Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Friday March 1st was Read Across America Day.   This nationwide observance that promotes reading and coincides with the birthday of Dr. Seuss.  We celebrated with a special Mystery Reader (of course!).  

Ann Marie DePetto came from our Central Office to read us her favorite Dr. Seuss book, McElligot's Pool.  This is one of Dr. Seuss' earlier books.  It was first published in 1947!   We liked hearing about all the different kinds of fish little Marco was hoping to catch while he was fishing in McElligot's Pool! Thanks Ann Marie.

The Djembe!

In honor of Black History Month, our school PTA sponsored a  visit from  the New Haven School of African Dance and Drumming.  One member came all the way from the Republic of Guinea in West Africa.   These gentlemen

 shared  West African dance and storytelling with us.   We loved it.  

We danced.

We played on the djembe (jim-bay)!

We clapped our hands.

We had an amazing time.  Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.  It was a fantastic experience for all of us!

Fast February

Fun February is flying by! Hope everyone is shoveled out from all that snow! We've had a couple of busy days. We came back to school just in time for Valentine's Day on Thursday. Thank you Mrs. Visnic for sending in a special snack for us. We all enjoyed making modified strawberry shortcakes. Cookies topped with some whipped cream and delicious red strawberries. Yum!

On Friday Dr. Opin stopped by with his therapy dog Cooper. We've never had an animal visitor before, so that was really exciting! Thank you for visiting pre-k Dr. Gary!

Our Mystery Reader this week was one of our helpers from the front office, Miss Jane Gallagher. She read us a special Valentine's Day book titled, "Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse!". Thanks Jane!

The Valentine's Day Fair was a SUCCESS!  Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun and the MLT PTO raised over ten thousand dollars!!!  Thank you to everyone who helped out by volunteering your time,  baking, or donating raffle items or by visiting the fair.  This is the only picture I have from the fair.  My charming son enjoying his cake walk prize.

If you have any pictures of my little friends in action, please share them with me.   Enjoy the week off.  Stay healthy and safe.

January News

It is cold and flu season! We all have been washing our hands a lot in school. Promoting positive self help skills is especially important this time of year.

In the spirit of wellness, we recently had a mystery reader who not only works in our school community, but also volunteers as an E.M.T. in a nearby town.

Thanks Miss Rosie! We ESPECIALLY enjoyed the book and all of the great props you brought!

So Much To Say.....

I hope everyone has had a great holiday season. Before our break the kindergarten students had their Snowflake Sing-a-Long. The pre-k class helped out by passing the programs out to the school guests. Later that day Santa stopped by our classroom with crayons for the children.

Thank you all for the holiday notes and gifts - I appreciate you thinking of me!! Students are having fun as we continue learning about the alphabet. At the start of 2013 we went on a hunt throughout the school, looking for new calendars. We also had a hot chocolate party for the letter H. It was a HUGE success as was our most recent Fun Friday activity, making vanilla ice cream.

Our school PTA is sponsoring the upcoming Valentine Day's Fair (Saturday Feb. 2nd). This is a BIG event and coming up FAST! There are a lot of needs, please participate in any way you can. I will be there volunteering in our classroom with the arts and crafts - hope you come visit (or come help)!

We Love PE!

As you know we do not have all the specials that the other students in the district have (i.e. art, music, library, etc.). We ARE lucky though when it comes to PE. Mr. Brady makes time for pre-k. Every week we have about 20 minutes of Physical Education on Tuesdays or Thursdays. The kids love it!

Happy Thanksgiving

After much learning and preparation, our culminating event, our Thanksgiving Feast was such fun! We popped popcorn, baked pumpkin chocolate chip muffins and had some turkey of course! Thanks to everyone that helped, we appreciate it.