Pre-K Post

PRE-KINDER CHAPEL

2008-05-13T21:14:00.005-05:00

Pre-Kinder's Turn

Last week it was our turn to lead the Elementary Chapel. For this special event we asked Mr. Ramos to be our guest speaker. He did a wonderful job reminding us about how special we are in Christ.

Mrs. McCrea and Mrs. Velasco helping out with the puppets

"Punchinello, Alegria, Angel Restaurador and Eli," were the main Characters

Mr. Ramos sharing...

The audience

Bible Song

2008-05-05T19:23:00.006-05:00

Here is a video about one of our favorite Bible song...

New Buddies!

2008-04-28T09:41:00.006-05:00

Reading Buddies

The second graders have been coming to read to the pre-kinder kids every Friday. It has been a positive experience for both grades. Thank you for sharing this special time with us second graders!

Pre-Kinder Day Buddies

Last Thursday all the students who will be pre-kinder next year came to visit our school. We had a great morning together! Our current students were great hosts and the new ones seemed quite excited to soon join our school.

Some of the Latest Special Events

2008-04-14T21:32:00.008-05:00

Nick's Visit

As many of you know Nick Vujic visited Colombia a couple weeks ago. We were blessed to have him come to our school for a special chapel. God used his words and testimony to touch many hearts in our school. The students enjoyed meeting him and hearing about his life experience and about what God has done in his life.

Welcome Hannah

Two weeks ago Hannah came to join pre-kinder! We have really enjoyed getting to know her. Her joyfulness and openness have made it easy for her to adapt to our classroom and add many things to it. Welcome Hannah and we are very happy to have you be a part of pre-kinder and ECA.

Pizza Party

Our class won the library prize! We won all the points for behaving well in the library. The students' efforts were rewarded and encouraged with pizza and ice cream. Nice job pre-kinder kids!

Many Blessings!

2008-04-07T08:52:00.002-05:00

Wonderful Chapel Speakers!

Every week have been blessed to have wonderful chapel speakers from different backgrounds and with wonderful experiences to share with us. We are thankful for each one of them!

A team from Colorado

A Kindergartener's Parents

Mr. Pineda a Middle School Teacher

Mr. Thorton also known as, "Mr. Caramelo"

Celebrating Mrs. McCrea's Birthday

Last week we celebrated Mrs. McCrea's birthday. We had a few little surprises for her to express our love and appreciation for her. We accomplished our goal, she felt loved and blessed! Thank you for the birthday wishes and the presents that you sent.

"Dia del Idioma"

2008-03-17T21:20:00.010-05:00

Celebrating, "Dia del Idioma"

Starting the special day...

Rewarding those who have done a great effort in learning Spanish and in class...

Congratulations Santiago and Sarita! We are proud of you!

OBED Conference

2008-03-03T14:24:00.005-05:00

Teaching Teachers

Last week we had the wonderful opportunity to attend the OBED conference. Not only were we able to attend but also able to teach two workshops. In the workshops we shared strategies that we use to teach English in pre-school, it was a learning experience for us as well. We enjoyed sharing with our colleagues and were impressed by their eagerness to learn and desire to become better teachers.

Teachers who attended the workshops

Orange Octopuses in the Ocean

At school we also had a wonderful time learning the sound for letter "O". Here is a picture of our Orange Octopuses in the Ocean.

International Festival

2008-02-25T09:09:00.003-05:00

This is the song in Portuguese that Miss Pame taught us. We sang it on Thursday for international chapel.

CANTA AO SENHOR

Meu Cristo, meu Rey
Ninguém é como tu
Toda mina vida quero exaltar
As maravilhas do teu amor,
Consolo, refugio
Torre de força e Poder
Todo meu ser o que eu sou
Nunca cesse em adorar

Canta ao Senhor toda a criação
Honra e poder majestade ao Rey ,
Os montes caiaram e o mar rugirá
Ao som do teu nome

Canto com gozo ao ver teu Poder
Por sempre eu te amare e direi
Incomparáveis são as promessas do
Senhor

Thank you for coming to our International Festival!

