Good Afternoon,
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and fun break! Enjoy the weather as much as you can ! Well, Sprint and Buddy went for their 1st Pedicure at the Lexington Veterinary Hospital. They were very good for the doctor! :) Their nails were very long and we needed to groom them. See everyone next week!
Kelly :)
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
"HAPPY PATRIOT'S DAY!!"
Dear Families, Friends and Blog Followers,
Well, it is windy, but, not wet -- and -- very sunny -- so, enjoy the day!!
Love Miss Peacock XOXO
Well, it is windy, but, not wet -- and -- very sunny -- so, enjoy the day!!
Love Miss Peacock XOXO
Saturday, April 17, 2010
"APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS . . . "
Dear Families, Friends and Blog Followers,
According to lore, it is true . . .
We have really enjoyed spending lots of time, outdoors, this week, and, in addition to utilizing the new, coned-off bike area, we have had great fun dancing to music, planting seeds, (with Victoria -- mid-week), splashing in the water table and working on art activities, both in the yard and on the deck!!
On Monday, the children began painting with q-tips, and, by later in the week, were embellishing their artwork with glitter -- in tandem with said, by Thursday, our Butterflies and Puppies were stamping with spring shapes, with Krista, and using watercolors, with Bri.
Some of our little friends were playing Twister, on the hopscotch rug, while others were "fishing" in a pond, complete with magnetic sea creatures and boats, in the block area, in addition to a variety of math and literacy-based activites "planted", (:)), throughout the learning centers.
On both Tuesday and Wednesday, we made pretzels, with Liz, and, for meeting, Tuesday, just before lunch, Mrs. Goell treated everyone to a fabulously interactive puppet show, with her Slothy friend, Oliver!!
Early Wednesday morning, the children fashioned moon sand creations and participated in Kiana's "April Showers Bring May Flowers" project, out of which she made a stellar classroom book!!
Among the many stories enjoyed by all was "Zomo", an African-based tale, ehanced by colorful artwork, both written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott.
On Thursday morning, Kira, as well, reinforced patterning, by presenting her spring bracelet activity, while, later on, Tammy read about "creepies and crawlies" and Miss Amy prepared frozen juice and fruit pops, eaten out on our back deck.
Liz focused quite a bit on patterning, this week, as well, with a variety of activities, in which the kids were truly engaged, and, made a beautiful, fold-out paper flower to which we sang and about which we talked.
Mrs. Dolham's "gardening mystery bag" was a big hit, and, was reinforced by acting out weather patterns and writing and drawing in new and individualized observation books, now located in the cubby room on the science table -- thank you -- :)!!
At Friday morning's meeting, Kelly had all of the kids pretend that they were seeds, covered them, gently, with blankets, and sprinkled them with water -- genius!!
Haley patterned clouds, Andrea designed puppet umbrellas and Jen produced coloring, accompanied by a quacking duck and the book "Five Little Ducks", with the assistance of Brenda Wells, Cameron's mom!!
Thank you, everyone, especially all of our Early Childhood Care and Education students from both the Minuteman C and T and Lexington High Schools -- :)!!
Our Spring-themed tree has been partially decorated with artwork, including butterfly shapes, and crepe paper, and will, hopefully, be completed with paper chains and stickers, after vacation week -- as well -- the wooden peace sign is finished and ready to be displayed.
And, "Happy Birthday!!" to our good friend, Defne, for whom we are lovingly making cards.
Now, I am off to the parade and a party, with family and friends -- ENJOY!!
Love Miss Peacock XOXO
According to lore, it is true . . .
We have really enjoyed spending lots of time, outdoors, this week, and, in addition to utilizing the new, coned-off bike area, we have had great fun dancing to music, planting seeds, (with Victoria -- mid-week), splashing in the water table and working on art activities, both in the yard and on the deck!!
On Monday, the children began painting with q-tips, and, by later in the week, were embellishing their artwork with glitter -- in tandem with said, by Thursday, our Butterflies and Puppies were stamping with spring shapes, with Krista, and using watercolors, with Bri.
Some of our little friends were playing Twister, on the hopscotch rug, while others were "fishing" in a pond, complete with magnetic sea creatures and boats, in the block area, in addition to a variety of math and literacy-based activites "planted", (:)), throughout the learning centers.
