Welcome parents and thank you for visiting our blog!  We have a lot to share.

We are having so much fun getting to know your wonderful children.  We love our new friends already!  We spent the first week easing into the school routine.  We will spend the next few weeks of school building our classroom community, getting to know one another, learning important social skills, and practicing all of our school routines. Our goal is to take the time to explain the daily steps needed for our children to truly succeed.  We have found that children progress much faster throughout the school year, and accomplish much more academically if we take the time at the beginning to model and practice appropriate behaviors.  We will teach children how to get along with one another and solve problems in a peaceful and respectful manner.  We want every child to feel a sense of belonging and of course have fun!  We are working hard at building independence and responsibility.  The children are practicing the morning routine of putting their lunch box in their cubbie, washing their hands, choosing a work, and putting their finished work in their file folders . During snack time, the children are serving themselves, cleaning their snack area and getting to know each other through daily conversations during snack.

Our returning students are doing a wonderful job being role models to our new students and helping and guiding them throughout the day. We are thrilled to be spending our year with your children.  It is going to be a full year of growth, friendship, and laughter!

This month’s themes are: Safety and Community Building, Health and Nutrition, Living vs Non-living, Land and Water. In addition, each month the children will be doing self-portraits to display on the wall.  The children had a great time looking into a mirror and drawing themselves.  We have some very proud artists!!

Reminder – On Thursday, September 5th we have Primary Parent Orientation @ 6:00pm.  We will be discussing important information about our program  We hope to see you all there!

Dear P3 Parents and Students:

We are excited to begin the 2013-2014 school year in P3.  We look forward to seeing some familiar faces and meeting new ones.  We hope everyone enjoyed the summer and have good memories.  This year will be filled with many interesting lessons, fun field trips, and many opportunities for Foothills families to get together.  Teaching your child is a tremendous responsibility and we will foster motivating learning experiences in the upcoming year.  However, we are partners in this learning process.  Throughout the year we will communicate through our blog, telephone calls, emails, report cards, and parent teacher conferences.  We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.  You can call us at school, send us written notes, or contact us by email.

Curruculum

The curriculum consists of Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics, and Cultural which brings a balance between the child’s academic learning and social/emotional growth; and learn how to be an in independent learner.  Our year will begin with a lesson on the health and safety.  We will establish routines and rules in the classroom, and continue learning about the world we live in with a focus on each continent, our solar system, oceans, and rainforest.

Summer Sharing

If your child would like to share one photo, brochure, dairy page, or picture, picture have them bring it in a brown bag any day the first 2 weeks of school.  We are looking forward to hearing about some of your summer experiences.

Upcoming Events

August 22nd:  Meet and Greet Family Social 5:00-7:00pm.  We would like to take this opportunity to thank you in advance for your dedication and support throughout the year!  We look forward to meeting you soon.

Sincerely,

P3 Teachers

The year has ended and new beginnings are upon us.  It has been an incredible year with lots of laughter, growth, and most of all friendship.  We are so proud of all our students and will miss them very much. We would like to thank all our parent volunteers who have helped us throughout the year – we couldn’t have done it without you!  You are all awesome!  We also want to wish everyone a wonderful summer and look forward to seeing you again in the fall.

Good-bye for now!!

P3 Teachers

Hello parents and welcome to our blog!

This week’s quote:

“Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future” – Maria Montessori

Wow, what a busy week we had in P3!!

We started off with our magnificent Spring Performance.  The children were so excited to finally perform and show off their talent to their parents!  It was so wonderful for the children to experience a true on-stage performance.  Thank you all for coming and supporting our theatre/music department.

On Friday, the children had their last “reading buddies” gathering.  They shared a snack and a special book together.  It was a great experience for our children to practice reading, build friendships, and build community within our school.

Our Kindergarteners finished their chapter reading book this week with Charlotte’s Web.  It was a great book to share and the children had many discussions throughout each chapter.  We finished it off with a chapter book party on Friday, and celebrated by watching the movie Charlotte’s Web while munching on popcorn!!

On Monday, June 3^rd – We have Field Day. Please have your child arrive to school at 8:15am in order to be ready for our 8:40 starting time.  Our class will begin promptly at 8:40am.  Please have your child wear their bathing suit under their clothes, bring a towel, and apply sunscreen before coming to school.  This will help in getting our class ready on time.  Thank You!

Next week is our last week of school, so please look for any last minute items that will be sent home.

On Wednesday, June 5^th – Our Kindergarteners have their “Moving Up Ceremony” at 1:30pm.

Our last day of school in Friday, June 7^th with an early dismissal of 11:15am.

It has been an amazing year filled with joy, laughter, growth, friendship, courage, and most of all love.  We, as teachers, are so blessed to be a part of your child’s life.  They are all truly incredible children with talented futures.  We will miss them all! Thank you to all our wonderful parents who supported us throughout the school year!!

Hello parents and welcome to our blog.

This week’s quote:

“The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.”– Maria Montessori

Meet this week’s Classroom helpers:

Kavi is our greeter.

Sophia waters the plants daily.

Max leads the calendar during circle.

Teighlor helps prepare for lunch.

Lucy reports the weather.

Lucas A. feeds the fish.

Our field trip to Children’s Discovery Museum was a Blast!!  The children had fun exploring with science and math, building and climbing,  arts & crafts, and much much more!  Thank you to all our volunteers who helped make our field trip a success!

The children have continued to practice for our Spring Performance and are very excited to show off their talents on stage.  The Spring Performance will be held on Wednesday, May 29^th @ 9:00am.  Please remember to have your child wear a white t-shirt and dark colored shorts for our performance.  Hope to see you there!!

Cadbury – our class pet has settled nicely into our room and the children have accepted him as one of the classmates.  They continue to take care of him and are learning to respect his environment.  They love having Cadbury in the classroom!!

Our Kindergarteners :

On Thursday, the Kindergarteners tye-dyed their t-shirts for Kindergarten Late Night.  Please make sure you wash them separately in cold water first and have your child wear them on Kindergarten Late Night.

We continue to learn the Parts of Speech and practice writing nouns, verbs and adjectives, and we are coming to the end of our chapter reading book – Charloette’s Web.

Also – Please look for our sign-up sheet (posted on the clipboard outside the classroom) for volunteers to donate food items for our Fun-Filled Kindergarten Late Night.  Thank you for your support!!

Upcoming Events:

Monday, May 27^th – No School in observance of Memorial Day

Wednesday, May 29^th – Spring Performance @ 9:00am

Friday, May 31^st – All School Assembly @ 8:20am  and Kindergarten Late Night from 5:00-8:00pm

Monday, June 3^rd – Field day

Wednesday, June 5^th – Kindergarten Moving-Up Ceremony

We hope everyone has a Marvelous Memorial Day Weekend!!  Be Safe!!