Preschool for Infants, Toddlers, and Pre-K in Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Welcome to the Orange Room!

Teacher: Cammy Wagner

Contact: cmvwagner@gmail.com

Assistant: Georgia Merrill

 

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Welcome to our class page!   We will be adding links to activities, links to activity packet pages during the school closure, photos, videos and more…keep checking back!

 Learning Resources

Week of May 4, 2020

 

Week of April 20, 2020

Activities for this week are here. file:///Users/directormacair/Downloads/0379_001.pdf

Materials for this week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of April 13, 2020

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Week One: 

Here’s your packet for this week in case you can’t pick it up:

 

MWF Orange Packet 3/22/20

 

 

 

Videos

Watch Miss Cammy during circle time!

Circle Time March 2020

 

Week of April 6!

Dear Parents,
Happy April.  Today is my 34th anniversary!!  While we can’t go out to a nice dinner to celebrate we are acutely aware this year of how lucky we are to have each other over all the ups and downs that life throws our way.  Hopefully you are having moments to make you realize how special your family is amidst all this chaos!
Let’s Zoom tomorrow at 10:00 for a Monday Morning Check In!  If you are free great, if not be looking for next Monday’s!  If the children are more comfortable this time there may be more chatting.  If so, I may tell them I will mute them while I am talking.  Be assured, I WILL give them plenty of time to chat.
Monday – Home for a Bunny.  Try this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PIxyik9NuU.  This and Friday’s book are oldies but kids have very much enjoyed them over the years with me.  “Joe the Bunny” song is FUN.  See the attached sheet.  Georgia and I will sing it with them on Monday’s Zoom and probably record it as well.
  • Bunny Stencil.  Takes a little work on your part (Or you can pick one up from school.  Let me know.   I have some I use every year that I am more than happy to give you!)
    images.pngFind a bunny clip art.  Cut out in stiff paper, cardboard or regular paper.  You will be left with your stencil.  Place that on top of plain paper, tape down and paint any color.  At school we might have painted with cotton balls.  Add eyes or reverse, a tail.  This is a new form of art for these guys.  Explain what a stencil is and how it works.
  • Make a bunny outline with glue.  Attach marshmallows, or anything else, on the glue.  Great fine motor and eye hand coordination.
Wedneday – The Egg.  We will be recording this for you.  Sing Joe the Bunny or “I’m a Little Chicken.”
  • Explore an actual egg: shell, yolk, white.
  • Make chick in shell.  This is fun because they can be very creative.  Use Do-a-dots, sponges or anything else you have.
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  • Try counting your eggs either real or plastic.
  • Using plastic egg halves stamp onto a large egg shaped white paper.
  • Try growing grass in a halved real eggshell! Once it grows your child can cut the “hair”!
  • Hop like a bunny.
Friday – The Golden Egg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jctrVVfC80M  Not my favorite version so I will record this and post on classdojo.
  • Make fizzy eggs.  Place plastic eggs in styrofoam or plastic egg carton, add drop of food coloring if interested, add tablespoon baking soda, use dropper to add vinegar.  Again, we have plenty of droppers at school that I could leave for you.  Turkey baster works but you will pick up a lot more vinegar.  Spoons also work and are easier!  The children love the chemical reaction that happens.  Ask if they can predict what will happen.
  • Paint in a box.  Cut paper the shape of an egg.  Place in box.  Fill two plastic eggs with something heavy but safe.  May need to tape shut.  Squirt paint all around on paper in box.  Roll eggs all around box.
  • Cut a potato in half lengthwise.  Make zigzag cuts or whatever into potato.  Stamp onto paper.

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  • Don’t forget the songs!  Any song that requires movement is so good for them ~ vocabulary, gross motor, rhythm, crossing the mid line.
  • See you tomorrow!!
Cammy

April 7, 2020

Miss Jen reads a book about Passover. She reminds children that her family didn’t celebrate Christmas and that they don’t celebrate Easter. Our class was aware of that because she told us all in music.

She does a great job reading!  I hope your guys enjoy it!