2008-02-17T18:46:00.005-05:00

Welcoming our New Students

We have been blessed to have two new students in our classroom. They both arrived to Colombia recently. Simon came from New Zeland, and Sung Eun from Guatemala. We are happy to have them both be part of our class and our community. Welcome to ECA and to Colombia!

Celebrating Valentine's

We had a wonderful time celebrating Valentine's at "Prestolandia." The kinder and Pre-Kinder students were able to play and have a special lunch. It was a great way to celebrate this special holiday.

Have a great week!

Marching for Peace!

2008-02-04T14:49:00.000-05:00

Monday was a very special day. At 11:20 am we got our Colombian and white flags out and walked outside as a school to the main road, to be part of the big March! Since our students are the youngest students at the school they got to lead the march. The whole school followed us, as well as, the staff and some other schools from the area.
The students were quite excited to be part of this important day in the history of our country. As we were marching we were chanting, "We want peace," and “No more kidnapping." At noon we ended our march with a minute of silent prayer for our country and those who are kidnapped!
We thank God for having been able to participate in the march, this day will remain in our minds forever!

Time is flying!

2008-01-28T09:00:00.000-05:00

Time Flies by when you are Having Fun!

Time flies by when you are having fun! This last week went by really fast. We are still getting used to our new schedule! In the classroom we have been learning our letter sounds, working on our motor skills and many art projects. Music and computers our new classes, continue to be the highlights of our week.

We also have a a new addition in our park, a SANDBOX!

Have a wonderful week!

Getting Into School Mode!

2008-01-20T17:03:00.000-05:00

Enjoying Chapel

In our first chapel back we celebrated all the January and December Birthdays.

Our First Computer Class

On Friday we had our first computer class. The students were quite excited and they did a great job!

Have a wonderful week!

A Fresh Start!

2008-01-09T11:10:00.001-05:00

Welcome Back!!!

We are excited to be back and are looking forward to what the Lord has for us, in Pre-Kinder in 2008!

Blessings!

Finishing Strong!

2007-12-10T08:48:00.000-05:00

Testing

This past week we spent some time reviewing and testing what we have learned so far.

Field Trip

We had a great time on our field trip. We enjoyed watching the puppets. The costumes were great and so was the scenery.

Chapel

Last week's chapel was lead by a first grade mom. She taught us a song and spoke to us about being ambassadors for Christ.

Singing and Learning!

We have learned many songs. We have learned how to spell colors, the days of the week, the weather, the months of the year and many others. Here is a video of one of our songs, enjoy!

Have a blessed week and see you on Friday!!!

It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas!

2007-12-03T09:33:00.000-05:00

Great Season!

Christmas is by far one of my favorite seasons! I love the reason for the season, the music, the lights, the decoration, everything about is just great! These next couple weeks will go by fast and we are looking forward to them!
Here are some highlights from last week; we hope that you enjoy the pictures!

On Wednesday afternoon it rained really hard. Our room and some parts of the school flooded.

The students did a great job helping to roll up the carpets, and move things around to dry places so we would not have anything damaged. They remained calmed and even had a little fun in the rain!
We had pink day on Thursday. The girls looked beautiful and the boys did a great job bringing in their toys!
On Friday, we put out our Christmas tree and everyone helped decorate it. It was great to see the student’s excitement and teamwork in decorating the class.

Have a wonderful week, thank you for your prayers and support!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-24T12:25:00.000-05:00

Many Things to be Thankful for...

We really have endless reasons to be thankful for! We thank God for the wonderful year that he has give us so far in pre-kinder. The students are growing and learning a lot! We have been able to experience God’s love and faithfulness in many ways.
We are thankful for each one of the students that God has brought to our classroom, for every family and for the healthy relationships that have been established. We also thank God because our class is growing every day to be a community and safe place where we all enjoy spending time together, learning and growing in every area of our lives!
Here are some pictures with some of the highlights of the past couple weeks! Enjoy!

On Thursday November 15th we had Orange Day!

On Friday November 16th, we had a great time on our first swimming lessons!

On Wednesday November 21st, we celebrated thanksgiving!

