April 2012
The children have really been enjoying their developing friendships and stretching their imaginations. We’ve been playing with rhyming words, watching for signs of spring and exploring our five senses. The children really enjoy sharing their ideas at circle time and practicing writing and drawing. They have all grown so much since the beginning of the school year!
April is a short month, but we have a lot going on! We will be having special person’s night on Wednesday & Thursday, April 4th & 5th from 6:30-7:30pm. These evenings allow each student to bring in one special person who doesn’t otherwise have the chance to visit TCNS. Children can bring a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or other special adult friend. We’ll have a special project, circle time and snack. Children really enjoy showing their special people around.
Next year’s registration forms were in cubbies the last week. Please return your registration forms before the April break. Let me know if you have any questions about registration. Scholastic book orders are also due April 6th.
Spring break is April 9-13! There will be no school that week. Hopefully the weather will be beautiful and we can all get outside and enjoy the spring! There will also be no class on Friday, April 20th because our teachers will be attending an early childhood conference and workshops in Buffalo. We hope to bring back a ton of new ideas to our classrooms.
Our next parent meeting will be Tuesday, April 24th from 6:30-7:30. We’ll go over the results of the parent survey and share information from the conference we’re attending on April 2oth. We’ll be taking a fieldtrip to the dentist on April 24th with the TTh class. It’s a nice walk and we still get to spend most of the day at school.
April Activities: this month we’ll be talking a lot about eggs and baby animals. We’ll start the month by reading Ed’s Egg, by David Bedford. This is a sweet story about a baby chicken who’s afraid of leaving his egg. We’ll talk about eggs, which animals lay eggs, and do eggshell experiments. We’ll do a paper mosaic egg collage and eggshell art. After spring break we’ll read Ruby in Her Own Time by Jonathon Emmett. This is a wonderful book about being little and growing up. We’ll make a paper bag duck and handprint ducks, plus make our own duck nests with eggs. Our final book of April will be Green eyes by Ann Birnbaum. We will do a spring tree collage, paper plate cat, snip paper and work with pastels.
Terrific Two’s: April will bring many exciting changes outside and inside. Spring is happily here and we are exploring all the changes around us and within our children. We start the month with Minerva Louise & the Colorful Eggs by: Janet Morgan Stoeke. We will be dyeing eggs and making many spring decorations for our classroom. We will have fun learning about what animals live on the farm with Old Mac Donald. Expect to see and hear many farm animals coming home. We will end the month with The Cow Who Clucked by: Denise Fleming where the cow on the farm has lost his moo.
Five little duckies went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack!”
But only four little duckies came back.
Four little duckies went swimming one day….
Three little duckies….
Two little duckies…
One little ducky went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Daddy duck said, “QUACK, QUACK, QUACK!”
And all five little duckies came swimming right back.
April 2012
The children have really been enjoying their developing friendships and stretching their imaginations. We’ve been playing with rhyming words, watching for signs of spring and exploring our five senses. The children really enjoy sharing their ideas at circle time and practicing writing and drawing. They have all grown so much since the beginning of the school year!
April is a short month, but we have a lot going on! We will be having special person’s night on Wednesday & Thursday, April 4th & 5th from 6:30-7:30pm. These evenings allow each student to bring in one special person who doesn’t otherwise have the chance to visit TCNS. Children can bring a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or other special adult friend. We’ll have a special project, circle time and snack. Children really enjoy showing their special people around.
Next year’s registration forms were in cubbies the last week. Please return your registration forms before the April break. Let me know if you have any questions about registration. Scholastic book orders are also due April 6th.
Spring break is April 9-13! There will be no school that week. Hopefully the weather will be beautiful and we can all get outside and enjoy the spring! There will also be no class on Friday, April 20th because our teachers will be attending an early childhood conference and workshops in Buffalo. We hope to bring back a ton of new ideas to our classrooms.
Our next parent meeting will be Tuesday, April 24th from 6:30-7:30. We’ll go over the results of the parent survey and share information from the conference we’re attending on April 2oth. We’ll be taking a fieldtrip to the dentist on April 24th with the TTh class. It’s a nice walk and we still get to spend most of the day at school.
