We were so happy to welcome all of our friends back to preschool! Everyone seemed to get back into the routine easily and excitedly. We are also pleased to welcome Noah to our preschool family! He is attending on Wednesdays and Thursdays. We spent time this week reviewing the rules of the classroom and getting reacquainted with the centers. We also...
This was such an exciting and busy week! With all we did this week, the time was flying by! The children worked hard all week on their holiday songs, making cards for the residents of Kimble Farms, making gifts for their parents, crafting their own wrapping paper! On Monday, the children made paper plate holiday wreaths and their parent gifts....
This is the season of love and light, giving and tradition. As we try to keep the focus on tradition and giving, the children have been busy making things for others and filling others’ buckets! They have been working very hard to learn new songs to share with others, make pictures and cards to give away, and be...
What a great week! The children are very excited to be talking about different holiday traditions. This week, the holiday we focused on was Hanukah. Next week we will continue our theme of holiday traditions. Miss Courtney joined us on Monday for calendar craft. The children water colored and put together a beautiful winter picture for the December calendar. New games...
This was certainly busy week filled with discussion about what we are thankful for and the precious gifts we have. Perhaps the most entertaining conversations were those about how to cook a turkey! Miss Courtney was in all week for Miss Kaleigh (who will be back on Monday!) The children have all decided that the class should take a...
This short week was packed with activities! We talked about the meaning of Veteran’s Day this week. We are thankful for all who serve this country, have served, or gave their lives so that we can have freedom. We spent the week finishing up our decorations for our holiday cactus to be displayed at the Berkshire Museum’s Festival of Trees. The...
What a glorious week it was!!! We were so thankful to have such wonderful weather and great friends this week! We were also lucky to have Miss Lesley join us on Monday for center work. She worked with math cubes with the children. Miss Kaleigh did a scarecrow craft and Miss Chris worked with the river stones on letter and name...
What a fantastic, fun week it was! The children and teachers were all very excited about Halloween. We spent the week learning through playing fun Halloween-themed games and reading stories! We were able to enjoy small group activities on Monday with the help of Miss Leslie. She encouraged number recognition and fine motor strengthening by helping children string beads on numbered...
It was an excellent week at the Lenox Preschool! This week we read stories and did crafts that were cowboy-themed because we are creating the decorations that will go on our “tree” at the Berkshire Museum’s Festival of Trees! Our cowboy stories included Cowboy and Octopus” by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith and “The Halloween Kid” by Rhode Montijo. On Monday,...
We started the short week with a walk to the Lenox Library! We were treated to several books including “Pouch” by David Ezra Stein and “Dog Loves Counting” by Louise Yates. Tuesday was also our Letter of the Week day. This week’s letter was D. The children helped make a list of 23 words that start with D. They practiced...