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First long-term project, art studio, and school closed Tuesday

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Laura Paciorek| Comments Off on First long-term project, art studio, and school closed Tuesday
Dear Families:
We are very excited in Room 1 because we have started our first in-depth project where the children will be encouraged to study lines in artwork (and maybe beyond) and the tools that can be used to make lines.  This project was inspired by some of the observations teachers have been making in the classroom.  We will be hanging up the beginning of a documentation about this project in the hallway soon.  We can’t wait for you to see it!  You might get ideas for how to extend the learning into your own home, too.
To support the project, we are starting to take children to the art studio.  This is just down the hall by the adult bathrooms.  In the art studio, children will be working with art materials, the teachers, and children in Room 2.  Our time to go to the art studio is at 8:30 a.m.  Our drop-off period is from 8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.  We will attempt to take all children to the art studio, rotating who gets to explore lines, but children who are consistently late to school (arriving after 8:30 a.m.) may miss out on this opportunity.  We have the first time slot of the day for the art studio so that the other classrooms can also use it during the morning program.
We also wanted to send out a quick reminder that school (and entire campus) will be closed on Tuesday, November 11.
 
We hope that you have a great day.  It has been so warm out and tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer (they say)!  Now is the time of year for layers, for sure!
See you all soon.
-The Teachers of Room 1-

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Environment and Activity Plans

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Laura Paciorek| Comments Off on Environment and Activity Plans

Here are the latest plans for Room 1!

Indoor planning November 4

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Room 1 Updates – Journals and Environment

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Laura Paciorek| Comments Off on Room 1 Updates – Journals and Environment
Dear Families of Room 1:
We are happy to announce that there are new pages in your child’s journal book at school!  We keep the journal books in the back room and look at them regularly.  The new photos are so much fun!
We also have some environment changes that will be happening in the classroom:
  • ​Manipulatives: We are putting out new puzzles, a color and shape sorting activity, nesting cups, and small building blocks that have all kinds of neat things in them (like mirrors, a kaleidoscope, and more).
  • Dramatic play: We made our kitchen area into a little cafe.  We have been reading Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert, so we decided to put out vegetables, a large pot, and soup bowls.
  • Science: We added a balance and will continue to explore the fish and our growing seeds with magnifying glasses.
  • Light table: We would like to put feathers on the light table.  We were talking about how it would be nice to put different kinds of leaves on the sensory table.  If any of you are out for a walk and see nice fallen leaves, we will gladly take donations!
  • Blocks: We are going to move the unit blocks so they are more visible by the children and might be used more.
  • Art: We are planning to find a short easel for the area and add more collage items to the area.  We are talking about small pieces of paper and colored glue.
  • Sensory table: Since the children liked exploring the large dome of ice, we are planning to put different shapes of ice in the sensory table and explore them in different ways.
We have been singing “Five Little Monkeys” with a five monkey flannel board set.  This has been going well and we will likely continue that.  We have also started to dance to “Animal Action!”
We are also planning to make play dough to go with our new dough scissors.
Thank you for reading our updates.  We hope that you enjoy hearing about what is happening in Room 1.  It’s a fun place.
-The Teachers of Room 1-

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Room 1 Updates!

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Laura Paciorek| Comments Off on Room 1 Updates!

Dear Families:

 

We have some fun things planned for this week.

 

First, it’s the week of our pajama breakfast parties!  Please stop by whenever it is convenient for you and your family between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. if you would like to participate in “bring your own breakfast.”  We will have a jug of orange juice to share.  Details are here for you:

 

https://wordpress.miracosta.edu/laurap/files/2014/10/BreakfastPajamaDays.pdf

 

We also planned some new things for our classroom.  You can see the details on our planning sheet:

 

https://wordpress.miracosta.edu/laurap/files/2014/10/Indoor-planning-October-27.pdf​

 

We are particularly excited about some new things we will be doing outdoors:

  • Dinosaurs in the sand
  • Music area outdoors
  • Gutters and balls
  • Pretend food by the play house
  • Big boxes in the grass
  • Rubber mallets for wooden glockenspiel

 

The children have also enjoyed our flannel board, so we will continue with those stories and songs.

 

Our Community Board is alive and well!  There are many things posted on it just across from the Room 1 door and bulletin board.  We hope that you get a chance to check it out.  There are story times, deals for local attractions, and even a reminder about the time change coming up on November 2 (“fall back”)!

 

Have a great Monday, everyone.  Thank you for liking us on Facebook, too!

 

-The Teachers of Room 1-

 

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Room parties, items from home, quilt project, and more…

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Laura Paciorek| Comments Off on Room parties, items from home, quilt project, and more…
Dear Families of Room 1:
We hope that you are having a great day!
ROOM EVENTS:  We just wanted to remind you that the pajama breakfast parties are next week, not this week.  We wanted to give you all enough time to plan to attend.  Also, you can come any time between 7:30 and 8:15 a.m. if you want to participate in breakfast.  You do not have to arrive at 7:30 a.m. and stay the entire time.  We can’t wait for the parties!
ITEMS FROM HOME:  We have noticed that there are sometimes sippy cups and similar food items left on the counter by the sign-in book.  We don’t always know to whom the cup belongs, so we can’t use it.  If you are sending a sippy cup or similar item to school, please label it with your child’s name and let a teacher know about it.  We also ask that you leave it on the counter by the adult food prep sink (by our classroom door) so that teacher can monitor who is getting those items.
QUILT PROJECT: In the next few days, we will have out some fabric pieces and arts and crafts supplies.  We would like to invite you to take home a fabric piece and some art supplies so that you can decorate a quilt square for a classroom quilt.  We would like to hang the quilt in our classroom.  You can customize it with your child’s name, if you would like, and any decoration that you feel represents your child and family well.  Or, perhaps you would enjoy treating it just as a fun and decorative art project.  We cannot wait to see what you create at home with your child.  Keep an eye out for the quilt project materials sometime soon!
FACEBOOK: You may enjoy seeing our Facebook page, if you have not yet checked it out.  You do not have to belong to Facebook to take a peek!
See you all soon.  Please ask if you have any questions.  Thank you for reading our updates.
-The Teachers of Room 1-
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