On both Tuesday and Wednesday, we made pretzels, with Liz, and, for meeting, Tuesday, just before lunch, Mrs. Goell treated everyone to a fabulously interactive puppet show, with her Slothy friend, Oliver!!
Early Wednesday morning, the children fashioned moon sand creations and participated in Kiana's "April Showers Bring May Flowers" project, out of which she made a stellar classroom book!!
Among the many stories enjoyed by all was "Zomo", an African-based tale, ehanced by colorful artwork, both written and illustrated by Gerald McDermott.
On Thursday morning, Kira, as well, reinforced patterning, by presenting her spring bracelet activity, while, later on, Tammy read about "creepies and crawlies" and Miss Amy prepared frozen juice and fruit pops, eaten out on our back deck.
Liz focused quite a bit on patterning, this week, as well, with a variety of activities, in which the kids were truly engaged, and, made a beautiful, fold-out paper flower to which we sang and about which we talked.
Mrs. Dolham's "gardening mystery bag" was a big hit, and, was reinforced by acting out weather patterns and writing and drawing in new and individualized observation books, now located in the cubby room on the science table -- thank you -- :)!!
At Friday morning's meeting, Kelly had all of the kids pretend that they were seeds, covered them, gently, with blankets, and sprinkled them with water -- genius!!
Haley patterned clouds, Andrea designed puppet umbrellas and Jen produced coloring, accompanied by a quacking duck and the book "Five Little Ducks", with the assistance of Brenda Wells, Cameron's mom!!
Thank you, everyone, especially all of our Early Childhood Care and Education students from both the Minuteman C and T and Lexington High Schools -- :)!!
Our Spring-themed tree has been partially decorated with artwork, including butterfly shapes, and crepe paper, and will, hopefully, be completed with paper chains and stickers, after vacation week -- as well -- the wooden peace sign is finished and ready to be displayed.
And, "Happy Birthday!!" to our good friend, Defne, for whom we are lovingly making cards.
Now, I am off to the parade and a party, with family and friends -- ENJOY!!
Love Miss Peacock XOXO
Monday, April 12, 2010
SUN, SHOWERS AND FLOWERS . . .
Dear Families, Friends and Blog Followers,
As plants and flowers bloom, both in and outside the classroom, we rejoice in the light at the end of the tunnel!!
I must say that I have found it increasingly difficult to write about all of the details of school life, these past few weeks, as so very much occurs within the boundaries of each day -- (which is a good thing :)) -- for example -- in addition to the curriculum planned by, primarily, Kelly and Liz, the Early Childhood Care and Education students from Minuteman's Career and Technical and Lexington High Schools prepare, for the teachers, and present, to the children, their lesson plans, and we continue to have many visitors, predominantly our friends from the LABB Program, every week -- wonderful learning opportunities and great fun are had by children and adults, alike!!
This past week, especially on Monday and Tuesday, our Butterflies and Puppies crafted paper plate fish, learned the many parts of a flower and "drummed" like African animals, all thanks to Mrs. Dolham!!
In addition, Liz posed the "qestion of the week", which was: What do frogs eat? The answers are written, up on the bulletin board, closest to the kitchen, of the classroom -- grilled cheese, fingers and bones were among our favorites . . .
Morning projects included finishing-up and displaying two nursery rhyme based posters, Red Riding Hood role-playing -- (thank you, Trayvon, and, the dramatic play continues) . . . , fashioning Spring-themed crowns and tree ornaments, and, decorating a large wooden peace sign, to be hung over the "cube", toward the week's end.
On Wednesday, Arianne read the ever-popular "And The Rain Came Down", and, designed an interactive weather chart, for the kids, which is, now, up on the wall, in the block area -- as well, Liz cut open fruits and vegetables, for our little friends to study and discuss, and, afterward, placed said, (okay the foods -- not the kids?!), in the cubby room, for further scientific examination!!
And, because the weather was so very beautiful, Mrs. Dolham sectioned-off an area for bike-riding, Miss Downing temporarily freed the turtles, (Buddy and Sprint), and MM's Freshmen brought their plans outside and blew bubbles and played ball games with the little ones -- outdoor art and language-based activities included finger-painting the "Tree of Life" on Wednesday, (Jeanetta), Spring time drawings, (now displayed in the front hallway), (Trayvon), and playdough and wilderness sculptures, (Erin), into Thursday -- kudos, all!!
