Session 3/Week 4 of Spanish Enrichment class. This week, students learned that orejas means ears, and we reviewed cabeza (head), ojos (eyes), nariz (nose) along with numbers, colors and greetings. We also played with Mr. Potato Heads to reinforce our head parts in Spanish. Each week, students create a page for a book that they will receive at the end of the session Hasta luego, mi amigos!
Our classrooms are filled with the sounds of music, the joy of learning, the thrill of growth, and the warmth of friendship. 🦋4.28.26🦋
And just like that, April comes to an end! 🌷4.30.26🌷
Lunch Bunch is heading on an African adventure! 🌍 We’ll explore cultures, create colorful art, enjoy music, and learn about amazing safari animals. Get ready for a roaring good time! ✨
What a Wonderful Wednesday 🍦4.29.26🍦
Monthly Music and Movement with Miss Laurie and Beautiful Weather creates smiles all around. 🦋4.27.26🦋
What a fantastic Ice Cream Social we had! 🍦✨ This afternoon was filled with laughter, delicious sundaes, and great memories made with friends. We enjoyed lunch together, played duck duck goose, had fun with ‘Pin the Cherry on the Ice Cream,’ and delighted in some ice cream stories! 📚🍒 Our PREK class even did Freeze Dance, where everyone showed off their best moves and froze in silly poses! 🕺❄️ A heartfelt thank you to our incredible staff for their hard work and dedication in making this event a sweet success for our children! 🙌❤️ We can’t wait for more fun times ahead! Individual photos can be found on FB in the Ice Crean Social album
Monday's Enrichment is Literacy. The class enjoyed reading "Tap and Play" by Salina Yoon and followed up with a creative tapping dot markers activity.
🎉 What a special day! 🎓 Today, our amazing high school seniors from the Class of 2026 (formerly the PREK Class of 2013) returned to where it all began! They visited their beloved PREK teacher and classroom, bringing back a flood of memories. A huge shoutout to Mrs. Rankel, Mrs. Dost, and all the wonderful parents who made this celebration possible! Your love and support means the world! 💖 As we honor these bright stars on the brink of high school graduation, let’s remember: “Today is your day. “You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away!” — Dr. Seuss ⛰️ We are so proud of each and every one of you. Here’s to continued success and happiness on your journey ahead! 🌟
We are now in week three of Spanish Enrichment class. This week, students learned that nariz means nose, and reviewed cabeza (head), ojos (eyes), along with numbers and colors. Each week, students create a page for a book that they will receive at the end of the session. We look forward to continuing this journey together. Hasta luego, mi amigos!
Happy Fri-YAY ☀️4.24.26☀️
Thursday Laughter, Friends and Learnings. ☀️4.23.26🌷
🎶 Music & Movement – Session 3, Week 3 This week we traveled to Brazil 🇧🇷! We learned about the pandeiro, a fun instrument that we can tap and shake to make music. The kiddos loved moving their bodies, making rhythms, and dancing to the beat—what a fun musical adventure! 💃🥁
Lunch Bunch enjoyed a fun-filled afternoon laughing, playing, and making special memories with friends!
First we decorated our pasta bowls—che bello! 🇮🇹 Then it was time to cook our spaghetti—andiamo! The room was filled with smiles, laughter, and a little bit of amore as we created our delicious masterpiece. Buon appetito! 🍝✨
Lunch Bunch today we took a magical trip to Venice, Italy where we hopped into our very own gondola and glided through the canals like real explorers! 🛶✨🇮🇹
Happy Earth Day 🌎 4.22.26 🌍
May is almost here and it’s our last full month of school! 🎉 Mark your calendars for some seriously fun stuff: Music and Movement extravaganza 🎵 (5/18-5/19), Spirit Day with all the red, white & blue vibes 🇺🇸 (5/18-5/19), and our last Chapel visits 🙏 (5/20-5/21). Quick heads up—no enrichment on 5/6, and we’ll be closed 5/25-5/27 so you can soak up some well-deserved family time! ☀️ Don’t forget to peek at your child’s classroom calendar too for snack days and special events. And to all the amazing moms out there—Happy Mother’s Day! 💐 You’re the MVPs, and this month is all about celebrating you and everything you do! 🌟
Lunch Bunch was extra special today as we stepped outside and enjoyed a breath of fresh air together! 🌿😊 The children loved being outdoors, soaking up the sunshine, and taking in the sights and sounds of nature while sharing this fun time with friends.
