Great First Day!

We had a great first day!  We are working with "The Kissing Hand" and various activities to learn about school.  I am looking forward to seeing the next group of kids tomorrow and Friday!  Then the full year starts on Monday (8/22) when the whole class comes together!
~Joe

The Wonderful Kdg Team (Ms. Buchheit, Mrs. Spurlock, Mrs. Nicodemus, and myself)

First Week Fun...

We have had a great first week!  The children met a lot of new friends this week.  We worked in centers to practice sharing and working together!  The children loved reading the book "The Kissing Hand" and we worked on identifying the character Chester and his mom!  We also made a kissing hand (I hope you found it in your child's backpack)!  We will start into Reading Street next week.  I will be posting more about this over the weekend; however, for now here are some pictures from the week...

 

 

 

Kissing Hand...

We had a fantastic first day!  I am thrilled to have met your children and I am looking forward to seeing the "B" class tomorrow.  We read the Kissing Hand today and made a puppet!  The children identified Chester as the character and talked about how they felt about coming to school.  A lot of children said they were excited, but nervous!  Thank you for making it a great start and I look forward to partnering with you this year.

 

 

 

More with the Kissing Hand...

Both group of children continued to work with "The Kissing Hand". We joined with Miss Todd's room to create a special Kissing Hand! These will be displayed in our kindergarten hallway and will then be sent home! I am sure your children have told you about the special Kissing Hand project we completed. If your child did not mention it, you should ask them about what the did.

The children were also introduced to centers. Many of the children did a nice job working well with one another. I was very proud of their hard work. We will continue to learn our center procedures next week!

Thank you for sharing your wonderful children with us today!

**Reminder: Please remember to send in all forms and your child's school dues. Thank you!**

The Kissing Hand...

We had a great day with the Blue Group! We read "The Kissing Hand" and learned about Chester as a character. We made a Chester puppet, which the children colored and cut. I am a believer in having the children do their work by themselves and me to aid in their ability; therefore, you are seeing what your child actually did at school. I do help the children with holding their scissors and to begin having them line up their paper. Also, I help the children work on gripping of pencils/crayons. Many children were doing an awesome job holding the scissors and pencils/crayons correctly. I will put a post about this later on this week or this weekend.

I was thrilled to get to know your children better and look forward to the year. Both groups of children are working hard on procedures and learning "school." I know it has been hectic with all the changes and the kids are doing extremely well working through it. Please be aware your child needs to bring lunch money each day and/or you may prepay your child's lunch through the account online. You can access this through the West Clermont website and go to the "For Parents" section.

I cannot wait to see the children this week. We will be continuing our work with "The Kissing Hand."

Yellow Group What a Great Day...

We had a fantastic first day with the yellow group of kids. We began learning our procedures and we read "The Kissing Hand" and learned about Chester as a character. We also had an exciting time of eating lunch in the cafeteria and also we went outside to play. This typically does not happen this early on, but it is a little cooler out and I want to take this moment to let you know about our outside policy for recess. We go outside as much as possible; therefore, please dress for the weather. We will go out as long as the temperature with windchill is above 32 degrees. During the cooler months of the year, please send in hat and gloves because it is always nice to get some fresh air.

Also, thank you for being patient with the transportation today. It went as smooth as possible and it will only get better as the everyone gets into the routine. Also, if your child is going to be picked up different please send in a note or call the office prior to noon. This gives ample time for the message to be passed on to myself and/or the office (943-6900). If you send in a note I will get it in the morning and pass it along to the office.

Finally do not forget to fill out all your forms for school. This is important so we have the correct contact information. This helps with communication! Thanks again and I am looking forward to seeing the blue group tomorrow!