April Activities: this month we’ll be talking a lot about eggs and baby animals. We’ll start the month by reading Ed’s Egg, by David Bedford. This is a sweet story about a baby chicken who’s afraid of leaving his egg. We’ll talk about eggs, which animals lay eggs, and do eggshell experiments. We’ll do a paper mosaic egg collage and eggshell art. After spring break we’ll read Ruby in Her Own Time by Jonathon Emmett. This is a wonderful book about being little and growing up. We’ll make a paper bag duck and handprint ducks, plus make our own duck nests with eggs. Our final book of April will be Green eyes by Ann Birnbaum. We will do a spring tree collage, paper plate cat, snip paper and work with pastels.
Terrific Two’s: April will bring many exciting changes outside and inside. Spring is happily here and we are exploring all the changes around us and within our children. We start the month with Minerva Louise & the Colorful Eggs by: Janet Morgan Stoeke. We will be dyeing eggs and making many spring decorations for our classroom. We will have fun learning about what animals live on the farm with Old Mac Donald. Expect to see and hear many farm animals coming home. We will end the month with The Cow Who Clucked by: Denise Fleming where the cow on the farm has lost his moo.
Five little duckies went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack!”
But only four little duckies came back.
Four little duckies went swimming one day….
Three little duckies….
Two little duckies…
One little ducky went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Daddy duck said, “QUACK, QUACK, QUACK!”
And all five little duckies came swimming right back.
April 2012
The children have really been enjoying their developing friendships and stretching their imaginations. We’ve been playing with rhyming words, watching for signs of spring and exploring our five senses. The children really enjoy sharing their ideas at circle time and practicing writing and drawing. They have all grown so much since the beginning of the school year!
April is a short month, but we have a lot going on! We will be having special person’s night on Wednesday & Thursday, April 4th & 5th from 6:30-7:30pm. These evenings allow each student to bring in one special person who doesn’t otherwise have the chance to visit TCNS. Children can bring a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or other special adult friend. We’ll have a special project, circle time and snack. Children really enjoy showing their special people around.
Next year’s registration forms were in cubbies the last week. Please return your registration forms before the April break. Let me know if you have any questions about registration. Scholastic book orders are also due April 6th.
Spring break is April 9-13! There will be no school that week. Hopefully the weather will be beautiful and we can all get outside and enjoy the spring! There will also be no class on Friday, April 20th because our teachers will be attending an early childhood conference and workshops in Buffalo. We hope to bring back a ton of new ideas to our classrooms.
Our next parent meeting will be Tuesday, April 24th from 6:30-7:30. We’ll go over the results of the parent survey and share information from the conference we’re attending on April 2oth. We’ll be taking a fieldtrip to the dentist on April 24th with the TTh class. It’s a nice walk and we still get to spend most of the day at school.
April Activities: this month we’ll be talking a lot about eggs and baby animals. We’ll start the month by reading Ed’s Egg, by David Bedford. This is a sweet story about a baby chicken who’s afraid of leaving his egg. We’ll talk about eggs, which animals lay eggs, and do eggshell experiments. We’ll do a paper mosaic egg collage and eggshell art. After spring break we’ll read Ruby in Her Own Time by Jonathon Emmett. This is a wonderful book about being little and growing up. We’ll make a paper bag duck and handprint ducks, plus make our own duck nests with eggs. Our final book of April will be Green eyes by Ann Birnbaum. We will do a spring tree collage, paper plate cat, snip paper and work with pastels.
Terrific Two’s: April will bring many exciting changes outside and inside. Spring is happily here and we are exploring all the changes around us and within our children. We start the month with Minerva Louise & the Colorful Eggs by: Janet Morgan Stoeke. We will be dyeing eggs and making many spring decorations for our classroom. We will have fun learning about what animals live on the farm with Old Mac Donald. Expect to see and hear many farm animals coming home. We will end the month with The Cow Who Clucked by: Denise Fleming where the cow on the farm has lost his moo.
Five little duckies went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack!”
But only four little duckies came back.
Four little duckies went swimming one day….
Three little duckies….
Two little duckies…
One little ducky went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Daddy duck said, “QUACK, QUACK, QUACK!”
And all five little duckies came swimming right back.
April 2012
The children have really been enjoying their developing friendships and stretching their imaginations. We’ve been playing with rhyming words, watching for signs of spring and exploring our five senses. The children really enjoy sharing their ideas at circle time and practicing writing and drawing. They have all grown so much since the beginning of the school year!
