Welcome to ECP - 3B
2019-2020

Mrs. Cuocolo 

Diocesan Wide Theme: Believe and see the glory of God
Franciscan Value for November: Peacemaking

Important Dates

Wednesday, 11/13 -  Book Fair at Barnes and Noble Christiana, everyone needs a picture of something they are thankful for (Could be from a magazine)
Thursday, 11/14 -  Home and School Meeting 6:30
Friday, 11/15 -  Home and School Family Bingo Night, everyone needs a clean, dry small water bottle (8 oz) - please write your child's initials on the lid
Wednesday, 11/20 -  Panera Take Over, wear a T for team shirt or a shirt with a truck, teddy, teal or triangles (Something with a T)
Thursday, 11/21 -  bring a favorite T for towel (beach or bath) for show and share and for rest time!
Friday, 11/22 -  School TAG day -favorite sports team, Pretzels for morning snack and Chic Fil A for lunch for those who ordered, NO HOT LUNCH, bring a picture of something that starts with T for our collage (from a magazine or computer), bring a T for teddy bear 
Monday ,11/25 - Thanksgiving Feast ( no need to pack a snack), friends may wear Fall colors, bring a favorite T for toy for Show and Share
Monday, 11/25 and Tuesday, 11/26 -  11:35 dismissal (there is Eagle's Club)
Wednesday, 11/27 -  NO SCHOOL
Thursday, 11/28 - Sunday 12/1 - NO SCHOOL 

Daily Updates

Monday, November 11
I hope that everyone enjoyed the weekend and is savoring this calm before the storm of the holidays sets in. We are going to be busy turkeys over these next two weeks, so please make sure that your child is well rested for our busy days!

This morning, we went on a leaf hunt. I read the book "We are going on a leaf hunt" as we walked. Who knew that we had a tall mountain, a dark forest, a deep lake and a loud waterfall all in our back parking lot?!?! The chidlren really enjoyed this fun - and it was a perfect fall morning for it!

This morning I read the book "I Like Me" and we went around the room and each child shared somehting that makes them special. We then created hearts with our pictures and the words " I like me" and the children each created a person to look like them and had to give me a statement telling me what they like about themselves. We are all gifts from God and we need to treasure the gift that we are.

This afternoon, we shared our Show and Share items. We had so many interesting and different things. Please remember that if your child brings in a stuffed animal for show and share, this will be their animal for rest time also. We do not have cubbie space for two animals.

Tomorrow is Gym - hair pulled back and names on shirts.

Please read all of the dates above as we have a busy few weeks ahead!

Please continue to practice putting coats on indepedently. Also, remember mittens, not gloves for cold days. We will go outside daily so please be sure that your child is dressed appropriately.

have a lovely night!




Friday, November 8
We had a great Friday! We were as busy as the bustling leaves outside! This morning my friends did their l pushpins, painted beautiful leaves to hang from our ceilings, created a fall picture titled "Leaves Fall Down" and we read the book called "The Leaf Man. " My friends each then had the chance to share their leaves and we compared the different sizes, shapes and colors of the leaves. My friends each then created a leaf man just like in the story - they are so cute!

I loved seeing my friends in their shirts that they L for love! They are so proud of all of these things that make them special and unique. 

My friends all need a picture of just them for Monday and they should bring in something that they L for love for Show and Share.

Please look at all of the above dates carefully so you do not miss out on classroom fun!

The weekend is a good time to practice cutting, gluing and putting coats on independently! 

As the weather gets colder, I ask that you please send mittens, not gloves, to school. Mittens are much easier for us to put on their hands. Buy lots of mittens because like socks, they will disappear!

Have a wonderful weekend and thank you again for choosing SJB for your child! Stay warm on this cold, fall weekend!


Thursday, November 7
Thursdays are SOO busy and go by in the blink of an eye! We have Art and Spanish and we squeeze as much work in to our morning as we can.

This morning, we read the story " A leaf Blew in" and continued to talk about our letter, L. My friends practiced cutting a lavender triangle. I am so impressed with the improvement in their cutting skills. I can tell you have been working at home. Keep it up! My friends also created a leaf by painting with shaving cream and fall paint colors. They loved this and they turned out beautiful! My friends also created a leaf wreath. 

This morning we did our Religion lesson on "I have a family." We talked about all of the wonderful things our families do together and how we love spending time with our families. Our families are our greatest gift from God and they love us no matter what. We ended with a prayer thanking God for blessing us with our families. We talked about family game nights or movie nights so maybe try to sneak one in this weekend if your schedule allows!

After our lunch and recess, we did a Math lesson with leaves. We started with 5 leaves and each time we read a line from our poem, a leaf disappeared. The children realized that our number was getting smaller. 

On Friday, November 22, we will have Chic Fil A offered for lunch. There will be NO HOT LUNCH offered that day. If you would like to purchase Chic Fil A, go to your Smart Tuition account to make your selection and payment. The payment is due by Friday, November 8. If you do not order chic fil a, you will need to pack a lunch that day..

Please read all of the dates above so you know what is happening in the school and our classroom.

Remember to practice using gluesticks and scissors! 

Practice putting coats on independently. I have several friends who can do so already and are so proud! Thank you!

** Friends may only bring ONE stuffed animal to school each day. If your child is bringing a stuffed animal for Show and Share, then this will be the animal they use at rest time. please do not send two animals to school. There is not enough room in bookbags or cubbies! Thank you!

I sent home a flier about our Book Fair at Barnes and Noble on Wednesday, November 13. This is always one of my favorite nights . Hope you can join us !


My friends all need 5 leaves for a project tomorrow.

My friends should wear a shirt they L for love tomorrow.

I am leaving early tomorrow (right before lunch). Ms Debbie from Eagle's Club will spend the remainder of the day with the chidlren and Mrs. Monarski. I may not be able to update my page so if I do not, have a wonderful weekend and stay cozy and warm! My friends all need something that they L for love for Show and Share on Monday and a picture of just them!

Tomorrow we do the Friday dance




Wednesday, November 6
This morning, we started our new letter, Ll. We said that Luke and Leah both start with L and we looked at pictures of a lion, a lemon, a letter, a log and a leaf. We will spend the next few days talking about leaves and things that we love.

This morning we read a book called "Autumn's First Leaf" . In the book, we talked about all of the changes that happen in autumn/fall and the many colors that we see on the leaves. be on the lookout for the changing leaves as you drive or play outside. Duing work time, chidlren independently created leaves using dot dot markers (this is a fine motor skill). The children also worked to fill a leaf with tissue paper to create stained glass leaves for our windows in the classroom. My friends worked to cut hearts and fill the hearts with the words " i love my family" and the family picture. I traced the chidlren's arms and hands on brown paper and we turned them into trees. The children then painted leaves on the trees and had to tell me a sentence of something they like to do in the fall. It was a busy morning!!

On Friday, November 22, we will have Chic Fil A offered for lunch. There will be NO HOT LUNCH offered that day. If you would like to purchase Chic Fil A, go to your Smart Tuition account to make your selection and payment. The payment is due by Friday, November 8. If you do not order chic fil a, you will need to pack a lunch that day..

Please read all of the dates above so you know what is happening in the school and our classroom.

Remmeber to practice using gluesticks and scissors! 

Practice putting coats on independently. I have several friends who can do so already and are so proud! Thank you!
** Friends may only bring ONE stuffed animal to school each day. If your child is bringing a stuffed animal for Show and Share, then this will be the animal they use at rest time. please do nto send two animals to school. There is not enough room in bookbags or cubbies! Thank you!

I sent home a flier about our Book Fair at Barnes and Noble on Wednesday, November 13. This is always one of my favorite nights . Hope you can join us !

Have a Lovely evening!






Tuesday, November 5
What a busy and terrific Tuesday. We were busy learning all day long - we didn't even have play time today because there was so much to do!

We finished our letter C today by reading a book called "I Like Colors". We talked about all of the different things we saw of each color. We then became scientists and did our "Colors in Sunlight" experiment. The children were such good listeners and loved that they all had a part in this cool partner activity. Everyone got to pour milk, drop food coloring in and add the mysterious liquid that mixed all of our colors together. Science is so fun and we loved all of the C for colors we made!






We then worked at tables in groups of 5 to create scarecrows. Mrs. Monarski and I each sat with a group and gave directions for them to follow and they did an awesome job - just like big kids. They also painted letters Cc with a carrot today which they thought was funny! We listened to a story called "Penguins like Colors" and did a whole group activity where the children had to identify the color in the picture and then color the rainbow in order. They did awesome!

After recess this afternoon, each child was given 5 counting bears for Math. We listened to the story 'Bear Counts" and the chidlren followed along as bear added a number to his group each time until he had five and we did, too. Hands on Math is so simple and fun to do. The chidlren realized that our number got bigger because we were adding on to it.

What a busy and fun day. Tomorrow we will start L for leaves.

Tomorrow is Gym - names on shirts and hair pulled back!

If you volunteered to send in for our L tasting tomorrow, please do so.

Friends need a family picture tomorrow.
** Please remember to practice cutting and using gluesticks at home. many of my friends do not know how to properly use a gluestick. These are great quiet activities for them to do while you are making dinner.

* Please practice putting coats on independently. It is so helpful when some of our friends can do this!

* The Sign Up Genius for Thanksgiving had the wrong date. The date is Monday, November 25. I apologize for my Monday brain!

** Please note that Show and Share has been moved to next Monday as we are continuing with the letter C tomorrow. We will start L on Wednesday.

*If you did not send in a clean, empty toilet paper roll today, please do so tomorrow. PLease write your child's name on the bottom of the inside of the roll.

** Friends may only bring ONE stuffed animal to school each day. If your child is bringing a stuffed animal for Show and Share, then this will be the animal they use at rest time. please do nto send two animals to school. There is not enough room in bookbags or cubbies! Thank you!

I sent home a flier about our Book Fair at Barnes and Noble on Wednesday, November 13. This is always one of my favorite nights . Hope you can join us !

Please check all of the dates above so you know what is happening in our classroom and in the school. These next few weeks/months will be very busy!



Monday, November 4
I hope that everyone enjoyed the weekend and time together and enjoyed the extra hour of sleep on Sunday morning. I know I like driving to school with the sun up but I do not like the darkness that sets in at 5pm now! 

My friends all came in ready to go this morning. I love this age because they are always ready! Our days are so fun and so fast.

This morning, we continued with the letter c and we read "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie." The Mouse even left us cookies to eat while we enjoyed the book. My friends did a great job sequencing the events of the story for me. The children then created a mouse puppet and had to cut their own cookie. They each had to tell me something that happened in the story for a mouse craft that also involved cutting. We also practiced cutting straight lines to the farm animals that told us to STOP. We do a lot of cutting in here so often times our crafts may not look "perfect" but my theory is that it is their work that they are able to do at 3 or 4 years old. My son had one preschool teacher that wanted everything to look like her sample but I never felt like it was Aidan's true work. I like to let the children do their own crafts because they are so proud - and it makes each craft unique!

After recess, we played 'Who took the cookie from the cookie jar/" My friends enjoyed this rhyme and activity.

** Please remember to practice cutting and using gluesticks at home. many of my friends do not know how to properly use a gluestick. These are great quiet activities for them to do while you are making dinner.

* Please practice putting coats on independently. It is so helpful when some of our friends can do this!

* The Sign Up Genius for Thanksgiving had the wrong date. The date is Monday, November 25. I apologize for my Monday brain!

** Please note that Show and Share has been moved to next Monday as we are continuing with the letter C tomorrow. We will start L on Wednesday.

*If you did not send in a clean, empty toilet paper roll today, please do so tomorrow. PLease write your child's name on the bottom of the inside of the roll.

** Friends may only bring ONE stuffed animal to school each day. If your child is bringing a stuffed animal for Show and Share, then this will be the animal they use at rest time. please do nto send two animals to school. There is not enough room in bookbags or cubbies! Thank you!

I sent home a flier about our Book Fair at Barnes and Noble on Wednesday, November 13. This is always one of my favorite nights . Hope you can join us !

Please check all of the dates above so you know what is happening in our classroom and in the school. These next few weeks/months will be very busy!

Have a wonderful week!

Friday, November 1
We did it! We survived Halloween and the day after! I hope that everyone enjoyed last night. We said an extra prayer of thanks to God for allowing the rain to stop so that we could enjoy a fun night of trick or treating! And today we welcomed in November and talked about how this is a month of being thanksful and spending time with family. We will enjoy the "calm" of November before the excitement of December sets in!