Happy Monday 🌷4.20.26🌷
Week 4 - Invitation to Create - Bugs Today, we had a blast using circles, ovals, and rectangles to bring bugs to life! It’s a fantastic way to boost our shapes, colors, and creativity, while also honing our hand-eye coordination. Plus, we’re getting ready for pre-K, so these glowing skills are super important. The class really nailed it with their bug creations! See you next week when we build ice cream cones.
In Literacy Enrichment, we enjoyed reading the book “Found” by Salina Yoon and made a craft to go along with it.
🌷4.21.26🌷
Music & Movement – Session 3, Week 2 🎶 Today we learned about Japan’s national instrument, the koto! We explored how it makes soft, gentle sounds when the strings are plucked. 🌸
Fun Friday ☀️4.17.26🌷
Lunch Bunch Today, we learned that pizza was first made in the city of Naples. It is called Neapolitan pizza. It is made with ingredients that match the colors of the Italian flag—red, white, and green! 🍕 The toppings are tomato sauce, cheese, and fresh basil.
Thankful for this beautiful Thursday! ☀️4.16.26🌷
Happy Tuesday 🌷4.15.26🌷
Wonderful Weather Wednesday ☀️4.15.26☀️
This week in Literacy Enrichment, the class read Stormy Night by Salina Yoon and painted their own stormy night picture.
We’re excited to announce that our Art Enrichment class session 3 is officially underway! It is our Invitation to Create series. Each week will feature a new creation, from flowers and bugs to sea creatures and sand castles —just to name a few. This week, the children had a blast creating their own cupcakes, using fun pre-cut shapes to design their very own masterpieces. This session is all about using their hand-eye coordination, color recognition, and shape identification, which will be a great boost as they prepare for pre-K next year. The children were thrilled with today’s session, and we can’t wait to see what they come up with next week!
The halls are filled with joyful faces now that we're back from Spring break! 🌷4.13.26🌷
Important Reminder: Thursday, 4/16/26 - All classes dismiss at 12:30.
Happy Easter from our TTH classes! 🐇3.31.26🐇
Wishing you and your families a joyful and blessed Easter.
Sunshine and Happiness 3/30/26
Today’s Chapel Service 4.1.26. Wishing you all a blessed and Happy Easter.
Music & Movement Enrichment – Session 3, Week 1 Today, we began filling out our passports as we traveled through the world of music! 🌎🎶 We learned about the United States of America, talked about the banjo—a special instrument that comes from America—and explored rhythms by moving fast and slow. The kiddos had so much fun discovering new sounds and beats! 🥁✨
Hopping into Easter and Spring break 🐇4.1.26🐇
FriYaY feels so good!! 🌷3.27.26🌷
We're greeting Spring with open arms and sunshine.☀️
Music and Movement with Miss Laurie welcomed Spring today. 🌷3.25.26 🌷
Today in Pre-K, we started our day by coloring pictures that begin with the letter V and practicing tracing the letter V. We also had fun playing a game of “Kaboom!” Afterward, we went to the gym where we did some stretching, running, and played a game of Four Corners. During centers, the children explored a variety of activities including community helpers, watercolor painting, building, stickers, and playing with little Legos.
Art Enrichment - Today, we had a blast creating bunny rabbit faces using all sorts of fun, leftover art supplies! We used buttons, pipe cleaners, coffee stirs, cardboard, doilies, pom-poms, and newspaper to make each bunny unique. It was a fantastic craft lesson that taught us how to upcycle materials and get creative. Reminder; we don’t enrichment class next week or the week after. Looking forward to seeing you in two weeks! Wishing you a happy Easter and a fun spring break. See you when we return.