April is a short month, but we have a lot going on! We will be having special person’s night on Wednesday & Thursday, April 4th & 5th from 6:30-7:30pm. These evenings allow each student to bring in one special person who doesn’t otherwise have the chance to visit TCNS. Children can bring a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or other special adult friend. We’ll have a special project, circle time and snack. Children really enjoy showing their special people around.
Next year’s registration forms were in cubbies the last week. Please return your registration forms before the April break. Let me know if you have any questions about registration. Scholastic book orders are also due April 6th.
Spring break is April 9-13! There will be no school that week. Hopefully the weather will be beautiful and we can all get outside and enjoy the spring! There will also be no class on Friday, April 20th because our teachers will be attending an early childhood conference and workshops in Buffalo. We hope to bring back a ton of new ideas to our classrooms.
Our next parent meeting will be Tuesday, April 24th from 6:30-7:30. We’ll go over the results of the parent survey and share information from the conference we’re attending on April 2oth. We’ll be taking a fieldtrip to the dentist on April 24th with the TTh class. It’s a nice walk and we still get to spend most of the day at school.
April Activities: this month we’ll be talking a lot about eggs and baby animals. We’ll start the month by reading Ed’s Egg, by David Bedford. This is a sweet story about a baby chicken who’s afraid of leaving his egg. We’ll talk about eggs, which animals lay eggs, and do eggshell experiments. We’ll do a paper mosaic egg collage and eggshell art. After spring break we’ll read Ruby in Her Own Time by Jonathon Emmett. This is a wonderful book about being little and growing up. We’ll make a paper bag duck and handprint ducks, plus make our own duck nests with eggs. Our final book of April will be Green eyes by Ann Birnbaum. We will do a spring tree collage, paper plate cat, snip paper and work with pastels.
Terrific Two’s: April will bring many exciting changes outside and inside. Spring is happily here and we are exploring all the changes around us and within our children. We start the month with Minerva Louise & the Colorful Eggs by: Janet Morgan Stoeke. We will be dyeing eggs and making many spring decorations for our classroom. We will have fun learning about what animals live on the farm with Old Mac Donald. Expect to see and hear many farm animals coming home. We will end the month with The Cow Who Clucked by: Denise Fleming where the cow on the farm has lost his moo.
Five little duckies went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack!”
But only four little duckies came back.
Four little duckies went swimming one day….
Three little duckies….
Two little duckies…
One little ducky went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Daddy duck said, “QUACK, QUACK, QUACK!”
And all five little duckies came swimming right back.
April 2012
The children have really been enjoying their developing friendships and stretching their imaginations. We’ve been playing with rhyming words, watching for signs of spring and exploring our five senses. The children really enjoy sharing their ideas at circle time and practicing writing and drawing. They have all grown so much since the beginning of the school year!
April is a short month, but we have a lot going on! We will be having special person’s night on Wednesday & Thursday, April 4th & 5th from 6:30-7:30pm. These evenings allow each student to bring in one special person who doesn’t otherwise have the chance to visit TCNS. Children can bring a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or other special adult friend. We’ll have a special project, circle time and snack. Children really enjoy showing their special people around.
Next year’s registration forms were in cubbies the last week. Please return your registration forms before the April break. Let me know if you have any questions about registration. Scholastic book orders are also due April 6th.
Spring break is April 9-13! There will be no school that week. Hopefully the weather will be beautiful and we can all get outside and enjoy the spring! There will also be no class on Friday, April 20th because our teachers will be attending an early childhood conference and workshops in Buffalo. We hope to bring back a ton of new ideas to our classrooms.
Our next parent meeting will be Tuesday, April 24th from 6:30-7:30. We’ll go over the results of the parent survey and share information from the conference we’re attending on April 2oth. We’ll be taking a fieldtrip to the dentist on April 24th with the TTh class. It’s a nice walk and we still get to spend most of the day at school.
April Activities: this month we’ll be talking a lot about eggs and baby animals. We’ll start the month by reading Ed’s Egg, by David Bedford. This is a sweet story about a baby chicken who’s afraid of leaving his egg. We’ll talk about eggs, which animals lay eggs, and do eggshell experiments. We’ll do a paper mosaic egg collage and eggshell art. After spring break we’ll read Ruby in Her Own Time by Jonathon Emmett. This is a wonderful book about being little and growing up. We’ll make a paper bag duck and handprint ducks, plus make our own duck nests with eggs. Our final book of April will be Green eyes by Ann Birnbaum. We will do a spring tree collage, paper plate cat, snip paper and work with pastels.
