control their body temperature. Labeling your child's belonging with
their name is very helpful for the teachers. It is very difficult for
them to keep track of everyone's belongings if they are not clearly
marked with their names.
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Mrs. Callaway's class
Mrs.
Callaway's children had a very exciting visit with Henry's dad, who is a
policeman. They had a chance to try on all his gear and even got to
sit inside his police car. What an awesome and exciting experience! This week in Mrs. Callaway's class they will be learning about the letter E. You will hear many thumping Elephants around the corridors of the Nursery School. They will also examine pictures of the different layers of the Earth and electrify the room with science experiments. They will also talk about what is an "Election" and will take a vote on what to have for snack. They will also have an exciting
Bible story lesson with Mrs. Camp for their bi-monthly Wednesday Chapel
days, where they will be learning about Moses and "using their words."
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What's happening in the Big Room?
This month the children of the Big Room will be focusing on Thanksgiving, families, friends, food and feasting. The letter of the week is the letter " F f". This week the children will focus on families by drawing family portraits. Doll houses will be featured on the block rug. Look for the family banner project background paper coming home at the end of the week.
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Creative Movement Class
During the whole month of November, the children in Creative Movement will be introduced to the
dance "Oates and Beans and Barley Grow". They will have lots of turkey
games and movements. They will also hear Farmer Grey's horse farm
stories and have lots of fun recreating the sounds and movements that go
along with it.
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Mrs. Hall's class
The weather put a pause on some of our deep focus on apples, yet
-Hurray!- the applesauce will go on - we expect Thursday. The remarkable
detail is that the applesauce-making device was found in an
antique shop from the French Colonial pre- Louisiana Purchase era, in a
little Mississippi River Town called St. Genevieve,Mo.,where my
sister-in -law grew up. Most artifacts in those antique shops date back
to the 1700's. It will be interesting for the kids to work with
equipment pre-dating the birth of the country-which still turns out
"knock your socks off" good applesauce from par-boiled cut up apples.
They will get to churn the mixture through the sieve,season with sugar
and cinnamon, and bring home a baggy full . Tuesday ,we"ll wrap
up our harvest /Halloween season with an activity to make a cut out
Loch Ness cutie pie monster for our portfolios, and we will end the
week with a Richard Scarry Apple Car for his Lowly worm character. This
week, I'll explain our age appropriate project for the month of
November to the theme of Giving Thanks/Taking Care of others. Tied to
this theme is the fact that this month is also National Adoption Month.
So, I shall put a huge jar outside the classroom where we will
collect loose change. This money will help us to partner with children
in villages across the world by purchasing shares of livestock through
Heifer International. The Children in our class will get to pick out
their favorite animals while children far away will get to feed and
care for. This project will carry us close to the Christmas
Holiday Break. All are welcome to drop their spare coins in the jar
near the Marks Room. Still focusing on apples, we will learn of
the legend of the little apple core house, we will study scientific
facts pertaining to growing apples from seed to harvest, we will look
at ways of processing apple products, and we will learn yoga movements
such as being an apple pie, or picking apples from an apple tree in
autumn (Mrs. Hall will play the role of the apple tree full of ripe
apples). Come and take a look at our decoupage Fall Trees we made last
week!
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Mrs. Jones' class
The letter of the week in Mrs. Jones' class is the letter E. Elections, Elephants, and Experiments will be alphabet themes for the week. The
children will also begin their Thanksgiving projects this week.
Activities will include making Indian necklaces from dyed pasta and
making a giant turkey for their class bulletin board.
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Mrs. Gianakas' class
As we begin our unit on Native Americans we will:
- create sand art
- use finger paint to draw symbols of nature and work on developing fine motor skills
- have a drum circle using drums as well as other percussion instruments to explore
rhythm and a steady beat
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