Toddler

It's Officially Fall!

We'll be learning all about the season of fall over the next 2 weeks. I'll be sending home "homework" for you to do over the weekend. But don't worry, I just need you and your child to gather some leaves, pecans, acorns and/or pine cones, then place them in a bag for class next week. We'll use them for sorting, counting, science and an art project.

I do have a wish list for items I'd like to have donated for our class:

• cardboard egg cartons
• heavy plastic bottles with lids (8-20 oz. size)
• empty "healthy" food boxes for our kitchen

Also:

Oct. 3-10 will be Apple Week. Please have your child bring one fresh, whole apple. We are hoping to have a nice variety of colors and types.

Oct. 13-17 we will be talking about pumpkins. Please bring one small orange pumpkin for your child. The pumpkin may be mini or hand-sized.

I will be without a computer for a bit, as ours caught a virus and is in the shop. If you need to contact me, please call me at home.

Successful First Week

We did it!

The first week of preschool is completed and it was delightful. We only had a few tears & those were pretty much from our moms! Seriously, the children did great and seemed so eager to be experiencing something new.  I couldn't be more pleased.

The children seem to fit very well in the classes their parents have selected for them. While we do have some age differences, no one seems to be in the "wrong" place. Another reason to be pleased!

This week we are going to be exploring "all about me". We're going to make a graph of family members, pets and about ourselves (eye color, hair color, etc). The stories we read will focus on themselves also.

Later on this week, I will post the pictures I took over the first day of school to our yahoo group site. They will be secure since it is an invitation only site. I'm going to try to separate them by classes. When I get them completed, I'll send a note out on the yahoo site to let you know the photo album is updated!

Enjoy your week!
Mary

Welcome!

I am very excited to have your child in my class this year. I have a lot of wonderful learning activities planned for the room and am looking forward to your participation.

Let me take a moment to introduce myself to your family. I am married with two children, my oldest son is a second grader and my youngest is 19 months. I am a very lucky parent since both of my children have the honor of attending Cornerstone. We live in Denton and have four pets, 2 large dogs and 2 vocal cats.

This is the beginning of my 14th year in teaching. I have my Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders (Speech Pathology) and earned my Masters of Education in Early Childhood Special Education. I have taught speech therapy, Head Start, Kindergarten and in the Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities. Most of my teaching has been based in the preschool  classroom.

My goal is to update my blog weekly, but until I get the hang of it, please be patient with me. I will be posting the weekly newsletter, what we'll be working on in the room, songs we are singing, requests that I would love to have completed by parents and articles or insights that I find along the way. This will help your family plan for what we are doing in the room and be able to share memories with your child at home afterwards.

Getting to know the families is very important to me. Please feel free to email or speak to me before or after class if you have specific questions for me or about the classroom. My email is memom2boys@verizon.net 

Our first two weeks theme will be “Back to School/Getting to Know You”. We'll be working on simple art projects, reading lots of stories about school and basically getting to know each other a little bit better.

Sincerely,
Mary Michaud