Thanks to our families for their love and support-it shows in your children.

Popsicles and Poetry-A Great Way to End a GREAT Year!

Friends stand up and recite one of their poems they have been rehearsing. 

Prekindergarten friendships-A picture truly says 1000 words.

"A friend is a present you give yourself."

Fourth grade reader!

One of our fourth grade buddies came by to read to us at the end of the day from the "Old Favorites Box".  

Making our "Over in the Meadow" Hats for the last day of school parade!

Scissoring is an important skill that children need practice with.  Here a friend holds her scissors correctly and is stopping at the line.  

Having an adult to supervise is priceless.

Children are proud when they've done the work themselves.

Observing other children's strategies for cutting is helpful.

For young students, adding lines and an anchor helps that child be independent and see their own success.  Tape is always on hand for a myriad of reasons!

Sharing the pen, literally.

Sustaining attention, persevering and concentrating are all life skills.  

Monday, June 18 was soooo hot, we took advantage of it!

Life Cycle of a Frog-Scientific Inquiry

Life cycles are a piece of the Connecticut Early Learning and Developmental Standards for science.  After reading informational texts, students spent time last week sequencing the stages from egg, tadpole, froglet and frog.  Our classroom tadpoles had changed into froglets and they were returned to the wild on Friday courtesy of Mrs. Harbec, our Reading Coach.  Here students draw their observations.

Turn taking in Prekindergarten

Friends take turns playing an old favorite game "Don't Spill the Beans"!

Free choice play and helping our friend Emily get ready for Kindergarten!

Emily is our puppet friend from Second Step, our social-emotional learning program.  Friends remind her how to learn by using whole body listening.

Cool buildings made from legos.  

A beachy theme for our sensory table.

Ice cream for sale at the Grocery Store.

I Spy Butterfly!

We were all treated to a performance by a traveling puppet troupe "I Spy Butterfly", a story about friendship and how change can be a good thing!  

Friendships

Students develop friendships in Prekindergarten.

Mint chocolate play-doh!

Students used more than one sense when it came to using homemade scented play-doh.  

Students used beads to decorate their creations.  

Students choose their own tools and can request additional embellishments.  

Dough should offer enough resistance and be pliable.  

Laying out the life cycle of a frog

More fun at Field Day, mostly morning session

The students in the morning session played the "Caterpillar Game" where they had to cooperate in order to gather "food".