Terrific Two’s: April will bring many exciting changes outside and inside. Spring is happily here and we are exploring all the changes around us and within our children. We start the month with Minerva Louise & the Colorful Eggs by: Janet Morgan Stoeke. We will be dyeing eggs and making many spring decorations for our classroom. We will have fun learning about what animals live on the farm with Old Mac Donald. Expect to see and hear many farm animals coming home. We will end the month with The Cow Who Clucked by: Denise Fleming where the cow on the farm has lost his moo.
Five little duckies went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Mama duck said, “Quack, quack, quack!”
But only four little duckies came back.
Four little duckies went swimming one day….
Three little duckies….
Two little duckies…
One little ducky went swimming one day, over the pond and far away
Daddy duck said, “QUACK, QUACK, QUACK!”
And all five little duckies came swimming right back.
October 2009
October 2009
We’ve had a wonderfully smooth start to the school year! We have a fantastic group of children and families. Everyone is busy exploring our rooms, learning the routine, and making friends. I don’t know how we get so lucky every year, but somehow we always get the best kids!
The new schedule is working out great! Everyone seems to be enjoying the less hectic day, and Joan, Jackie and I really love having more time working with the children in small groups. We’ll continue to fine-tune the timing of circle and snack, but it’s been going really well so far and children are enjoying multiple opportunities for projects.
It’s fall – please make sure your child is prepared for any kind of weather! We go outside every day, so it’s a good idea to bring a jacket and boots. We’ll be making the most of our outdoor time before snowsuit weather sets in, so we hope to be outside for at least a half an hour.
We’re working hard to keep the germs down at TCNS this year. We’re doing extra disinfecting of the toys each week and are already talking about proper coughing and sneezing etiquette and hand washing. Please help out by keeping your child home when he or she is sick. Children are often tired when recovering from an illness and an extra day to rest can be very beneficial.
Fundraising:
Bulb orders are due Friday, October 2! This is an easy fundraiser for us and everyone loves having flowers in spring!
We still have a couple of months before the holidays, but I’ll be putting up a preliminary list for the Fun with Santa silent auction. Last year parents reported that many businesses had trouble giving donations late in the year, so start early! We need every family to help get 2 donations!
We’re also planning to do the shopping day again in early November. At this fundraiser, we invite vendors to ‘rent’ a table in the chapel and we provide childcare downstairs while people can get an early start on holiday shopping. Last year we made almost $300 for our scholarship fund. If you know anyone who might be interested in participating, please let me know.
Remember, there will be no school for planning on Friday October 9th and Monday October 12th for Labor Day. Thanks for the wonderful turn-out at the September parent meeting. It’s nice to hear input from everyone and share ideas. The next parent meeting will be October 19th from 6:30-7:30.
October is a long month and there are a number of days when we’ll have a single parent helper in the TTh class. Please consider helping out a little extra by coming back early (11:30) to help with clean-up. I will put up reminders on those days for people willing to help out. It’s a great opportunity to talk get to know another parent. Thanks!
This month we will be introducing the children to different classroom helper responsibilities. They will be asked to help us update the calendar, describe the weather, pick songs for circle time, among others. We will rotate the different responsibilities among students so everyone will get a chance to do each job.
October Activities:
We have a busy month ahead of us. We’re going to start talking about colors and are inviting each child to bring something in for our basket which can be shared at circle time. We’ll start off the month by reading Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. This is a beautiful book using fall leaves to highlight Ehlert’s unique artwork. We’ll make our own leaf creatures and work on a collage of a fall tree and a class poem about fall. We hope to hike to the falls on Wednesday, October 7th. TTh students are welcome to join us with their parents, as well as any other siblings and parents. Our next book will be Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall. We’ll have a lot of fun with apples. We’ll do taste-testing and vote on our favorite apple food. We’ll also make our own applesauce, do apple prints, and cut and glue and apple. We’ll move to pumpkins the next week and read another Zoe Hall, It’s Pumpkin Time. We’ll bake pumpkin muffins and do seed mosaics, and a pumpkin collage. Our last book of October will be What a Scare Jesse Bear by Nancy Carlstrom. This week we’ll make our own mask and paper jack-o-lantern. We’ll also do our Halloween parade to Juniper Manor on Friday, October 30th. Please wear your costume to school that day.
