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Here we are...starting up again...

 

Thanks to all those who have helped the Community Preschool move forward into the 2011-2012 school year with newly painted classrooms!   We are enthusiastic for a bright and fun new year! 

 

We still have room for more children to join us in our preschool adventures!   Call the office at 499-1940 for more information!

 

Sneak Peak/Open House will be on Saturday, September 10 from 11am-1pm!  Come meet the teachers and see your child's classroom all ready...set...go...to start up!  

 

First day of preschool is September 12!  We look forward to seeing all our little friends!

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CALLING ALL KIDS!

 

If your child needs a camp to 'come and have fun' in...then join us 3 mornings a week!   We start at 9:30 and end at 12:30 on Tuesdays. Wednesdays and Thursdays!  Call our office and speak to Linett at 631-499-1940!    

 

This week  we will focus on gardening...we will be planting flowers in our gardens at preschool and to take home too!   We'll even make our very own garden in a cup to eat!!!  (DIRT---chocolate pudding, crushed oreos and gummi worms!)

 

Next weeks theme will be summer foods...watermelon, ice cream and smores!   

 

So,  come and don't miss out on all the FUN!

Open House

Our Open House Family Fun Day takes place on July 9, 2011 from 11:00 AM-2:00PM!

 

Open House

Come and join us at our Open House and Family Fun Day!

Take a tour of our school and meet the teachers!

We will  have food, crafts, games, cooking classes for kids and face painting!

Come and enjoy a day of fun with your family and friends!

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Preschool's almost over...Preschool's almost done!

We've had so much fun!! 

Now it's almost time to say good-bye...

 

Our end of year celebrations are on Thursday, June 16th and Friday, June 17th!

The children have been busy with all their end of year projects, making Father's Day gifts for their Dad's and practicing singing their songs for you!  

The teachers are sad to see them go but proud as can be,  for they are ready to move on! 

We've had a wonderful year and want to Thank all of our Preschool families for all your support!

It has been the greatest pleasure to watch and nurture your children grow and learn all the while having FUN!

 

We wish you all a safe and happy summer!

 

For those who are interested there is still room in our summer camp. 

Camp will start on Tuesday, July5th.  It will run through August,11th on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-12:30!   If you are interested, please call the office for more information. Come have some fun in the summer sun with us!

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We honored all our wonderful Mom's and hope they all enjoyed their day!

 

"Old McDonald's had a Farm...and on his farm at  Community Preschool...E-I-E-I-O!"

We are learning about who lives on a farm...what they sound like...what their babies are called
...what they eat..and making crafts that look like them!   We are hearing fun stories...singing songs...putting together puzzles...eating snacks...all about the farm animals!   The 3 year olds are even going to White Post Farm to see and feed the animals!

 

SPRING has finally SPRUNG and we are playing every day in the great outdoors!   We love to explore all the signs of our favorite season in our favorite playground!

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We hope everyone had a fun and safe Spring/Easter break!   The children came excitingly back to preschool ready to go!  We missed our little friends and are happy to be back too! 

 

We celebrated EARTH Day by making 'A Sparkling Clean Earth"!  We learned about re-cycling to keep our planet clean and safe. 

We will also be planting seeds, beans and flowers to help keep our Earth beautiful for Arbor Day!

 

Next week is Mother's Day so we will honor our Mom"s with a Tea Party on Thursday, May 5 and Friday, May 6.   We will be busy making extra special surprises for them too!   (Don't forget to bring in an old shoe of your child)

 

We are planning a trip with the 3 year  olds to White Post Farms on May 11, to visit and feed the animals, play on their awesome playground and have a picnic! 

 

Our summer program has been extended ffrom 4 weeks to 6 weeks!  We will still enjoy 3 days per week-Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30-12:30.  We start July 5 and finish on August 11.  Come join us for some outdoor fun in the summer sun!!

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Well...according to our preschool calendar...crazy March came in like a lamb and went out like a lion!    BUT--there were 20 lamb weather days to 11 lion weather days!  We're happy with that! 

 

Now it's time for 'April showers to bring May flowers'!   We decorated umbrella's to hang in our classroom while we'll be in search of flowers blooming around the preschool! 

 

Our opening day for baseball was rained AND snowed out!  We'll have a make-up game the next sunny day!

 

In addition to all these FUN events, the children are learning their last names, their addresses and phone numbers!   They are amazing as they recite all  this important info to us!  

 

The children are almost finished painting themselves...and they look adorable!   They love figuring out who is who...can you?   Come and see them all hanging in the classrooms! 

 

This week the 2 year old class was introduced to the letter X.

The children marble painted paper umbrellas. Then we added cellophane

to the top of the umbrellas.  What a nice window decoration this craft became.  

