Rumney Preschool
Ms. Murray's Classes
Hi Families! First and foremost, thank you so much for all of the support this year and for sharing your lovely kiddos with all of us at school. They are thoughtful, funny, and kind. We had a blast this year! We sure packed a ton of things into the last week of school. The MT class did their tie dying and really enjoyed it. Both classes loved doing the tie dye. It was great to see their individual personalities come through on their shirts based on how they dyed them and what colors they used. Monday of this week was Rumney Reads day. Aly, our school Librarian, set it all up. In the morning time, we had a guest reader come to our classroom — ours was our Math interventionist, Matt Pelkey. He told the story of Anansi the spider and the magic rock They acted it out. It was awesome! Some kiddos were hippos, some were birds, some were cows, some were snakes, and Matt was Anansi. I will add some questions to the Ask Your Child section about this. After that, we saw a fire truck! Ms. Honi in Kindergarten arranged for a fire truck to stop by. Some pals hopped right in. Later that day, the 6th graders came by to read to us. They each paired up with one or two preschool pals and read for about 25 minutes. It was wonderful to see the 6th graders make some great connections with the preschool kids. What a busy day! We took some class pictures this week, which is always a challenging and funny task with a group of preschool aged children. It’s really hard work to get everyone looking and smiling at the same time! On Wednesday, they had a very large tree/branch that they all carried around the playground and worked together. They brought it into the house and said they were going to use it to “make some bacon”. On our way inside from the playground, we found some wild strawberries on the hill. They spent about 5-10 minutes searching for them. They were so excited to find so many! They looked for some again on Thursday, but I’m fairly certain they got them all on Wednesday. We had a last day celebration in each class with some ice cream. It was also the end of the ice cream shop unit — perfect timing. They each got one pretend dollar and ordered their ice cream. I asked them if they wanted sprinkles, whipped cream, and a cherry, since those were the options in our pretend ice cream shop. They loved it! Thank you for donating pints of Ben and Jerry’s. Below is information for summer fun! Here are some fun ideas for over the summer to support math and literacy: If you would like to expand on your child's knowledge over the summer, the best advice I could give is to read! Reading at night, reading during long car rides with older siblings, and talking about reading! Counting is always a great and easy way to incorporate more learning into summer play. For example: "How many grapes are we taking for the picnic? Let's count them!" A great kindergarten skill is counting on. For example: "We have 12 toys here and 4 more over there. Let's start counting to see how many we have all together. (start with 12) 12, 13, 14 , 15, 16.” Here are the phrases/sayings we use in preschool to promote equity, understanding, kindness, and the social-emotional well being of all kids. These can be used at home/play dates/etc:
Ask Your Child: How much was the real ice cream at the ice cream shop? Did you get sprinkles and/or cherries and/or whipped cream? Bonus AYC for Mon/Tues: Can you tell me about the Anansi the spider story? What happens when the characters said “That’s the strangest moss covered looking rock I’ve ever seen!” What happened at the end of the story? Did Anansi keep the food? I hope you have a fantastic summer of camping, eating, swimming, and being outside. I hope to see you out and about! Thanks for a great year, Deanna
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Hi Pre-K Families, Announcements:
Can you believe the year is winding down?! Next week is our last week of school and the kids are getting excited for summer. Many of the kiddos that will be going to Kindergarten next year have been sharing their excitement with one another. It's so great to see them grow. Next week, your kids will be coming home with all of their extra clothing and anything else. This week, they came to school to find that our dramatic play turned into a scoop shop! They have all enjoyed taking orders, scooping ice cream, and adding all the extra stuff on. We have an order form that asks if they want the ice cream in a cup or cone, 1, 2, or 3 scoops, and if they want cherries, whipped cream, or sprinkles on it. If you can believe it, they usually want 3 scoops with everything on it! On Monday and Tuesday, they enjoyed playing outside and throwing balls through the basketball hoop. They came up with a