This morning we read 'if you Give a cat a Cupcake" and my friends were able to hold their stuffed animal. We acted the story out and then resequenced the events of the story. The children enjoyed this book so if you do nto have it at home, it would be a good one to add to your library. My friends then created a cat out of a paper plate and tissue paper. They also painted a cupcake using glue, shaving cream and food coloring . They used glitter to sprinkle the cupcake and then had to tell me a sentence from the story. At lunch, we had mini cupcakes as a special dessert to celebrate the story!

Today is the feast day of All Saints. I told the children that Saints were special people that loved God so much and who always listened to God and spread His love through kindness. We did our Religion magazine on Saint Francis and my friends colored some animals that were the friends of St. Francis. I traced each friend's foot and had them tell me a way they will follow in the footsteps of the Saints. This weekend, they are going to try to be "Saint like." Remind them of this!

We learned a cute little hand poem called "Creeping" this morning. 

Remember a clean, empty toilet paper roll with your child's name on the bottom inside.

We will continue with letter C on Monday and Tuesday next week. 

Winter uniform starts on Monday. No more shorts until the spraing uniform.

The weekend is a good time to practice cutting and putting on coats independently.

I sent home a flier about our Book Fair at Barnes and Noble on Wednesday, November 13. This si always one of my favorite nights . Hope you can join us !

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy this family time  and some down time after a busy week of excitement!

Thursday, October 31

What a day!The excitement in our building was at an all time high. I was proud of my friends for how well they did as we paraded through the Gym and the big building. This could be pretty overwhelming but my friends did an awesome job. Thank you to so many parents and grandparents for coming to our parade!

After the parade, we returned to our room to enjoy our Halloween snack. Thank you to all who contributed and to the moms whol helped. Thank you also for understanding that we can only allow limited guests to our parties. When we pack too many people in the room, it becomes chaotic, overwhelming and some friends become anxious. 

We enjoyed a pumpkin volcano this afternoon. The kids LOVED this Halloween fun and each child had a part by adding to our reaction!

We were able to get outside and run around after lunch because the rain had stopped. I gave a LONG talk to the children about avoiding the puddles and I told them that we woud not be changing shoes or pants if they purposefully stepped or jumped in puddles and that wet shoes do not make for a fun afternoon......

Tomorrow we do the Friday dance.

My friends should wear a C for favorite character shirt tomorrow.

My friends should bring a stugged cat ( or dog) for 'If You Give a Cat a Cupcake". if you volunteered to send in cupcakes (because we need more sugar), please remember to do so and that they must be PEANUT and TREE NUT FREE.

Scholastic ONline Book Order is due tomorrow. Code is QFX2R.

I hope that everyone has fun tonight and that the rain stays away for at least a little bit of fun!

Happy and safe Halloween!


Wednesday, October 30
Oh you can feel the excitement in our building! The next two days are going to be big around here!

This morning we read a book called 'God made me just right" and we talked about the fact that God created each of us to be special and to be a child of God. My friends all created C for crowns that say 'I am a child of God". We also cut out hearts and glued on the words 'I am a child of God" along with their pictures. We said chidlren of God look for ways to help others and to spread God's love around the world.

This morning we also read a book called "Ten Orance Pumpkins" and did a little Math work with it. The children did a great job and are realizing that numbers can get bigger or smaller depending on if we add to the group or take away from the group. We are some smart pumpkins!

My friends were so excited to carve our pumpkin this morning. Each child had a chance to scoop out the inside of the pumpkin and to feel the seeds and pulp if they wanted to. 

It stopped raining around 12:10, so we did sneak outside for somefresh air and to run around a few minutes to get some of this endless energy out!

Please read the notes above regarding Halloween. Pay attention to the fact that our location has been moved to the Gym due to the yucky and disappointing forecast. 

I am excited to see all of my friends tomorrow morning for the BIG day!


Tuesday, October 29
Today was another busy day during this extra exciting Halloween week! IN my opinion, Halloween and Valentine's Day are two of the hardest days of teaching.....

Today we read  a story called "Little Cloud" by Eric Carle. In the story, the cloud was able to change its shape. My friends then painted clouds of different shapes. They also created a cloud with raindrops using the letters of their name. They are doing a good job placing the lettrs of their name in the correct sequential order. Practice name recognition at home as this is a skill they need for this year. We also worked on a color sorting game and did a color pattern activity with a partner.

My friends enjoyed sharing their favorite C for characters today. They are so proud of the items that they bring in. 

Tomorrow we will C for carve a pumpkin!

~ Please read the notes above about Halloween. Please email me with any questions.

~ My friends all need a picture of themselves for Religion tomorrow.

~ Tomorrow is Gym - names on shirts and hair pulled back for girls.


~ As the weather is getting cooler, please practice putting coats on independently. This is such a huge help when some friends can do this on their own. 

~ Everyone needs a clean, empty toilet paper roll for Monday. Please write your child's name on the inside bottom of the roll. Thank you!

~ Please read all of the dates above so that your child is prepared for all of the fun and activities!

Have a great night with your little pumpkins!




Monday October 28
I hope that everyone enjoyed the weekend and the crazy weather yesterday - it was like 2 days in 1. 

We were so happy to have Paxton back today. We celebrated his 4th birthday with munchkins at lunch. We wished Sophia and Isabella well as they were not here today.

My friends all looked so nice in their capes and crowns. It is funny how one little accessory can change the energy level in the room. We took a 15 minute morning recess to burn off some energy and enjoy this gorgeous fall day!

We made our Harvest Chex Mix this morning. My friends all did a good job as "chef" and followed my directions so well as they added ingredients. I told them this could be an after shcool treat. Thanks to all who sent in the needed items!

We are still talking about the letter C this week. This morning we read "Chica Chica 1,2,2" and my friends each cut a circle (their cutting skills are really improving!) and then created Chica Chica 1,2,3 tree with number stickers. We also talked about more about God's creations and how He created day and night and all of the things we can do in the different times of day. My friends then painted a sun and moon and filled their night sky with stars. They had to tell me something they like to do during the day and something they like to do at night.

After recess, we did a cute little interactive story about ghosts that didn't listen to their mommy. The lesson was that Mommys always know the right thing for us to do and we should always listen.They enjoyed this little story.

~ My friends need a favorite C for character for C week tomorrow - Mickey Mouse, Paw Patrol, etc.

~ If anyone is willing to make Orange Play Doh for November, please let me know and I will send the recipe home. Thank you!

~ As the weather is getting cooler, please practice putting coats on independently. This is such a hige help when some friends can do this on their own. 

~ Everyone needs a clean, empty toilet paper roll for Monday. Please write your child's name on the inside bottom of the roll. Thank you!

Have a nice night and get ready for the excitement of the week. Extra prayers for us to survive Thursday and Friday are appreciated!

 

Friday, October 25
Hooray for Friday! We love to celebrate the end of another fun week of learning and playing together.

This morning we read a big book called 'Colors of God's Creations" and we talked about all of the beautiful colors that we saw on the pages. In this book, God created flowers, animals and day and night and then he realized that he needed someone to take care of and appreciate all of His creation so he created people abd we are His best creation. My friends then shared their pictures of God's creations and we created a beautiful collage of colors. My friends then cut a blue circle for water and filled with with green strips for land and glued on the words "God created the world". My friends then filled their world with stickers of animals and flowers and the sun and stars..

We did a whole class activity with patterns today. My friends had either a blue or purple bear and we used our bears to create a color pattern. They did awesome with this. They then worked on a pattern sheet with Halloween patterns.

After recess, we took a walk looking for signs of God's creations. We saw grass, leaves, trees, bugs flying, a bird, pumpkins and mums. It was a beautiful fall afternoon!


My friends should wear a cape or crown on Monday for C week continued!

Sending good weel wishes to Paxton and Sophia who were both home sick today. I hope we are all back together again next week.

Please read all of the dates above carefully so that you don't miss anything!

Have a wonderful weekend and thank you again for choosing St. John's as the start of your child's educational experience. We are blessed to have them here!

Happy memory making and family time!



Thursday, October 24
It was another busy day here in EC3B. My friends all looked so awesome in their pink this morning.

We did squeeze some work in to our day that is filled with Art and Spanish. We created a C for church, we cut a pink C for circle and we created a C for cross by using water colors. We also completed our Religion lesson on on Church friends. My friends did such a great job of following my directions and of matching the shapes to cplete the picture of the church. I told the children they could take this with them the next time they go to church so they can identify some of the items in the magazine.

We did a science experiment with C for celery today. My friends each put two drops of food coloring into our liquid water and then we talked about the leafy greens of the celery. We then predicted what might happen to our leaves if we put the stalks in the colored water. Many of my friends made such good guesses. We talked about the veins on the celery and that their job is to carry nutrients. Each friend then put a piece of celery into the colored water. They ar eon our science table for us to observe over the next few days.



Today was our day to BOO a class. My friends had such fun being so quiet as we did this. We love spreading joy!

Wishing Paxton good healthy wishes as he recovers at home!

Tomorrow is pretzels for morning snack. Remember a drink.

My friends need a picture of God's creation for tomorrow - a flower, animal, people, etc,

I am laving early for a meeting with Early Childhood Teachers. Ms Marilyn from Eagle's will be here with Mrs. Monarskl.

Tomorow we do the Friday dance!





Wednesday, October 23
Wonderful Wednesday! I am so proud of my friends for coming in so eager and ready for our day. Our days sure are busy and they seem to be flying by. Time flies when you are having fun...

Thank you to all who contributed to our c tasting today. I encouraged all of my friends to try the c veggies and most did - Ranch dip makes everything better. We then voted on our favorite and cucumbers were the favorite with 6 votes. I told the chidlren that veggies will make them grow big and strong....maybe that will help you all at dinner tonight!!

We visited the C for church this morning with our Director of Religious Ed, Mrs. Ballintyn. She talked to us about always being welcomed in to God's home and she took us on a brief tour. She showed us the baptismal font where we were welcomed into the Chirch family. My friends were so quiet and reverent in church.




We did not have much time to work today but we did get to work on a color assessment and we colored a circle with our favorite color for a class poster. I read a story about sky colors and my friends each shared their favorite color to add to our color collage. Some of my friends also created a C for church and the rets of my friends will finish this tomorrow.

Our friend, Paxton, spent the night in AI for croup. he is doing better now but will be taking a few days to rest. We sang him our song today and send him lots of well wishes! Mrs. Monarski was also not in today because of an appointment so our friend, Mrs. K, a former para in the 4 year old room, spent the day with us.

We had some excitement this morning during snack time. There was a knock on the door and we heard a loud "Boo!"When we opened the door, there was no one in the hallway but there was a new Halloween book and a bag of treats for each of my friends. We were so excited that someone was spreading such kindness and joy. The children loved this "mystery". Tomorrow is our turn to Boo a class so my friends will be excited for that tomorrow.

I will be leaving early tomorrow for an Early Childhood meeting in town with the Diocese. Ms. Marilyn from Eagle's Club will be coming in to help Mrs. Monarski for the afternoon. At dismissal, please step up when you see your child since Mrs. Monarski is not as familiar with who does the picking up.

Tomorrow is the school TAG day - wear pink for breast cancer. This was moved from Friday because of school pictures. Pretzels will be on Friday as planned.

have a great night!


Tuesday, October 22
Terrific Tuesday! We got so much done on this rainy Tuesday and I was so proud because most of my friends waked down that hall by themselves this morning! Way to go, friends! And everyone was back and healthy for the first time in a week.

This morning we read a book called "have you seen my cat/" and we talked about all of the things my friends know about C for cats. My friends then created a C for cat for their end of the year ABC book. My friends also worked to create a candy corn craft by following the pattern - they did this independently. They also stamped Cc with candy corn as a fine motor skill. 

During indoor recess, we read a book about "Corduroy's Colors" and we then shared our favorite colors with our Show and Share items. What a great job my friends are doing with show and share. I love seeing their comfort level increase as the year progresses. We also had a dance party during indoor recess to get our bodies moving.

Ask my friends about the Big Green Monster that we created today on the felt board - they each added to the pieces and loved doing this.

My friends should bring a picture of something that is their favorite color for our collage tomorrow. They should also wear something that is their favorite color.

Tomnorrow is Gym so remember names on shirts and hair pulled back.

My friends love drawing with sidewalk chalk if anyone would like to send some in, we would appreciate it.

If you volunteered to send in veggies, plates or dip for our C tasting, please remember to do that tomorrow.

October checklists will be going home today. Please remember this has been a huge transition for many of my friends and the expectations of school are much different than the expectations of a daycare. We are now 35 days in to our year so my friends should all be settled in and showing signs of growth and managing our routine and the structure of school. Please sign and return one copy and keep one for your own records. if you have any questions, please send me an email. Thank you!

