October 2021

 

I Blog For You

I am sitting on the edge of my seat as I write this short introduction, because I am excited for our journey ahead! I have been given a fun and exciting opportunity to share the upcoming news of Seacoast Community School with you-and I couldn't be more thrilled! This will be a journey, an epic journey, because it is going to be my job to give you front row tickets into our school.

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Destiny and I am part of the preschool team teaching the Sea Turtles. I have two passions-teaching and writing. As an educator I firmly believe in helping children find their voices; becoming independent, confident, beings that believe in themselves, work towards kindness and reach for their dreams. As your new blogger I get to share all these teachable moments, school announcements, celebrate the staff here, and even promote learning opportunities for the community. We get to discuss the impact early childhood education has on children, their families and the community. So please, after reading a blog post, ask questions, make comments, or simply share them with your friends and family. Seacoast Community School is honored to have this avenue to promote discussion, ideas, change and fellowship for our early education community. Are you ready? I am!

Spooktacular Reflections

Halloween is a special time for young kids and at SCS, we love helping them celebrate it!  The Preschool team came together to bring some joy and excitement to our families this holiday, and had the children decorate the hallway to show their "spirits".  We miss having families see what we are are doing every day in the classroom, so this was a small way to bring the lessons out and beyond!

 

 

Here at Seacoast Community School, we firmly believe in the process over the product. We hope that while looking through the Haunted Hallway parents could see and feel the fun that the children had this past month. The Clownfish were proud to bring a favorite fall song forward with their artwork of The Five Little Pumpkins. In the Sea Turtles, close attention to imagination and learning through literature was prevalent in their art pieces. The Sea Otters and Stingrays took the time to really work on their fine motor development and following directions.  The process behind a project develops basic skills, such as cutting and gluing. Art can also promote spatial awareness. Working on a multi-step project helps children work on their focus, direction following, and problem solving.  

Haunted Doorway Voting

Parents and visitors had the opportunity to vote on their favorite door decorations. This was such an exciting opportunity for all families to enjoy. Children just loved it, and voting each day during the week was common!

Check out the math the Preschool team enjoyed by making their graph of the data gathered. By using graphing, teachers promote math concepts beyond counting, such as more than, less than, and equal to.  We hope the Haunted Hallway decor brought smiles and joy to every family!

Rainbow Fish Share Live Discoveries

In the Rainbow Fish toddler classroom, the children were showing great interest studying farm life! When it comes to curiosity and finding answers, SCS loves to help children investigate, so it was an easy decision for the Rainbow Fish to decide they were going to hatch chickens in the classroom! Within the week, the class had eggs in an incubator, and the lesson on chickens was underway! 21 days of observations, discussion and care for these little eggs captivated each of the children. Upon arrival of 7 baby chicks to the classroom, they were excited and eager to share their experiences with the whole school.

Food Drive to Help GATHER Food Bank Launches

Gather has an incredible mission, "Ending Hunger in our Community".  Seacoast Community School is proud to support this organization, which provides healthy and nutritious meals to those in need. Gather is a non-profit organization that has been serving the Greater Seacoast, with it's hunger-ending roots, as far back as 1816! Please help us with our food drive this November for Gather!  Donations can be dropped off with your teacher or the main office. Thank you so much for your help, and for more information on Gather please check them out at https://www.gathernh.org/. 

 

We hope everyone has a wonderful fall and are just excited

as we are for the upcoming holidays!