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GOOD SHEPHERD NURSERY SCHOOL
April 19-23 NO SCHOOL – SPRING
VACATION Snack and school calendars for the month of February are attached to this newsletter. Details about Valentine’s Day parties have been sent home separately.
We were delighted to see you at our annual Spring Sing-Along. Music is such an important part of our learning environment and we hope you enjoyed seeing the children share some of our favorite songs! If you have photos you would be willing to share, we’d love to add them to our annual scrap book. Next year we plan to start the event at the beginning of the day to avoid confusion about those who stay for a longer day. We are excited about the upcoming Children’s Art Show on May 1 at the Memorial School in Medfield. The show is sponsored by our local Community Partnership for Children. We have lots of wonderful art created by GSNS children that will be on display. Further details will be sent home following the spring break. Our flowering bulb fundraiser was a great success; we raised just over $800! Thank you so much for your support, and special thanks to our top sellers Diane Trainor and Melanie Leussis! The bulbs should be arriving shortly after the spring break. We look forward to replacing some of our aging equipment! Mother’s Day is coming up soon, and Father’s Day falls after the end of our school year. The children will be making a special gift for their parents in mid-May. We will also encourage the children to make mother’s day cards in our free craft area! Plans for our Summer Fun days are currently underway. We’re not sure yet of the available staffing, so will inform you of the details as soon as we can! HAPPY SPRING! --Miss Cathy
Our preschoolers have a sense of wonder and natural curiosity about the world. Each child wants to explore ‘how the world works”. For the young child, science is finding out about the world that surrounds them. It is a search for new knowledge. It is not complicated and does not occur separately from the normal classroom routine. Almost all children have science in their activities most of the time. They experience the world and wonder how things work. Real science begins with curiosity which leads to exploration and discovery. Through the simple term ‘science’, all areas of development can be progressed. In our classroom there are many areas where children can explore and investigate to find answers to their questions about the world. They observe, experiment, measure, solve problems, take things apart and explore materials that we put out. They develop fine motor skills by pinching tweezers and squeezing eye droppers. They strengthen eye-hand coordination while taking a toy apart and sorting and connecting objects while using magnets. Children form thoughts based on experiences that happen throughout the classroom from the art, blocks, dramatic play and gross motor areas. They observe and ask questions about the world around them. They make predictions about changes, movements and actions. They practice organizing their thoughts by counting, measuring and graphing. They learn important concepts as they ‘doctor’ our stuffed animals, go bird watching, use light, shadows, explore with their senses and how things work. They also learn how to take care of living things in our classroom. In addition to learning new information, they learn how to solve problems together and how to communicate their ideas with each other. A child’s natural interests in science can be the foundation for developing language and literacy skills. In their excitement about discovery, they share their experiences, ask questions and talk about exploration. They use new words to describe how things feel, look, and sound. They begin to use books, charts and pictures to seek answers to questions. Some will write letters and words to communicate their findings. During our everyday activities we ask questions that initiate ‘scientific’ thinking. We support our preschoolers’ curiosity and love for investigation with enthusiasm and positive energy.
Name writing
Tony Chestnut, Skinamarink, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, He’s got the Whole World in His Hands, MacChicken Dance, Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Itsy Bitsy Spider and The Father loves Me
Miss Nancy asking Child 1 about the Child 2's new baby sister. While playing in DPR, Child and Miss Mary were reading about dinosaurs. Child 1 and Child 2 playing with trains at extended day.
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