Look at all of the dates above so you do not miss out on any of the fun!

Some pictures from our play and work time today:






Have a nice night and stay dry!


Monday, October 21
I hope that everyone enjoyed the weekend and got outside on Saturday to enjoy the gorgeous day! Yesterday was a great day to stay home and cuddle up with a movie - or sit at your son's JV football game and pray (harder than you normally do a a football game) that no one gets hurt in the miserable weather! And here we are at the start of a new week.

This morning we met our new letter of the week - Cc. We noticed that big C and little c look alike. We looked at pictues of a cow, a cat, a camel, a cookie and a cake with a cnadle. We will be talking about C for the next two weeks and will talk about costumes, candy, Church and colors. This morning we shared what our costumes will be for Halloween.

We read a book about a shy scare crow today and my friends created cute and friendly scarecrows. 

We also read 'the Mixed Up Chameleon" and my friends painted their own mixed up chameleons. My friends had to tell me what animal they would be and why.

My friends also worked on a sequencing game by looking at pictures and deciding what would be next in the sequence. They also did a pet matching game using logical thinking skills.

We took a morning recess on the big playground and then spent an hour after recess on the blacktop and little playground. It was such a perfect fall weather day!

Paxton was home today with a runny nose! We hope he feels better soon. We sang him our song wishing him well.


The TAG day for Friday was moved to Thursday because of picture retake day on Friday. The theme is pink for breast Cancer Awareness.

Tomorrow is Show and Share. Bring something that is yuor favorite C for color.

We have gym tomrorow - names on shirts and hair pulled back for girls.

If you volunteered to send in veggies, plates or dip for our C tasting, please remember to do that on Wednesday.

October checklists will be going home tomorrow or Wednesday. Please remember this has been a huge transition for many of my friends and the expectations of school are much different than the expectations of a daycare. We are now 34 days in to our year so my friends should all be settled in and showing signs of growth and managing our routine and the structure of school. Please sign and return one copy and keep one for your own records. if you have any questions, please send me an email. Thank you!

Look at all of the dates above so you do not miss out on any of the fun!

Have a nice Monday night - what a beautiful fall day it is!




Friday, October 18
Hooray for Friday! Sometimes the shorter weeks feel longer than a regular week, but we made it through another fun day of learning and play.

My silly friends forgot to get dressed today and came to school in their pajamas! They were so cozy on this cool fall morning. And many were ready for rest time bcause they were so cozy...


This morning, we read the story "If You Give a Pig A Pancake". My friends did a great job of retelling the story to me by using the pictures as clues. We then made pancakes for our morning snack. My mom came in to help with the fun - the kids thought it was so funny that I have a mom! Each friend had the chance to pour and shake (we cheated and did the easy just add water Bisquick) and they watched as we cooked them on the griddle. My friends then really enjoyed the pancakes and syrup ( they may have an extra snack because we had pancakes). Some of my friends had 4 pancakes - they were little. What a tasty way to end P week.


My friends then each made a P for Pig Puppet and had to retell me one thing from the story. These turned out so cute and will be hanging in the hallway.

I partnered the children up today and they played 'Pop the Pig" - this is game that teaches color skills and counting skills. They had so much fun and this would be a great Christmas gift for them!

This morning we had a practice fire drill. Thankfully, we got a head's up so I could prepare the children for what was going to happen. As soon as my friends heard the sound, they quickly and SILENTLY (not quietly) lined up. They know that if they are playing, they stop and line up. We are lucky to be located near an exit in our building so we file outside quickly. The children followed my directons and walked to our safe spot. They did this like they had done it a million times before. No one cired or screamed or ran and I was so proud of them. When we came back in, we looked at the many fire alarms that are located in our hallway. I explained to the children that Mrs. Monarski and I will ALWAYS keep them safe and to remain calm and to listen to our directions. You can remind them of this at home, too, so they know that they are safe here at school. In the coming weeks, we will practice a lock down drill and a quick evacuation drill but the children will never know the reasons for this - just that we will keep them safe. if you have any questions, please let me know.

We enjoyed 50 minutes of afternoon recess on this sunny not so windy fall afternoon! 

We missed Aine and Luke today and sang our song and hope to see them on Monday. 

Next week we will talk about letter C and costumes, candy, cats, Catholic and Church.

Have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy the down time as a family and thank you for trusting me with the job of teaching and caring for your child!





Thursday, October 17
What a busy and productive blustery day we had in EC3B! On Thursdays, we have Art and Spanish but we still manage to get A LOT of learning and work done. My friends all come in ready for our day and this helps us to be ready to make the most of our time together.

This morning, I read a book called "Seed, Pumpkin, Pie". The book xplained the process of how a pumpkn grows. The book told us that pumpkins can be all different colors, shapes and sizes. It also explained many uses for pumpkins - for sweet desserts, to decorate our tables, to use as a scarecrow head, to feed animals at the zoo or farm and to make jack o lanterns! My friends each then created a jack o lantern - they got to design this by choosing the shapes they wanted for eyes, ears and a mouth so they all look different. My friends also worked on making a P for pupmkin puzzle by placing the letters of their names in the correct sequential order. Most of my friends are doing a great job of telling us the letters of their name. My friends also stamped Pp with a pumpkin stamp (a fine motor skill) and painted a P for popsicle with pink and purple paint. 

We did a Science experiment with Reese's Pieces this morning. My friends had to work with a P for partner to form a P for pumpkin on a P for plate using the P for pieces candy. They did such an awesome job of working together and I was so P for proud of them. We talked about the colors we saw - brown, yellow and orange. I told the children that the candy had a hard sugary coating on it and that it dissolves when it touches the warmth of our mouths or even our hands. Each partner then poured warm water and the children were amazed to see the colors coming off of the cnady and swirling and mixing together. Science is so much fun!





We spent time on the playground after lunch but did not go on the field because it was wet and windy. We came inside and did our Religion lesson on taking care of ourselves. We talked about the fact that our bodies are gifts from God and that we need to care for these special gifts. SOme of the ways we do this are by brushing our teeth, washing our hands, eating healthy foods to help us grow big and strong and by saying our prayers. My friends colored a heart for each of these they have done today. There are extra hearts to color at home eahc time they take care of this gift from God. We ended by saying a prayer thanking God for the special gift of US! Remind your child just how special they are and what a gift they are.

We also used our pumpkins to compare. We talked about the size, colors and shapes of our pumpkins and if our pumpkins were smooth or bumpy. We then used a balance scale to see which pumpkins weighed more. My friends observed that the heavier pumpkins made the pan "sink". They loved this simple experiment and were so engaged!

Juliana was out sick again today. We wish her well and hope to see her tomorrow!

My friends love sidewalk chalk at recess but we are going through it very quickly. If anyone would like to send some in, my friends will put it to great creative use!

Don't forget pajamas tomorrow! We will make pancakes for morning snack.

We do the Friday dance tomorrow!!!

Wednesday, October 16
What a Wednesday! We managed to get a lot done on this dreary mid week day. No matter the weather, my friends are always ready to work hard and play hard.

This morning, I read the Dr. Seuss book "What pet should I get?" My friends then each got to decide if they would want a pet fish, dog, cat or turtle. They were able to paint and create this pet and then tell me a sentence about why this would be their choice. They will be on our hallway bulletin board because they are so cute. My friends also created pumpkins out of me painting their hands for our Religion Bulletin Board titled "Hand picked by God".

We were also able to take our pet parade before the rain started. We marched outside and to the statue of St. Francis who loves animals to show him our pets. We then silently paraded through the "big building".




We read a book about the color purple and my friends then shared their purple pictures for our collage. We then returned to our tables to cut out purple squares. My friends are doing a great job with their cutting - continue to practice at home. Remember to make sure that they are holding the scissors properly.

During indoor recess, we did our Scholastic News on p for pumpkins. We watched a video on how pumpkins can be all different shapes, sizes and even colors. My friends then did a great job of following my directions for coloring the jack o lantern on the back.

My friends all need a small pumpkin tomorrow - it can be real or fake. We are going to weigh them on a balance scale and compare them using words like bigger, smaller, heavier, lighter.

Please look at the dates above as there are a lot of fun classroom activities in the next few weeks and we want to be sure that all of my friends have what they need in order to join in the fun.

We had three friends home today. We wish Eleanor, Juliana and Sophie well and hope that they return to school feeling better soon! Thank you for giving your child the time they need to rest in order to feel better. Our day is long and if they are not feeling 100%, it makes for an even longer day. It also isn't fair to the other children in the class if you send your child to school when they are sick. We do our best to reduce the spread of germs. I know it isn't always easy to rearrange work committments ( I do a lot of juggling myself when my kids are sick so I know it's not easy), but please do not send your child to school when they are sick. Thank you for doing your part in keeping our clasroom as healthy as possible.

Stay dry tonight! It's a good night to cozy up with a movie - enjoy that while you can before your nights are consumed by sports and studying for tests!!




Tuesday, October 15

I hope that everyone enjoyed the long weekend and spent time outside in the beautiful fall weather! And today is already Tuesday!

My friends looked AMAZING today dressed as pirates and princesses. We modified a little for Gym class. Please remember that even on days when my friends dress down or up, they should be in sneakers. This makes our day much easier and safer.

This morning we read the story "The Pirate who said Please." In the story Jim the pirate learned that he had to say pelase and thank you in order to have friends to play with or to get somehting that he asked for. My friends know that my motto is "Manners work Magic". Pleae be mindful at home and praise the children when you hear them using their pirate manners! My friends had Prate Booty for morning snack - so they may have an extra snack in their lunchbox. We also painted adorable pirates that will hang in our room for a bit.

Today we talked about P for penguins. My friends thought it was funny that penguins are birds that do not fly. We talked about the fact that penguins hatch from eggs and that they spend most of their time in the cold water. We pretended to walk stiffly like a penguin.My friends then made a P is for penguin for our end of the year ABC book. My friends also worked on a Math activity - a one to cone correspondence with pumpkins and pumpkin stamps. They also had to find all pumpkins with the letter P and mark them. My friends also had fun painting a letter P with pink and purple paint on a pom pom. What a busy morning we had!

We have been talking a lot about the season, fall, or autumn, that we are now in. My friends can tell me many things about this season. We read another book about it today and talked about all of the signs of autumn that we saw in the pictures. Our Science table now has ghourds, pinecones and a pumpkin for the childrne to observe with their eyes and their hands. be on the lookout for signs of fall while you are driving or playing outside.

We took an hour long afternoon recess to enjoy this gorgeous fall day. While we were outside, we played  a pumpkin game with colored pumpkins and following directions.

Please remember to send extra clothes for the cubbies back in. Each child needs one change of clothes, undergarments and shoes. Thank you.

Tomorrow is Gym day so remember names on shirts and hair pulled back.

My friends need a stuffed pet tomorrow for our pet parade - that will likely be an indoor parade given the predicted rain.

Please bring a picture of something purple for our purple collage.

Scholastic Book order will be placed tomorrow. Our online code is QFX2R.

Friday, October 11

What a picture perfect morning at the pumpkin patch! We could not have asked for a better day. Thank you to all of the moms and dads who took time off of work to spend the morning with us! It was a great first field trip for my friends. I hope they all took a nice nap for you.



Enjoy the LONG wekend! We will see everyone on Tuesday. Remember to dress like a pirate or princess!


Thursday, October 10
What an exciting day as we gear up for our big trip tomorrow! Please review the note that was sent home on Monday for all important information that you will need for our trip. Please dress accordingly for the weather. A few extra notes:

1. Please pack a COMPLETELY DISPOSABLE SNACK for your child to carry in tomorrow. We will eat a small snack prior to boarding the bus so please pack things that can be thrown away as we will not be carrying anything out when we come to meet you for the bus.

2. Remember to pack a water bottle for your child as they do get thirsty on the trip. You will bring the water bottle with you!

3. Pack wipes and antibacterial sanitizer as the only bathrooms to use are porta potties.

4. Your child should wear their GYM UNIFORM. You may want to bring a coat as it might be chilly first thing in the morning.

5. In the past, there have been many bess at the patch so you might want to throw Benadryly in your bag just in case.

6. If you have not made your payment on Smart Tuition, please do so tonight.

This morning we read a story about Christopher Columbus. We acted out the story and thought about how tired, hungry and sick the sailors must have been to be on the ships for so long. We got really excited when we spotted "Land" and discovered America! We then created a craft with the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. My friends really enjoyed our Columbus talk and activity.

My friends also worked on cutting a p for pink square today. I can tell that some of my friends are practicing at home so thank you! Continue to practice this skill. Allow your child time to cut - hand them scraps or magazines and encourage them to cut away! Just remind them that we never cut our hair, our clothes or our skin.

