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2’s – The two’s have made incredible progress! This month they will explore their homes. It’s a gradual evolution away from awareness of themselves and their senses to their environment.

3’s – The three-year-old classes will be introduced to Eric Carle, the celebrated children’s author. The classes will enjoy his colorful and illustrative techniques. They will do a lot of cooking and finish the month with a Thanksgiving feast!

4’s – This month is the bear unit in fours! From Corduroy, Pooh, Paddington, and bears in their natural environment. They will learn it all. Some activities may include packing Corduroy’s suitcase, painting Pooh bear and finishing up the month with a teddy bear picnic!

PreK – Our PreK classes have finished up studying weather and seasons and will now study horses and rodeos. This is an exciting unit that combines facts about horses with delightful stories of the American cowboy. The class will also learn about different types of horses and end the unit with a “Rodeo” party. The end of the month will wrap up with a Thanksgiving feast.

Kindergarten – The kindergarten class will explore nature as the original Americans found it. We learn what the native Americans discovered, when they arrived at this continent and how they adapted their lifestyles to the new environment. Emphasis is on the culture, clothes and lives of Native Americans. The month will end with a feast!

2’s – The two’s unit for October will be learning “all about me”. The classes will learn through their five senses. It’s a fun unit with hearing, smelling, touching, and tasting the world around them. There will be a lot of crafts and songs!

3’s – The threes will begin the month with an in-depth look of nursery tales. The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, and The Gingerbread Man highlight this unit with much puppetry and cooking. We even grow a beanstalk for Jack to climb! They will finish the month with stories and crafts relating to Halloween!

4’s – The fours have finished the alphabet and will now move on to the study of shapes and secondary colors. They will be in engaged in a lot of color mixing using different mediums. The month will end of course with Halloween crafts and stories of Halloween!

PreK – Ms. Sandra’s PRK class will investigate and learn all about the weather-clouds, rainbows, winds, snowflakes as well as the four seasons. Halloween will wrap up the month for PRK as well! Individual instruction in phonics, letter and number recognition is ongoing.

Kindergarten- The kindergarten classes will end the transportation unit and begin the study of space! The class will take an in depth look at the solar system and our planet. The unit will finish up with an astronaut party complete with space food and helmets. We’ll of course devote some time at the end of the month to Halloween! Mixed in with all this fun the class will continue to focus on math and phonics facts.

2’s – The two’s will be learning All About Me through sensory experiences. They will talk about their hair, eyes and muscles etc. The teachers will focus on gross motor skills such as how to do puzzles and lacing.
3’s – The three’s will start off the year with a quick look at apples. They will learn about Johnny Appleseed, eat, paint and color apples. This will be followed by an in-depth study of shapes and colors. The grand finale will be a shape hunt at the end of the month.
4’s – The four-year-old classes devote the month of September to the alphabet. The classes will be introduced to the letter and it’s sound. There was sent home a detailed list of different snacks every day of the month in recognition of the letter they will be learning that day.
PreK – Ms. Sandra’s PRK class will also be doing a quick review of the alphabet and consonant sounds. They, too will receive an ABC calendar and snack list of the month.
Kinder – Mrs. Hobb’s kindergarten class will spend most of September studying of transportation. The unit is divided into three areas-land, sea and air. The end of the month we’ll blast off into space with an astronaut party! Mrs. Hobbs will begin assessing children for placement into workbooks and readers as well.

2’s – Ms. Ariella and Ms. Yanira’s classes will finish out the year learning all about spring and the beach!

3’s – The three-year-old classes will learn all about Suess!

4’s – The four-year-old classes will be introduced to the children’s writer and animator M
Williams!

PreK – Our PreK class will also get to hear all the stories of Dr. Suess!

K – Kindergarten classes will focus on the history of Virginia and will continue creative
writing and independent work. Graduation will be held at 10:00 am on Friday June 6th 

2’s – Ms. Ariella and Ms. Yanira’s classes continue to help our youngest children with the exciting process of learning and spending time on mastering their shapes.

3’s – The three-year-old classes will learn all about spring! They will investigate bugs and the season of spring through a lot of hands-on activities and outside time!

4’s – The four-year-old classes will study Dr. Seuss and all his zany characters. The Cat and Hat and all his friends-Thigwick, Bartholomew, Horton and Yertle the Turtle become our vehicles of learning.

