St. Paul Nursery School Family Newsletter
September 2024
Hello preschool families and welcome to your first newsletter from the desk of Mrs. Darby!! As I write, we have just entered Fall, (or Autumn!) and are finding it hard to believe we have been together almost a month by now!
I’d like to begin by reintroducing our new co-teacher, Miss Jennifer Wagstaff. Jennifer joins us with lots of energy, ideas, and a warm heart to care for your child while at St. Paul! Our monthly newsletters will come from both me and Miss Jennifer, on alternating months, and will update you with a recap of the past month’s lessons.
For September, Miss Jennifer taught the academic portion of our day with lessons about friends, family, and the letters A and B. We practiced the sound each letter makes as well as the formation of both upper and lower cases of the letter. We did craft projects including ‘all about me’, self-portraits, home is where the heart is, a family tree, alligators, apples, acorns, bears, and butterflies! WOW…that’s A LOT of crafting!! Please take a moment to stop by the art gallery wall to enjoy your child’s creativity and craftiness.
For Bible story time, I worked with the class to put together some classroom rules to help us have a fun and safe preschool classroom. We are thankful for our teachers and friends and will work together to have the best and safest classroom ever! For family week, we talked about how all our families are different. God loves each family and he loves it when we are good helpers within our family. For the last 2 weeks, I taught about all the beautiful things God made in nature. We learned about the light and darkness, the daytime and nighttime sky with all its flying animals, the land and plants with all its walking animals, and the blue waters with all the swimming animals. Finally, God made 1 man and 1 woman to take care of the beautiful things. They were Adam and Eve. God said that they could live in The Garden of Eden with one rule-you can eat anything except “Do not eat the apple from the Tree of Knowledge”. The sneaky snake tricked Adam and Eve and after eating the apple, they needed to leave the beautiful garden forever. God was disappointed in them, but the good news is that he was always with them and still loved them forever.
Vocabulary Words: kin, badger, family, seed, sprout, chrysalis, cocoon, create, obey, garden, trapezoid
Geography: We will be learning about the map, the compass rose, and a couple of new states each week including what the states are famous for.
This month’s states include: Alabama (cotton), Alaska (gold), Arizona (copper), Arkansas (Walmart), California (movie stars), and Colorado (snowy mountains).
Reminders:
* Our monthly tuition is $145.00 for the T/Th class and $200.00 for the 3 day/week class. Checks payable to
St. Paul Nursery School or cash in a labeled envelope is accepted. You can pay for the current month or as many months ahead as fits your schedule/budget.
* If your child will be absent from school, please call us at 607.756.4850 or email me at our account stpaulluthns@gmail.com (notice 2 l’s!). It helps our planning and the preschool friends always wonder where the others are!
* Drop off times are between 8:50am-9:00am and pick up times are between 11:20am and 11:30am. Please pick up your child on time so ‘late pick up’ fees are not applied.
* Preschool children need to be completely potty trained and able to take care of their own bathroom needs. Teachers can only assist with help like turning the water on and pulling down a paper towel from the dispenser.
* Idea!! We are looking to replace our playground plastic toys (shovels, buckets, bulldozers, etc.) Are you looking for a place to donate your “once loved’ items? Please consider our preschool!! Thanks :)
Looking Ahead:
* Friday, October 11, 2024: Grisamore’s Field Trip-$5/person riding the wagon to get a pumpkin and apple. Payment (cash only) is due by Thursday, October 3. Children are transported and chaperoned by their family.
* Monday, October 14, 2024: Columbus Day-No School
* Thursday, October 17, 2024: Class Pictures with Isaf Merkur (online ordering)-9:00am, on site at St. Paul.
* Thursday, October 31, 2024: Harvest Party-no costumes, please. Details to follow
Thank you for the opportunity to teach to and learn from your child!
I value our preschool time together and appreciate all our families!
Love, Mrs. Wendy Clark-Darby