Senior Kindergarten

Upcoming Dates and Announcements
Sunday, September 15th – Pasta Dinner for a Cause!
Friday, September 20th – Early Dismissal 11:30am
– Aftercare available until 3:00. Please provide a lunch for your child if they intend to stay.
Saturday, September 21st – Boots for Buses
– Purchase your event tickets here: Boots for Buses
– Purchase a Meat Raffle ticket here: Meat Raffle
(Jacob & Son’s gift card: 1st prize $500, 2nd prize $250, 3rd prize $100)
Tuesday, September 24th – Student/Class Pictures
– Students are invited to wear whatever they’d like!
Thursday, September 26th – Coffee Conversations @ 2:00pm
– Join us on main campus, 8 Park Road, to chat with the Head of School, faculty, other families to discuss parenting, education, and current trends. A short article will be shared beforehand via Talking Points, if interested.
Friday, September 27th – FREEDOM FRIDAY
– Casual dress and pizza lunch! Be sure to purchase your lunch on veracross
Thursday, October 3rd – Grandparents’ Day

What an action packed week we’ve shared together. We continue to fill our days with fun activities and new skills. We kicked off the week by reviewing all the letters we’ve been practicing to write. The “magic c curve” has taught us how to properly write c,o, a, d, and g! The students are becoming quite skilled writers and we can’t wait to see their writing continue to improve as we learn how to form more letters. In phonics, we’ve become very acquainted with the /a/, /t/, and /b/ sounds. While adding these sounds to our toolboxes, we completed our first sound review. These kiddos blew us away with their ability to recall, recite, and even blend these sounds! We cannot wait to see how their sound and spelling skills continue to grow throughout our days.

In math we had our first round of math centers! The students were challenged in a multitude of ways with all things involving numbers. The “garage” center had cars with numbers on them and parking places with dots that corresponded to the numbers on the cars. The kiddos had to find the correct parking spot for each vehicle and they did not disappoint! The “block” center was challenged to pick a playing card, numbered 1-12, and create something grand with that amount of blocks. Every one of the structures they came up with were amazing! We love how effortlessly they make learning fun!!

We know that scissors can be tricky to use and can be dangerous if we don’t use them properly, therefore, before we used them for a special activity we thought it’d be worth it to make a class “scissor salad”! We’re sure you’ve heard of a caesar salad, but it’s cheese and croutons got nothing on ours! The students worked on their cutting skills to “chop up” green lettuce, purple onions, red tomatoes, yellow cheese, and brown croutons. We loved seeing the kiddos use their cooking and cutting skills all at once.

We finished up our week by completing a very important beginning of the year project… Using finger paint, paper, and Crayola Colors of the World, the students’ self portraits made their first appearance. Inspired by abstract art, the students cut up their fingerpainted paper and redesigned it to create a new backdrop for their faces. We are completely OBSESSED with the way their pieces turned out and can’t wait for you all to see the finished products.

We can hardly believe that we’re already into the middle of September. Time really does fly when you’re having fun. Please remember to sign up for a parent partnership meeting with us! These can be held on zoom or in-person. This is a great way to set the tone for the remainder of the year, ask any questions, address any concerns, and just remind you all how extremely fortunate we are to spend our days with your fabulous kiddos!

We hope you have a great weekend!
Miss Tylar & Miss Gina

September 20th: Early Dismissal at 11:30

September 23-25th: School Pictures. We will have more information to follow.

Don’t forget to sign up for Parent Partnership meetings. Use this link to sign up!

September 21st: September 21st, Boots for Buses   6-9 pm @ WCDS Main Campus Courtyard: WCDS families enjoy BBQ, beverages, s’mores, games, and most importantly – meeting other WCDS families! Buy your ticket here and meat raffle tickets(see meat raffle flyer below) here: https://www.betterunite.com/WheelingCountryDaySchool-countryroadsbootsforbuses

Our Emails: gbowmanwcdsedu.com tmcgheewcdsedu.com

Hello Families! 

This week in SK, we kicked off our exciting “Boots for Buses” project! We began by asking the children to brainstorm ideas about what we could transform a boot into and how we might go about it. They came up with the idea of making a wreath! 

Xavier  “Using hot glue and buttons.”

Leo “Rainbow paint and buttons. Put the buttons in a straight line.” 

Joanna “I would draw a cat.”

