Inspiring Life-long Learning for Over 25 Years
In what has seemed like a snapshot in time, the first grade year has come to an end. We are finalizing our play, " The Nixie in the Mill Pond." The children are so excited about their upcoming performance! We…
(click on image to view larger) Today the Sunflower Garden Early Childhood class celebrated the students who will be going to the First Grade in the fall. Each child holds a puppet that they sewed for the puppet show they performed…
Dear Families, Next week concludes our time together. Please make sure to double check your child's bag and belongings going home. If you can send in a paper shopping bag on Monday or Tuesday, that will help us with our…
Dear Families, Miss Nicole and I are continuing the marionette puppet show of "Queen Bee" we shared at the May Faire. If you missed it that day, know that your child will have several opportunities to receive this story. I…
(click image to view larger) Early Childhood Teacher Donna Brooks and Teacher's Assistant Nicole Griffith perform the May Faire puppet show in the Sunflower Garden classroom. The beautiful story was featured twice during the event and was enjoyed by both…
Dear Families, We celebrated another student's sixth birthday on Thursday. Such celebration. We now have six six year- olds in our classroom! These six year-olds are working on their puppets for our story we'll share at the Kindergarten Ceremony of June 3.…
Thank you to Claudia for finding this week's link to a NY Times article about homework cramming at Kindergarten. It mentions a study of New York and Los Angeles kindergartens spending 2-3 hours per day on math/reading instruction and testing.…