Playdough:
1 cup flour
½ cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
2 Tbs oil
1 cup water
Food coloring
Add food coloring to water. Mix dry ingredients together. Add water & oil and mix well. Cook over medium heat, stirring. Remove from heat when slightly sticky and knead until smooth.
October 2009
October 2009
We’ve had a wonderfully smooth start to the school year! We have a fantastic group of children and families. Everyone is busy exploring our rooms, learning the routine, and making friends. I don’t know how we get so lucky every year, but somehow we always get the best kids!
The new schedule is working out great! Everyone seems to be enjoying the less hectic day, and Joan, Jackie and I really love having more time working with the children in small groups. We’ll continue to fine-tune the timing of circle and snack, but it’s been going really well so far and children are enjoying multiple opportunities for projects.
It’s fall – please make sure your child is prepared for any kind of weather! We go outside every day, so it’s a good idea to bring a jacket and boots. We’ll be making the most of our outdoor time before snowsuit weather sets in, so we hope to be outside for at least a half an hour.
We’re working hard to keep the germs down at TCNS this year. We’re doing extra disinfecting of the toys each week and are already talking about proper coughing and sneezing etiquette and hand washing. Please help out by keeping your child home when he or she is sick. Children are often tired when recovering from an illness and an extra day to rest can be very beneficial.
Fundraising:
Bulb orders are due Friday, October 2! This is an easy fundraiser for us and everyone loves having flowers in spring!
We still have a couple of months before the holidays, but I’ll be putting up a preliminary list for the Fun with Santa silent auction. Last year parents reported that many businesses had trouble giving donations late in the year, so start early! We need every family to help get 2 donations!
We’re also planning to do the shopping day again in early November. At this fundraiser, we invite vendors to ‘rent’ a table in the chapel and we provide childcare downstairs while people can get an early start on holiday shopping. Last year we made almost $300 for our scholarship fund. If you know anyone who might be interested in participating, please let me know.
Remember, there will be no school for planning on Friday October 9th and Monday October 12th for Labor Day. Thanks for the wonderful turn-out at the September parent meeting. It’s nice to hear input from everyone and share ideas. The next parent meeting will be October 19th from 6:30-7:30.
October is a long month and there are a number of days when we’ll have a single parent helper in the TTh class. Please consider helping out a little extra by coming back early (11:30) to help with clean-up. I will put up reminders on those days for people willing to help out. It’s a great opportunity to talk get to know another parent. Thanks!
This month we will be introducing the children to different classroom helper responsibilities. They will be asked to help us update the calendar, describe the weather, pick songs for circle time, among others. We will rotate the different responsibilities among students so everyone will get a chance to do each job.
October Activities:
We have a busy month ahead of us. We’re going to start talking about colors and are inviting each child to bring something in for our basket which can be shared at circle time. We’ll start off the month by reading Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. This is a beautiful book using fall leaves to highlight Ehlert’s unique artwork. We’ll make our own leaf creatures and work on a collage of a fall tree and a class poem about fall. We hope to hike to the falls on Wednesday, October 7th. TTh students are welcome to join us with their parents, as well as any other siblings and parents. Our next book will be Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall. We’ll have a lot of fun with apples. We’ll do taste-testing and vote on our favorite apple food. We’ll also make our own applesauce, do apple prints, and cut and glue and apple. We’ll move to pumpkins the next week and read another Zoe Hall, It’s Pumpkin Time. We’ll bake pumpkin muffins and do seed mosaics, and a pumpkin collage. Our last book of October will be What a Scare Jesse Bear by Nancy Carlstrom. This week we’ll make our own mask and paper jack-o-lantern. We’ll also do our Halloween parade to Juniper Manor on Friday, October 30th. Please wear your costume to school that day.
Playdough:
1 cup flour
½ cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
2 Tbs oil
1 cup water
Food coloring
Add food coloring to water. Mix dry ingredients together. Add water & oil and mix well. Cook over medium heat, stirring. Remove from heat when slightly sticky and knead until smooth.
September 2009
September 2009
Welcome to the start of another wonderful year at TCNS!! Joan, Jackie and I are looking forward to getting to know all our new families and catching up with those returning. It will be fun to watch the children develop their skills, make friends, and take their place in the classroom! We’ve got a lot of great stuff planned for theyear!