PRK – In April, our PRK classes learned all about Birds of Prey. They will now focus on tropical Rainforests. They become aware of the unique ecosystem as well as an expert on bugs, snakes, and other habitats.

Kindergarten – Kindergarten has an exciting month! Mrs. Hobbs class will be learning about the stages of plant development, butterfly development, and frog development through hands-on learning. Academically, many are learning long vowel sounds and spelling. As spring progresses, we plan to incorporate creative writing weekly.

2’s – This month the two-year-olds will explore the adventures of Pete the Cat.
So much fun for our little ones!

3’s – The three-year-old teachers will introduce life on the farm. The focus of this unit will be farm animals and their environment.

4’s – The four-year-olds will discover the fantasy world of castles, dragons and unicorns. Medieval knights and princesses will come alive for them, and the children will finish the unit with a royal ball fit for any king or queen.

PRK –Ms. Sandra’s PRK class will become environmentally aware as they focus their attention on birds of prey. The class will learn a variety of facts such as why the hawk has a hooked beak and where the Osprey live.

Kindergarten – Our kindergarten class will study the rhyming stories of Dr. Seuss. This is a fun time to rhyme in silly ways. It all ends with a “ Breakfast at Bellamy” featuring Green Eggs and Ham (of course)! The children have so much fun while an incredible amount of learning take place!

2’s – Fun with Food will be all of March in twos! The class has so many fun foods to try and crafts to create. This unit will truly awaken their senses.

3’s – The three-year-olds will be learning all about nutrition this month! The classes will learn about healthy foods, dabble in some cooking and even paint with fresh veggies. The end of the unit the threes will be bringing home class created cookbooks!

4’s – Our four-year-olds will be traveling back in time and learning all about the Wild West! This will include cowboys, horses, and rodeos, with a combination of factual information.

PRK – Ms. Sandra’s PrK class will be learning all about Habitats and Endangered Species. The class will be introduced to some basic geographical concepts as well as habitats and the environment of endangered species.

Kindergarten – The kindergarten class finished up a trip around the world and now they will study the Human Body in March. The class will study the entire human body starting with our skin, systems, and the heart.

2’s – The world of color is introduced to our twos through easel & sponge painting, spin art and continued backed papers. This is a grand time for our youngest Bellamy children!

3’s – Our threes will begin the month of February with our community helper’s unit. The teachers introduce their classes to all the helpers in their community. We try to have doctors, nurses, firemen, policemen, dentists, crossing guard and any other community helpers come visit our classes. If any parents can provide any expertise in the area, please let us know. We would love to have you come visit our threes!

4’s – The fours have packed up Beatrix Potter and will not take an in-depth look at nature by studying birds. By the end of this unit, the four-year-olds will be able to identify close to twenty-five different species of birds. The unit ends with a large bird party!

PRK – Ms. Sandra’s class will take an in depth look in February at our Presidents. They will take a look at our country’s history, the pledge of allegiance, currency and the anecdotes of George and Abe! The unit ends at the end of the month with a Presidential Ball.

Kindergarten – The kindergarteners will take a trip around the world as they learn all about children in different countries. The emphasis of study will focus on the dress, food, homes and customs of countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. If any of you have traveled and can share pictures or items with the class, please let us know!

2’s – The two’s have grown so much! This January their classes will begin to learn about the meaning of opposites.

3’s – The three-year-olds will do a quick review of letters and numbers when returning to school. The rest of the month will be the study of the zoo!

4’s – The four-year-olds will take a leap into fantasy and hop off to Mr. McGregor’s garden to learn all about Beatrix Potter.

PRK – PRK will now study the world of insects. They will even raise a colony of ants in the classroom. This will all happen while Ms. Sandra is still focusing on individualized learning.

Kindergarten – The kindergarten class will take a trip back in time and learn all about dinosaurs! These young paleontologists will learn to identify nearly twenty-five dinosaurs before attending a dinosaur hunt at the end of the month. A lot of time is also spent on handwriting, math facts, and the concept of fractions.

All the classes will devote the month of December to holiday preparations, both Christmas and Hanukkah. All the children will make crafts and learn songs for their celebrations. In addition to ongoing learning, this month’s activities will include making and wrapping gifts your children have made for you, baking, and preparing for the holidays. Kindergarten studies the instruments of the orchestra to help them learn to appreciate the music they will hear this holiday season.