Today in ASL Enrichment, we learned the sign for the color Red, named as many red items as we could, and continued to practice signing our song.
Spring has Sprung and we are in full bloom! 🌷4.23.26🌷
Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun, please shine down on me! ☀️3.25.26☀️
Today in Lunch Bunch, we traveled to Italy— Buongiorno! 🇮🇹 We learned that Italy is shaped like a boot, and its flag has three colors: green, white, and red. The children had so much fun exploring a new country and learning something new!
Session 3 of our Literacy Enrichment class will study author Salina Yoon. Today, we read the book Penguin and Pinecone.
Welcome to the third session of Spanish enrichment. This session will focus on learning Spanish words for body parts. We’ll explore terms like “cabeza” (head), “hombros” (shoulders), “rodillas” (knees), and “dedos” (toes). Each week, we’ll create a page for our book, which the child will receive at the end of the session. We hope your child enjoys this enriching experience.
April is almost here and spring is springing! 🌸 Quick heads up on what’s coming: We’ve got an Easter Chapel celebration on 4/1 🙏, a well-deserved Spring Break breather 🏖️, some groovy Music & Movement Days 🎵, and an Ice Cream Social treat for our 3’s and Pre-K friends 🍦 (lucky them!). A few enrichment days will be taking a little break too, so check those dates to stay in the loop. Your student’s teacher will be sharing all the fun classroom happenings and snack day details soon, so keep those eyes peeled for incoming calendars packed with everything you need to know. 📅✨ Mark your calendars and get ready for a month full of springtime magic! 🎉
Lunch Bunch today, we experienced a Japanese tea ceremony! The children learned about the traditions and practiced being calm, respectful, and mindful while enjoying tea together. It was a wonderful way to explore a different culture and try something new! 🍵✨
School is closed on Friday, March 20, 2026, in observance of Eid Al Fitr.
Our pre-K classes reached for the stars with a trip to the planetarium today. Their trip was out of this world.🌎
Spring into Learning - that’s exactly what our classes are doing. 🌷3.19.26 🌷
Session 3 of American Sign Language enrichment class is underway and the kids are learning to sign "Somewhere over the rainbow."🌈
Our 2’s and 3’s classes are getting ready for Spring 🌷3.18.26 🌷
We've wrapped up session 2 of literacy enrichment with Todd Parr's The CARS AND TRUCKS book. We hope your child enjoyed this author study and the fun activities each week. We're looking forward to session 3 starting next week.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️3.17.26☘️
Pre-K Lunch Bunch 🌸 Today we made cherry blossom trees! We learned that you can see many beautiful cherry blossom trees in Japan. These special flowers only bloom for a short time each year, which makes them extra special to see. The children had fun creating their own pink and beautiful blossoms! 🌸🌳
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today begins Session 3 of Art Enrichment! To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, we crafted a shamrock collage art using all things green and adorned it with a lucky gold coin to complete our project. ☘️ Next week, we’ll embark on another collage art project, this time for Easter. 🐣 We look forward to seeing you next week!
