Bolton Hill Nursery Newsletter
Monday, May 2nd, 2016
Important dates
Parent Teacher Conferences
- Monday, May 16th: Blue Finches (204) & Firecrown Hummingbirds (1316)
- Tuesday, May 17th: Steller Jays (204) & Rosefinches (1316)
- Wednesday, May 18th: Pajaritos & Parakeets (204) & Scarlet Ibises (1316)
- Thursday, May 19th: Canaries (204)
- Friday, May 20th: Gold Finches (204)
Each conference should take approximately 15 minutes. Please remember to arrive on time!
Monday, May 16, 2016, 08:30 AM
Bolton Hill, Baltimore, MD, United States
Important Information
A Goodbye Letter from Ms. Janie
Dear Bolton Hill Family,
I loved Bolton Hill Nursery School from the moment I walked into that funky little office 10 1/2 years ago. I loved the children, the staff, but mostly the spirit of BHN. Of course, for me the biggest joy is the children and I will sorely miss the hugs, kisses, laughter and joy they gave me. The teachers have always been incredibly creative, loving and kind. And you parents have been understanding and forgiving for my occasional minor mistakes like the time I charged a family $48,000.00 for a month's tuition. Working with Louie and Kelly has been humbling and inspirational. I will truly miss everyone.
I am being succeeded by the wonderfully competent, Leigh Hibler, which leads me to a story. Kelly was in the Red Room before I arrived one morning and Leigh was in my chair in the office. Kelly asked one of the children to go to the office and see if I was there. The child came back and reported that, "Ms. Janie is in the office but she looks VERY different." So I realize I am replaceable but Bolton Hill Nursery will always have a warm and special place in my heart.
I will soon be a grandmother and have already enrolled him in the two year old class of 2018. So my connection to BHN will continue but in another role as a doting grandma dropping off and picking up my grandchild in the wonderful and magical world of Bolton Hill Nursery School.
My love and very best to you all. - Janie
Meet Our New Teacher- Ms. Jackie
The Side Yard and Pick Up at 204
AROUND THE SCHOOL
Blue Finches
Steller Jays
Pajaritos
Hola! The Pajaritos continued our exploration of SPRING by checking out different trees and plants throughout the week. Mr. Daniel brought in a plant for us to observe and we've been watering our class plants diligently. We discovered that plants need plenty of sun to grow, so we've been concerned that our plants might be sad with all this yucky weather lately; so we'll just hope for more SOL!!! Excitement filled the classroom as we learned how to make pinch pots!!! We do love anything that let's us get messy. They've mostly dried so next week we'll plant seeds in them and see what happens. We finished the week by creating rorschach butterflies. It was a nice refresher in colors; each Pajarito had to name the colors he/she chose en espanol in order to squish their paper. We hung our results from the ceiling...come take a look!!!
Goldfinches
Canaries
Parakeets
This week the parakeets learned all about research! We explored researching through books, computer, observing with our senses, and even asking an expert! The parakeets then chose an animal to do a book report on- they chose everything from skunks and polar bears to flamingos and monkeys!
We then became actors and actresses, acting out parts of our book report about the way animals behave!
Rosefinches
Scarlet Ibises
This week in the nest, we didn't work on a specific unit. We talked about many topics. We continued to practice being good team players. If you came into the nest you would have seen many "birds' helping to put materials that were used away. They were picking up things off the floor and putting them where they belonged. You could hear them discuss in small groups what they wanted to do or wanted to build during Area Time. This week the "birds" were very creative and used their fantastic fingers to work on individual projects. During Literature the "birds" listened to a story by Rosemary Wells, Shy Charles, they were able to predict what they thought would happen at different parts of the story. This week during Circle Time we talked about opposites and the birds were able to tell the opposite or show the opposite for a given word. To end the week Juliana's mom came into the nest to show us how to make pasta. The "birds" had a blast rolling the dough using rolling pins and putting it through the pasta machine.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST
"Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun." -Kahlil Gibran