This morning we did a simple experiment where we made P for popcorn dance using baking soda and vinegar. My friends each had a turn to add a poprcorn kernel in and watch the "Magic" happen. 





My friends all looked so nice in their pink, purple, princess, pirates, Phillies and Paw Patrol shirts. We had a lot of pigtails too!

We did our Five Little Pumpkins poem today and 5 more friends had the chance to come up and be the pumpkins on the gate. We have talked about not getting upset when it isn't your turn because everyone will get a turn and we just need to be patient, which is not easy when you are 3. My friends have really been doing a great job with this! We are growing every day!

We read a story about Pink all around us and created our pink collage after recess. Even with Art and Spanish, we sure do manage to get a lot done on Thursdays!

Remember that I am sending home extra clothes to be switched out for warmer clothes. Please send these back on Tuesday. Your child needs only ONE shirt, pants, undergarments, socks and shoes in a bag marked with their name. 

Please read all of the dates above so you know what to expect next week for our second week of P. 

I hope that everyone gets a good night of sleep to be ready for a morning of fun tomorrow!



Wednesday, October 9
What a whirlwind of a day! We were busy from start to finish and by 12:40, it showed! My friends were exhausted today - might be a combination of the weather and midweek. I know we are all ready for the 3 day weekend that is quickly approaching!

This morning for snack, we tasted vanilla and chocolate pudding. Some of my friends may have extra snacks left because they ate this for their morning snack. We then created a picture graph by voting for our favorite flavor. Vanilla pudding had 11 votes and chocolate had 4. My friends realized that 11 is a bigger number so more of our friends liked vanilla than chocolate. We love when Math is so tasty!

We are talking a lot about P for patterns this week. This morning my friends were given either a yellow or blue bear and we created a class pattern by holding up our bears. The children then worked with Mrs. Monarski to create color patterns out of squares of colors that they chose. They also did their P pushpins for a fine motor skill and painted a P for pumpkin to hang from the ceiling of our classroom. 

In Religion today, we did our article on God created P for people. We looked at the cover and talked about all of the things that God created - flowers, trees, animals, plants, etc - and how good he thought each was. And then he created people and was happy with how very good this creation was. We learned a little poem about God creating us and said a little prayer thanking God for all of his creations. Tonight talk about why people are such a special creation.

My friends learned a little hand poem called the "5 Little Pumpkins" today and had the chance to act it out with pumpkins. They will probably be repeating this a lot over the next few days. 

After recess, we created our P is for pet collage and shared pictures of all of our pets. If my friends brought in a picture from a magazine, they could tell us what they would name the pet if it was theirs. 

We also did our Vision Screening today and the children did a great job. They might talk to you about "following the birdie". You will be contacted if there were any issues that need furthr attention.

My friends all need a picture of something pink for our pink collage tomorrow.

My friends can wear something pink, purple, princess shirt, pirate shirt, polka dots, Phillies, Paw Patrol - any P shirts tomorrow.

See the notes above about Halloween. Please let me know if you have any questions.

An important letter about our Field Trip on Friday was sent home on Monday. If you have any questions, please let me know. If you DO NOT PLAN on taking your child with you upon on our return to school on Friday, please let me know and I will not send their sheets and blankets home on Friday.

I also plan on sending home extra clothes today and Thursday so that you can switch them out for more weather appropriate clothing. Please return the clothes to school on Tuesday in a bag marked with your child's name. Each child needs one shirt, one pair of pants, one extra set of undergarments, a pair of socks and a pair of shoes. They do not need a Gym uniform as their extra clothes.


** Many of my boys are needing several reminders to not put their hands and feet on their friends. We talk a lot about keeping our hands to ourselves and using our words with our friends. I have told the children that if someone puts their hands/feet on them, they move away and say "no thank you". They do not push or kick back. I know that three/four year old boys like to play physically but school is not the place for it. please continue to remind them of the importance of keping body parts to themselves and that hands are for hugs and high fives only. Thank you!

Have a fantastic night and keep praying for nice, dry weather on Friday.



Tuesday, October 8
Today was a busy and terrific Tuesday! Mrs. Schock was so happy with how well my friends listened in Gym class. She said they are doing a great job on jumping jacks and ball skills, so continue to practice at home.

This morning we met our new letter P - in Paxton, pumpkin, pencil, pig, pizza, pear, pink and purple. We will be talking about letter P and pumpkins this week and next. There are a lot of important classroom dates listed above so please make sure to read the dates nightly.

I read the book "Pete the Cat and his four groovy buttons" today. The book has Math incorporated
in as Pete loses a button every few pages and we realized that the bigger number of buttons was getting smaller each time he lost a button. We then listened to the book on CD and my friends sang a long to the catchy tune. We love Pete because he doesn't let things bother him - a good life lesson for us all! He just keeps on singing! My friends then each made a Pete the Cat and counted out their 4 buttons. My friends also used a marble to paint a pumpkin and they thought this was os much fun! We also created Prayer Pockets today. These are sweet little projects and a good last thing to do before bedtime. My friends were proud of their prayer pockets.

We also did tablework today as a whole group. My friends had to follow along and listen to my directions on what color crayon to use to trace the lines from a firefighter to the fire. This is a prewriting skill to learn to work from left to right. We first trace with our fingers and talk about whether the line is straight, bumpy etc. The children did a great job with this listening activity today! We will continue to do this more and more as the year progresses and we prepare for the transition to the four year old room.

Tomorrow is another Gym day - hair pulled back and names on shirts.

An important letter about our Field Trip on Friday was sent home yesterday. If you have any questions, please let me know. If you DO NOT PLAN on taking your child with you upon on our return to school on Friday, please let me know and I will not send their sheets and blankets home on Friday.

I also plan on sending home extra clothes tomorrow and Thursday so that you can switch them out for more weather appropriate clothing. Please return the clothes to school on Monday in a bag marked with your child's name. Each child needs one shirt, one pair of pants, one extra set of undergarments, a pair of socks and a pair of shoes. They do no need a Gym uniform as their extra clothes.

My friends need a pet picture tomorrow for our pet collage. This can be a real pet or a picture of an animal that can be a pet from a magazine.

I will be sending out the sign up genius for Halloween. Be on the lookout. Remember if you sign up to help for this party, you may not sign up for another party this year. Thank you for your generosity!

Have a nice night! Stay warm - it feels so damp and chilly today! I miss the warm, summer sun!


Monday, October 7
I hope that everyone enjoyed the weekend and made happy family memories! We are back and ready for another week of learning and fun!

We continued with letter F today and will move on to P tomorrow. 

We celebrated Sophie's 4th birthday today with delicious cupcakes after lunch. Thank you for the delicious treat and happy birthday!

Sophia was out sick today. We wish her well and hope to see her tomorrow. We don't like when our friends are not here.

This morning we were visited by Firefighter Taggart. He explained to us that he is a dad and a friendly, happy guy who likes to help and that we should nt be afraid of firefighters. He spoke with the children about what an emergency is ( a house fire, someone hirt badly - not arguing with your brother or sister) and that when there is an emergency, we call 911 (review this number with your child). He also explained that if there is ever a fire, we get out and stay out. Firefighters will go back in to look for pets. He assigned "Homework" to the children - find a safe spot to meet as a family if there is ever a fire - away from the house, a certain tree, a mailbox next dorr, etc. He also explained what to do if clothes catch on fire - stop, drop, cover face and roll. The most important thing he told us is if we ever can't get out of a fire, we need to stay low to the ground but wave our arms and yell "Help me. I am over here." He had the childrne praactice this many times. He eplained that firefighters need to be able to see and hear us and we should not be afraid if we see them coming. He dressed in his full uniform and explained what each piece of clothing does to protect him. He also shared some loud noises with us - his air tank blowing, his siren on his uniform, and his walkie talkie so that we would know to not be afraid of these sounds. He told us he likes ot help people and that is why he is a firefighter. Thank you to Firefighter Taggart and all of our brave firefighters. Please review all of this with your child tonight while it is fresh!

Today my friends created pictures saying 'it is fall". We talked about the fact that leaves change colors in the fall and that they start to fall from the trees to the ground. We learned a little poem about falling leaves. My friends also created an F for firetruck. We also worked on our Schilastic News on Fire Safety. My friends did a great job of following along and matching on the back of the sheet. We watched a short video and played a quick game on fire safety on the Smartboard, too. 

We created our farm collage today and have many fun farm pictures - cows, horses, sheep, rooster, pumpkins, a farmer and a field to name a few!

Tomorrow is Gym - hiar pulled back for girls and names on shirts.

There is a lot on information above on the next two weeks which will be letter P. There are a lot of fun activities for this letter so please be sure to read above and make sure your child is prepared so they can enjoy the fun and learning.

A sheet with information on our field trip on Friday is going home today. Please read carefully and let me know if you have any questions. Start praying for a nice, dry fall day!

Have a fabuous evening!


Friday, October 4
What a whirlwind of a Friday! Today was one of those days where I barely had time to catch my breath and yet we did not get one thing done in terms of work! We did not even have the right time (after recess when 5 friends were crying from exhaustion did not seem to be the right time) to do our farm collage so our pictures are in our cubbies and we will do that on Monday. We are rolling F week in to Monday because a firefighter is coming to visit us on Monday. Please prep the kids as some kids were very frightened by this on Wednesday.

My friends were so well behaved in church this morning. We were in church for an hour and 40 minutes as it was a special Mass honoring Sister Joann who is retiring after 30 years of service to SJB. Most of my friends were able to sit still and quietly and I am so proud of them. Our 6th grade buddies were a big help. I felt like I ran a marathon when Mass was over just trying to keep everyone settled but I am proud of them for sitting like they did.

We did start a science experiment with F for flowers that we will make observations of on Monday. My friends each helped drop food coloring in to cups of water and then each friend placed on white carnation in the water. We predicted if we thought our flowers would stay white or would turn to the color water that they are in. To be continued on Monday....

Have a FANTASTIC fall weekend! Enjoy the family time!!


Thursday, October 3
Fall is here! We had our first rainy day of the school year - we had so many sunny days in September according to our weather graph. Thankfully it was not raining for our walk to the cafeteria and at recess, we could run around for 20 minutes before heavier rain started to fall. 

Thursdays don't leave us much time for work and play in our classroom but we manage to squeeze as much in as possible. This morning my friends worked on a firetruck patterm, filled the letter F with feathers and played a farm matching game. We also worked on cutting skills with scissors! Please continue to practice this skill at home.

After our outside play at recess, we came in and had a dance party to some F songs on the Smartboard. We sang the Farmer in the Dell and played along to the Freeze Dance - this was so much fun. We also danced along to one of my favorite songs by the Laurie Berkner Band called the Fish song. It was so Fun to dance to the f songs.

Our classroom was turned into a Science lab this afternoon and we did a sink or F for float experiment. Each of my scientists had two turns to predict if an item would sink or float. Some of our items were a metal spoon, a papr clip, a wooden block, a big marble, a button, a foam block and a bead. The scientists were then able to test their prediction by carefully placing the object in the bucket of water. We observed that the heavier items sunk to the bottom and the lighter objects were able to F for float. Science is F for fun!



Please remember to talk to your child about sitting quietly and still in God's house tomorrow. We will have 6th grade buddies sitting with us so hopefully with more big bodies, it will be easier to control the wiggles. An extra prayer for us tonight would be appreciated!

Please remember a farm picture for our farm collage tomorrow.

looking ahead to next Friday, if possible after our field trip, please plan no taking your child with you for the remainder of the day. The school discourages that for older children, but for the little ones, it is so much easier and avoids tears at godbye at noon when everyone is super tired from a fun morning at the pumpkin patch. I understand if your schedule does not allow you to do so and I am here until 3:00 regardless but it makes the day much nicer for everyone if you can all leave together.

School will offer a free vision screening next week. There is no special prep for this and it takes about 15 seconds per child - it is amazing this goggle type tool they use to snap an image of their eye. Some of my friends did not return permission slips so I put another copy in your folder today. If you did not get a copy today, you have already submitted it. You can opt not to do the test but please email me if that is your plan so I know.

Tomorrow is one of our favorite F words - FRIDAY! We do the Friday dance!



Wednesday, October 2

It sure felt like summer out there on this Wednesday! I told the children this might be our last summerlike day of the year and tomorrow will feel like our season of fall.

My friends all looked awesome in their F clothes today. I promise I won't switch too many things once they are on the calendar but had to switch that so we are all in uniform for chuch on Friday.

