A NEW DAY!!

Dear Friends and Families,

At the outset, I was thrilled to discover "followers" to our Blogsite (!!), and, would love to receive comments -- (thank you, in advance!!)

One of our parents mentioned, this morning, that she would like to address the children by name.

We can certainly provide information for arranging playdates, parties, or the like, and, for starters, what follows, is a list of our students and their groups:

Butterflies/Pre-K, Six Children:

Kevin, Kirsten, Nyah, Molly, Juliana and Noy

Puppies/Age 2 - Pre-K, 11 Children:

Orion, Gryffin, Sheena, Tyler, David, Charlotte, Ellie, John, Nicky, Philip and Defne

In fact, we have lots of siblings, and, TWO birthdays on Wednesday, the 16th -- "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!" TO ORION (TWO) AND KIRSTEN (FIVE)!!!!

We had a very special snack, this morning -- children and teachers sipped milk from bowls, with "cereal straws", and, then, were allowed to eat the sippers -- everyone drank their milk!!

Today, we began to follow our daily schedule, moreso, in preparation for properly teaching our Butterflies and Puppies, based on age and developmental level.

Miss Downing planned and implemented a wonderful Circle, in which we talked and sang about the beginning of the school year, making new friends and our families -- each child then drew, (with our Handwriting Without Tears crayons), a picture of him/herself, family members and/or pets.

We read two very engaging stories about kitties, "Bad Cat" and "Bad Kitty" -- (we, generally, do not use the word "bad", but, said books were exceptions -- they were F-U-N-N-Y!! and the descriptive was specific to the context of the tales.)

In keeping with our theme of family, pets and animals, we made 3-D collages in the shapes and colors of people, representing ourselves or other family members.

Our little ones thoroughly enjoy the dramatic play and book areas, and the conversations I hear are quite interesting as the kids don adult-like or character outfits and/or play in the castle.

Today's beautiful weather was enjoyed by all, as we played in the side yard.

As an aside, I am looking to place a friend's 14-year old Kitty, Disney, in a new home -- if anyone is interested, please let me know!!

(Thank you, Kelly, for the beautiful new hallway runner!!)

Love Miss Peacock XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

P.S. -- SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE TOMORROW -- THE KIDS JUST LOVE SKIPPY JON JONES!! :)