By Maggie Lundorff
Kimball Play and Learn preschool is plum full with excited kids. We are in a new room (which includes a bathroom … Whooo! Whooo!) and are busy playing with friends and trying many skills. This is the time for us to do a complete assessment of skills that kids have when they begin school. The staff is working with each child to see what they can do and to what level they are showing their skills. Soon the class will be working on those items that are most needed by having lots of fun things in the play center, work stations and general classroom that encourage practice.
Students are getting very good at the routine of coming to school. This often takes a couple of weeks to do, but now we have kids reminding other kids to “get your folder,” “Don’t forget your quarter,” and “find your name!” Soon we will be adding the routine of going to the library and checking out a book for a couple of weeks. This is a whole new thing to remember for moms and dads! I suggest keeping the school library book in a special place (on top of the refrigerator is my favorite one) and only use it together or when supervised. This teaches respect for other’s things as well as making this particular item special. It’s a bonus that you can rush in and grab it when you realize it is library day!
I hope your family is enjoying hearing all about your child’s school experience.
Following is a note from Cortney Voigt-Ely from the preschool room:
Hi, From Ms. Cortney!
Play and Learn School is off to a great start!
We began our year by learning the rules and routines of our classroom. Then we moved on to busses, and how we can stay safe while riding on a bus. We have been busy the past two weeks learning about apples. We had apple slices for snack, talked about the different parts of an apple, made apple stamps for painting, and read Ten Apples up on Top by Theo LeSieg. We have been working on our fine motor skills by learning two new finger plays about apples and working on snipping paper with scissors.
Coming up in October, we will be learning about fire safety. We will be reading stories that show us what to do in case there is a fire, practice “stop, drop, and roll” and how to crawl close to the ground where there is more oxygen. We will also introduce our first letter-Ff; and will be talking about pumpkins and fall activities.
We look forward to a successful year with lots of learning!
Cortney Voigt-Ely
Early Childhood Educator
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