Happy Friday ☘️3.13.26☘️
It's your lucky day! We're celebrating St. Patrick's Day in the building with festivities for our MW and MWF classes! ☘️3.16.26☘️
Music and Movement Enrichment – Session 2, Week 10 Today, we wrapped up our session by making festive St. Patrick’s Day wands! ☘️ The children had so much fun decorating their wands and then waving them while listening and moving to lively Irish music. We danced, twirled, and shook our wands to the rhythm. It was a magical and joyful way to celebrate the holiday together! 🌈✨
Rain, Rain, Go Away - but learning and fun never go away on a Thursday like today, 3/12/26 ☘️
We're rocking Crazy Hair Day in our TTH classes! It's great to be back on the playground.🛝
🎨 Week 10 marks the conclusion of Session 2. Our final color for this session is “Gris,” which translates to “Gray” in English. 🩶 To complete our color books, they painted pictures of sharks and elephants in the color “Gris.” We reviewed numbers, greetings, and colors we’ve learned from the previous weeks. The children proudly brought home their Book of Colors today. I’m eagerly looking forward to seeing you all next week when we embark on Session 3, which will focus on “Our Body.” 🙂
Pre-K Lunch Bunch had a fun time today! We made postcards to send to our pen pal, Sage, in California. The kids loved creating special messages and pictures to share across the country! ✉️🌴
We're so grateful to all the wonderful families who joined us for our first 'Story Night'! Hope you and your little ones had a fantastic time. Huge shoutout to our amazing staff for making the night truly magical. Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere. 🌙
In today’s Art Enrichment class, we finished Part 2 of our Monochromatic Collage Art! They added the same color objects to their paintings to create Monochromatic Art—meaning, one color! Then, we started next week’s project by painting shamrock’s green. Next week, we will add green color objects to create collage art for St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ Looking forward to seeing you next week.
We are marching to Spring ☘️3.11.26☘️
Lunch Bunch 🥪3.9.26🥪
In Literacy Enrichment this week, we dove into Todd Parr’s The Monster’s Mac and Cheese Party.
We're 100 days smarter! PREK celebrated this awesome milestone and our 2's and 3's classes think it’s so cool! 😎 3.5.26😎
Spirit Day = Crazy Hair Day 😎3.9.26😎
Pre-K Lunch Bunch: We Visited Japan! 🇯🇵 Today we “traveled” to Japan and learned that Kon’nichiwa means hello in Japanese. We colored kimonos and learned they are traditional Japanese garments worn for special occasions like weddings, tea ceremonies, and festivals. Such a fun cultural adventure! 🌸
Music and Movement Enrichment Session 2 – Week 9: Maracas Today we moved to the beat of maracas! The children had so much fun shaking, dancing, and keeping the rhythm during our music time. We also made our own maracas and used them to play along with the music. It was a fun and lively day full of music and movement! 🎶🥁✨
Our classes are busy as we march into a new month of learning ☘️3.5.26☘️
It's Fri-yay!! We're grateful for all the parents who met with us during conference week. Wishing you a wonderful weekend and we can't wait for crazy hair days on Monday and Tuesday!☘️3.6.26☘️
We had an amazing time on Spirit Day! The storybook character costumes were incredibly creative and impressive. Thanks to everyone who joined in on the fun! We also enjoyed music with Miss Laurie, and the kids loved playing instruments and learning new songs. Miss Laurie always brings so much energy. And remember, it's parent teacher conference week - we're excited to meet with you.
In today’s Art Enrichment class, we kicked off Part 1 of our Monochromatic Collage Art! Each child chose their favorite color to paint their boards. Next week, they’ll add the same color objects to their paintings to create Monochromatic Art—meaning, one color! Looking forward to seeing you next week. Just a friendly reminder that there’s no Enrichment this Thursday.
February flew by so quickly! It was a month of love, kindness, learning, and SNOW! Don't forget: Next week is Spirit Day, dress as your favorite storybook character, and parent-teacher conferences - see your teacher for details.
Spirit Day was a huge hit. Everyone did a great job dressing up as their favorite storybook characters. We loved seeing all the creative costumes. Thanks for participating. We also enjoyed music time with Miss Laurie today. The kids had a blast playing instruments and learning new songs. Miss Laurie always brings so much fun. And don't forget, it's parent teacher conference week. We're looking forward to seeing you at the conferences.
Music & Movement Enrichment – Session 2, Week 8 🎶 Today we had a blast with our kazoos! The children made their own and practiced humming to create the buzzing sound. We marched, danced, and played along to music using our new instruments. Such a fun and musical day! 🎵
This week's Literacy Enrichment featured Todd Parr's Be Who You Are, followed by a fun activity.
