Miss Autumn and Miss Page

Road Runners
Our school year is offto a great start! Wehave a wonderful community of 8 two and three year-olds, and it is a genuine pleasureworking with them. August/September hasbeen a time to get to know one another, andbecome acquainted with the classroom andthe rhythm of our days. We are enjoyinggetting to know each child, and have such anappreciation for what each unique individualbrings to the class as a whole. We have 4 children who are new to our school and 4 returning children this year, making for areally nice balance. It is wonderful to see new friendships forming, and existing bondsevolving and growing.

In addition to classroom orientation, ourfocus over the past six weeks has been ongrace and courtesy, and the cycle of task. We will continue these important lessons throughout the year, providing plenty ofopportunities to practice and develop these behaviors and skills. We have also been learning about farm animals, including thelife cycle of a chicken. The globe has beenintroduced, and we are talking about landand water, and the continents.

For October, our focus is on fall, harvest, trees and leaves. Our Monday music class is a big hit! Thechildren really love it. They sing, dance,listen to, learn about and experiment with avariety of musical instruments. They havebeen introduced to the piano, electronickeyboard, drums and three different types of flutes. Thank you, Mr. Rangel for providing such a fun and enriching program to our youngest students! Letter of the Week begins this month, including Show andTell every Thursday Each week we will feature a different letter, and on Thursday the children are invited to bring somethingfrom home or nature that begins with that letter sound. Our first featured letter is c, with Show and Tell on Thursday, Oct. 6. A calendar is posted outside the classroom with the letter for each week.