Just a couple of reminders: please remember to bring in a box of 5 oz. paper cups and roll of paper towels the first time you are scheduled. We use LOTS of paper towels! It will also be your child’s turn to bring in show-and-tell for circle time. We really enjoy looking at things from nature, but your child is free to bring in anything they choose – photos, toys, blankets, etc. We prefer that show and tell stay in your child’s cubby except during circle time to help keep it safe.
We go outside every day, so make sure your child is dressed appropriately. With unpredictable fall weather, it’s good to be prepared with boots and a jacket – just in case. The playground can get muddy and the children love to dig!
I’ve attached a list of healthy snack suggestions and class list – keep these for future reference. I’d suggest planning on about ½ apple or banana, a whole muffin or big handful of pretzels/crackers, for each child. We do have nut, dairy, and ranch dressing allergies in MWF and potassium sorbate in TTH. Please keep that in mind.
Contact me at any time (austicloz@hotmail.com, 387-5235 or 387-6084) with questions or concerns about how your child is doing at TCNS. We will schedule parent-teacher conferences in the spring, but let us know if you’d like to meet before that. Once a month you will get an observation form to give you a feel for how your child’s day was, who they played with and what their challenges were. Each child will also have a turn to write a story with the teacher once a month and have it read to the class. Also, we do have scholarships available. Let me know if you’d like an application.
FUNDRAISING:
One of the ways we keep tuition so low at TCNS is fundraising. We have two large family fundraisers, Fun with Santa during the T-burg Winter Festival and Big Fun at the Fairgrounds in May (or something similar). Some of the parent jobs involve organizing different aspects of those events, but all families are expected to help out for a shift at each event. This will be discussed further at the parent committee meetings, but I just wanted to let everyone know what to expect. Our first fundraiser will start soon. The past few years we’ve successfully sold flower bulbs in fall. Information will be in your cubbies soon. We also have a place for bottle returns near the garbage can. Keep drinking & bring in those returnables!
Our back-to-school Meet & Greet picnic will be Sunday, September 13th at Taughannock. Bring a dish to pass and we’ll meet near the playground around 4:30, eat around 5. The first parent committee meeting will be Monday, September 21st at 6:30 pm at TCNS. Please join us to get the year off to a good start – it’s never too early to start talking about Fun with Santa! Children are welcome and can play in the other room while we are meeting. Yummy snacks will be provided!
There are still a few parent jobs available! We’re looking for 2 people to organize the silent auction and display for Fun with Santa. This is not as bad as it sounds – we have a list of donations from previous years and each family helps collect donations. These jobs are very important and it’s so much easier (and fun!) to have a group of people to work on fundraising. There are also openings in the facility coordinator & some of the organization for Big Fun. Please think about offering extra help if you’re able.
SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES:
We have a busy month ahead of us. Our focus for September will be on manners and friendship and we’ll be learning each others’ names and the routine. We’re starting off with a familiar favorite, The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Everyone knows this story and it will give us a comfortable start to the year. We’ll be decorating our pockets for sign-in and making bead caterpillars. Next we’ll read Please Say Please, by Margery Cuyler. This is a wonderful book that will get the children thinking about manners and being polite. We’ll be working on our own TCNS Manners Book, and doing some tearing and cutting. Fox Makes Friends by Adam Relf will be our next book. This is another beautiful story about making friends and cooperation. We’ll make paper bag puppets and salt dough sculptures and a mural to help decorate our school. Our last book will be It’s Fall! by Linda Glaser. We’ll start to talk about the seasons and especially fall. We’ll be making a 3D nature sculpture and an underground fall scene.
Don’t forget to bring your family picture and scrapbook page as soon as possible. We love to have photos of our families to look at during the school day!
The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
‘Cause your friends are my friends,
And my friends are your friends,
The more we get together, the happier we’ll be!
June 2009
June 2009
It’s hard to believe the school year is almost over! All the children have grown so much! It’s wonderful to see the friendships that have developed and how much the children have enjoyed being together. Joan, Jackie and I are going to miss all the children who will be in kindergarten next year; it’s so hard to say goodbye! But we look forward to seeing students return for another year. It’s great to watch them develop and change from one year to the next.
We have a busy last few weeks of school coming up. We’ve already scheduled fieldtrips to Juniper Manor (TTh) and Trumansburg Family Dentistry (MWF) and are still waiting on confirmation for visits to the firehouse and kindergarten. Watch for details. As for the dentist and Juniper Manor, we gather at TCNS first, and then walk to these locations.
