Preschoolers love Thanksgiving … but then, preschoolers love all holidays. We get to draw pictures, sing songs and have parties, Yay!!!
Thanksgiving is extra special in a Catholic preschool, because we get to focus on our blessings. What has God given us that we can be thankful for? What does God give us every day? Continue Reading
Whew! Another classroom party is over … but boy was it fun for the little ones.
You never know what you’re going to find in a monastery. 🙂 Continue Reading
We did it again … and more! Last week saw the final day for the 2013 Hunger Drive. Our young ones collected 239 cans of food. Wow!
Children understand and empathize with the pain of hunger. They have a simple solution when we talk about it. They say, let’s feed them! Continue Reading
Oh no! It’s the first snow, and it’s only October! Teacher always have a harder time keeping students’ attention on the first snowfall of the school year.
I guess I can’t blame them. I am almost as excited as they are! Continue Reading
Changing seasons bring lots of themes into the classroom.
Last week we talk about autumn, how seeds, leaves and fruit fall during fall.
When we got back to school after the weekend, we found it had happened at Grace. Continue Reading
The Feast of St. Francis was super fun this year.
That’s because we had a blessing of the animals after school last Friday (which made the whole day suspenseful, of course). 🙂 Continue Reading
Wednesday was picture day at Our Lady of Grace. Always an exciting – and sometimes even scary – time for preschoolers.
Some of the kids are naturals in front of the camera – already movie stars! They show all their teeth in a dazzling smile, or pull funny faces. Others are scared and won’t smile. They don’t trust these strange people. Continue Reading
Oh my goodness, the first days of a new semester fly by. I need to catch up!
Last week we had an Open House, where we added a new activity. It has to do with our parent “ambassadors,” volunteers who help with everything from open houses to tours and other marketing events. We asked our ambassadors if they would be willing to partner with our new families and boy, did it work well. Continue Reading
What’s in a name? Well, for the young ones let me tell you, quite a lot!!
Learning our names isn’t the first task of our literacy center – the first task is just to play with the materials – but by about the third week or so we begin using those materials to write our names. Here are some of the ways that work great for us: Continue Reading
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