🎨 Spanish Enrichment Week 9 is all about the colors “Blanco” and “Negro”! ⚪️🖤 😊 Picture snowmen and snowy days for “Blanco” paintings, and spiders, boots, and cats for “Negro.”🕷️ We took a look back at our numbers, greetings, and colors from the weeks before. Just a heads-up: there’s no enrichment next Thursday. We’ll be wrapping up Session 2 with our final class on Thursday, March 12th. The children will bring home their Book of Colors. Looking forward to seeing you then!
Just a friendly reminder — Spirit Days are coming! 📢 It’s time to dress up as your favorite storybook character! 📚 Spirit Day Schedule: • Monday, 3/2 – MW, MWF & M–F classes • Tuesday, 3/3 – TTH classes We’re so excited to see your child dressed up and ready to bring their favorite storybook character to life! We can’t wait to see all the creativity and imagination on display. Have fun, and we look forward to a wonderful Spirit Day! ✨
This last Thursday of February has been packed with learning, reviewing and great friendships. 2.26.26
We're back! It was amazing seeing everyone so happy to be back at school, learning and catching up with friends. Don't forget summer registration is now open and please submit your Story Night attendance slips by this Friday.
March Important Dates: No Enrichment: 3/5, 3/31, 4/1 No School - Eid al Fitr: 3/20 Parent/Teacher Conferences: 3/2-3/6 (see teacher for details) Dress as Your Favorite Story Book Character Days: 3/2, 3/3 Crazy Hair Days: 3/9, 3/10 Story Night: 3/11 Music & Movement Days: 3/23, 3/24 Easter Chapel: 3/30, 4/1 (Parents Invited - 9:45 AM) Looking Ahead: Spring Break - 4/2 - 4/10
Attention all PreK classes: field trip to the planetarium today is canceled and will be rescheduled. Report to school for a regular day.
Winter break is here! St. Peter's Nursery Preschool will be closed Feb 16-20. Have a wonderful time off, see you Feb 23rd!
Just a heads up! 🌡️ We’ll be closed Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Bundle up and stay safe out there! ❄️ See you when we’re back! 👋
Music & Movement Enrichment – Session 2, Week 7 🥁 This week we had a drum-tastic time! We made our very own drums using coffee cans and explored different sounds we could create—soft, loud, fast, and slow. Then the excitement grew as we got to play on real drums, feeling the beat and moving to the rhythm. So much musical fun while learning about sound and rhythm! 🎶✨
Important notice: we will be closed on Monday, February 23, 2026 due to weather. Be safe!
Friday was filled with valentine fun, valentine exchanges, and valentine parties! What a great way to wrap up the week before winter break. Wishing you all a happy, safe, and relaxing winter break. See you again Monday, February 23! ❤️2.13.26❤️
🎨 Colorful Spanish Adventures: “Rosa” is the color of the week💖 What a vibrant week of learning we’ve had! Our little language explorers dove into the world of “Rosa” (pink), transforming their color book pages into magical canvases. 🌸 Imagine piggy pink paintings, rosy roses, and creative splashes of color bringing Spanish to life! 🐷 We took a delightful journey down memory lane, refreshing our numbers, greetings, and colors from our previous weeks. And the cherry on top? Our magical word of the week - “amore’” (love) - because learning is all about spreading joy! ❤️ Winter break is here - time to rest, and recharge.We’ll meet again on March 12th with more colorful adventures waiting. Hasta luego, amigos! 🌈✨
Today’s chapel service was so special learning to sign ‘Jesus Love Me.’ With Valentine’s Day approaching, our classes are going all out with their Valentine’s exchange boxes and class parties. Spreading love everywhere! ❤️2.12.16❤️
Today's chapel service was so special learning to sign 'Jesus Love Me.' With Valentine's Day approaching, our classes are going all out with their Valentine's exchange boxes and class parties. Spreading love everywhere! ❤️2.11.16❤️
Just a friendly reminder that invitations went out last week! If you’re able to make it, please drop off the slip at the bottom of your invite to your classroom teacher or the main office by Friday, February 27th. We’re really looking forward to seeing you and your child there for this wonderful event! 📚🌙
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