Time to set our butterflies and ladybugs free!  We thought they would like the flowers by the Blessed Mother statue, so gathered around the grotto and watched them all fly/crawl away. We had a wonderful May Procession yesterday – Congratulations to all of our siblings who are First Communicants! It has been just beautiful this… Continue reading Bye, Bye, Butterflies and Ladybugs!

In honor of Mental Health Week, Ms. Lisa came down every day to share stories about breathing, kindness and managing our feelings.  The children were so excited to see her each day and just loved all the activities she brought for them.  Thank you, Ms. Lisa! As seen on Facebook, Principal CaterMiller made an appearance… Continue reading Happy Mental Health Week and the transformation of Principal CaterMiller!

We had an exciting week!  We reached our 20 kindness eggs on tropical day, so we celebrated with a disco ball dance party!  We are on to ice cream scoops and have already gotten several. Happy Birthday to our last in-school birthday boy! Adding it up and comparing numbers – Math All About Me! Butterfly… Continue reading Spirit Week and Off to the Zoo!

We continued exploring weight this week and compared various items from the classroom to see if one was heavier or lighter… Our buddies joined us for our Solar System lesson on Friday.  We talked about each planet and put them in order using our magnetic planets on the board, then put our own in order… Continue reading Heavy or Light? and Exploring Our Solar System

Our Ladybug Larvae and Caterpillars came on Thursday!  The caterpillars have grown so much each day.  We can’t wait to see how big they are when we return from our two days away. We learned the parts of a plant this week and collected helicopters on the playground, so we could investigate the seeds first… Continue reading Helicopters, Seeds and Buddy Fun

Our Easter Celebration – thank you parents for making it so special! Chalk, Bubbles and Marble Bunny Painting! Enjoying the beautiful morning while reading 🙂   Quality buddy time! Math All About Us! Playground Adventures

Friday, we learned about recycled toys and how they are made (one of the trucks on the cover of our Science Spin we even have in the classroom!).  Then we recycled many, many water bottles (thank you, Mrs. Linda!) by using them as bowling sets with our buddies – it was a blast! We read The… Continue reading Recycle Bowling, Jan Brett’s Easter Eggs and fun with Geoboards!

We celebrated our AMAZING preschool students on Friday – they are one of a kind! All things Zoo animals this week – after measuring animal prints, we became Zoo Keepers and built our own zoo exhibits keeping in mind the animals’ preferred habitat. Math All About Me – Comparing our numbers! Friday STEM: We learned… Continue reading Happy National Preschooler’s Day!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Happy Birthday! Happy Pi Day!  It’s never to early to learn about Pi.  With our buddies, we watched a little video explaining the ratio of Pi, rolled dice to match the numbers of Pi, made bracelets with a 3.14 pattern, then had a scavenger hunt for circles! St. Patrick’s Day Write… Continue reading Happy Pi Day and St. Patrick’s Day!