Welcome to the Orange Room!
2023-2024
Your Teachers!
We are all so happy to spend our day with you!
Ms. Terry, Inclusion Teacher Miss Sheila, Paraprofessional Miss Laurie, Paraprofessional
Miss Robin, ABA Paraprofessional Miss Kayla, Special Education Teacher
THEME:
SUMMER!
FEATURED STORIES:
Read, Read, Read,
Every Day!
I have started reading my favorite novel, it's been so many years since the last time I read this book!
MUSIC & MOVEMENT:
My recommendation:
The Beach Boys!
Week of 6/25/2024:
Good morning Orange Room Families! I hope this message finds you well and enjoying a much deserved rest, and start of some summer fun!
Our year ended with such fun happenings! We wrapped up our transportation theme with water transportation! We made boats using pieces of pool noodle, straws and cardstock paper sails! We experimented with wind power to set them sail, and a sink and float discovery center activity. We followed a guided drawing activity using familiar shapes to draw a sailboat.
Of course the excitement came in our SUPERHERO themed parade! You are all SUPER CHAMPIONS of preschool learning! We enjoyed having our families join us for the celebration and slideshow of the Year in the Orange Room!
For our students who will sail on into Kindergarten, we all wish you the most exciting adventure to come! A new school, new teacher, new friends and so much to peak your curiosity and challenge your minds!
For those returning to the E.C.C., we will be ready to greet you all again! No matter what classroom you may be joining, we will be looking for you, sharing our smiles and happiness for another year of growing and discovering!
I have sent many Thank You cards home for the kind and generous gifts you provided to the classroom and teachers! I will admit, I mixed up my lists slightly, and may have mixed up the cards done and those left to do - ooops! May I extend an additional note of gratitude to you all again for every act of kindness and support you've shown every day, and in every way! We appreciate you more than you know!
Parents: I have had the link below for the PreK Skills children should try and practice by the time PreK ends and Kindergarten begins. This guide was created by our teachers and support specialists and is a helpful guide for parents/care givers. I included a summer guide below, in case you are looking for some ways to incorporate developmentally appropriate learn through play activities for the summer.
Let the summer adventures begin!
With sincere appreciation for all your kindness and support all year through!
Ms. Terry, Miss Sheila, Miss Laurie & the Orange Room Team!
Notes & Reminders:
June - Summer Fun
July - Summer Fun
August - Summer Fun
August 28 - First Day of School for the E.C.C.
Thank you! :)
Home Guide for PreK Skills Quick List - End of Year2023 - Google Docs.pdfHome Guide for PreK Skills (End of Year) Summer Edition
From the Community Engagement Committee:
Home Guide for PreK Skills
A quick list of some top skills recommended by your teachers and specialists, for children
to practice/acquire by the end of the PreK experience, before entering Kindergarten. Click on "PreK Skills Quick List" for the link to the pamphlet.
Orange Room Photo Gallery
Log Cabin Kitchen Center
Woodland Sensory Table
Play-dough Turkey
Gingerbread Bakery!
Alphabet Tree
Holiday Art!
Doctor's Office
Waiting Room
Radiology
Auto Center
Pet Care Center
Pizza Shop
Space theme Sensory Table
Space Center and Rocket
Ice Cream Shop and Camping Center! Summer fun!
Here are some views of our new classroom furnishings, items, and set-up! We are so appreciative!
Recent Artwork
Feed The Animals
Building and fixing the tractor!
Orange Room Gallery 2023-24
Making a face with loose Parts!
Making a face with loose parts!
Another fine face!
The E.C.C. Market!
Dramatic Play Center
Fall Farm Stand
Dramatic Play Center
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
More Spookleys
Spookley is his name, square is his game!
Art Gallery: Itsy Bitsy Spider and the Three Pig's houses!
Art Gallery: Textured Bears
Pinecone painted shapes turkeys!
Featuring: our color/shapes of the month (brown square, red circle, yellow and orange triangles) as well as colorful diamonds!
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Plants!
We've been so excited to see the seeds we scooped out of our pumpkins, and planted in soil, growing so amazingly! The children have watered them well and have witnessed the first parts of the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin first hand! If you look closely, some leaves have the seed shell on it still, and the roots are wrapping around the cup deep under the soil! Some sprouts are just pushing through while others have stretched up to the sun quickly! I wonder if you can keep them growing at home until they become a vine!
Our new classroom set-up!
Polar Sensory Table!
Dramatic Play House with Laundry Center! Hang the Mittens from 1-10. :)
Post Office!
Spring is in the AIR!
Pet Care Center
The turtle found in the playground! Everyone enjoyed a close view before we released it back down by the lake!
The sunflower seeds are sprouting!
Sprout Houses with bean and pea seeds!
Our Caterpillars! They just arrived, we will be watching them closely to see how they transform!
The Butterfly House in our Discovery Center!
The caterpillars are all transforming into the chrysalis form! Since this photo was taken, they have lost semblance of caterpillar form and hang in a green oblong shape. We can not wait to see the butterflies emerge!
To our amazement, two of our butterflies have emerged!
You can see the others hanging on the cloth holder. When we left on Friday they remained in chrysalis form!
Another view. It is not seen here but these butterflies have orange on their wings. How appropriate for the Orange Room!
All our Painted Lady Butterflies!
Releasing some butterflies in the morning!
Releasing the rest of the butterflies in the afternoon!
Oh, look! Another turtle who just wants to join recess in the playground!