Welcome to Kindergarten!

Angelina, Claire, Daniel, Emily, Eve, Heather, Jacob, Jenna,

Jeremy, Julie, Kylee, Michael, Mikey, Samantha, Shayla, Tyler

Greetings 
The children had a lot of fun on Earth Day.  It was truly a pleasure to watch the children’s excitement as they actively engaged in the various environmental activities.   The kids learned about ways them can help take care of the Earth and many of them made things to bring home.  Each child received a Dogwood tree that was provided by CL&P and a water bottle provided by Village Springs in Willington. 

On May 24th the kindergarteners will be taking orders and serving their families sundaes at our Kindergarten Ice Cream shop.  Please save the date at it is an important night for your child. 

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Upcoming Themes

Farm

Planting

Kindergarteners Are on the Ball!

This year we added 4 ball chairs to our classroom and they have been a big hit with the students. A ball chair is simply a therapy ball with stability feet/legs. There are many positive benefits to using them over traditional chairs and I have listed many of them below. When students sit in traditional hard chairs they are more likely to slouch and have poor posture.   With the ball chairs, students must have proper posture to remain balanced and on thechair.  The children love using them and we hope to add more to our classroom one day.



Benefits of Ball Chairs

• Assists in improving
  posture


• Enhances attention and
  concentration


• Improves learning through
  movement


• Promotes “active sitting”- with little to no
  disturbance


• Improves blood flow to all parts of the body,
  especially the brain


• Strengthens core (postural) & back muscle
  groups


• Improves balance and
  coordination

 

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