Indoors, on Thursday, our high-school friend, Kelly, spear-headed a floral and fauna scavenger hunt, photos and names now hanging alongside abovementioned drawings, Miss Amy made frozen fruit-flavored pops and Mrs. Goell guided a music lesson.
Several family members were happy to see their boys and girls paint and embellish "pet rocks", on Friday morning, thanks to Olivia, a Senior from LHS, and, later, match spring and winter clothing items, thanks to Hayley, one of our friends from the LABB Program.
In addition to her butterfly sandwich making activity on Friday, Liz continues to tell many, many stories about "Princess Sarah" and "Prince George", discuss what creatures live in ponds, leading walks in the rain, and, along with Kelly, reinforcing color, shape, letter and number recognition, via varied means, throughout the day.
And, dinosaur stories and fairy tales are always well received!!
As always, thank you for blessing all of the teachers with the lovely flowers that are your children . . .
Love Miss Peacock XOXO
letts#sprojectstrayvondisplay&redridinghood
As plants and flowers bloom, both in and outside the classroom, we rejoice in the light at the end of the tunnel!!
I must say that I have found it increasingly difficult to write about all of the details of school life, these past few weeks, as so very much occurs within the boundaries of each day -- (which is a good thing :)) -- for example -- in addition to the curriculum planned by, primarily, Kelly and Liz, the Early Childhood Care and Education students from Minuteman's Career and Technical and Lexington High Schools prepare, for the teachers, and present, to the children, their lesson plans, and we continue to have many visitors, predominantly our friends from the LABB Program, every week -- wonderful learning opportunities and great fun are had by children and adults, alike!!
This past week, especially on Monday and Tuesday, our Butterflies and Puppies crafted paper plate fish, learned the many parts of a flower and "drummed" like African animals, all thanks to Mrs. Dolham!!
In addition, Liz posed the "qestion of the week", which was: What do frogs eat? The answers are written, up on the bulletin board, closest to the kitchen, of the classroom -- grilled cheese, fingers and bones were among our favorites . . .
Morning projects included finishing-up and displaying two nursery rhyme based posters, Red Riding Hood role-playing -- (thank you, Trayvon, and, the dramatic play continues) . . . , fashioning Spring-themed crowns and tree ornaments, and, decorating a large wooden peace sign, to be hung over the "cube", toward the week's end.
On Wednesday, Arianne read the ever-popular "And The Rain Came Down", and, designed an interactive weather chart, for the kids, which is, now, up on the wall, in the block area -- as well, Liz cut open fruits and vegetables, for our little friends to study and discuss, and, afterward, placed said, (okay the foods -- not the kids?!), in the cubby room, for further scientific examination!!
And, because the weather was so very beautiful, Mrs. Dolham sectioned-off an area for bike-riding, Miss Downing temporarily freed the turtles, (Buddy and Sprint), and MM's Freshmen brought their plans outside and blew bubbles and played ball games with the little ones -- outdoor art and language-based activities included finger-painting the "Tree of Life" on Wednesday, (Jeanetta), Spring time drawings, (now displayed in the front hallway), (Trayvon), and playdough and wilderness sculptures, (Erin), into Thursday -- kudos, all!!
Indoors, on Thursday, our high-school friend, Kelly, spear-headed a floral and fauna scavenger hunt, photos and names now hanging alongside abovementioned drawings, Miss Amy made frozen fruit-flavored pops and Mrs. Goell guided a music lesson.
Several family members were happy to see their boys and girls paint and embellish "pet rocks", on Friday morning, thanks to Olivia, a Senior from LHS, and, later, match spring and winter clothing items, thanks to Hayley, one of our friends from the LABB Program.
In addition to her butterfly sandwich making activity on Friday, Liz continues to tell many, many stories about "Princess Sarah" and "Prince George", discuss what creatures live in ponds, leading walks in the rain, and, along with Kelly, reinforcing color, shape, letter and number recognition, via varied means, throughout the day.
And, dinosaur stories and fairy tales are always well received!!
As always, thank you for blessing all of the teachers with the lovely flowers that are your children . . .
Love Miss Peacock XOXO
letts#sprojectstrayvondisplay&redridinghood
Monday, April 5, 2010
SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!!!