This morning I read the big book "Old Macdonald" and my friends acted out the animal sounds. We sounded a bit like a farm in here! I also played a farm matching game with the children in pairs and they loved this game. In the morning before our daily officially starts, I do a lot of game playing to teach taking turns and playing by the rules. Today was our first attempt and they did an awesome job and had fun while doing it!

We did our Religion lesson on our f for families today. We talked about ways that our family cares for us and we said a little prayer thanking God for our families. My friends also completed the inside activity where we had to draw lines matching objects. Most of my friends were able to follow right along.  My friends then each cut a heart and glued on the words "Thank you, God, for my family" and then placed their family pictures on the hearts. We do a lot of cutting in here so continue to just let them practice at home. Tonight talk about ways that your family cares for each other and take a minute to say a prayer of thanks for your family.

I read a book about the Fire Engine Man today and talked about the ways firefighters keep us safe. My friends then created firefighters out of their painted handprints. My friends also did their F pushpins today.

We had fish (goldfish) for morning snack for our F tasting so my friends might have an extra snack left in their lunchboxes. We graphed our votes for our favorite flavors and Vanilla Cupcake one with 8 votes. My friends could look and see that there were more fish in this box than any others. We then talked about the fact that 8 is  a bigger number than 5(pretzels) and 2 (cheddar). This was a tasty Math lesson.

After recess, we had a visit with firefighters from Mill Creek. They talked to us about ways that they keep us safe and they talked about all of the ways they keep themselves safe. They put their uniform on to show us what they would look like if there ever was a fire so that we would not be scared. Some of my friends did get teary eyed and were a little frightened. Please reassure them tonight that firefighters are our friends and we should not be scared. They taught us that if there is ever a fire, we need to lay low to the ground to breath the good air and to yll " I am in here" so they know to look for us. We all had the chance to walk through the fire truck - some chose not to and that is okay. Thank you to Mill Creek for taking time out of their busy day to talk to us about safety.


Have a fantastic night!
Tuesday, October 1
Happy October! And congrats on surviving the first month of school. Now we are in the groove. I am so proud of all of my friends and how easily they transitioned to our new school year. 

This morning after Gym, we stopped to visit the staue of St. Francis for F week. I told the children that St. Francis was the saint of animals and loved all animals. We will celebrate his feast day on Friday and will attend the Mass. Please keep talking about how important it is to be quiet and reverent in church...and say some extra prayers that we all survive!

My friends enjoyed F show and share today. Our friend, Aine, brought in her pet FROG for us to see! This was perfect because our story today was about a frog. The frog was rhyming in the story and some of my friends picked up on this rhyming pattern. My friends then created an F for frog out of the letter F for their end of the year ABC book. They also created the farm animal cow. I worked with children on creating a fish patern out of yellow and orange fish. Most of my friends have grasped this Math skill of an AB pattern and could do this with little guidance!

After recess today, I read "The Farmer in the Dell" and my friends had a chance to act this out. This was a fun activity!


If you voluntered to send in Goldfish for our F tasting tomorrow, please remember to do so. Thank you!

Tomorrow is wear somethiing with F - Frozen, fish, flowers, firetruck, etc. I moved this from Friday since we are attending shcool Mass on Friday.

My friends all need a family picture tomorrow. 

We have Gym again tomorrow - names on shirts and hair pulled back.

Have a fabuous night!

Monday, September 30
I hope that everyone enjoyed the beautiful weekend and spent lots of time playing outside and making fun family memories!

Congratulations to CJ who became a big brother this weekend. His little brother, Elliott, was born on Saturday morning. We were all so excited to hear the news this morning. Congrats to the Sulecki family!

It is hard to believe that today is the last day in September and that our first month of school is complete! What a fast month it was and now we are mostly settled in and ready for our year of learning, playing and growing!

This morning we met our new letter of the week, letter Ff. We looked at pictures of fingers, feet, fish, fox, fork and fan. We talked about ways that we use our feet. This week while we walk in the hallway, we are trying to be as quiet as a sneaky fox!

Farm starts with the letter f and we will be talking a lot about farms this week. Today we listed all of the animals that we could think of that live on a farm. My friends came up with a great list! I then read a story called 'Farmer Brown goes round and round" and my friends all made the animal sounds of the farm animals. My friends then worked to create a sheep and a horse out of their painted handprint for our farm display! We also worked on counting fingers and finding numbers 1 through 5 . 

I have had to talk to my group of boys several times about how we play at school and am asking you to keep reminding them at home. We cannot put our hands or our feet on our friends. We also cannot play guns at school. Like boys do, they have been turning everything into guns and pretending to shoot things. This type of play is not allowed at school and we do remind them of that many times throughout the day. This is all normal, age appropriate behavior but not allowed at school for obvious reasons. Please continue to remind them at home and we will do the same at school and it will click! Thank you. Again, we are all working together as a team to make this a successful year for the children. 

We have gym tomorrow - please remember names on shirts and girls need their hair pulled back.

My friends need something that starts with F for show and share tomorrow. 

Please read the dates above so you know what is going on schoolwide and in the classroom.

Have a great night! Tomorrow we welcome October. My oldest turns 12 tomorrow so it's a big day in our house!


Friday, September 27
Hooray for Friday! We love doing the Friday dance and celebrating the end of another fun week together and the start of a weekend filled with family time. 

This morning we created our House collage by sharing pictures of our houses. My friends all had to tell us one thing about their house. Many of my friends were excited to share that they sleep in a big boy/girl bed or tell us the color of their room.

I read from a big book of nursery rhymes today and we talked about Humpty Dumpty. We talkd about the fact that Humpty was an egg and that eggs are very fragile. I said eggs cannot balance because they do not have a flat bottom so if we put an egg on the wall, it would fall. The children recited the nursery rhyme with me. We then did a little Science. I handed the chidlren an egg (hard boiled of course) and we used our H for hands to feel the egg. The children told me it was cold, smooth, round and hard. I had bags filled with different objects - tissue, sponges, legos, blocks, marbles, crayons, cotton balls - and a "Humpty" in each bag. We talked about the objects and whether they were soft or hard. Each child then had a chance to drop a bag with "Humpty" and the other items to see if Humpty would crack. We first dropped the bag on the carpet and observed if there were any cracks. We then dropped the egg on the tile floor and made our observations. The children noticed that oftentimes the Humpty did not crack when dropped on the rug but did on the tile floor. We then felt each surface and noticed that the rug was softer and had more of a cushion than the tile floor. We also realized that just like the poem, we could not put our Humpties together again!



The chidlren then created a Humpty craft by cutting an egg and decorating to look like Humpty on the wall. They turned out so cute! 

I also painted our H for hands and we created helping hands. The children had to tell me something they can do with their helping hands - it seems as though a lot of my friends will be cleaning this weekend! My friends also stamped an H with hearts as a fine motor skill.

After recess on this gorgeous Friday, we went on an H for hunt. My friend each had to find an index card with an H and a picture in the field. We then shared our pictures and noted that they each started with our letter of the week - letter H!

We missed our friends, Maddie, Paxton and Derek today and sang our song wishing them well. 


Our theme next week with be letter F and firefighters. We will have a visit from a firetruck on Wednesday. It will be another fun week!

KidStuff books and money are due on Monday. Please follow the directions on the sheet and envelope that were sent home.

Field trip permission slips and money are due by Monday. The link for chaperones is above. Please copy and paste to complete the transaction.

Enjoy this last weekend of September and the first weekend of fall. 



Thursday, September 26
Another busy and fast day here in EC3B! It is hard to believe that Septmber is almost over. 

Thursdays are our day that we don't get a lot of classroom time because of Art and Spanish, but we did manage to squeeze in some learning and play. This morning my friends made an H is for Holy Spirit craft with their hands painted as the dove of peace. We noticed that when we make the sign of the cross, we say Holy Spirit. We did our Religion lesson on Jesus as a Good Sheperd. We talked about the fact that Jesus is always with us - not sitting next to us at our tables or on the carpet but in our H for hearts. We show others that Jesus is in us when are kind and loving to our friends. We are on the lookout for our friends acting lke Jesus. I read the Bible story about Jesus and his sheep and told the children that we are the sheep and that Jesus wants to keep us safe and close. We completed the page on helpers and my friends did an AWESOME job of following directions for this activity. Remind your child to let others know that Jesus is in their hearts by showing that kindness.

In Science, we talked about ways we use our H for hands - to feel things, to hug, to eat, to play with slime, to wash. I then read the big book "Hands Can" and we acted out some of the things our hands can do. We waved goodbye and hello and said we are saying something without using any words. Our hands are amazing and our sense of feeling is amazing. My friends then had to close their eyes and stick their hand in a bag to feel an object. They then described what they felt - hard, soft, smooth, squishy, pointy, big, small - were some of the words they used. After everyone felt each bag and described what was inside, we took turns guessing what was inside. i told the chilren that scientists make smart guesses and sometimes they are right and sometimes they are wrong but that we never get upset over a wrong, smart guess. Again this was a simple, free experiment and the children loved it.




We celebrated Sophia's 4th birthday today with brownies at lunch. happy 4th birthday, Sophia, and thanks for the delicious treats!

CJ, Derek, and Grace were all absent today so we sang our song wishing them well. We hope to see them all tomorrow, but know our friends need rest when they aren't feeling 100%. We only had 8 friends in school today!

Tomorrow is our first pretzel day for those who ordered. If your child ordered pretzels, there is no need to pack a morning snack but remember to pack a drink please.

Tomorrow is a school wide TAG day. If you did not pay on Smart Tuition, your child should wear their regular uniform. The theme tomorrow is "Blast from the Past"....this is a tricky one, especially for the littles. My own two are wearing tie dyed t shirts because that is easy. Send your child in regular playclothes if you do not have anything and you paid for TAG day. All of my friends must be in sneakers!

My friends need a picture of your house or a house from a magazine - it can be an animal's house.

Please remember to return field trip permission slips and to make payment on Smart Tuition. I have attached the link for chaperone payment up above. Please make payments by Monday, Sepetmber 30. Remember that ALL friends must have a chaperone accompany them on the field trip. If you copy and paste the link, it will take you to the correct place to make a payment for a chaperone.

Tomorrow we do the Friday dance!





Wednesday, September 25

Wonderful Wednesday! My friends all looked so awesome in their h for hats. They each shared their hats and were so proud! A few friends did not have hats today so they cna bring tomorrow if they would like.

Today we worked on creating an H for horse for our end of the year ABC book. My friends also did an H pushpin activity - a great fine motor skill. I read the book "A House for a Hermit Crab". I then brought out my special visitor. My daughter, Gianna, let me bring in her pet hermit crab, Hermie, for H week and our hermit crab activity. My friends were so excited to see Hermie. I told the children he carries his H for house with him wherever he goes. We were all very quiet and still while Hermie was out because we did not want to scare him. My friends then created a hermit crab out of their H for hands and colorful tissue paper. So much fun! My friends also worked to cut H for hearts (keep practicing cutting at home!) and the attaching their picture with the words "Jesus Loves Me." 

Today we tasted H for Honey Teddy Grahams and and a sweet treat H for Hershey kiss! We enjoyed this for morning snack so some friends may have an extra snack left in their lunchbox. Thanks to all who sent in!

Remember to check the dates above so you know when pictures are needed for school. Pictures help us to tell stories and helps us get to know the children better!

CJ was home sick today so we sang him our song wishing him well and hope that he feels better soon. There are so many coughs in our room right now. Please practice coughing and sneezing into your elbows. Also practice blowing noses! Remember that your child must be fever free and symptom free WITHOUT MEDICINE for 24 hours!! It is not fair to them or the 14 othre children to bring their germs to school. I know it is not always easy to have a child home sick (there will be days I miss school because I am home with a sick kid...my daughtr missed 12 days last year between the flu, two bouts of strep and a stomach bug - I am hoping for  a healtheir year for us!). Thank you for respecting this rule so that we can keep our classroom as healthy as can be!

have a wonderful beautiful Wednesday afternoon!


Tuesday, Sepetmber 24
What a beautiful fall day today! If only we could bottle this gorgeous weather up and make it last forvever!

Today was one of those days where we just didn't have much time to get things done and I had to say "it is what it is". Our time in Church with the Bishop and Gym class and snack made for a choppy morning. But the beauty of being 3 is that we just go with it!

We did work on an apple matching game today where the children had to match shapes. The children also created an H is for house craft. We also did our first Scholastic News issue today. This issue was on what we do at school. My friends were happy to see that everything the children in the magazine did, we do at school. We watched a short video about school on the Smartboard and counted the blocks on the back page. We will do Scholastic News magazines two times a month and they usually correlate with our theme . The children enjoy this 'special treat" and love the videos, songs and games that are on the SmartBoard.

