This morning during music class the children enjoyed singing Down by the Bay while shaking the shakers. Mr. Jason also brought in his friend Rocky the raccoon from his camping trip. The children had fun singing and dancing with Mr. Jason.

Today is Johnny Appleseed day. We celebrated Johnny Chapman by reading his story and learning more about him. We also washed apples and made fun apple headbands.

Tomorrow is Soccer Shots. Tennis shoes are safest shoes for this class.

Individual pictures are this Friday unless your child has a sibling, then they will take their pictures Wed.

Sequencing is a very important skill for children to develop at an early age. It will help further develop organization skills that they will find important in their future. Can you guess what lesson we worked with this morning during circle time? That’s correct, Sequencing. Here’s an easy activity you can do with your child to help him/her with this skill. Read a story, ask your child to tell you what happened 1st in the story, then what happened next, etc. Then ask them to draw the pictures that match the order of the story.

Monday is music class. This class begins at 9:00.

Have a great weekend!

This morning the children continued to work with alphabetical order of letters. The difference with this lesson is it has the alphabet in sign language. This lesson will help further develop lower case letter recognition and how to sign the alphabet. Ask your child to show you what they are learning.

Hello Fall! The children are inviting Fall into our room by making beautiful fall leaves on their tree made from a tracing of their hand.

During Jumpbunch class the children had fun practicing their eye/hand coordination by trying to hit a birdie with a racket. Ask your child how they did.

During Arts Alive the children had a fun time imagining they were at the zoo and magically becoming an animal. Take a look at Alexandra the Cobra snake.

Did you know we now have a Yoga class on Wednesday mornings? All children participate in this class, and let me just say it was a big hit for them. Our Yoga instructor’s name is Mr. Nicholas. He taught us different Yoga positions such as the Tree pose, The upward dog, the downward dog, the frog, etc. Ask your child to show you some of what they learned.

Today was our 1st chapel day for the school year and everyone appeared to enjoy our new chapel routine. Father Art and Ms. Carrie Ann refreshed our memory of some songs that we had learned last year and during VBS this summer. We also had a special Birthday celebration for Olivia. Please remember that all parents are invited to chapel and especially during their child’s birthday to participate in their Birthday prayer.

This morning during circle time the children were introduced to addition with color beads. This lesson helps enforce addition skills, handwriting skills, recognition of numerals and prepares them for more advanced addition. Ask your child what it means to add. (put everything together and count it) This is an easy concept to practice with your child at home.

During Soccer Shots the children played a great game against each other. Their word of the day was Sportsmanship. They practiced sportsmanship with all the team’s players.

Happy Birthday, Olivia! Thank you for sharing yummy cookies with us.

Tomorrow is Chapel. It begins at 10:30. We will also experience our 1st Yoga class. Girls are encouraged to wear shorts and or shorts under their dresses.