First we ate cornbread together as a special snack

Then, we had a special chapel where each class had a special presentation and they got to share what they were thankful for. Second grade had a great play reenacting the first thanksgiving!

And to end this special day we played games all afternoon!

Thanks for coming and being part of our special activities! We appreciate you support!

What a Week!

2007-11-12T18:02:00.000-05:00

Painting!

The last couple weeks we have been going to the art room to paint. The students have enjoyed this activity and have done a wonderful job!

Chapel

Last weeks' chapel was led by the fourth graders. They did a wonderful job! We enjoyed the songs and learning new names for God! Thank you for all your hard work!

Yellow Day

Last Thursday was quite bright! We always have fun on the day that we all get to wear the same color!

Our First Field Trip!

Our trip to the fire station was wonderful! We were able to meet the firemen that work at this station, we also got a tour of the fire station, were able to go on the fire truck and even got to try some parts of their outfit!

Pre-Kinder and Kinder boys!
Pre-Kinder and kinder girls!

Before we were able to go on the truck!
Mrs. Alonso got to try the whole outfit. Pablito and Sammy got to try the helmets!

Mr. Thorton's Wedding

On Friday right before we went home, Mr."Caramelo" stopped by our room to received the gifts that the students had brought him! Thank you for your generosity, he was very excited and felt loved by our community!

A Quick Update

2007-11-04T19:51:00.000-05:00

Gray Day and Gray Elephants

We always have a lot of fun painting and we have great artists in our classroom!

Special Chapel

It was fifth grade's turn to lead chapel last week. They did a wonderful job! We enjoyed the songs, the skits and the puppets. Thank you for working hard on preparing this chapel and sharing your hearts with us, fifth graders, we loved it!

Have a blessed week and thank you for all your support!

Special Day!

2007-10-28T13:39:00.000-05:00

Christian Character Day and Fall Festival

We had a great time last Friday celebrating Christian Character day in the morning and Fall Festival in the afternoon! We all got to dress up as a Christian Character. The people who where in the classroom got to guess who we were after we gave them some clues. We were able to share why we chose our character. After the time in the classroom, Pre-Kinder Kids got to lead the parade. We got to see all of our friends from other grades dressed up as we walked through the classrooms in the new building. We ended our wonderful morning with a great chapel and with Mrs. Uribe as our speaker.

After our exiting morning we had lunch outside with all of the ECA community and had beautiful sun shine for a little while. It did rain pretty hard afterwards but we were very thankful for the sun we got! There were many different kinds of foods and fun games. The Anentos were all working very hard selling delicious pastries from their bakery and want to donate half of the money they earned to Pre-Kinder and the other half to First grade. Thank you for coming and sharing this great day with us!

White Day on Thursday

Have a wonderful week and thank you for your support at home!

Last Week Went by Fast!

2007-10-21T15:33:00.001-05:00

Chapel

Last week we had two special guests from Canada lead our chapel. They taught us new songs and reminded us what it looks like to treat others in a loving way.

Purple Day

We had a great day on purple day. Most girls and teachers wore purple and the boys brought their cows! We leaned the "Purple Cow" poem by Gelett Burguess, as well as, the purple song.

Birthday Party

We ended our week on Friday, with a birthday party celebrating Sharity's fifth birthday. We had delicious cake and she even had a present for each one of her friends! It is always fun to share special dates with loved ones!

Bears, Blueberry Muffins and Black

2007-10-07T19:36:00.000-05:00

Bear Day

We had a great day on Wednesday with all the bears that the students brought to school. They each had a turn to share about their bear in front of the class. We also had a HUGE friendly bear come and visit us.

The students were excited to see the big bear and even though she was so friendly they were a little bit scared:)!

Cooking Class

Samara's mom, Mrs. Munoz, is a chef and she decided to come and visit our class one afternoon last week. She taught us how to make Blueberry Muffins and how to decorate them nicely! The students loved cooking, decorating and eating them for sure:)! They were tasty. We had a great time and we were thankful that Mrs. Munoz was able to come and share this time with us.

Decorating the muffins with Mrs. Munoz and Mrs. Castellanos

Black Day

Our color days continue to be great. Not only do we learn a song about how to spell the color but also Snoopy comes to visit our class. We share with Snoopy and the rest of the class every thing that we are wearing with the color of the day. Pre-Kinder is just a great place to be!

