Room 9 Preschool!
November 13, 2020
Now that we have moved to Remote Learning, please check your child's Class Dojo daily for updates, class meeting links and assignments. Please send me a message on Dojo with any questions or concerns. Missing all my friends and can't wait to be back together in our Room 9 classroom again! xo
August 28, 2020
Greetings Preschool Families!
Welcome to preschool! I am looking forward to a wonderful year with your children where we will play, learn and grow together while practicing healthy and safe procedures. Please click on the link below to share with your children so that they can meet me and learn a little bit about preschool!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fN63HpTpn6vINlTMslDX5WksL4tVjGUG/view?usp=sharing
I am looking forward to our first day of school on Tuesday, September 1, 2020.
Have a wonderful weekend!
xo Mrs. Pernal
***If you have not done so already, please connect with our Class Dojo! Simply click on the link that I shared in a previous email. If you are having difficulty connecting, please email me so that I can offer my assistance. This will be our primary means of communication so it is vitally important that you connect as soon as possible! Thank you!
Songs
Preschool Learning Websites
Monthly Newsletters
Click on the links below:
August 2020 Newsletter
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-2tCcrylw6EkDgJpAP4YeoEKq4FhLQDXSbvSSDtjtOc/edit?usp=sharing
Prechool Schedules
Suggested Home Schedule During Remote Learning from Teaching Strategies/Creative Curriculum:
Teaching Strategies Sample Schedule 2020-2021.docx
2020-2021 During live instruction at Daisy, Rotations of specials take place every 10 days:
Library
Music
P.E. (Please be sure to have your child wear sneakers on P.E. Days.)
Spanish
Art
Computer
Specials take place for 10 days in a row and then rotate to the next special. If there is a day off due to inclement weather, holidays, or professional development days, specials rotation continues as scheduled upon returning back to school. For example, if Monday was originally scheduled to be the 8th out of 10th day of a special and was canceled due to weather or a scheduled day off, then the day we return back to school would be the 8th day.
Preschool Snack and Lunch
Snack: Families are asked to send in a healthy snack with their child daily. Some examples of healthy snacks include fruits, vegetables, cheese, crackers, cereals, granola bars, etc. We currently do not have any food allergies in the classroom.
Lunch: Please send in a healthy lunch with your child daily. We currently do not have any food allergies in the classroom. Your child will also have the option to purchase lunch or milk daily if you choose. Lunch is $2.75 and milk purchased separately is $0.50.
Beginning of the Year/New Student Preschool Forms
Internet Resources
Scholastic Book Clubs:
Click on attachment below for more information
Click on link below if you are interested in purchasing books from Scholastic Book Clubs
My Big World:
Click on the link below to get instant access to My Big World digital editions, videos, learning games and more! Please contact me if you need the access code for activation that I sent at the beginning of the year.
Daisy Ingraham School Integrated Preschool Program
Our program provides a high quality preschool education as well as special education services to children between the ages of three-five in the Westbrook Community. Our classes can have up to a 50:50 ratio of students with special needs and students who serve as peer models. The program strives to meet the individual needs of each child participating. Children learn best through active play experiences, exploration and language opportunities with other children. The program follows the Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards (CTELDS) which are aligned with Kindergarten through grade 12 Common Core Standards. We also follow the Creative Curriculum for Preschool. Students are involved with in-depth investigations to include: Beginning of Year, Clothes, Building, Trees, Balls, Reduse, Reuse, Recycle, and Getting Ready for Kindergarten. These studies begin with student questions and throughout the study they will apply skills in literacy, mathematics, the arts and technology as they explore concepts in science and social studies. Students learn academic and social skills through teacher directed lessons during whole group and small group lessons as well as during play and investigations in choice times and interest areas within the classroom. Our program supports a strong family-school partnership . Our parents are an important part of their children's education and we look forward to engaging with all of you and working together to ensure that your child has a positive preschool experience!
CT Early Learning and Development Standards
Our program follows the Connect Early Learning and Development Standards (CTELDS). These include comprehensive and multi-domain early learning standards that reflect a progression of skills, birth through age 5, aligned with kindergarten through grade 12 state standards. The eight domains include Social and Emotional Development, Physical Health and Development, Language and Literacy, Creative Arts, Mathematics, Science, Cognition, and Social Studies. For more information on the Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards, click on the link below:
http://www.ct.gov/oec/lib/oec/earlycare/elds/ctelds.pdf
Early Literacy
Early learning experiences will support students to:
- understand (receptive) and use (expressive) language
- gain book appreciation and knowledge
- gain knowledge of print and its uses
- develop phonological awareness
- convey meaning through drawing, letters, and words
- receptively and expressively identifying uppercase and lowercase letters
- identify letter sounds
- identifying rhyming
Mathematics
Early learning experiences will support students to:
- understand shapes and spatial relationships (geometry and spatial sense) - color and shape identification
- understand the attributes and relative properties of objects (measurement and data) - sorting by 1 attribute (color, size, shape)
- count by rote up to 20
- receptively and expressively identifying numbers 0-10
- understand counting and cardinality - counting objects up to 10
- understand and describe relationships to solve problems (operations and algerbraic thinking)
Social and Play Skills
Early learning experiences will support students to:
- develop trusting healthy attachments and relationships with primary caregivers
- develop self-regulation - follow classroom routines/rules; follow simple directions
- develop self-awareness, self-concept, and competence - attend to whole and small group lessons; complete tasks independently
- develop, express, recognize and respond to emotions
- develop social relationships - interact appropriately with peers; engage in purposeful play
Health
We will incorporate lessons from our district wide SAAP curriculum (Statewide K-12 Sexual Assault and Abuse Prevention and Awareness Program) regarding safe/unsafe and healthy environments and healthy ways to express needs, wants and feelings.
For more information, you can visit the district website at:
http://www.westbrookctschools.org/home_page
Click on:
community resources
health addendum
Mrs. Pernal with her husband and daughter's Amanda and Jillian
Who is Mrs. Pernal?
My name is Jennifer Pernal and I am a Special Education Preschool Teacher at Daisy. I received my Bachelor of Science in Communications and Elementary Education from Eastern Connecticut State University and my Master of Arts in Special Education from St. Joseph College in Hartford. I am in my tenth year of teaching in the Integrated Preschool Program. My love for teaching preschool began while I was attending college, when I volunteered in the preschool program at the former Mulvey School in Westbrook. I then started my teaching career at Daisy over 29 years ago as a Kindergarten Teacher. I taught for 9 1/2 years before leaving to raise my daughters Amanda and Jillian who are now 18 and 16, and returned back to Daisy 10 years later. I live in Old Saybrook with my husband Steve, daughters, and two cats, Harry and Bessie. We enjoy spending time together as a family going for walks, relaxing at the beach, and playing family games. I feel so fortunate to be teaching at Daisy and look forward to a successful year with my wonderful students and families!