This morning we sang and moved along to 'If you're happy and you know it" and we shared what makes us H for happy, Again, they did an awesome job and I love our Show and Share time!

My friends were excited to go to "God's House" this morning and thank you to those who prepped your children. We had a long talk this morning about how we behave in church as well. My friends did a nice job of sitting as quietly and still as they could. The Superintendent of Schools - Dr. Lou wa sthere and he was impressed by our preschool! The Bishop took time at the end to come over and say goodbye to the children. 


Toay we celebrated Grace's 4th birthday with delicious and pretty cookies at lunch! Thanks for the yummy treats and happy birthday, Grace!


If you volunteered to send in Honey teddy Grahams or Hershey Kisses for our tasting tomnorrow, please remember to do so.

Gym day tomorrow - hair pulled up and NAMES ON SHIRTS please! 

Bring a picture of just you for Religion!

Wear a HAT for H week tomorrow!

*** I will be leaving school at 11am tomorrow to take my daughter to an appointment. I will not be returning to school. Ms. Marilyn from Eagle's Club will be coming in to help Mrs. Monarski. Mrs. Monarski will be walking the children out at dismissal. Please step forward when you see your child - tell grandparents - as Mrs. Monarski will not know faces at the end of the day. Thank you!

Because I will not be here at rest tomorrow, I may not update my teacher page, so please understand if you check in tomorrow and there is not an update. I will do my best to get a short one composed before I leave but I make no promises. The morning will determine if this is possible or not!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Monday, September 23
I hope that everyone enjoyed the weekend and made the most of the summerlike weather! Today certainly didn't feel like the first day of fall but we talked about the changes in the decorations in the classroom. There are now leaves and pumpkins in places in our room marking the change from summer to fall. We will have many fall fun activities planned in the next few weeks!

Today was Independence Day for our building. The parents of the 4s and kindergarten now have to say their goodbyes at the door to our building. As I said at our orientation, we do not celebrate Independence Day but many of my friends are walking the whole hallway by themselves or at least half of the hallway. Encourage your child to do so if they are ready - not if you are ready or not ready!! To celebrate this day, all of preschool enjoyed an ice cream cup at lunch in the cafeteria. Some of my friends did not eat their packed dessert/special treat because they had ice cream.

This morning we talked about our new letter Hh. We looked at pictures of a horse, a hat, hands, a heart and a house. We practiced forming the letters with our imaginary crayons - the kids love doing this!

This morning we read "The very Hungry Caterpillar". We counted all of the things he ate as we read - again, incorporating that Math piece into all that we do. The children then created a hungry caterpillar out of the letters in their names (placing them in the correct sequential order). They also painted a hungry caterpillar. 

My friends enjoyed Music this morning with songs about apples and fall activities. We also enjoyed  a morning recess on the big playground - remember playing is learning and often times in playing, there is problem solving taking place!

We have Gym tomorrow. Remember names on shirts and girls should have their hair pulled back.

Tomorrow we will visit the Church at 10 am for a visit with the Bishop. This should be interesting. Please talk to your child about sitting still and quietly in 'God's House". We will be there for about 20 minutes and will be with preschool through3 rd grade. Say a prayer for us tonight!

Bring in something that makes you H for happy for Show and Share tomorrow.

Remember to check the dates above for all of the fun happening so your child has everything that they need.

have a wonderful evening!



Friday, September 20
Hooray for Friday! We love to do the Friday dance and to celebrate the end of another great week together! My friends all looked great in their red. 

Thank you to all who came out last night for Back to School Night. I know I covered a lot of information - and hope I wasn't too all over the place! If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email. My apologies for the tears (that was quite embarassing and has never happened before). My last day of student teaching was the day of Columbine ( I am dating myself) and I knew then that we lived in a scary world and that teaching was no longer my top job but keeping children safe while they are in my care is my most important job. I promised to do just that! Just saddens me that we even need to discuss that. Thank you again for choosing St. John's and welcome to the "family."

This morning we worked on making red necklaces with beads (a great fine motor skill). The children did such an awesome job and loved stringing the beads on to the string. They were so patient and diligent in this task. And they are so proud of their necklaces! We also worked on looking at three pictures and pointing to the two that are the same so we could find the one that was different. They did a great job on this skill. I read "Ten Apples up on Top" and we spent a lot of time counting apples in the book. Again, we incorporate Math into so much of what we do throughout the day. My friends worked on creating an apple pattern today by alternating green and red apples. They really picked up on patterns quickly! I also painted their fingers to make apples on an apple tree. We also worked together as a class on a prewriting activity of drawing a line from the left side of the page to the right. We will work as a whole group often to help with listening to and following directions. What a busy morning!

My friends tasted red and green apples at snack and also apple cider. Some were hesitant to try the cider but found out it tasted like juice. We then voted on our favorite apple and green was the winner with 8 votes. We compared and saw that 8 green apples was more than 7 red. We will do a lot of graph work and comparing numbers throughout the year. Thanks to those who sent in our gooies for tasting!

This morning we did another poem where we had to work really hard to reach an apple way up in the tree - there was a lot of movement in this poem and they did an awesome job. 

Our first Scholastic Book Order is due by Monday. All orders must be done online. Our class code is QFX2R. Thanks for promoting a love of reading!!

Pay attention to the dates next week as a picture of each child and a house is needed.

The school will have monthly TAG days with themes throughout the year. The first one is next Friday and the theme is favorite decade - my own kids are wearing tie dyed shirts because that is easy! Payment for TAG days should be made on Smart Tuition. The cost is $12 for the year and will be sent to charities chosen by the members of Student Council. If you do not pay for TAG days, your child should wear their regular uniform on that day.

Thank you for all of the great stickers that you have sent in. They are much appreciated. 

I am going to try to send another signup genius and hope that it goes through this time!

Happy, beautiful weekend! Enjoy the time together as a family. Make lots of family memories!



Thursday, September 19
Happy Thursday! What a beautiful fall day it was today. Unfortunately for me on Thursdays, I don't get much time with the children as they have Art and Spanish but how lucky they are to have all of the specials here at SJB!

We did manage to squeeze in some work today. The chidlren created fall trees using apples as paint brushes - they thought this was super fun and the colors turned out so nice and bright! The children also worked on patterning. We said a pattern means we are taking turns. Thjey did a great job of cutting, gluing and finding the next picture to complete the pattern. We will do a lot of patern work for Math this year. My friends also used dot dot markers (they loved this) to fill in an apple. This is a great fine motor skill.

This morning we did another apple poem. Each child picked an apple from my bucket. They had to wave their apple when I said the color of it during our poem. They did such a great job and they love these interactive poems and songs!

The highlight of our day was making an apple volcano! My friends all became scientists. We talked again about our five senses. They each had a turn to use their hands to feel an apple. I then cut a hole in the top of the center of our apple and we used our eyes to observe the inside of the apple. Each child then poured baking soda into the center hole. I then added blue food coloring. We talked about what liquids are and each child used their sense of smell to smell our liquid vinegar. I then slowly poured the vinegar into the apple and we were amazed to see the "volcano". Bubbles formed and we could hear fizzing. I explained that a reaction occured when the vinegar and baking soda mixed together. You could try this simple experiment at home. Science is so much fun and can be so simple!




Tomorrow is wear red for apple week.

if you volunteered to send in apples or cider tomorrow, please remember to do so. You could also bring it tonight if that is easier for you. Thank you!

I will see you at back to School Night at 6:30 in our classroom. The session should last about 45 minutes. I will cover all of the details that you need to know for our upcoming year together. Please remember this is not a time for an individual conference. Tonight is for parents only.

The school will have monthly TAG days with themes throughout the year. The first one is next Friday and the theme is favorite decade - my own kids are wearing tie dyed shirts because that is easy! Payment for TAG days should be made on Smart Tuition. The cost is $12 for the year and will be sent to charities chosen by the members of Student Council. If you do not pay for TAG days, your child should wear their regular uniform on that day.

Tomorrow we do the Friday Dance!!!

Wednesday, September 18
What a Wednesday! We were so very busy today, as we will be every day here in EC3B. Our days fly by and our year will, too! 

Today we were happy to have Jack back after being home sick for two days. There are so many germs going around already. I will discuss returning to school after being sick tomorrow at back to School Night. 

This morning I read a book called "Red as a Firetruck". We then looked around the room to find all of the red things in our classroom. Red is a very popular color in here. My friends then each shared their red picture and we created our collage of red. My friends were so proud of their homework!

We continued our talk on the letter A and apples today. I read a story called "Autmn is for Apples" and we talked about how trees grow and change in each season. My friends then each stamped an A with A and a. Stamping is a good fine motor skill - and they love to stamp! They also each painted an apple to hang from our ceiling and they created an A is for Angel craft. We also worked some on patterning - another math skill we will focus on this year.

Today we worked together to make applesauce. My friends each helped put apples and sugar into the crockpot. I then added cinnamon and water and we let it sit for hours. Our room smelled so warm, cozy and TASTY! We enjoyed our applesauce after rest time. 

The school will have monthly TAG days with themes throughout the year. The first one is next Friday and the theme is favorite decade - my own kids are wearing tie dyed shirts because that is easy! Payment for TAG days should be made on Smart Tuition. The cost is $12 for the year and will be sent to charities chosen by the members of Student Council. If you do not pay for TAG days, your child should wear their regular uniform on that day.

I am in need of a gallon of apple cider for Friday for our apple tasting. If you are willing to send in, please email me. Thank you. I will get to that Sign Up Genius - when I get a free minute...haha! 


Remember that Back to Schol Night is Thursday at 6:30 in our classroom. This is for parents only. It should last about 45 minutes to an hour. I need to leave by 7:45 to get my son from football if that gives you a point of reference for the time frame. I look forward to seeing you then!



Tuesday, September 17
Terrific Tuesday! What a gorgeous day and a day filled with fun and learning! My friends began their day with their red show and share and they did an amazing job with this. Good job, friends!

I read a story about Johnny Appleseed and we acted out the parts. We talked about how Johnny loved apples so much that he wanted to share with others his love for apples. My friends then created a stained glass apple using pieces of tissue paper. They did a great job and were so proud. We also did a little science experiment by painting apples with baking soda water and then adding vinegar mixed with food coloring to see the reaction that occurs. They loved the fizzing and the bubbling that happened and the colors look so pretty. They will be on display in our room. 

We acted out "Way up High in the Apple tree" today with cutout apples. We started with 5 apples and each time we shook the tree, we lost an apple and our number got smaller. I told the children this is subtracting. We will do a lot of math by acting out little songs and poems this year. 

My friends enjoyed gym class outside this morning so we did not take a morning recess. During our afternoon recess, I brought out cut out apples in different colors and we did apple aerobics. The children had to listen for their color and then follow my directions. They had so much fun with this simple acivity.



Tomorrow we will make a collage of red pictures. Help your child find a picture of something red from a magazine or printed off the computer. They will add this to our class collage. If your child is able to cut independently, please allow them to do so. This is their "homework".

Gym day tomorrow - names on shirts and hair in ponytails. Thank you!

I am in need of a gallon of apple cider for our apple tasting on Friday if anyone would like to supply this for us. Thank you! I am trying to figure out why some people received the sign up genius and some did not.

Have a wonderful Tuesday evening! It's a beautiful night to get outside and play!!


Monday, Sepetember 16
I hope that everyone enjoyed the weekend and the GORGEOUS weather! Weekends are the best time to make family memories - especially when the weather is just right for outside activties.

This morning we were introduced to our new letter Aa. We looked at pictures of an alligator, acorn, ape, ant , the alphabet and an apple. We pretended to take a bite of an apple and made the /a/ sound. We will be exposed to the letter A in a variety of ways this week. Remember your child is not expected to master all of the letters - they will get them again next year and again in klndergarten. This is just a stepping stone.

I read a book called " I am An Apple" today. This book shows the process of the growth of an apple tree and how the process repeats and repeats. I told the children this is called a cycle. My friends then created an apple out of their handprints to remember this first fall of preschool. My friends also worked on creating an A for alligator that we will keep until the end of the year when we will put together an ABC book of all of their alphabet projects - one of my favorite things we do! I also worked on cutting with some of my friends. This is a VERY IMPORTANT three year old skill that we will work on a lot this year but practice is key. Please allow your child to cut with scissors at home. Give them scrap paper and have them cut to strengthen this skill. We talk about scissor safety but remind them of the rules. Cutting is a big kid responsibility and they must earn that responsibility!