We celebrated "Opening Day" for Major League Baseball.  The children

looked so cute wearing their favorite baseball team colors.  The children

made paper baseball bats and balls. The teachers made a graph asking

the children who their favorite team was.We also made

delicious pretzels to eat at snack time.  They were yummy!!

Our classroom looks so pretty and bright with our Springtime theme.

There are kites flying, colorful easter eggs popping out of a giant basket, and cuddly

and cute lambs.  We are all looking forward to the warmer weather.

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It's OPENING DAY!

So let's all play... BASEBALL!!!

 

On Thursday, March 31 and Friday,  April 1  we will have our very own 'opening day' of baseball!  We'll wear our favorite teams t-shirt and/or hat!  We'll pick our favorite team to win!  Will it be the YANKEES or will it be the METS!  We'll lace a mitt that catches a ball!  We'll put 5 baseballs in our counting books!  AND weather permittimg we'll have  a baseball game outside where everyone wins!!!

 

We hope the last day of March is a lamb day!  After tomorrow we'll count how many lambs and lions we had...and we'll let you know!

 

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Well...we thought we kissed winter good-bye.  The lion weather roared today!  

 

However-we are forging ahead with SPRING in the classrooms!  The bunnies are hoppin' on the tracks and on the trail!   Flowers are starting to sprout on bulletin boards!   Decorated eggs are filling up baskets!   Rainbows are a colorful sight for all to see!   Windwands and windsocks are swaying in the breeze!   Kites will also be flying high!

 

We are determined to enjoy SPRING...even if it's just in our Preschool!    

2 yr old class

This past week the 2 yr old class was introduced to the letter V.  They glued pictures

starting with the letter V onto a popsicle stick.

During circle time we discuss the weather, colors of the children's clothing, guess which

of our little classmates haven't arrived to class yet,and sing finger

play songs.  We also read a daily book, and review the classroom rules.

The children marble painted colorful paper kites, that went soaring through our classroom.

The class celebrated St. Patrick's Day by having their little green handprints pressed on a

shamrock.  

The weather was so nice that the children were able to play outdoors.  They

were very happy and excited!

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Community preschool is going GREEN this week as we prepare for St. Patrick's Day! 

We have been using lots of GREEN glitter...we fingerpainted with blue and yellow to make...GREEN shamrocks!   We will put 3 GREEN shamrocks in our counting book...we've made a Shamrock Man...a Mr. Potato Head...GREEN crowns that go...boiinngg...and GREEN shamrock shakers  that we'll use for our very own parade on wednesday and thursday! 

 

We are still wandering around the world of Dr.Seuss.  We read the story 'Green Eggs and Ham'...so of course we made GREEN eggs to eat...We all did like GREEN eggs and ham--just like Sam I Am!

The children are taking turns taking home 'Cat in the Hat' book and puppet to take care of and have fun with!  They record and draw in a booklet to share their experience with the class!

 

Our letter this week is V--we glued on a vacuum to clean up...glitter...of course!

 

We continue to watch the weather and so far the lambs are winning...yeahhh!  We are enjoying this warmer weather and playing outdoors!

2 year old week of 3/8/11

In our two year old class we continued with our Nursery Rhymes.  The children used

a small rectangular sponge and dipped it in red paint to create a brick wall on tan

colored paper.  Then they glued an oval shaped egg to the top of the wall.  A face, arms 

and legs were added to make "Humpty Dumpty" smiling.  This craft came out so adorable.

The letter "U" was introduced.  The children used a popsicle stick to glue their letter on,

and added pictures starting with that letter.

We celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday by reading the story "Green Eggs and Ham".  We

enjoyed eating green eggs and ham for snack too. It was yummy!

 For our craft  we made a Dr Seuss hat.  The children made a pattern sequence by adding

 red and white strips to the top of the hat.  We added a picture of "Sam I Am" to the hat too. 

  Our thumbprint number books were finally completed.  The books will be ready for release

in about a week. 

We enjoyed the great outdoors this week as well.  Spring is just around the corner. Hooray!!

 Learning and playing at our preschool is so much fun!!!!  

  

   

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The 2 year old class started the month of March off  by making a Lion/Lamb mask. 

The children looked so fierce as a lion, and so sweet as a lamb. We discussed how the

March weather could change from day to day. 

We have begun our month of Nursery Rhymes too. The children each made a paper clock as a craft,

for "Hickory, Dickory Dock". We continued to add a new

number to our thumbprint counting book. It's coming out so adorable!

 The letter of the week was "T'' . So each child glued the letter to a popsicle stick

and then glued pictures beginning with that letter, on the letter itself.

We read 2 great books this week.  "I Love You" and  Dr. Seuss' "Old Hat, New Hat".

