“WELCOME TO 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR”

Our kiddos are still working on getting familiar with their environment and are adjusting to our classroom routine. We are learning a lot about boundaries and safety both inside and our outside classroom. We are looking forward to what’s to come in Room 4. Enjoy some pictures of our past few days.

“HELLO SUNSHINE”

We have been having loads of fun now that the sun came out and played with us.

“WE ARE ALL READY TO GO OUTDOORS AND DO SOME WATER FUN”

We had watermelon flavored snow cones with our friends in class #5.

Our young artists made pirate hats, the hats looked fabulous.

We had a successful short circle time with our new summer group. Hurray!!

FIRST SUMMER SESSION

Welcome to our 2023 Fun in the Sun at PCS. We are happy to see such amazing little campers, full of energy and ready to see new adventures.

Golf ball painting and our sensory table ocean discovery was fun and messy.

It’s a,amazing how they all can seat together in a group and enjoy a delicious snack.

These kids loved the mist fall on their head, chase bubbles and explore the wet sand.

Here they all are enjoying some blue SNOW CONES.

The sand has been wet and perfect for making fun castles or molds of some kind. The kids love it,

CHAPEL WITH MR. TIM.” This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live,through him.” 1John 4:9

“WATER PLAY,” This summer it has not been much of a summer. JUNE GLOOM, Hahahaha! We are still wearing jackets and find it too cold for lots of water play.

Bikes are the favorite for these campers.

MARCH BLESSINGS

March was a wet and cold month, we had not seen so much rain. It was truly a blessing to enjoy the delightful weather.

ENJOYING THE RAIN, DIGING IN THE WET SAND, RUNNING AND JUMPING IN THE PUDDLES.

After the rain we went scavenging for worms in the garden.

After reading “LITTLE BLUE AND LITTLE YELLOW,” we had the kids explore blue and yellow playdough. The kids were able to connect the book to the experience they had while squeezing both colors together.

“OOBLICK,” the mixture between corn starch and water. It’s a messy but rewarding and therapeutic activity. We gave the kids yellow and blue to support the color of the month.

Thank you parents for reading and cooking with the kids, spending time in class gives the kids a sense of trust, enjoyment and also gives you a chance to see what your child is like at school.

We also read the book “HOW TO CATCH A LEPRECHAUN,” in this story the leprechaun goes down a rainbow slide. We painted our own versions of rainbows with water color paint.

**Science** for these kids can be so simple and gratifying. Put milk on a plate, add drops of food color and let them dip a cotton swab with down into one of the colors and presto.

**SCIENCE:** Let the children lay out some colorful Skittles on a plate, add some warm water and watch them enjoy the colors bleeding out. The kids were mesmerized and their comments were interesting. These activities open doors for interaction, new vocabulary and language.

YOUNG FRIENDSHIPS

February the month known to many as the month for love and friendship.

As a class we remind all of our kids to be kind and gentle with each other. Its not an easy task to learn , as adults we are still learning how to be kind and gentle. Here are some scenarios we experience in class. “ He took my toy away,” as teachers we assist both parties in resolving the conflict by either providing appropriate words to use with each other or assisting them in finding other options. Another option would be using a timer and taking turns with the object. You would be surprised by the outcome.

“PARTY TIME” Love was all around, valentine’s were given to each and every child and a we had a special snacks provided by our generous parents.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2022

We want to wish you a blessed and happy Christmas. Let us all remember that Christmas is a time to spend with your loved ones and be thankful for the miracle of Christmas.

MAKING OUR PARENTS GIFT AND TREE DECORATIONS

Pajama Day is always a fun activity for everyone even the teachers.

On behalf of Ms. Silvia, Mariza and Arda we want to wish all a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year 2023.

SNOW DAYS AT PCS

Fun things we did before our two fun days with snow at PCS. We read books about snow such as “ What do snowmen do at night,” “ The Snowy Day,” “ The Jacket I Wear In The Snow,” “The First Day of Winter,” and “All You Need for a Snowman.”

With this book “WHAT DO SNOWMAN DO AT NIGHT,” many of our kiddos had their own idea on what snowman did at night. Some kids Said; “ They don’t sleep.” or “ They don’t play because they can’t move. “That’s silly.” “ If you give them hot coco they are going to melt.”

We identified arctic animals and played with ice in the sensory bins, observed and discussed with the kids what happened to ice when it was under the sun. We painted Beanies on the easel and used our fine motor skills to put pompoms on our snowman shaped bottles.

The Kids got creative with our large, medium and small boxes, they built high, sorted boxes by size or by decorations. Their creativity had many different forms, angles and kinds of snowman.

Ice block truck and a snow making machine.

THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER

What a fun and busy month we had, we kept the kids engaged in many activities that exposed them to the colors orange and black, the oval shape and exposure to different kinds of vegetables. The K9 visit was super entertaining and loving. We could not go to the farm, but the farm came to us. Preparations to stone soup began with the Bible story “Jesus Feeds 5,000,” and “Stone Soup; by Tony Ross. The kids enjoyed every minute.

Happy Thanksgiving. Let’s all be thankful to God for the good, the kindness and all the lessons we learn from life.