Early Childhood (EC) Weekly Update

This week in the EC room we talked all about bugs.  Each day, during group, we talked about bugs and what kind of bugs we’ve seen.  Using picture cards with bugs on them the EC student grouped the bugs into 4 groups: bugs that could fly, bugs that sting, bugs that jump, and butterflies and caterpillars.  The EC students enjoyed looking at the pictures and fitting them into the right groups.  One of the bugs the EC students enjoyed learning about were Ladybugs.  They all thought it was funny that even though we call them ladybugs some of them are boys.  We looked at a 3-D book of bugs and all the EC students had fun trying on the glasses and seeing what the bugs looked like.  At group time we read a book called Bugs.  It had many different kinds of bugs in it, along with some fun facts about the bugs.  Every day at recess we went out and looked to see if we could find any new bugs and we found lots!  We found ants, beetles, ladybugs, caterpillars, butterflies, and so many more!  The students learned the difference between a bug and a spider.  Bugs have 6 legs and spiders have 8!  The students also learned that bugs or insects have 3 body parts, head, thorax and abdomen.  At group, Ms. Sullivan would draw something and the students had to figure out if it was a bug or spider by remembering how many legs and body parts each had.  The students were right every time!  On Thursday, we had a special treat.  It was the last time we were meeting with our second grade buddies so we went to their room and watched the movie the Letter Factory and then we went outside and ate popsicles and played with our buddies on the playground.  It was a fun way to end the year with our buddies.  Next week we will spend reviewing everything that we learned this year: colors, shapes, letters, numbers, etc.  Hard to believe Friday May 24th is the last day of school!  Remember dismissal is at 11:30 and there is no aftercare that day.

Liza Sullivan
Early Childhood Teacher

  
 
 
 
Meet Liza Sullivan, Early Childhood Teacher
 

With more than four years of teaching experience, Liza is an engaged teacher, who loves to see her students learn something new or be able to do something for themselves for the very first time. She especially loves the youngest students because through them, she knows she is helping them build on their knowledge base, which will help them for years to come. In her spare time, Liza enjoys reading, cooking and playing with her three-year-old daughter. Liza, who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Curry College and is currently working on her certification birth-grade three and her masters in special education birth-grade three at Lindenwood University, joined Rohan Woods School in 2010. 

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Quotes from the Head of School
 

"We saw a need within our own family base for a quality early childhood development program and were pleased we will continue to offer this academically based program to our current families as well as prospective families," commented Sam Page, Head of School at Rohan Woods School.

"Our Kindergarten Preparatory Experience begins with our Early Childhood Program and extends through our Senior Kindergarten Program -- four wonder-filled ages and classrooms that blend together as part of a uniquely tailored early educational experience for children ages 2 through 5," Page continued.

  
 
 
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