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
Welcome, Mary! We are so excited to have you back at Cornerstone. I've heard great things about you.
Posted by: Elisa | September 01, 2008 at 05:22 PM
Hi Miss Mary,
Evelyn is super-excited to start school. She's been looking foreward to it all summer, and I overheard her telling her brother tonight, "Tomorrow is my first day of school!" since it is such good news to her.
Posted by: Carolyn Putnam | September 01, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Hi Miss Mary! We are so excited about this year! Thank you for posting the songs you will be singing! Audrey always comes home singing songs that she learned at school and now I will be able to sing them with her! :P
Posted by: Leah Adamowicz | September 03, 2008 at 07:56 AM