Dear River Families, We had a blast celebrating Halloween at school on Wednesday! We made Halloween books, and listened to Halloween stories at the listening center. Ms. Andrea carved our classroom pumpkin and the children did a skeleton labeling activity …

Dear River Families, We have had a wonderful week in Kindergarten. In centers this week, we learned about the life cycle of an apple, and we introduced the difference between “wants” and “needs.” We also listened to a story about …

Dear River Families, This week in River we began learning about owls and started a short unit on emotions/feelings. We used cards of children around the world with different expressions to define and discuss emotional vocabulary words. Understanding different descriptors …

Dear River Families, This week in River we had our 30th day of school and welcomed October! The children completed a writing sample that I will keep to compare growth in later months. We wrapped up our apple study and …

Dear River Families, We had another busy week in Kindergarten!  We began our unit on apples and autumn! Centers this week included exploring fall leaves and writing about them in our journals, as well as learning how to write and …

Dear River Families, This week in River we continued learning about space and practiced performing our space mini-play that we will perform for Evergreen and Forest! The children are doing a fantastic job memorizing their lines, working together to recite …

Dear River Families, This week in Kindergarten we learned about Space and the Solar System! The children began studying each planet and began to understand the universe. I have assigned each child (or pair of children) a planet that they …

Dear River Families, This week in Kindergarten we started our first share topic! The children have been very excited about being able to bring in items to tell their classmates a little bit about themselves. Thank you for your cooperation …

Dear River Families, We had a great week in Kindergarten as the children are adjusting to the new environment.  Thank you for attending back to school night! The children loved the idea of showing their parents around the room! This …

Dear River Families, Welcome to Kindergarten. We had a great first week in River as the children are beginning to get to know the rules, routines, and adventures of Kindergarten. This week Literacy centers included building names of classmates using …