Mrs. Maloney's Preschool Classroom

'We're going to have a new baby!!' 🎉🎈🎊 Marvin's 'Show & Tell' was the best ever!!🥰 So happy that he gets to be a big brother (again!) & for his sweet little family!💙 XO

Pumpkins and Spiders and Bats, Oh My!! 🦇🎃 🕷 It was a Spooky morning in Tot-Lot today with all our cute little ghosts & goblins!! 🧡 👻 🖤

Happy 4th Birthday, Sweet Kora! 🥳🎂💜 You bring so much love & sunshine into our classroom! 🌞 Plus, you remind me sooo much of your Sweet Mama when SHE was 4 & in PreK! XO🎉🎈🎊

Happy 5th Birthday to our Sweet Boy, Keagan!!! 🎊 🖐🎉 We love you more than the moon & stars!! XO 🌙 🥳 🌟 🎂

We are working hard in our Spooky Spider Math Centers! 🕷 We made 'Spider Towers' where we used Spider rings to work on rote counting & patterning skills! 🎃 This also reinforces color recognition & works on fine motor skills! 👻 We are working hard at school! 🖤🧡 We are smart! We love Math! XO

We have been working hard in our Halloween Literacy Centers! 🎃 👻 We are working on letter recognition skills & also fine motor skills! We have upped the skill level by adding tweezers to grab the candy corn - which requires a bit more small muscle control/strength & dexterity! 💛🤎 So proud of our cute Little Pumpkins! 🧡🖤 And of couurse, a few candy corns may or may not have been eaten! 🍂🍁XO

Pumpkin Science Experiment! 🎃 Our Little Scientists made a hypothesis on what would happen when we poured hot water in M & M's! 🔎🔍 We observed our data & discovered it melts! 🤓 We love Science!🧡🖤 We are smart kids!! 🍂🍁

Going into such a fun week tomorrow in Prek & the L.A.S.T week of October! 🎃 👻 🦇 Fall is flying by! 🍂🍁 Can't wait to see all our little Pumpkins tomorrow!! XO 🧡🖤

A Spooky Fine Motor Activity that strengthens little hand muscles & fingers! 🎃 We leveled it up to a harder challenge by adding tweezers. 👻 And yes, a Candy Corn or two may or may not have been eaten! 🎃🦇🎃

Happy 5th Birthday to one of our most Precious, Sweetest Little Loves! 🥳🎂🍡 We love you forever, Zoe!!!XO 🎉🎈🎊

These sweet little Fall gems are coming home today to decorate your refrigerator! 🧡🤎XO🍂🍁

Fun Fall Activity working on fine motor skills! 🍂🍁 Working hard strengthening chubby little finger & hand muscles that will soon hold pencils & scissors! ✏️✂️🍎

Good Morning! ❄️ It's the first big snowfall of the season! ☃️ Welcome home, Winter! 💙 We have been waiting for you!❄️Happy Monday! ☃️❄️☃️

🎶'I've got a friend in you....'🎵

It was a snowy, blowy, blustery day today-but our classroom was warm & cozy with all our friends! ☃️❄️💙 We were busy, busy! Loving these sweet Tot-Lot Littles as we see them connecting with each other, learning to build friendships & develop such important social skills, all while becoming more independent & confident! 💕 They all have grown so much already since our 1st day of school! 🏫 So proud of these little Loves! XO

We love STEM!!! We do lots of STEM activities in our classroom & this was a super fun one focusing on Engineering! 📋✏️ We created super fun structures with toothpicks & pumpkins! 🎃 We discussed structural analysis, foundation integrity & design! 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️ I see lots of Engineers, Architects & Builders in our future! 🔨🔫

We welcomed a new Little Love into our PreK school family today! ✂️✏️🍎 Happy 1st Day of School, Miss Tessa!! ❤ I had her sweet Mama in PreK when she was 4! 💕 We have all already fallen in love with you! 🏫 We still have 1 slot left in PreK if you know anyone that will be 4 by Dec. 1st! XO

It's 'Fire Prevention Week'!! 🚒👨‍🚒 We had a special visit from a Firetruck & some special firefighters!!!! 🔥 We are so lucky to have all the amazing volunteer Firefighters in our community! ❤ Thank you for keeping us safe! XO

A whole hand!! 🖐 Happy 5th Birthday, Sweet Brynn!!! 🎂 🥳 🎈 🎁 We love you bunches!! XO 🎉✨️🎊

