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We're exploring the world of nursery rhymes. Read more about it in this week's Classroom Happenings.

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QUOTE of the WEEK

Star light star bright,
The first star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight
~ nursery rhyme

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INVERNESS CLASSROOMS

September 6th - 10th                         

INFANT 1: Ms. Kay & Mrs. Janell  
We have been busy working on our fall art work.  The babies had fun getting their feet stamped and it looks so cute! Our book of the week is “Mother Goose Rhymes”!  We would like to welcome our new baby Liam Booker to our room, we are so glad you are here!  Parents, please remember to take home all medications on Friday.

INFANT 2: Mrs. Katy & Ms. Tina
We had a great week last week. We are having so much fun in Infant 2. We made handprint leaves and we are working on new decorations for our door. This week our theme is Mother Goose. We will be learning lots of nursery rhymes. Our book for the week will be “Old McDonald had a Farm”. We will be doing lots of Mother Goose art. Have a great week.

INFANT 3: Mrs. Allison & Ms. Genia
We had a great week in Infant 3. Welcome, our new friend, Jackson Martin. We just love him.  Also, welcome Reece Wallace. We are so excited to have our new friends.  Parents, be on the lookout for Infant 3’s amazing artwork.  Also, please remember to label all bottles and food.

INFANT 4:  Ms. Ashley, Ms. Tracy, & Ms. Jane
We had great time learning about colors and shapes. This week’s theme is Mother Goose. Ms. Ashley has planned fun art for us to do. For circle time we will read nursery rhymes and some of our favorite books. We will also practice our flash cards and have fun playing in the tunnel. We will also blow bubbles and have fun playing with the parachute. We look forward to a great week.

TODDLER 1:  Mrs. Kelly & Mrs. Angela
Welcome back! We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday.  We are glad to be back and get back to the swing of things. This week our theme is nursery rhymes and the letter C.  For art this week we will be doing finger print caterpillars, handprint spiders, decorating mittens, painting a star, making humpty dumpty and the dish who ran away with the spoon.  We have so much fun doing our art projects and our walls are quickly filling up with all of our beautiful masterpieces.  We hope everyone has a great week.

TODDLER 2:  Ms. Jordan & Ms. Ashley
We had a wonderful week learning about colors. We made a lot of beautiful art work.  This week we will be learning about Mother Goose. We are going to read some classic nursery rhymes and make Mother Goose art. We anticipate a great week.

TODDLER 3:  Ms. Jenika & Mrs. Brittany
We had so much fun last week learning about our colors and shapes. The children really enjoyed making their very own Brown Bear, Brown Bear book.  This week is all about Mother Goose and nursery rhymes. They will have fun making sheep’s, stars, and tasting cotton candy.  We would like to wish Colin a Happy 2nd Birthday! You are growing up so too fast Colin.

K3A: Ms. Kasey & Ms. Tonya
Last week we learned all about colors and shapes. We made very hungry caterpillars that are our shapes, making a shape-bot and doing art for the letter “Cc”.  This week we are learning about Mother Goose and nursery rhymes. Some of our art will include dish ran away with the spoon, itsy bitsy spiders, and Mary’s lambs. We would also like to wish Brooke a Happy Birthday on the 5th. Have a great week.

K3B: Ms. Hayes, Ms. Kari & Mrs. Stephanie
We had a great week in K3B. Shape and color week was so much fun. We did lots of fun artwork and activities to help us learn our colors and shapes.  Next week is Mother Goose and nursery rhymes. WE are so excited about all of the fun stories we will be reading. K3B will also have fun dress up day at the end of the week. We want to wish our teachers Ms. Kari and Mrs. Stephanie both Happy Birthday! Looking forward to an awesome week!

K3C:  Ms. Rosie & Mrs. Genny
We sure are having a fabulous week exploring colors and shapes in our world! Now, K3C is making plans to study Nursery Rhymes. We will focus on Twinkle little star, The Old lady in the Shoe, Humpty Dumpty, Jack be Nimble, and Little Miss Muffett. The children will make Shinny Stars; broken Humpty Dumpty, shoe collages and lots more. Also, the letter of the week “C”.  We will learn vocabulary words such as crown, cake, camel, car, cow, and clown. Show and tell for the letter C will be Friday Sept 10th. Don’t forget odyssey will be closed Monday Sept 6th. Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend.

K4A: Ms. Joan
This week our theme is going to the world of Mother Goose.  There are so many stories that we will explore with lots of creative artwork.  Our letter for this week is “D.”  Be looking for unique objects that begin with “D” for show-n-tell on Friday.  We will be starting our weekly Star Student this week.  This week our “STAR” is Reagan!  We are looking forward to seeing her poster of fun pictures!  Hope all of you have a great week!

K4B:  Mrs. Catherine & Mrs. Jodie
We have moved through the week with Mrs. Jodie colors and the letter “C”. We have mixed colors in every way imaginable.  We made fabulous sundaes with cool-whip, cherries, coconut, and caramel. It’s going to be hard to top that.  This week we will talk about Nursery Rhymes and the letter “Dd”. We will jump over the candle stick, and have bucket races. We will taste donuts and see which one is our favorite. Please remember Mrs. Jodie and I are always happy to talk with you about your child, but it can be difficult to carry on meaningful conversation as we try and supervise children. We feel that good communication is the most valuable tool we have and are happy to talk with you at length. Please let us know when a good conference time would be. Thanks for all you do.