Dear Families, Friends and Blog Followers,
SPRING HAS SPRUNG, INDEED!!!!
. . . And, what a lovely transition from Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes and Spring Time Holidays . . .
Bits and Pieces of last month's themes are now displayed all over our school -- ENJOY!!
Last week's projects ranged from crafting "glittery shoes", on Monday, to celebrating both Juliana's and Mrs. Dolham's birthdays, by mid-late week, resplendent with Spring-themed cupcakes, (thank you, Juliana), and applesauce muffins, on Wednesday, and a Bunny Rabbit cake, on Thursday -- included in our cooking activities, as well, were -- Matza/o balls made on Tuesday, and, turned-into soup on Thursday, and Charoset and Matza/o Pizzas made and eaten on Tuesday -- a special thanks to Miss Amy!! :)
On Tuesday, although rainy, even more great fun was had by all -- in the early morning, our children decorated paper flowers and, then, "Cinderella's Dress", after Laini, an Early Childhood high-school senior, from LHS, read the story and encouraged role-playing -- flowers are secured on the far, inner wall, and, Cinderella's Dress hangs in the front hallway.
And, in tandem with themed, learning center and indoor play, some of our little ones were treated to a walk in the rain, led by Mrs. Dolham -- just ducky!!
On Wednesday morning, Kira prepared chick eggs for the kids to personalize and Laini began a poster finished-up with black sheep -- (the completed projects should be hung on the walls, shortly), and, in the afternoon, Minuteman's own high-school sophomores, in addition to planning and implementing math, science and literacy-based activities, turned the kids into "bunnies" with pastel-colored face paint and fluffy rabbit ears!!
Our high-school friend, Kiana, presented lily pads to decorate, for Thursday morning's lesson plan, and, as well, during Circle Time, on Thursday, Liz borrowed "Jim's" tools, -- (lucky for us that Jim was here making repairs) -- which she aptly demonstrated for all to see, and, during activity time, our Butterflies and Puppies created spring blossoms, bead necklaces and enjoyed a scavenger hunt, outdoors, with Amanda!!
THANKS FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE!!!!
Love Miss Peacock XOXO
SPRING HAS SPRUNG, INDEED!!!!
. . . And, what a lovely transition from Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes and Spring Time Holidays . . .
Bits and Pieces of last month's themes are now displayed all over our school -- ENJOY!!
Last week's projects ranged from crafting "glittery shoes", on Monday, to celebrating both Juliana's and Mrs. Dolham's birthdays, by mid-late week, resplendent with Spring-themed cupcakes, (thank you, Juliana), and applesauce muffins, on Wednesday, and a Bunny Rabbit cake, on Thursday -- included in our cooking activities, as well, were -- Matza/o balls made on Tuesday, and, turned-into soup on Thursday, and Charoset and Matza/o Pizzas made and eaten on Tuesday -- a special thanks to Miss Amy!! :)
On Tuesday, although rainy, even more great fun was had by all -- in the early morning, our children decorated paper flowers and, then, "Cinderella's Dress", after Laini, an Early Childhood high-school senior, from LHS, read the story and encouraged role-playing -- flowers are secured on the far, inner wall, and, Cinderella's Dress hangs in the front hallway.
And, in tandem with themed, learning center and indoor play, some of our little ones were treated to a walk in the rain, led by Mrs. Dolham -- just ducky!!
On Wednesday morning, Kira prepared chick eggs for the kids to personalize and Laini began a poster finished-up with black sheep -- (the completed projects should be hung on the walls, shortly), and, in the afternoon, Minuteman's own high-school sophomores, in addition to planning and implementing math, science and literacy-based activities, turned the kids into "bunnies" with pastel-colored face paint and fluffy rabbit ears!!
Our high-school friend, Kiana, presented lily pads to decorate, for Thursday morning's lesson plan, and, as well, during Circle Time, on Thursday, Liz borrowed "Jim's" tools, -- (lucky for us that Jim was here making repairs) -- which she aptly demonstrated for all to see, and, during activity time, our Butterflies and Puppies created spring blossoms, bead necklaces and enjoyed a scavenger hunt, outdoors, with Amanda!!
THANKS FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL WEEK, EVERYONE!!!!
Love Miss Peacock XOXO
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