Our classroom will become a Science lab and my friends will become Scientists each week and today was that first day!I talked about what it means to be a scientist and how my friends will use their 5 sense to observe in Science. The children know that the number one rule for scientist is to always use their best listening ears so they can hear my directions. They did a great job today. First we had the chance to feel an apple. They told me it felt, "good, cold, smooth, hard and round" - all great describing words. I then used an apple slicer to cut the apple. Each child could then see the seeds and feel the seed - they were amazed at how tiny the seeds were. Each table had 4 cups on it. The cups were labeled water, vinegar, air and oil. The children then used their sense of smell to smell the vinegar - someone said it smells like mommy cleaning:) I filled the appropriate cups and we talked about liquids - how they change shape when poured from container to container, we can drink most liquids and most importantly that they will spill and form a puddle if we drop them. The children then each had a turn to place an apple slice in to a cup. We will observe on Wed and Fri to see the changes that take place in each cup. Our cups are on the Science table now for observation. We love being scientists in here!









I received several emails saying that many of you did not receive the sign up genius. Thank you for letting me know. I am going to look into that this week - it could be operator error on my part!

Remember that Back to Schol Night is Thursday at 6:30 in our classroom. This is for parents only. It should last about 45 minutes to an hour. 

Tomorrow is red show and share. PLease make sure your child knows what their item is and that it fits in their bookbag.

We have Gym tomorrow - please be sure names are on shirts and that girls have their hair pulled back.

My friends will need a picture of themself and a picture of their house (or a house from a magazine if you don't want to send one of your house) for next week. Just a head's up so you can send your prints to Wahlgreens if need be. i will post exact dates tomorrow.

Have a nice night!



Friday, September 13
Hooray for Friday! We did the Friday dance today - the childrne love doing this each week. What a fast Friday it was and we made it to the end of our first full week of school. It only gets easier from here on out!

I loved seeing their favorite shirts today - and it's nice for them to show some of their personality by dressing out of uniform.

This morning the children had a lot of fun in Library. The listened to the story 'Ten Apples Up on Top" and each practiced balancing 10 apples on their heads. I even got to join in the fun! This was a great kickoff to our apples theme next week.

Today I read "Celebrating me" to the children. In the story, the children were celebrating how much they have grown and changed and we talked about how much we will grow and change this year! This is such a big year for them and for you as a parent - and me as a teacher. It is a blessing to watch them develop throughout the year. They come in as babies and leave as little people and we will celebrate that! I painted their hands, again, and we created a handprint for you to remember them as a 3 or 4 year old. They also worked with Mrs. Monarski in creating a person and they got to pick the pants and shirts that they wanted so that it was just their person. 

For Math today, we graphed if we are a boy or a girl by decorating a boy or girl and gluing them to a chart. We then compared the numbers and decided that 9 is bigger than 6 so we have more girls than boys in our class. We do a lot of graphing and comparing numbers for Math. Math is so much fun and is sucha  big kid skill!

We took a 10 minute recess on the big playground this morning and couldn't believe how much cooler it was than yesterday.

We take at least 7 group bathroom breaks a day and my friends are doing awesome! We have remained accident free, knock on wood. The children are doing a great job telling us when they need to use the bathroom. Way to go!

My friends are starting to lay quietly at rest time because they want that sticker. Remember to check shirts for stickers before putting them in the washer and drier, says a mom with experience on that topic! Thanks to my friends who have brought in stickers to share with their sleeping friends!

I emailed a sign up genius for apple tasting last week. Please let me know if you did not receive this. I still need all slots filled. 

Next week we will takl about the letter A, apples and the color red.

Have a wonderful weekend making memories with your family. We somehow have a sports free Saturday, which rarely happens, so we will be at Hershey Park holding on to the last bit of summer!

I look forward to seeing all of my friends smiling faces on Monday!

Thursday, September 12
What a busy Thursday! Between pictures, Art and Spanish today, we had about 45 minutes in the classroom. We had play time and we read a book called " God made me just right" to continue with our all about me theme. I traced the children's hands and we used an ink pad to make fingerprints. We counted their fingers and I told the children that everyone has different fingerprints and we looked at their fingerprints to see how different they are. We also did our Religion magazine and talked about how Jesus loves ALL of his children!

My friends did a nice job with class pictures today. They had to wait very patiently for their turn. The photographer did her best to get them to smile but keep in mind there was a lot going on and for some friends this proved overwhelming. I hope no one is expecting the "perfect picture" but keep in mind these pictures captured your child as they are today - at 3. My favorite school picture is my daughter's 3 year old picture - not a smile to be found but it captured her three year old personality! My friends all looked so handsome and beautiful. Thank you for sending everyone in sneakers. Safety before fashion!


My friends can wear their favorite shirt tomorrow for All About Me week. They can wear whatever shorts/pants they want - they do not need to be in uniform shorts. Again, they must be in sneakers.

A Scholastic Book Order was sent home in your child's folder today along with a letter explaining how this works. Please help your child develop a love of reading by building their library at very low costs.

Tomorrow we do the Friday dance already!! First full week of school is done - we are rolling now!



Wednesday, September 11
We made it to midweek! Only two more wakeups and two more days of lunches to pack!! 

My friends all did such an amazing job with their first Show and Share today. They proudly stood and told us their name and what they brought and what letter their name and item start with. They enjoy sharing these special items from home and we enjoy getting to know more about them. We will do a weekly show and share for theme. It is helpful to practice at home so they know what to say each week. Thanks for doing that this week as they were all ready and prepared!

This morning we had Gym in the gym and the children did a great job of following directions! We did not take a morning recess because we had time in Gym to get our energy out.

This morning we continued talking about what makes us special. I read a book called "Designed by God so I must be special". We pointed to each of our body parts and talked about what they help us do. I asked for things that my friends see, hear, touch, taste and smell - such great lists they came up with! My friends then designed a person to look like them for our Religion Bulletin board called "Jesus loves the little children". I told the class that we are all children and Jesus loves all of us because we are His little children.  I also painted hands again to create our EC3B Friendship Tree that will hang in the hall all year reminding my friends that we are all a part of this EC3B family!

My friends also painted flags today to show how proud we are to be living in America. We talked about the colors we saw on our flag and the fact that e say the pledge to our flag every day. On this September 11, enjoy a few extra minutes of family time and hug your babies a little tighter tonight.

Our class pictures are on Thursday at 8 am. Children should wear Sunday best WITH SNEAKERS - no one sees their feet and 3 year olds are not looking to make a fashion statement with their footwear - we are trying to stay safe considering many of my friends are tripping over air in here! My M, W, F friends can come meet us in the Library at 8 am (accomponied by a chaperone) in order to have your picture taken. We do not do a class photo at this time so if you do not plan on ordering pictures, you do not need to come. Please let me know if you plan on bringing your child for pictures on Thursday if this is not a regular school day for them. You must sign in at the Main office and walk down to meet us at the Library. You will have to wait in the hallway while we have our pictues taken.

We took 7 group bathroom breaks today and remain accident free, knock on wood. My friends are doing a great job of telling us when they need to use the bathroom. 

At rest time today,I told the children I would give stickers to my friends who rested and laid quietly. It is AMAZING how the promise of a sticker will motivate. So many of my friends settled right in and fell asleep. I will do this every day if this helps to settle us in. We welcome all contributions of stickers for this cause. Children love to pick out rest time stickers for their friends so take them shopping with you to make it even more fun for them!

Have a nice evening with your families and thank you for choosing SJB as their "home away from home" for the next 8 months.


Tuesday, September 10
Today was a busy day for my friends, as all of our days will be. Today we took a walk through the "big building" to meet our school nurse, Ms. Perrine. SJB is lucky to have a full time school nurse and an awesome one at that. Ms. Perrine told the children she will help with scrapes and tummy aches and coughs and that her room is a safe place. She assured the children that they will never get a needle from her - this was a big concern. Some of my friends have already had to visit after recess time, but hopefully we will not make too many trips to see Ms. Perrine this year!

The children had 30 minutes on the big playground for Gym this morning so we did not take a morning recess. After our visit with the nurse, we took a walk outside to enjoy this beautiful day.

This week we are talking about ourselves and learning to get to know one another. I read a book called "Hooray for you" and we talked about all of the things that make us special. I told the children to look in the mirror tonight and say 'hooray for me!" The children then answered questions for me to help me learn a bit about them. They worked with Mrs. Monarski in identifying the first letter of their name. They had to find a match for their letter and glue it on to a sheet. My friends also used a coconut to paint and thought this was silly. We read "Chica Chica Boom Boom" yesterday and talked about the coconut tree. Today I brought a real coconut for them to see. We placed the coconut in a box with red, yellow and blue paint and the children rolled the box back and forth and used the coconut to paint their paper. We will use many different items to paint this year!

We have Gym again tomorrow so please be sure that names are on shirts and that girls have their hair pulled back.

Please remember that we have our first Show and Share tomorrow. Children should bring something that starts with the first letter of their name and they should be able to tell us what it is. The item must it in their bookbags. We will do weekly show and shares and the children become so comfortable doing this as the year progresses. It is so fun to watch the transformation.

Our class pictures are on Thursday at 8 am. Children should wear Sunday best WITH SNEAKERS - no one sees their feet and 3 year olds are not looking to make a fashion statement with their footwear - we are trying to stay safe considering many of my friends are tripping over air in here! My M, W, F friends can come meet us in the Library at 8 am (accomponied by a chaperone) in order to have your picture taken. We do not do a class photo at this time so if you do not plan on ordering pictures, you do not need to come. Please let me know if you plan on bringing your child for pictures on Thursday if this is not a regular school day for them. 

Have a nice evening. There is a Home and School Meeting at 6:30 if you want to come out and get involved!




Monday, September 9
I hope that everyone enjoyed the weekend and took advantage of the gorgeous weather. I know many of my friends came in tired so I am guessing that everyone had a busy and fun weekend filled with lots of memory making! I was so proud that after two days at home, we did not have any tears as the chidlren entered the classroom. Let's keep it up!

Today we enjoyed our first Music class with Mrs. Wagner. She will expose the children to many different instruments and games and has lots of movement panned for the children. They enjoyed Music and did a great job of following the many directions.


We enjoyed 15 minutes outside on the big playground for morning recess and the we began our work/play time.  This morning I read "Chica Chica Boom Boom" to the chidlren and we talked about the letters that we saw. The children helped tell the story by saying the words chica chica boom boom when it was time. They then created their own coconut trees with their handprints and the letters in their names. Many of my friends were able to tell the letters in their names and we were so impressed! We will spend a lot of time this year working on identifying the letters in their names and placing those letters in the correct sequential order. My friends also shared their family pictures with me and named their family members and told me something their family likes to do and I will put these together to make a class book. We also finished our Pete the cat handprints from Friday - they turned out so cute and will be on display in our hallway.

Several of our friends have a pretty nasty cough already - it is so early in the year for these germs.  Please practice coughing and sneezing into their elbows to help reduce the spread of germs. Eleanor is home with a cold and we wish her well - we sang her a cute little song this morning that we will sing whenever someone is absent. Please remember that your child must be symptom free and fever free for 24 hours, without medication, before they can return to school. We will discuss this at Back to School Night next week.

Some of my friends are playing with the long strings on their gym shorts and trying to wrap them around their necks. This is obviously very dangerous. If your child has a long strong inside their gym shorts and you do not need it to adjust the size, please cut it off for us so it does not become a danger or a toy.

If you did not send a family picture today, please do so tomorrow.

Please remember that we have our first Show and Share on Wednesday. Children should bring something that starts with the first letter of their name and they should be able to tell us what it is. We will do weekly show and shares and the children become so comfortable doing this as the year progresses. It is so fun to watch the transformation.

Our class pictures are on Thursday at 8 am. Children should wear Sunday best WITH SNEAKERS - no one sees their feet and 3 year olds are not looking to make a fashion statement with their footwear - we are trying to stay safe considering many of my friends are tripping over air in here! My M, W, F friends can come meet us in the Library at 8 am (accomponied by a chaperone) in order to have your picture taken. We do not do a class photo at this time so if you do not plan on ordering pictures, you do not need to come. Please let me know if you plan on bringing your child for pictures on Thursday if this is not a regular school day for them. 

We have Gym tomorrow so please make sure that girls have their hair pulled back and that your child has their name on their gym shirt.

Have a marvelous Monday! This is a full week of school - we can do it! 



Friday, September 6
Hooray for Friday! Today we did the Friday dance to celebrate the end of our week together! Congrats to everyone for making it through the hardest week of them all. It was a great week and I know it will be a great year! Look at these cute faces - how could it not be a great year?


This morning we were able to go visit the Library and meet Mrs. Oldiges and Mrs. Tobin. We are so lucky that we get to end our week with Library. We will hear great stories and do fun activities. The children were very excited when I picked them up! We are such big kids to get time in the library!