Don’t forget Big Fun this weekend (May 30th)! If you haven’t already signed up for a work shift, please do. And remember to bring in your baked goods and raffle items by Friday. We have fieldtrips scheduled for both Thursday and Friday this week, but I will be collecting items and bringing them to Big Fun. Thanks to everyone for helping on this event – it’s an important fundraiser for the nursery school!
Dates to remember:
June 16th – dessert social at the elementary school playground. Bring a dessert to share and relax with other TCNS families. TCNS will provide the ice cream!
June 18th – last day of classes.
Graduation will be at 7 pm. on Thursday, June 18th in the chapel upstairs. You are welcome to invite friends and family. Please have your graduate here by 6:50 so we can get them set up. We usually have a small reception after graduation. If every family brings a small amount of snack or cookies to share, we’ll have plenty.
June Activities:
We have a busy first week of June. Our first book will be Time for School Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt. We have fieldtrips scheduled for Trumansburg Family Dentistry and Juniper Manor during this week. At Juniper Manor we will be sharing our snack and inviting the residents to read with us. We will be making cereal necklaces and doing toothbrush painting. The following week we’ll be reading the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood. We’ll cut and collage a strawberry, make strawberry shortcake and weave placemats. During the final week of classes, we’ll read A Special Kind of Love by Stephen Michael King in honor of Father’s Day. We’ll make a glue box collage and a wind chime from nuts and bolts.
We’ve all had a wonderful year here with so many fantastic children and families. Thanks you so much to everyone who has helped make this year go so smoothly. Congratulations to all the children going on to kindergarten.
Have a great summer!!
May 2009
May 2009
Well, it seems like we’ve jumped right into summer without much spring. Hopefully everyone had a wonderful spring break and has been enjoying the beautiful weather. It’s nice to finally be able to pack those snowpants away! Just don’t forget to take out the sunscreen!
For those who haven’t heard yet, Renee has decided to extend her maternity leave at home with Emerson and Owen, so she won’t be back at TCNS this year. Hopefully we’ll see her around town.
Just a few reminders…
Please try to remember to bring a roll of paper towels in when you’re the parent helper. We get messy and need to wash our hands, so we go through a lot of paper towels!
Don’t miss the parent workshop on Getting Ready for Kindergarten on May 5th at 6:30 pm. We’ll be doing this workshop in the Melvin Room at the Ulysses library. T-burg Elementary principal Jeanie Wiggins will be on hand to discuss the kindergarten program and answer questions.
Sibling Night will be May 20th (for MWF) and 21st (for TTH) from 6:30-7:30. Students are invited to bring their siblings for a special night of nursery school and project. Sorry, parents need to stay too!
Remember there’s no school on Monday, the 25th. Enjoy Memorial Day!
Big Fun is Saturday, May 30th from 10-2 at the fairgrounds. It’s an important fundraiser for TCNS and we need every family to help make it happen. Please sign-up for a shift on the sheet posted at the bottom of the stairs. A reminder about bake sale and raffle items will be coming out soon.
May promises to be a fun month! We’re going to start out reading How High is Up by Bernice Kohn. This is a neat comparison book that is just FULL of adjectives. We’ll be making a texture board and special picture for Mother’s Day. On Wednesday, we’ll hike to the falls and look for signs of spring. Then we’ll read a new take on an old story, Big Bad Wolf is Good by Simon Puttock. It’s an interesting story about preconceptions. We’ll make a handprint duck (love those little hands!), do crayon resist, and make a magnet fishing game. Our next book will be Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup. This is the same author that wrote Grumpy Cat, so it should be loads of fun. We’ll do a bear collage and leaf printing. The MWF class will walk to the library to talk to the children’s librarian. Our last book in May will be Going on a Nature Hunt by Steve Metzger and we’ll be doing a nature collage. We also have 2 fieldtrips that week!
We’ve lined up a number of field trips this month. Even they don’t fall on your normal school day, you and your child are welcome to join us.
May 5th – Hike to the falls (raindate 8th). Drop-off at Central Pavilion & pick-up at the playground.
May 27th – P&S Excavating. Drop-off & pick-up at P&S, Agard Road.
May 28th – Hike to the falls (raindate ?) Drop-off at Central Pavilion & pick-up at the playground.
I’m still waiting to hear back from the fire station and Juniper Manor.
Get outside & enjoy the sunshine!
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