Dear Parents, We had a fun week. Our Early Preschool is bonding well and developing social skills from one another. Large group Our large groups this week was very exciting. We had fun reading the 'Little Lion Shares' book. We talked about Sharing and how to be respectful to our friends and teachers. We also enjoyed singing ‘Good Morning Song’ and ‘Funny Faces’. It is a joy to see kids share laughter while making funny faces. Next week we are planning to continue talking abou

Dear Parents, We had a very cozy and fun week. The children enjoyed our small circle and getting to know each other better. Large Group We had a good time in our large group singing ‘Make hands go up and down’ and reading the ‘Tickle me‘ book. We have been teaching basic sign languages to ease our communication; which were Please, Thank you, Sorry, More, Again, Water and Eat. Small Group This week’s small group was Music, Art, Bowling, Light Box and Filling and Dumping. For m

What a fun and exciting week we had! The weather was a bit gloomy but that didn’t hold us from having fun!!! Week in review This week we discussed with our pre friends about the up and coming Ethiopian New Year. We learned some new Ethiopian word like ‘Melkam Addis Amet’, ‘Enkutatashe’, ‘Doro wot’, ‘Tej’, ‘Ketema’ and so on! Please ask your child what they learned! We will be celebrating New Year Eve at school at 11 am on September 10 please make sure to mark your calendar as

The most fun part of being a teacher is looking at your class and they have this same sync among them and they enjoy each other’s company. This week has been so much fun as they are becoming close with their classmates and have a better understanding of our daily routine. Our small group allowed us to explore with different colors. We loved mixing them and guessing what colors we could make. “Mine is dark now, it’s not a color anymore” “Yay I got dark… what Purple is this?

Dear parents, We continued having more fun in our Pre School and Early Pre-school class. We introduced celebration of Ethiopian New Year and talked about some of Ethiopian Cultural Foods, Drinks and Clothings. We had fun spelling out their names!! We are planning to introducing them to the famous Ethiopian New Year cultural song "Abebayehush". Large group In our large group we have been reading our favorite book 'Three Little Pigs” and dancing and moving around in silly way w

Dear parents, We had such a wonderful second week. We have welcomed Hazel from her break which is a good addition to our group. In the coming week, we are planning to start checking out Book from library on Wednesdays and our art days is going to be Thursdays. Large group In our large groups this week, we had focused on making social interactions and sense and knowledge of belongingness. We tried to solve problems by working together and help friends when they needed things.

Dear Parents, What a fun two weeks we had with our Pre School and Early Pre-school. We started off with very exciting and smooth transition. It was easy for the children to settle and to go through our daily schedules. We had a very interesting conversation about our summer break. Some of us even go to space for summer vacation!! The children were very interested about gardening in our science class. We continued talking about it so we can start to have our own garden. Next w

Dear Parents, We had an amazing week. Our mixed groups of Infants and Toddlers had fun time getting to know each other through different explorations. The group were really excited to welcome a new friend, Malala. We are still waiting for some friends to come from there break. This year the Infants and Toddlers will have five children all together being led by Hannah, Eyassu and a new member to our group Netsanet(Free). The days for special classes are Monday Music, Wednesday

HURRAY!!! We are back with another school year! I hope you all enjoyed your summer vacation, even though it wasn’t summer for us! It was good seeing most of you on open house and meeting the class mates and fellow parents! This year we have 7 children in our PreK class and 6 of them are already back and have joined the class room. The class will be lead by me, Yodit and Eyerus. This last two weeks has been fun to get to know each other as we establish a smooth trust and fri

Welcome back!!! The school year is off to a great start! The children have had a smooth transition into their new classrooms and for many, into their new school as well. I am having so much fun getting to know each and every one of them! Our Kindergarten class has a group of six students. What we are learning! We continued to review our classroom rules and procedures. We drew the face of our caterpillar and started counting! Literacy class was fun as we started to explore so