great way to reach if they aren't tall enough -- standing on a bucket! It was wonderful to watch them share the balls with one another and cheer everyone on. The Wed/Thurs class tie dyed shirts this week with the help of Jen Campbell (the art teacher) and Shauna (Maverick's mom). Jen & Shauna, thanks for all the help! The kids were amazing. I have to admit, I was a little nervous on how it was going to go but they rocked it. The Mon/Tues class will do theirs on Monday. I am not 100% sure if the shirts will be ready to take home by Tuesday, and if not, I will leave them in the office for you to swing by and pick them up. On Thursday, we played in the rain and in the gym! It was great to see them playing in two different environments. We played a game called Mud Dinosaur where I was the dinosaur and had to chase them in the rain. They were pretty fast and slippery! On Thursday, the kiddos going to kindergarten got to visit the K class. They loved it! The upcoming K kids in the MT class will do that next week. While we do not know who will be the kindergarten teacher yet, I hope that info will be available shortly so you can start to prepare your child. In both classes, we did some ice cream themed math games such as ice cream patterns. They watched me make a pattern with ice cream scoops, then they had to replicate it. After that, they had to color in the pattern on a printed out ice cream cone with a ton of scoops. They rocked extending their patterns. On Tuesday, we had ice cream words with ice cream themed paper. They enjoyed writing the words and making them into books. Both classes have read some fun ice cream related books such as Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems and The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Revolution by Lisa Robinson. We will celebrate the end of the school year and the end of the ice cream fun by them eating real ice cream on their last day (Tuesday for MT, Thursday for WTh). I think they will enjoy it because they will "buy" it through the scoop shop in the dramatic play. I am planning on getting Ben & Jerry's Phish Food. HERE is a link to their website with the ingredients. Please let me know if your child cannot have this flavor and I will get an alternate flavor. If anyone wants to donate a pint of Phish Food, please let me know (and thank you)! Ask Your Child: Tell me about the ice cream shop. Were you a customer and a worker? Which did you like better? What's your favorite kind of ice cream? Have a good weekend, Deanna Hi Families! Announcements:
We’re almost there, folks. The kids are certainly ready to be let loose for summer break! They are all eagerly waiting for hot days to swim and have a cold treat. With only one day for the MT class, there aren’t many pictures, so I apologize for that! On Tuesday, they were enjoying mixing different colored water. One friend asked for black watercolor paint and they were amazed as they poured the black and it mixed with the other colors, looking like squid ink. Also on Tuesday, we had an unscored CLASS observation. CLASS is an evaluation tool that the state uses to rate the effectiveness of interactions between teachers and children. The observer, Sandy, stayed for a few hours on Tuesday morning. She watched us through our day and then met with me after the kids went outside with Crystal. Sandy shared some great feedback and noted that everyone seemed so happy. During the observation, she witnessed their favorite morning meeting greeting: the shoe greeting. Everyone takes off a shoe and puts it in the middle. One person grabs a shoe without looking and has to guess who it belongs to, then they say good morning to them. They love it and ask to do it a lot! On Wednesday, we went out to the rock garden and to our surprise, we found slugs and snails! They were over the moon. They collected them and helped each other find more. On Thursday, we made play doh donuts and had to add sprinkles on them with cards that told us how many yellow, blue, orange, and purple sprinkles. They worked on using pressure to roll the play doh into long snakes, turn it into a circle, and pinch it together to make a donut. Lots of fine motor work going on there! The MT class will do this on Monday. There are some great events happening around the area this weekend. Camp Meade will host Bee & Friends Ballet tomorrow (HERE is a link to tickets) and Montpelier is having it’s first (I think first!) pride fest. I hope to see folks around town! I hope everyone has a great weekend full of fun! Ask Your Child: Mon/Tues: Did someone visit your class this week? What do you think she was doing there? Wed/Thurs: Did you make play doh donuts? What did you have to add to them? Deanna |
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