We listened to "Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes" this morning and danced along to the song Pete sings. We know that there is never a reason to worry at school - school is a fun and safe place! The children created Pete the Cat headbands. They will wear these home on Monday because of the rain today. I also painted their hands again and these will become cute Pete the Cat pictures after they are dried and we can finish decorating them on Monday. I also took a picture of each friend in their school shoes and asked them to describe their shoes to me. I will put the pictures together to make our own class book abou rocking in our school shoes!

Today we took a morning recess on the big playground. We also took a walk after lunch and then spent 20 more minutes on the big playground before the rain started. The children love recess time and they need that time to release energy and to play in a way that is much more free than when they are in the classroom. Remember that play is learning!

We took 8 group bathroom breaks today. The children are also doing a great job of telling me if they need to use the bathroom.

Remember to ask your child if they had a job today. They are loving the responsibilty of having a job as a classroom helper.

My friends all need a family picture for Monday. This picture will not be sent home. It will be come part of a class book.

Next week our themes will be Chica Chica Boom Boom and All About Me.

You may have received the message about the safety lockdown that took place earlier today. The teachers were notified privately that we were not to leave the building until given the all clear. We remained in our classroom and continued to work and play - never a cause for concern. We have procedures in place for many different situations that arise and I promise you that your children wil always be safe in my care. This is my most important role as their teacher to keep them safe and I will do that, just as I know my own childrens' teachers will do for them. 

Have a wonderful weekend wih your families! Enjoy the time togehr and make happy memories!


Thursday, September 5
Today was a tear free day! And many of my friends walked down the hall and into the classroom independently! I am just so proud of them all - and all of you!

I realized today that Thursdays are going to be our busy days that don't allow much time for play or work in the classroom because we are busy at Spanish and Art. We will be learning, working and having fun in other classrooms. We are lucky to attend specials even in preschool!

This morning we did do our first Religion lesson. We talked about how we are all special and that God made us special. I told the children that Mrs. Monarski and I will be getting to know them this year and we will learn who likes what and we will learn what makes each of them special. We did our Religion paper and shared who likes soccer and music and the various other choices we had. The children did a nice job following a long and following directions - not asy to do on day 3! We ended with a special prayer thanking God for our new school and new friends. I can't wait to get to know the children this year! 

I read the book "Pete the cat rocking in his school shoes" today and the children danced a long to the catchy song. We will be doing crafts for this tomorrow as we just did not have time today!

We enjoyed Spanish in the "big building" with Miss Kovall today. The chidlren will be exposed to the numbers and colors and various songs in Spanish. We also had Art with Mrs. Newcomb today. The children will listen to a story and do a craft that relates to that story each week. 

We enjoyed our recess today and are looking forward to fall days when it is not quite so hot and sunny (though I love the heat). We began rest time around 12:35 and many friends fell right to sleep. Some friends are having a hard time settling their bodies at rest time. This is an important time of day for the chidlren as their little bodies need that down time. Please remind them to try their best to lay still and quietly so that they can rest - and so can their friends around them.

We took 8 group bathroom breaks today and were accident free again! What an awesome job they are doing in telling us when they need to use the bathroom. I even had two friends tell me while out on the playground - not easy to want to stop playing to use the bathroom. Let's kep up the great work!

Thank you to all who read my page and removed long straps from lunchboxes and remembered to pack drinks in the lunchboxes. 

I will be sending out a signup genius most weeks asking for help for the following week to assist in a tasting we will do for our letter of the week. Thank you for your help and generosity in making our letters come to life. I try to expose the children in a variety of ways to our theme and thank you for your part in this. The first signup genius should be coming out today or tomorrow. If yuo sign up to send in apples, we do not need them until Friday, September 20, Please do not send in prior to this date.

Remember that my friends will need a family picture on Monday. Please print one if you have not one so yet.

Ask your child if they had a job today. We take turns daily with jobs and the childrne love having jobs and that responsibility.

Tomorrow is Friday and we do the Friday dance in EC3B!!



Wednesday September 4
We all survived Day 2. Sometimes that is when the reality sets in and the tears flow, but once again, I was so impressed by and so proud of the children. There were minimal tears and my friends came in ready for a new day - for some this was their first day and they settled right in! Bravo to the chidlren and to the parents for making this such a smooth transition.

This morning we reviewed our morning circle time and routine. Some of the children were even singing along to the songs we sing to start our day. They enjoy the jobs that we have and each day someone new has a job so we will all get plenty of turns to have the jobs throughout the year. I like to remind them that we are all handy helpers and we will all work together to make this a great year.

We had Gym class this morning which was a lot of fun - and a little confusing as to why we were in the cafeteria but not eating. Mrs. Schock spent the class this morning playing different games getting to know the children and to learn their names. We will haveGym class two times a week during this first trimester.

During our Center time today, I read "The Kissing Hand" again and we talked about Chester's feelings and how many of us were nervous yesterday but were less nervous today. The children then worked to create a Chester raccoon with Mrs. Monarski. I called the children over an did something so silly - I painted their hands! They thought this was funny and that it tickled. I told them I will do this many times throughout the year. We made a little picture to remind them of the kissing hand secret.

At lunch time, I did my best to encourage the children to eat but several of my friends were not interested in eating. Please remember to pack something that they like and will eat. I cannot force them to eat but always do my best to make sure that they do have enough in them for our long day.

My friends were all VERY TIRED today - many were asking if it was rest time before we even went to lunch. We were on our mats by 12:30 and most of my friends fell right to sleep. Please remember that early and consistent bed times help make our day a smooth one.

We only took 7 group bathroom breaks today and were accident free again today. Hooray for that! let's keep it up. 

Today we celebrated Luke's 4th birthday and we all enjoyed powdered doughnuts! Happy birthday, Luke, and thanks for the yummy treats.

Some of my friends have long straps on their lunchboxes and are tripping over them or trying to put them around their necks. If your child has a long strap and it can be removed, please do so for safety reasons. Thank you!

Please remember to send your pink or blue folder to school daily! 

Remember to check all of the dates above for upcoming events!

In the event of rain on Friday, please do not send your child to school with an umbrella. The preschool does not allow umbrellas for safety reasons. Please send them in a coat with a hood on rainy days. 

Thanks for a great first two days of school! Looking forward to a great day 3!

Tuesday September 3
Hooray! You all survived the first morning dropoff!! Thank you for respecting my rule of saying goodbye at the door. It made for a much smoother transition for them - and for you, I promise. I was so proud and so impressed by the children as they all came in and got right to it. We had minimal tears from just two children and they lasted for 5 minutes. Let's do it again tomorrow!

This morning we started our day by reading "My first day of preschool". We talked about the simliarities between the children in the pictures and us - we all had backpacks and lunchboxes and cubbies and we are meeting and making new friends. We then settled into our morning carpet time and the children were excited to sing our morning song and try out the new jobs that they will have. After a few days, we will all be settled in to the new morning routine.

We enjoyed our morning snack. Thank you for marking the snacks with an S or a sticker to make it easy for us to identify. We had snack around 9 am and some of my friends were hungry. Again, they will adjust to the new schedule in just a few days. After our morning snack, we took a few minutes to go outside on the playground. We reviewed the rules of the playground and the children enjoyed running around on this sunny day!

We read the story "The Kissing Hand" today. Sone of my friends told me that they have this story at home. We talked about how Chester was nervous to leave his Mommy, just like many of us were. But his mommy came to get him, just like our moms and dads always do. Chester's mom taught him the secret of kissing his left hand so that the love could travel to his heart and so he could place his hand to his cheek all day to feel his mom's love. I told the kids I would share this secret with you, so tomorrow you might want to do your own kissing hand. We made little kissing hand crafts today as a reminder. The children also made headbands to celebrate their first day of preschool. What a big and exciting day this is for them and for you!

The children were so excited for lunch in the cafeteria! They looked so cute sitting at the table eating their lunches. I took a picture but cannot post it until we have the all clear from the office that everyone is allowed to be photographed. Please make sure that there is a drink in your child's lunchbox for lunch as we cannot always remember to grab water bottlles from cubbies. Please also remember to keep snacks for Eagle's Club seperate from lunchboxes. These should be in the front pocket of your child's bookbag. Only 3 of my friends did not fall alseep at rest time but did lay quietly. Everyone should be ready for bed tonight - myself included!

We enjoyed about 40 minutes outside after recess but it was HOT!! The children were ready for rest by 12:45. Most of my friends laid right down and settled in. A few friends needed reminders to lay quietly on their mats. Their little bodies need that down time - it is a long day! Some friends were sad to not have stuffed animals so please remember to put one in tonight if you have not done so.

We took 8 group bathroom breaks today! The children did an aweome job. A few friends told me when they needed to go and we got them there right away. We were accident free today! let's keep it up!

We have Gym tomorrow. Please remember to have your child's name on their shirt and for girls to have their hair pulled back.

Please check the dates above for important events in the classroom.

Looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow and to meeting 4 friends who were not here today!

It is going to be a great year in EC3B!

** You all should have received an email about ordering pretzels from Home and School. My advice is to order the pretzels even if you think your child will not eat it. They do receive the pretzels once a month and children are disappointed if everyone around them has a pretzel and they do not. The process to order is explained in the email and all payments are done via Smart Tuition. 

***We have Gym on Tuesday and Wednesday during the first trimester. Please be sure that girls have their hair pulled back and that everyone has their name on their shirt (use masking tape if you do not want to write on the shirt).

August 2019
It was so nice to meet you at orientation! I know I covered a lot of information in a short amount of time. Please feel free to email me with any questions. I will cover much more at our back to school night on Thursday, September 19. Remember this is a meeting for parents only.

~ Please remember to bring a white empty icing container on the first day of school if you did not do so for orienation. This will be your child's crayon can for the year.
~ Please remember to send in two pictures of just your child if you did not do so already. One picture will mark your child's cubbie and one will mark your child's seat at the table.
~ Please read and review the potty training policy and sign and return on Thursday or Friday.
~ I look forward to a great first day on Tuesday or Wednesday! Remember that if your child is only registered for M, W, F, their first day will be on Wednesday. Only children who are full time or registered T, W, Th will start on Tuesday.
~ I know I said that we do not have an Independence Day in our program, but I do ask that you leave your child at the classroom door. Please say your goodbyes at the door and allow them to come into the classroom on their own. Mrs. Monarski will greet them at their cubbies and will help them unload all of their supplies. Saying goodbye at the door allows for a smoother transition in to the classroom.
~ Remember to bring your smiles (and brave faces, parents) to school for the first day. It WILL be a great year!

Specials Schedule
Monday -  Music 8:25-9:10
Tuesday - Gym 8:30-9:10
Wednesday - Gym 8:30-9:00
Thursday - Spanish 9:20-9:50
                 Art 9:55-10:40
Friday - Library - 8:40 - 9:10

August 2019

I hope that you are all enjoying your summer and have made a lot of fun memories at the beach, playground, pool, library and spending time with family and friends. I look forward to meeting some of you at the social on Tuesday, August 20 at 6:30 in the back parking lot of the school. When we meet for our orientation on either Tuesday, August 27 or Wednesday, August 28, please bring the following items:

 

1. Student information sheets
2. Change of clothes and shoes - in a ziploc bag marked with your name and in a bag - does not need to be a gym uniform - seasonably appropriate clothes 
3. Blanket or towel and fitted crib sheet labeled with your name for rest time 
4. Box of tissues - 1
5. Clorox wipes - 1
6. Baby wipes - 1
7. 2 pictures of just YOU for your cubby and seat (can be the same picture)
8. A clean, empty white frosting container for your crayons ( I provide the crayons and will put your name on the container)
9. 6 gluesticks (you do not need your name on them - this will be a class supply)
10. A small canvas tote (can be purchased at AC Moore) or a reusable bag from the DIsney Store. Please make sure your name is on the bag. This bag will carry your sheet/towel back and forth from school on the weekend to be washed. 
11. A happy smile ready to make friends and have fun while learning!

***The preschool teachers are asking that ALL STudents wear velcro sneakers. 

*** Remember that ANY VOLUNTEER must have a background check and volunteer covenant on file to volunteer at school and attend field trips. Please make sure that all paperwork is in to avoid confusion. You can check wih Mrs. Malatesta to see if you have all papers on file. If you are in need of a background check, please email mmalatesta@sjbdel.org and she will respond with the steps needed in order to complete this process. I will have copies of the volunteer covenant at Orientation. 


If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at kcuocolo@sjbdel.org


Enjoy the last few weeks of summer,
Mrs. Cuocolo