Playing outside was so refreshing to the children. They do enjoy spending time outdoors.

 We had a great week!!!! 

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Dr. Seuss is on the loose in our classrooms!   We'll make Seuss hats...we'll make Thing 1 and Thing 2 with our hands...and of course...we'll make Green Eggs and Ham!  We'll see who likes them like 'Sam I Am'  after reading the story!  We'll read and rhyme with as many Dr.Suess books as we can--we're inviting our parents in to help us read even more! 

 

We continue watching and graphing March's wild weather...so far 3 lions to 2 lambs!! 

We started another counting book with 1 shining sun...hoping for warm sunny days ahead!

 

Be on the lookout for life size paintings of the children hanging in the classrooms!  Oh what fun they'll have as they create their little selves and get hands-on full of paint!  (please dress them for mess!)

 

 

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MARCH MADNESS...

March came in like a LAMB!!!   We were all very excited that it was a sunny and calm day.  We finally got to go outside to run and play!   It felt wonderful!   We hope for many 'lambs' on our calender as we graph crazy March's weather! 

 

We are very busy decorating our classrooms with rainbows...pots of gold...Dr. Suess...Lions to Lambs...shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day...and...kissing winter goodbye!  (hopefully!)

 

Come see your children's 'work'!   Come see our renovated lobby!   We are so proud !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

summer nature camp

We are all  thinking about a warm summer day...
Our summer nature camp begins July 6 and runs six weeks until August 11.
We will be together with our little campers  Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30-12:30.
 Join as we go camping, explore the oceans and have lots of hands on fun!
Please contact us for further information.

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We hope everyone is enjoying this winter week off!  

A very special thank you to all those who helped out with the hallway renovation during this week!  We appreciate all your efforts as we continue to create a clean, safe and warm environment for our children to learn and play!

 

Preschool resumes on February 28th (the last day of Feb.)  We start back to learn about  the letter "T" for teeth, so of course, a visit from the dentist!  We will find out what is healthy for our teeth and what is NOT!   We'll show off our real sparkling smiles and our smile project too!

 

Will March..."Come in like a Lion--and go out like a Lamb?"   We'll be excitingly watching and graphing  the weather all month!  We are hoping for 'Lamb' days ahead!

 

Take care everyone...we've missed all our little friends and look forward to seeing their happy, healthy smiles next week!

Narthex Revitalization Next Week

Dear Preschool Parents/Guardians,

The church will be undertaking a major renovation of the hallway areas at the church during the February school break next week.  The Trustees plan to take down the old paneling and put up wainscoting.  From there the plan is to paint the hallway walls.  This is just step one of what we hope to do before next September's preschool opening. 

We recognize, however, that this is your school, too, and so we invite you to join in the work/fun of redoing our appearance!  The project begins this Saturday, February 19th with the removal of the paneling.  If you would like to help out at any point next week, please email me at shadrift@gmail.com to find out when the work will be done.

I'm glad we can work together to make our the preschool experiences of our children the finest around. 

Blessings Always,
Pastor David

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Even though Valentine's Day is over, we are still feeling the LOVE! 

 

This week we are singing, sneezing and sharing with our silly letter "S"!   We made sss-nakes, stars and stumps (where animals hibernate)  We even made snow using shaving cream and glue 'cos we can never get enough...according to the kids!   It's slowly melting away and they are sad, but they are happy too, looking forward to warmer sunny days to go outdoors to play!

 

Community Preschoolers will be patriotic - using red, white and blue materials as we learn about our Presidents, past and present, and celebrate their birthdays!

 

Preschool will be closed the week of February 21--25 for winter break and will re-open February 28th!   We wish you an enjoyable week!

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"Love is in the air at Community Preschool!"   The children have been busy making Valentine's for their families and sending  Valentine's to their friends!    They also made their family tree filled with love (and hearts) !!  The  T/Th classes had their love-ly party today.  The M/W/F classes will celebrate on Monday, Feb. 14th.   Thank you parents for all the sweet goodies you bring us to share!  

Of course we still do our Fun-Work...the letter R...and  the counting book...5 hearts! 

 

Happy Valentine's Day to all, especially our Preschool family!

preschool news

Open enrollment is underway for the September 2011-2012 school year.

Get ready...Get set and sign up for our Summer Nature Camp. The program begins July 6th and runs until August 11th. Six weeks of FUN and SUN!

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Welcome to our new blogger page! Please check here for future updates and any closings or delays. We will also be posting closings or delays on news12.com

We were delayed 90 minutes today so the children stayed until 1PM.

"ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?" Thursday and Friday we will be getting ready for Super Bowl Sunday! Don't forget to wear your favorite Jersey to school.