Newsletters

September 1-9 Newsletter

September 13, 2011 -

PRE-K NEWSLETTER FOR THE WEEK OF: SEPTEMBER 1-9, 2011 Welcome all families to the first week of Pre-K!  We are so excited to be here with your children!  We have had a busy week discovering things about school and each other.  We have a fantastic group of young students this year, and we are looking… [read more]

September 9/12-9/16

September 16, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter September 12-16, 2011 Hello everyone! We all enjoyed our second week of school and the students seem to be easing into their new routines. We started the week off focusing on our theme “All About Me”. We learned a lot about each other with the “Life in a Bag” shares. We also… [read more]

September 9/19-9/23

September 23, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter September 19-23, 2011 Hello Pre-K families!  Thank you for a great third week of school!  The students have really gotten the routines down and are great helpers and cooperators.  We had new jobs- ask your student if s/he had one!  Thanks to Mary and her family for the delicious and healthy fruit… [read more]

September 26-30, 2011

September 30, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter September 26-30, 2011 Hello Pre-K Families! We want to thank you for your assistance in another wonderful week. Also, a big “thank you” to Quinn and his family for the exciting and tasty snacks of fruits and vegetables. This week we began to discuss friends, friendship, and what it means to be… [read more]

October 3-7, 2011

October 10, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, October 3-7, 2011 Hello Pre-K families!  This week we sang goodbye to September and hello to October!  We kicked off October by studying our communities, a logical extension of our previous units of self, family and friends.  Students took a closer look at firefighters (But alas! The visit was postponed till the… [read more]

October 10-13

October 14, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter October 10-13, 2011 Happy Fall, Pre-K Families! This week a short but fun-filled week, with lots of exciting activities and discoveries. Many thanks to Helen Colletti and her family for the wonderful snack contribution. We would still love to have someone resupply our play-dough. It is so much fun and the kids… [read more]

October 17-21

October 24, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, October 17-21, 2011 Hello Pre-K families!  We had a nice week learning about nocturnal animals and the letter C!  We studied bats, raccoons, owls, and other animals to see what they do at night when they are sleeping.  We also talked about how C can make a soft sound or a hard… [read more]

October 24-28

October 28, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter October 24-28, 2011 Happy Spider Week, Pre-K Families! This has been a wonderful week of learning about spiders and enjoying the cool sunny days of fall. The students impressed us with their incredibly long list of things they already knew about spiders, and they only had a few questions. However, we did… [read more]

October 31-November 4th

November 8, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, October 31- November 4th, 2011 Hello Pre-K Families!  We had a lovely fall week learning about our Five Senses and how they work together so that we can experience the world.  Students did lots of fun, hands on activities and got a good grasp of how the senses work.  Next week is… [read more]

November 7-9

November 10, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter November 7-9, 2011 Hello Pre-K families! We enjoyed the very short but fun-filled week and hope you all did too! Thanks to all the families who came to conferences on Monday and Wednesday! We appreciate your time, support and input. We really enjoyed speaking with each of you about your children. Next… [read more]

November 14-18

November 18, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, November 14-18, 2011 Hello Pre-K Families!  We had a fun and busy week talking about our bodies!  We have learned so much about the ways our body systems function: the skeleton, heart, brain, lungs, and digestive system.  We focused a lot on how hard our bodies work, and how we must take… [read more]

December 5-9th

December 12, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, December 5-9th, 2011 Hello Pre-K families!  We had a great week of learning more about space!  This week we focused on the rest of the planets in the solar system: the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.  We also talked about the dwarf planet Pluto, which (possibly due to its’ small… [read more]

December 12-16

December 16, 2011 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter December 12-16, 2011 Hello, Pre-K Families! This was a high energy week of learning about the season of Winter. We talked briefly about what animals do in the winter, but mostly we focused on the changes we see around us and the thrill of the possibility of snow. Everyone also was very… [read more]

January 3-6

January 6, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, January 3-6, 2012 Happy New Year and welcome back to school, Pre-K families!  We hope you all had a restful and fun break!  This week we talked about the New Year, and shared our goals and wishes for 2012.  We also focused on remembering our rules and expectations, which turned out to… [read more]

January 9-13

January 18, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter January 9-13, 2012 Hello, Pre-K Families! We hope you all enjoyed this cold, full week of school. The students had great week learning about animals in the winter. We discussed hibernation, migration and adaptation, or what we like to call, “dealing with it” and celebrated with a pajama party on Friday.  Next… [read more]

Newsletter January 17-20

January 23, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, January 17-20, 2012 Hello Pre-K families!  We had a fun week talking about pets, both real and imagined!  We talked about pets we have at home and imaginary pets we keep or wish we had, as well as discussing how to care for a pet and the responsibility that comes with it…. [read more]