“Horse stickers on the boot.” Edna

“Draw a Christmas tree on it.” Hudson

“Paint and stickers. Draw with markers.” Dermot

 “Cat stickers.”  Eileen

“Plants on them. I think pumpkins.” Rowan

“A wreath.” Nora

“Stickers.” Dylan

“Sharpies.” Bradley

“What about paint.” Regina

“Glue gems.” Finn

“Stamp.” Makayla

“I wanna paint it.” Milo

“We can make it a flower pot.”  Mia 

After some wonderful and creative discussions, with enthusiasm, we got to work! One side of the classroom is now busy designing a beautiful wreath for the Fall, while the other side is focused on crafting theirs with a winter theme. The children wanted to make a sign to add to the wreathe too. These were the thoughts of what it should say: 

“Welcome to Fall.” Regina 

“Spongeball. Welcome Fall.” Pierce

“Welcome Friends.” Ollie

“Happy Fall.” Bradley

“Snow.” Milo

“Have fun in the snow.” Ollie 

“Good morning Snow.”Regina 

“Leaf wreath.” Dylan 

“Good morning Sun.” Felix 

The library is officially open for business! This week, the children were introduced to our cozy classroom library, and what’s a trip to the library without a good old-fashioned library card? Each child got the chance to design their own personal card, complete with a self-portrait, which added a fun, creative touch. They were absolutely thrilled to put their new cards to use right away! With great excitement, they filled their very own book boxes with books that sparked their interest, diving into stories and adventures of their choosing.

In phonics this week, the children focused on the letter sound “Aa” by creating a fun word web filled with words that start with the “Aa” sound. We also put pencil to paper as they practiced writing the letters c, o, and a.

In math, the children have been working hard to write the numbers 1 through 6. They’ve been using various objects to count and make sure they match the correct number, helping to strengthen both their counting and number-writing skills. 

To help build our social-emotional skills this week, we read Llama Llama Time for Sharing by Anna Dewdney. In the story, Llama Llama is learning important lessons about how to share with his new neighbors. After the story, we had a wonderful discussion where the children shared their own ideas on how we can practice sharing in the classroom with our new friends. It was a great way to connect the story to real-life situations.

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Miss Gina Miss Tylar

Upcoming Dates and Announcements
Monday, September 2nd – Labor Day, NO CLASS
Tuesday, September 3rd – Classes Resume, 10am Start
Friday, September 20th – Early Dismissal, 11:30am
Saturday, September 21st – Save the Date: Ya’ll are invited to a rootin’ tootin’ good time! Country Roads: Boots for Buses September 21, 2024, 6-9 pm WCDS Main Campus Join us for an evening of BBQ, Boots, and Boogyin’.  It’s the perfect chance for parents to mingle, get to know each other, and kick up their heels! More details to come, so mark your calendars now.  Yee Haw!

What a fabulous, fun filled, FULL week of school we’ve spent together. We jam packed every day with exciting, new activities! We are already starting to get in the swing of our new routine. Each student knows they have THREE responsibilities they have to take care of as soon as they get to school. As they put their water bottles on the counter, their lunch rock in the hot or cold section, and sign their names in their blue folders we can see their pride and self esteem blooming! We are already so proud of how motivated and determined each of them are.
Going along with the KINDERgarten pledge we started last week, we are continuing to have discussions about how to treat others and how we want to be treated. We love hearing our friends voice their opinions, speak up when they’re upset, and build one another up when they’re in need. They are setting such a beautiful tone for this magical school year ahead!

In phonics we hit the ground running! At the start of the week we introduced the students to our “Big Book of Goodness”. This book is filled with all the phonemic and phonetic skills we need to become good readers and listeners. The students have really enjoyed rhyming words, using our hands to clap two separate words into one (compound words), and so much more. Before we pulled out our pencils and paper we taught the kiddos all magic of skywriting. Ask them how to activate their magic writing utensils and see what they can write for you! After some skywriting success, it was time to put our pencils to the paper and we introduced the class to our buddy the “little man”. He helps us know where our pencils begin and end when we’re writing our letters. The students have been working really hard on forming the proper “c” curve. We like to refer to our friend c as magical because his special curve is the base for all sorts of letters! We will continue to work with him and see what other letters he helps us form next week.

In math we continued putting our pencils to the paper and began working on writing our numbers 1, 2, and 3 properly! Just as in phonics, we use our “little man” to help guide us when we’re writing our numbers. We even took it a step further and brought out the good ol’ chalkboards for a few rounds of “Try, Wet, Dry”. The students had a blast using chalk, paint brushes, and socks (don’t worry, the socks weren’t that smelly) to continue practicing our numbers. We can’t wait to add more numbers to our toolboxes!

We cannot express enough how thrilled we are to spend our days with your kiddos. We are confident that it’s going to be a fantastic year!

Have a great, LONG weekend!!!
Miss Tylar & Miss Gina