PKA: Mrs. Jennie C., Mrs. Melinda & Mrs. Jenny M.
Hey diddle diddle- the cat and the fiddle.  Our theme this week is Nursery Rhymes and the Letter “G”.  We will be talking about rhyming words as we learn all about Mother Goose. We are also working on our small motor skills, and our scissor and writing skills are improving.  Show and Tell is Friday and we ask our friends to bring something that begins with the Letter G.  We will miss Isabella Balmer as she moves to Florida.

PKB:  Mrs. Grisel & Ms. Virginia
This week we are entering an imaginary world through fables and Mother Goose stories! We will be doing a lot of creative artwork that will help us learn the morals to the stories we will be reading. We would love for your child to bring a story with an amazing moral to share with their classmates. Also, this week we will be talking about the letter “Gg”.  Our friend Garret Heinemann will be the star student.

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TRACE CROSSINGS CLASSROOMS

September 6th - 10th

Infant One
Mrs. Peggy, Mrs. Gloria, Mrs. Shannon and Mrs. Deidre

We are very excited about this week. Itsy Bitsy Spider, seems to be our babies favorite song. The babies will make hand print spiders. Be sure to check out our bulletin board.
The babies of the week are twin girls, Margaret and Vivian Gilbert. They were born June 16th. Their sister is Ansley, she is in T3. There parents are Kyle and Meribeth. Have a blessed week.

Infant Two
Ms. Roxanne, Ms. Allison, Ms. Helen & Ms. Casey

It’s going to be a rhyming good week in Infant 2! We will sing lots of fun Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Baa Baa Black Sheep. We will also be making our very own twinkling stars! It’s going to be an excellent week in Infant 2!

Infant Three
Mrs. Jessica, Ms. Debra, Mrs. Holly & Mrs. Maxine

This week in Infant 3 we will be singing lots of fun nursery rhymes and reading great books! We will do a fun art project about the “twinkle, twinkle, little star” nursery rhyme! We are enjoying watching the kids in Infant 3 learning to walk and explore their new room! We are looking forward to a great new week!

Infant Four
Ms. Ashley, Mrs. Taylor, Ms. Courtney & Ms. Elsie

This week in Infant 4 we will be talking all about Nursery Rhymes. We will be singing our favorite Nursery Rhyme Songs such as “twinkle, twinkle, little star,” “the itsy bitsy spider,” and “Hey diddle diddle,” just to name a few. Also, this week we will be making fun artwork that stars with our letter of the week “B!” Our star student of the week will be our sweet little Anna Claire.

Toddler One
Mrs. Ruby, Ms. Sarah & Ms. Briana

This week we will be learning some nursery rhymes! Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Humpty Dumpty, and the Itsy Bitsy Spider are always favorites. We are starting to learn to recognize the ABC’s and counting to 10.
Have a fantastic week!

Toddler Two
Ms. Stephanie, Ms. Mandi & Mrs. Adrienne

This week we will be talking about Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes! We are going to make Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars and Little Miss Muffett. We are also going to read all kinds of nursery rhymes. We will review the letter A and keep counting 1-10. We hope you have a great week!

Toddler Three
Mrs. Kisha and Ms. Stacy

This week’s theme is Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes! We have lots of art to do. Books are welcome! Please bring your child’s favorite nursery rhyme to share with the class! Star Student is Caroline Covington!

Toddler Four
Mrs. Angela and Ms. Kathy

This week’s theme is Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. We will create stars, decorate mittens, and make a pail of water. We will sing and read the nursery all week! The class will count, say their letters, and review colors and shapes, and as always we will have fun while learning!

K3 A
Ms. Ashley and Mrs. Abby

The Itsy Bitsy Spider went up the water spout, down came the rain and washed the spider out! This week we will be learning all about nursery rhymes. We will sing lots of fun songs and riddles this week. The letter of the week is Bb!

K3 B
Mrs. Hannah, Mrs. Kendall, and Ms. Stacie

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, jack had fun in K3B so quick! This week we will be learning about Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes. W will sing lots of fun songs and riddles this week. Also we will be learning about the letter Bb. Ann Rogers Crowder will be our Star Student!

K4-A
Ms. Ashley and Ms. Alicia

We had a great week last week learning about colors and the letter A. We have a fun week planned in K4A. Our theme of the week is Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes. We will explore several different nursery rhymes and even enjoy a fun science experiment! We will use one of the nursery rhymes to help us learn about telling time. We are looking forward to a great week of learning in K4A!

K4-B
Mrs. Nina and Mrs. Brandi

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star how I wonder what you are! This week is Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. We will be learning some of our favorite Nursery Rhymes. We have some Fun lessons and activities planned. Also, we start talking about the letter Bb this week. We are having so much fun getting to know your children. They are all Great Kids! Don’t forget to bring in your parent information form as well as a family photo if you haven’t already! Hope you have a wonderful week!

Pre-KA
Mrs. Anna and Mrs. Neely

It’s “Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme” time in Pre KA! This week we will be talking about all those great nursery rhymes we grew up saying. We are going to use Hickory Dickory Dock for example to introduce telling time. Ten Little Monkeys will help us with our counting. Jack and Jill will be taught to show them how we get our water now. Our letter of the week is Bb. We will work on tracing and writing letter Bb along with art work etv=c. Don’t forget to try and read with your child every night and please remember to take your Bee Books home daily and bring them back the next day. Have a great week!

Pre-KB
Mrs. Rebecca and Ms. Lauren

This week is Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes. It’s time to rhyme. We will be rhyming in a fun way each day and we are learning about the letter Aa. This will be a fun week. We are ready to learn!!

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