These were some of the highlights of our week! We hope that you enjoy the week off and we will see you soon!

Letter Sounds

2007-09-30T14:27:00.001-05:00

A A A... Acrobats

Learning the alphabet sounds is going well! The students did great last week. Since "A" was our first sounds, we practiced being Acrobats!

Chapel

Last week we had a very special chapel. We had chapel with the whole Elementary. Mrs.Moyer led it with her class' help. She also chose one student from each grade to help with her illustration.

Brown Day

"There is a color we all know, can you guess what it is? B-R-O-W-N, B-R-O-W-N, B-R-O-W-N, that's how we spell brown." This is our brown song, the students have done an excellent job learning how to spell the different colors.

Thank you for your help with homework! Have a blessed week!

Thank You for Coming!

2007-09-22T17:14:00.000-05:00

Open House

Thank you so much for coming to our open house. We truly enjoyed sharing this time with you. We had been looking forward to it because we wanted you to see our classroom, sing with us some of the songs that we have learned and show you some of the work we have done. It was a very special day:)!

Green Day

We continue to enjoy our "color" day. The students have done a great job learning the songs and wearing as many clothes as they have with the color of the week! Keep up the great work:)!

On the day that we all wear the same color, we get to share with our friend Snoopy and the rest of the class what we are wearing. It is a great way to practice our speaking skills!

This Upcoming Week...

This week we will be starting many new things. We start leaning the sounds of each letter of the alphabet. We will do one letter per week. We will also start to learn a Bible verse with each letter. Thank you for your prayers and incredible support at home! Have a wonderful week!

Another Special Week

2007-09-15T11:26:00.001-05:00

Blue Day

" B-L-U-E spells blue, B-L-U-E spells blue. Hi, ho, how did you know B-L-U-E, spells blue." This is our blue song and we sang it as many times as we could last week. I wouldn't be surprised if you heard it at home:)!

Special Class

Our school nurse and our school counselor visited our classroom last week. They shared with us some special guidelines and advice. They encouraged us to take good care of our bodies and to respect others.

Birthdays

In September, we celebrated five special birthdays. We celebrated Samuel Alvira's, Sofia's, Isabela , Gabriela and Samuel Segura's. Last week the Segura's came on Wednesday and we had a great celebration with delicious cake and great singing!

Chapel

Chapel is always one of the highlights of our week! We enjoy getting to see all of our friends from the other grades and love singing the song that Mrs. Moyer leads:)! We are truly blessed by this time of Christian fellowship. Last week all the teacher aides introduced themselves during this time. We also reviewed our school rules with some important people who love us and take excellent care of us while we are here at school.

Have a wonderful week and we will see you on Thursday at our open house. We are looking forward to it!

Learning a Lot!

2007-09-09T19:35:00.000-05:00

Miss Olivera's "Friends"

We have new friends in our classroom! These friends help us learn songs and definitely make our time together more enjoyable than it already is!

Red Day

We have started learning a color per week. Last week our color was red. The students did a great job wearing as much red as they could on Tuesday and also learning the song.

Singing in Spanish Class

Mrs. Velasco has been teaching us some great songs in Spanish. Here are some videos of the students singing,

Thank you for your support at home!

2007-08-30T21:38:00.000-05:00

We Love to Sing!

In Pre- Kinder we are learning many new songs and learning a lot by singing them. Every day we sing, "Hello Friends" in the morning. In the afternoons, before we go home we sing, "Good-Bye Friends." We are also learning the days of the week and will begin to learn one color per week. In the video you will be able to see the students singing. They love the songs and do a fantastic job singing them! Enjoy the video!

Rewarding Good Behavior

We want to encourage our students to behave in a positive way. In order to this we have created a system that is working well so far. Each student has a note card with their name on it. When they earn ten stickers, they get a prize. The students can earn stickers by showing outstanding behavior or being a good example to the rest of the class.

Thankful for Extra-Helpers!

