Pre-K B

I would like to welcome you to the start of an exciting new year. I am very happy to be teaching your child this year. I look forward to working together with you to make this year a great experience for everyone.

     My name is Ms. Nicole Baldassarre, and I will be your child’s teacher this year. The children can call me Ms. Nicole. Our classroom teacher’s assistant is Ms. Marta. Since this will be the first school experience for many of the children, we hope to make it an enjoyable one.   

This year, your child will gain the skills, knowledge, and approaches to learning necessary to succeed in kindergarten and beyond. Our program follows the New York State Foundation for The Common Core. This means we are following state guidelines for teaching all Pre-K students. Throughout the year our class will be learning Math, Science, Social Studies, ELA (letters, letter sounds, stories, writing), Art and Technology. Another important lesson they will learn is how to interact and socialize with other children. Social development is a big factor in learning for Pre-K students.

     Throughout the year I will be in contact with you to let you know what we are working on in our classroom and what you can do to reinforce it at home. 

 Please make sure to check your child’s folder on a daily basis and to sign up for Class Dojo, so you can receive all of the information needed.

 Please feel free to speak to us anytime there is a question or concern. With communication and cooperation the year should go very smoothly.

April 2024

Happy Earth Day!

This month we are starting our Gardening unit. On Earth Day students from the Student Council and National Junior Honors Society planted with our class.

March 2024

Today we had a visit from the Easter Bunny! We hope everyone has a good Easter. Classes resume on April 8th.

We recently had two mystery readers come to our classroom and read to us. Thank you to our two parents that visited us, the children were very excited.

Author Maryann McMahon visited our school and read us her book “A Special Present from Puddles”.

We recently had a visit from Alley Pond Environmental Center. Children were able to pet/see a turtle, guinea pig, snake and lizard.

This month our unit is Water. One activity we did was make mini aquariums.

February 2024

Happy 100th Day of School!

To celebrate our 100th Day of school some of our children dressed up like 100 year olds!

Looking for our Shadows while outside playing in the school yard 

We recently started our new unit:Light.  The children have been having fun using our light table.

January 2024

For our STEAM Friday we made snow! The children took turns measuring and pouring, and were excited to see the snow grow.

As we learn about the different signs around us, we decided to turn our Dramatic Play center into a Donut Shop. The children have been busy making decorations, donuts and different signs to add.

We recently started our new unit: Signs. The children have been working on making different signs to add to our bulletin board and making traffic signs.

Happy New Year! 

School will be closed on Monday January 15 for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

December2023

Christmas Show

We made Pattern Candy Canes.

We did a science experiment with Candy Canes. We put a candy cane in water and watched to see if/how it would change.

November 2023

There is no school for Pre-K on Tuesday November7

On Thursday November 9 only Pre-K has school. All Pre-k classes will dismiss at 2:00p.m. Religion class is canceled, Afterschool is not available.

School will be closed on Friday November 10 for Veteran’s Day

We opened our class pumpkin to see, smell and touch what was inside.

October 2023

Happy Halloween 

For the Pumpkin decorating contest, our class chose If You Give A Mouse a Cookie. The children were very excited to transform our pumpkin into a mouse and make some cookies to go with it. 

After taking a neighborhood walk to look at different trees and collect some leaves, we came back to our classroom and painted our own trees.

We recently started our new unit: Trees. The children have been observing the parts of the tree and looking at the changing leaves.

Happy Columbus Day! School will be closed on Monday October 9 for Columbus Day.

September 2023

 We’ve been learning about our different emotions and how to express how we are feeling.

Starting Monday September 11th the children will be in school for a full day:

( 7:50 a.m.-2:20p.m)

We will dismiss from the same doors they entered in the morning(through the schoolyard) If you haven’t sent in a blanket/pillow yet please do so by Monday. Also please send in all paperwork as soon as possible. Thank You :)

During our first few weeks of school the children have been busy making crafts to put in our classroom.