Teaching Children to Respect Personal Boundaries by Asserting Our Own by Janet Lansbury The short month of February flew by with a slew of activity in the classroom. We’ve been talking about feelings, emotions and parts of the bodies. We’ve surrounded ourselves with hearts of different colors,
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We’ve shown a lot of creativity and kindness during the month of February. In recognition of Valentine’s Day, the children worked hard at creating unique valentines to pass out to fellow classmates during our valentine celebration. We discussed how Valentine’s Day is a day when we recognize
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Thanks to your generous contributions ot the SMS Annual Fund, the staff at SMS is able to engage in meaningful staff development opportunities throughout the year and during our monthly staff meetings. In January’s staff meeting we were joined by former SMS parent, Dr. Lucretia Berry. Dr.
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As we leave 2018 behind and eagerly take on the new year, we are very excited to carefully guide and facilitate the growth & development of your little ones. In this coming term, we will be reinforcing already acquired skills while also taking on new & unique
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We welcomed two new students to the classroom this month and it was heartwarming to watch the returning students offer comfort to our new friends as they adjusted to a new school. One student brought tissues to the crying boys and another gently touched one of the
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Welcome back, and Happy New Year! For this newsletter, I asked what you wanted me to touch on and you overwhelmingly said “whining“. Children using whining as a way to communicate when they are tired, frustrated, or overwhelmed, and they continue to use it when it works
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I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving holidays and had a great time being together with your families. The month of November has been very fun but also very busy! Before the break, most of you all had the wonderful opportunity of observing and working with your children
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Click here for Christmas gift ideas that encourage child-directed play! 5 Tips for Drop off & Pick up Drop off: 1. Walk with your child to their hook to hang up their items. 2. As you have time, let your child take off their shoes, offering help
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The month of November has been full of fall-inspired activities. In our practical life area, we had a very large pumpkin used for pumpkin hammering. With a wooden hammer and golf tees, the children hammered tees into the pumpkin and then used pliers to remove the tees
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As the leaves fall and the season of color starts, we are bravely embracing the colder weather and all that it brings! We think of October as the time of year when the school year is officially in full swing. The children are now well settled into
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