We are very thankful to have extra help in our classroom. We have two high schoolers who come every week. Mrs. McCrea comes to our classroom every morning and helps us with a little bit of everything. And Mrs. Uribe comes to help every day during lunch time and help us get ready to go home. They are a great addition to our class!

Thank you for your support at home and have a blessed week!

Loving Every Day

2007-08-26T19:53:00.000-05:00

Enjoying Special Activities

The students are getting used to the different class routines and being at school every day. They seem to enjoy classroom activities as well as special classes. Last week, we had Art class with Mrs. Mendoza and they had a great time decorating their names. They did a beautiful job! We will be having Art class once a month. We have P.E twice a week with Mr. Bautista and this is always a highlight on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Chapel is on Thursdays, and last week we got quite a few complements for behaving well! The students sang throughout the whole day the songs that we had learned that morning. Mrs. Afanador was the speaker and she encouraged us to be ambassadors for Christ wherever we are.
Every day in the classroom we have time for centers. We have a home, building, writing, reading and a math center. Mrs. Velasco or Miss Olivera assign about four students per center. This is a great time for the students to get to know each other.
Our afternoons continue to be quite restful considering we have a pretty full morning! About half of the students take naps. The rest just lay quietly for about 30 minutes. After waking up, the students brush their teeth and then go to a center for remaining time. This is what our days are looking like here at school. I know that you enjoy knowing what your children are up to :)! They are doing great!

"Miss Olivera we are not playing in the bathroom, just brushing our teeth..."

Thank you very much for your support at home.Have a blessed week!

First Week in Pre-Kinder

2007-08-17T21:05:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Miss Olivera

On our very first day of school we had a birthday party!!! I never thought that I would be starting the first day of pre-school on my birthday. What a great present!! I received many hugs, beautiful cards, many wishes, a lot of cake and candies. I felt loved and blessed to be able to spend this special day with my new students!! Thanks for all the notes and presents!

Classroom Rules and Routines

This week we spend a lot of time learning the classroom rules. They are, "Obey right away and never hurt anyone inside or outside." The students placed the fingerprint on the poster where they are written. By placing their fingerprint they were committing to follow the rules. We also spent time learning classroom routines in order to make our days go by smoothly.

Have you seen Our Gingerbread Man?

That is right we spent one hour looking for the Gingerbread man all over the school. We only found clues in the different offices and special places of our school. They all said, "Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me I am the Gingerbread man." We finally found him resting in the nurse's office. As we were looking for him we met some important people and became familiar with our school. We had a lot of fun!

Tired Anyone?

As you can see we have been having great days together. Mrs. Velasco and I love being the Pre-Kinder teachers. We have truly enjoyed getting to know each one of the students, they are precious! Each day we work very hard and have a great time together but by the end of each day we are exhausted:)!

Thank you for your support!

Dreams Coming True

2007-08-08T10:34:00.000-05:00

Starting Pre-Kinder at ECA

The process...

After many prayers and meetings last year we decided to go ahead and start Pre-Kinder at ECA. Starting such a big project implied many things such as, a new classroom, new teachers and selecting new students. The administrative team and the school Board felt the Lord leading this way. So we all decided to begin this process!

Building a new classroom was a lot of work...

The week before school started...

This is what it looked like on the first day the students came...

We are still working on it. Thank God we had many people helping!

The "New Teachers"...

Miss. Olivera will teach only in English...

Mrs.Velasco will teach in Spanish...

About Miss Olivera and Mrs.Velasco

Mrs. Velasco and I have been working together teaching first grade for the past two years. We love working as a team and we have a heart for young children. We both had planned to leave ECA after our second year, however God had different plans for us. He knows our hearts better than we do. Our principal, Mrs. Afanador, offered us to take on the challenge of starting this project. After prayer we both decided to take it on. Praise the Lord for it! We are happy and excited to teach your precious children! It is great to already know some of you because we have taught your older children. We look forward to getting to know you more and to get to know the new families. We thank God for the faithfulness up to this point and what before us.
We are here to serve you and feel free to contact us during school hours or by e-mail. And please leave us comments if you are checking our blog!

Working with you and for His Glory,

Miss Olivera and Mrs. Velasco