Nobody is cuter than a preschooler at Halloween … or more excited. We had a wonderful day. The students had come to school in costume, so when it was time to begin our party we didn’t have to get dressed.
Archive for October 28, 2011
Witches and Cookies and Ghosts, Oh My!
Category: Preschool Class Parties /
Tags: Halloween history for kids, Halloween parties for preschoolers
How We Won a Pajama Day
Every year the students of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy help Alleman High School collect food for the Hunger Drive … and our 4-year-old preschoolers are no exception. This year I decided to up the ante: if my kids collected 100 cans, they would earn a Pajama Day. Ha! They worked like crazy to win! Read more
Category: Preschool classroom activity /
Tags: food drive, preschool service projects, student hunger drive
The Joys – and Tears – of Grandparents’ Day at Our Lady of Grace
Yesterday was Grandparents’ Day at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy. The whole school was involved. While older students made rosaries, my little ones decorated pretty rosary boxes with colorful foam pieces. The rosaries and boxes will be given to Our Lady of Guadalupe Women’s Group to pass out to those in need. Read more
Category: Preschool Class Parties /
Tags: Grandparents' Day in Catholic Preschool
Introducing Me!
I am Sister Stefanie MacDonald a Catholic Benedictine Sister of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island, Illinois who teaches preschool at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy in East Moline. Before I became a Sister, I taught Kindergarten at St. Pius X School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I love teaching … but almost didn’t become a teacher. Read more
