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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Welcome!Hello and welcome to the Rumney Preschool blog for Ms. Murray's classes! You will find information about what we do every day in preschool along with important announcements. *Photos on the Blog*
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June 2023
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