Author: kcpManager

November 9, 2018 – Class Update

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November has settled in and so has cooler weather.  Please be sure to send outer layers. I can’t guarantee they will wear them, but, I will do my best to have them at least start on.  If you have stray gloves and mittens we would love them for the mitten bag. We keep a bag at school with mismatched items for cold days.  The perfect place for those loose ones with no mate.

We have started a community helper/safety unit.  Currently we are talking about firefighters, and will expand into other community jobs in the next few weeks.  It is a great time to start working on kids learning phone number and address, as well as knowing parents full names.  Additionally doing fire drills at home so that kids know what the smoke alarm sounds like and what to do if it goes off.  Decide on a family meeting place outside and practice ways to exit your home.

Thank you for all you do for our community.

Kindly,

Teacher Allisen

Kenilworth Community Preschool is a play-based preschool that welcomes 3 to 5-year-old children into a creative, warm, and inviting environment. As a cooperative preschool, we work in partnership with families and in connection with the community to help our students thrive.

October 19, 2018 – Class Update

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Another busy week at preschool.  We have done leaf rubbings, leaf stamping, and used leaves as paint brushes.  We will continue with more leaf art next week. During circle time we have been discussing the difference between evergreen and deciduous trees (and spending a good amount of time saying the word deciduous).  Loose part creations have been tree inspired as well.

Teacher Barbara has returned to lead the Bears in music at the end of the day on Fridays.  She will be working with the Bears through the winter and hopefully with the Crickets in the spring.  Barbara is a retired music teacher who generously volunteers her time in our classroom every week. We’re so lucky to have her visit our class!

Kenilworth Community Preschool is a play-based preschool that welcomes 3 to 5-year-old children into a creative, warm, and inviting environment. As a cooperative preschool, we work in partnership with families and in connection with the community to help our students thrive.

September 27, 2018 – Class Update

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What a week it has been!  Apple cider in the classroom was a huge success!  Everyone got a chance to help chopping apples and using the apple press.  An extra special thank you to Pastor David and the brave parents who helped with cider day!  A little more crazy, a lot more messy but so much fun, and well worth it all.

Next week we will continue with our next apple undertaking as we look at making apple juice with a juicer.  This will give us an opportunity to look at how the process is the same and different.

Kenilworth Community Preschool is a play-based preschool that welcomes 3 to 5-year-old children into a creative, warm, and inviting environment. As a cooperative preschool, we work in partnership with families and in connection with the community to help our students thrive.

September 21, 2018 – Class Update

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Happy Fall everyone!  Last Friday the Bear class had a sudden burst of excitement about apples.  Since then apples have been our focus. We have cut them open looking inside finding seed, blossom, stem and even a worm!  We have used our bodies to grow from a seed to tree with the wind in our branches. Used apples with paint for stamping and made applesauce.

Next week we will continue our apple exploration as we make apple cider!  This is where I need your help! It takes a lot of apples to press cider and I would love to have families bring in a variety for us to use.  We will be pressing cider on Wednesday and Thursday but would be happy to have apples start coming in earlier in the week.

With a beautiful fall weekend ahead many of you may be out walking.  If you see acorns, chestnuts, walnut shells, pine cones large and small, cool rocks, or other natural loose parts I encourage you to collect them for our classroom.  We use all of these natural loose parts in a variety of ways in the classroom and it is the time of year to stock up!

We have a great year ahead!  Have a wonderful weekend.

Kindly,

Teacher Allisen

Kenilworth Community Preschool is a play-based preschool that welcomes 3 to 5-year-old children into a creative, warm, and inviting environment. As a cooperative preschool, we work in partnership with families and in connection with the community to help our students thrive.

September 7, 2018 – Class Update

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We are off to a great start this school year!  Thank you all so much for trusting me with your little people.  This week we have been focusing on family, friendship and community.  We will continue with this theme in the coming weeks as we get to know one another.

Both classes have been learning a song that will be the framework of our class agreements.   Bears have been working on learning the whole song this week. Crickets have learned part of it and will slowly be learning the rest.  We are taking time to talk about the words respectful, responsible, resourceful, and receptive. Big words for preschoolers, but we will be walking through them slowly.  The words to the song are as follows:

🎜 4 Rs of Community 🎜

Re, Re, Re, Re – The 4 R’s of Community.

Re, Re, Re, Re – The 4 R’s of Community.

Respectful to me and you.

Responsible for what we do.

Resourceful to get it done.

Receptive to have some fun!

I encourage you to have conversations about these words at home as it will enrich the conversations we have in class.

Kenilworth Community Preschool is a play-based preschool that welcomes 3 to 5-year-old children into a creative, warm, and inviting environment. As a cooperative preschool, we work in partnership with families and in connection with the community to help our students thrive.

August 29, 2018 – Class Update

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The summer days are coming to the end and maybe, just maybe fall is in the air.  I am so excited to start the school year with all of you!

I can’t wait to have kids back in the classroom.  As I set things up and move things into place I keep trying to figure out what is missing.  It is missing little faces, smiles, giggles, paint, fingerprints, and the joy that only your kids can bring.  Looking forward to a fabulous year!

Kenilworth Community Preschool is a play-based preschool that welcomes 3 to 5-year-old children into a creative, warm, and inviting environment. As a cooperative preschool, we work in partnership with families and in connection with the community to help our students thrive.