January 23-27

January 27, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter January 23-27, 2012 Hello Pre-K families! We hope you enjoyed this exciting week of polar animal facts and fun. The students have pretended to be waddling penguins, barking seals, swimming narwhals, lumbering polar bears and giant walruses with whiskers and long tusks. Ask your students if they remember which animals live in… [read more]

January 27-February 2

February 3, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, January 30- February 2, 2012 Hello Pre-K families!  We had a fun, short week learning about transportation- how people get to the places they want to go!  We talked about our favorite ways to get around, including skateboarding, biking, driving, skiing, taking a train, a hot air balloon, and more!  There are… [read more]

February 6-10

February 10, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter Feb 6-10, 2012 Hello Pre-K Families! I hope that all of you enjoyed your week and the exciting rocks and minerals unit. The students had fun exploding volcanoes, collecting/hunting for rocks, showing off collections, making rock candy and conducting other interesting science experiments. Thanks and Reminders Please remember that IED Pre-K is… [read more]

February 13-17

February 17, 2012 -

Irvington Newsletter for the Week of February 13-16, 2012 Hello Pre-K families! What a wonderful week we had learning about art and friendship!  Next week we will continue to study art, and our letter will be Rr. Our person of the week was Jaden.  Jaden is five years old, with blue eyes and golden hair. … [read more]

February 21-24

February 24, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter February 21-24, 2012 Hello, Pre-K families! We hope you all enjoyed your 3-day weekend. This week students have been enjoying the process of exploring different art media like, clay sculpting, drawing with pastels, painting, folding/cutting paper and collage. We have discussed several artists and looked at a wide variety of art styles…. [read more]

February 27-March 2

March 2, 2012 -

Newsletter for Irvington Pre-K.  Feb. 27-March 4, 2012 Hello Pre-K families! We have had seriously silly week learning about Dr. Seuss!  Every day we read his books and did art projects about them.  On Seuss’ birthday we enjoyed a Penny Program celebration too, which the students earned both at home by bringing in pennies for… [read more]

March 5-9

March 13, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter March 5-9, 2012 Hello, Pre-K families! Welcome to the wonderful world of dinosaurs (ROAR)! This is a very high interest theme and the students are full of energy and excitement this week. Next week we will continue learning about dinosaurs and talk about the ones that lived during the Cretaceous Period. Our… [read more]

March 12-16

March 16, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, March 12-16, 2012 Roar, Pre-K Families, Roar!  We had a fun and interesting second week learning about dinosaurs.  We moved on a few million years to the cretaceous period, studying the velociraptor, the anklyosaurus, the parasaurolophus, the triceratops, and finishing with the T-Rex!  Next week we will be talking about spring and… [read more]

April 2-6

April 6, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter April 2-6th, 2012 Hello Pre-K families.  We had a wonderful, wacky week wondering about what happens on farms (and learning about the letter W).  We talked about various farm animals and about how much of our food comes from farms in one way or another.  We tried to emphasize being grateful to… [read more]

April 9-12

April 13, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter April 9-12, 2012 Happy Spring, Pre-K families! We have been enjoying the mild weather, and have spent a lot of time outside listening to birds, rolling in the grass, and mucking about in the garden. This week we have been talking about gardening, seeds, soil, plants and flowers. The students have done… [read more]

April 16-20

April 20, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter, April 16-20th, 2012 Hello Pre-K families!  We had an exciting week learning about rainforests and jungles!  We talked a lot about many of the different kinds of animals that live in these climates, as well as how important the rainforests are to our earth.  We used this unit as a way to… [read more]

April 23-27

May 2, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter April 23-27, 2012 Hello Pre-K Families! This was a super week of learning and exercising some new skills of independence. The cook week was a total success! Many thanks to the parents of Odessa, Phoebe, Mary and Tessa, who brought in supplies for this tasty week. Thank you! Next week we will… [read more]

April 30-May 4

May 4, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter April 30-May 4, 2012 Hello Pre-K families!  We had a lovely week learning all about insects!  We talked about bees, ants, ladybugs, fireflies, and butterflies!  Students learned that all insects have a three-part body (head, thorax, and abdomen), six legs, and two antennae.  There are over a million species of insects and… [read more]

May 7-11

May 12, 2012 -

Irvington Pre-K Newsletter May 7-11, 2012 Hello Pre-K Families! We hope you all have enjoyed the spectacular spring weather. We have been taking advantage of the sunshine and eating snack outside in the afternoon and extending our morning outside time. We have had a fun week exploring geometric shapes through a variety of hands-on activities… [read more]