Snow much fun!

We have been having fun in room 5 both inside and out with different kinds of “snow”! We have explored snow and arctic animals inside and scooping/pouring flour-snow outside on the yard. The kids have really enjoyed all the different textures both soft and cold.

January! Hello 2022!

Welcome to 2022! It’s a new year and we are enjoying our classroom. Play is what we do and we do it well. Here are a few pictures of the class at play.

We got to celebrate a couple of birthdays 🥳 with popsicles. It was one of the few warm days that we had and we all enjoyed it.
We love building and working together to create new things. Teamwork makes the dream work!
We love having Mr. Tim in our classroom. He does fun voices when he reads and we always want at least one more story. 📖📚
One of the stories that Mr. Tim has read to us is Abiyoyo. We watched his YouTube version a couple of times ( and asked for it a couple more). 🪄🪄
Ms. Kristen’s patio is always a classroom favorite!Recently she has had colored rice which we have used for pouring and filling as well as dry erase markers and stencils.
Painting is a favorite pastime and it helps with our fine motor. 🎨 The class has also been playing doctor in dramatic play. Our imagination is limitless!
Our writing center has always received a lot of love. The friends have have been making pictures for each other. We love playing outside on the structure where we get to run and climb and work on our gross motor skills.

Everyday we get a new chance to explore our environment and play with each other.

And we get to do it all again next week!

New Year, New Classroom

🥳 Happy New Year! 🥳

It is a brand new year and there have been so many changes that we have gone through together. One big change has happened to the physical classroom itself! We moved some areas around and the flooring is different.

We have had a fun time this week exploring the differences and seeing what things are still the same.

Here is a quick look at what the classroom looks like now.

The top photo is what you see when you come in through the parking lot door. And the bottom is our block area.
Dramatic Play and the Writing Center have switched spots! (Mack moved as well).
The table area is pretty much the same; some of the shelves have moved a little.

While there have been many changes we hope that one thing stays the same. That the Room 3 friends still enjoy coming to school and playing with their friends. We know that we love seeing all of you.

We hope you have a great weekend and we will see you all soon!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from your friends on the Older Pod Patio! Check out some of the fun and festive activities we did in December…

We enjoyed gingerbread playdough!

We worked our fine motor muscles using gel sensory bags!

We did some STEM building with cups and ornaments!

We read to our Christmas cats!

We built with magna-tiles and jingle bells!

We enjoyed making Christmas sticker creations!

We cut pine needles and explored snow dough in our sensory bin!

We worked with friends to decorate our Christmas tree using loose parts!

We mastered our gross motor skills for the month by practicing going over, under and through the jingle bells!

We enjoyed cheering on our friends as they made their way through our Christmas obstacle course!

Cafe Room 2

Our specials this week were Pancakes with a side of blueberries and strawberries topped with whip cream or syrup! All the guests who attended loved their meal. Some were even interested in helping to prepare it while others just waited for their meals to be ready. Some guests ate so fast that the servers couldn’t get the guests their sides in time! Thank you to all the wonderful hands that helped prepare it and the wonderful donations that made it possible.

GRANDPARENTS DAY

Who is coming,who is coming to our pre-school? Grandparents of course. It was such a blessing and good feeling to enjoy the company of our lovely grandparents. It felt a little closer to our normal life.

The kids were happy and did an amazing job at singing our songs.

2021 News & Reminders

Grandparent’s Day – Friday, December 10th – MINIMUM DAY: NOON DISMISSAL

Grandparent’s Day is back! Room 1 & 2 will be performing with the upper campus in our auditorium while Room’s 3, 4, & 5 will be presenting at the preschool.

All Grandparents should plan on parking at our Garfield Parking Lot located at 1492 N Garfield Ave., Pasadena, CA. 91104. UPDATED: Auditorium doors open at 9:45am and the program starts at 10am. Preschool doors open at 10am and programs will start at 10:30am. The preschool parking lot will be reserved for handicap parking and drop-off/pick-up only.

Room 1 & 2 Grandparents will head to the auditorium.

Room 3, 4, & 5 Grandparents will head to the preschool.

This is a MINIMUM DAY, Grandparents are welcome to take students post performances. We will send out a form to fill out prior to the day so we know who is going with whom.

Happy Birthday Jesus! – Saturday, December 11th

Happy Birthday Jesus is back in-person, hooray! This annual preschool tradition will take place on the PCS main campus in the auditorium. Each classroom has been preparing seasonal songs to share with all of our families.

Event Schedule:

  • 9:30am – Students are dropped off at the preschool to be organized by teachers.
    • Parents continue onto the auditorium to find seats.
  • 10:00am – Preschool performance.
  • 11:00am – Activities for children and families on the upper playground.
  • 12:00pm – Event ends.

Each classroom will be providing both a craft and game booth. This can be a wonderful way to earn some MVP hours. Room Parents will be sending out details of how you can help support this wonderful event.

PJs and Hot Cocoa Days – Thursday, December 16th & Friday, December 17th

One of our favorite Christmas traditions at preschool are our PJs and Hot Cocoa Days! We love getting cozy and watching a classic Christmas short such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas or Charlie Brown’s Christmas Special. Add a little popcorn, a warm cup of cocoa, a class full of friends and it makes for a wonderful time together.

Preschool Christmas Chapel – Thursday, December 16th

On our last day together prior to the Christmas break, we will celebrate the reason for the season in our traditional preschool Christmas chapel. The classes will each enjoy a group chapel time with me, Mr. Tim. Hooray!

Friday, December 17th – MINIMUM DAY: NOON DISMISSAL

Monday, December 20th through Monday, January 3rd

From our preschool family to yours…

We wish you a bright and merry Christmas break, may your time away be blessed and full of seasonal family fun! We can’t wait to see everyone again in the New Year.

Tuesday, January 4th – Preschool Resumes

Stone Soup

Stone Soup is a tradition at the preschool that we have done for quite awhile. You bring what you got and you put it in the pot!

The children love chopping the vegetables for the soup and then during lunch we all get to try the soup. Along with some fruit and bread!

The soup was so good. Thank you to all the parents who helped make the soup! 🍲
Some friends were fans of the soup and other friends. . . not so much. But we all tried new things!

Stone Soup teaches us about sharing and what awesome things we can do when we all work together! Thanks for all the yummy ingredients.