Happy Chilly Monday! 🍂🍁 Hope you all had a great weekend! 🌻 Miss Rometti & I had fun celebrating at a wedding this weekend & she was the Cutest Wedding Date ever! 🧡🤎 We can't wait to see you today & for a fun week of learning & all sorts of October fun! XO 🎃 👻 🕷 🕸

26 years ago I had this sweet girl in my PreK Class! ✂️🍎✏️ Life & time have flown by & now Lexie teaches in the classroom next to mine. ❤ This week I got to throw her a Bridal Brunch at school & today I get to celebrate at her wedding. 🍾🥂💑 So proud of her! 💕 I am so blessed to watch my students grow up & celebrate big things in their lives! XO

Tot-Lot Days make my ❤ full to the brim & overflowing with love for these sweet little Lambs! 🍂🍁 We welcomed precious Sylvia into our Tot-Lot Crew today! 💕 She hopped right in with out missing a beat! 🏫 And then we made 'Fruit Loop Towers' which work on fine motor skills with chubby little fingers that will soon hold scissors & pencils.✂️ ✏️ Working on Color recognition & rote counting skills is a fun, added bonus! 🍎 Such a happy little crew! XO

'Down, down yellow & brown! 🍂 Leaves are falling all over town!'🍁
We love painting & bringing some of the beautiful outside colors inside our classroom! 🎨 XO

Another fun day of adventuring & exploring outside soaking in these beautiful Fall days! 🍂🌻🍁 This time we took along our Magnifying Glasses as we searched for nature's treasures! 🔎🌾🔍 How lucky are we to have this beautiful outdoor classroom where we can explore nature right out our school doors?! 🦋🐛 Nature Soak. 🕷🌿

We've been getting outside alot on these beautiful Fall days going on Scavenger Hunts looking for treasures outside in the woods & in our school neighborhood! 🍂🍁 Our Little Explorers love adventuring & discovering outside & is so fun as we look for signs of Fall! 🌻 XO

It was YELLOW Day! 💛💛 We read stories about Yellow Moons & Stars! ☀️🌟 We finger painted with Yellow Lemon Pudding for a great Sensory Activity where we got to smell, feel (& taste!).🍋 It was messy & squishy & FUN!!! 🤗 We practiced cutting using proper scissor grasp & fine motor skills as we made cute little stars & moons. ✂️ And best of all....we played outside in the bright yellow Sunshine!! 🌞 The Best Days Ever. 🙂

Please add this stop to your 'Trick-or-Treating Schedule'! 🎃 The residents absolutely love to see your Littles!! 🧡🖤

Happy October 1st! 🎃 It's my favorite leave-raking, apple-picking, pumpkin-carving, hot-chocolare drinking, pumpkin pie-eating, trick-or-treating, cozy blanket-snuggling, football-watching, friends & family- tailgating, temperature-dropping, flannel shirt-wearing, cold-frosty mornings-waking, chili-making, turkey-roasting season! XO🍂🍁 🍎

Our Tot-Lot Candy Corn Crew!! 🎃 'It's beginning to look alot like October....!' 🍂🌾🍁

Save the date!🎅🎄🤶 Our Christmas Program will be December 1st!! 🎶☃️ 🎵

It was 'Green Day' & we celebrated wildly by reading 'Green Eggs & Ham' & then making this culinary special for a yummy snack! 😋 It was a huge hit & we went thru over 3 dozen eggs!! 🥚 🐔 Bonus Learning was it is a great 'Farm to Table' lesson on where our food comes from! 🐖 A perfect, warm snack for our bellies on a chilly, Fall Day!! XO 🍂🍁

Good Morning, PreKinders on this chilly, rainy Monday morning! 🥰 Hope you had a nice weekend! We had fun visiting our daughter, Ella Bella, at Michigan State this weekend & seeing our son, Max, who flew in for the weekend! 💚🏈💚 I missed you for 3 days & cannot wait to see you today!!! ❤️ XO

Our cute sunflowers we made with our Tot-Lot Crew on our 1st Day of School!! XO🤎🌻💛

So thankful for this precious little one & prayers answered. 💕 Such a wonderful day celebrating with Preslie & her sweet family. ❤ They are the strongest people I know. XO

Soaking up every drop of this beautiful Fall weather!! XO🍁🌻🍂

We are all just walking each other home. XO ❤

We each made a little sign for our friend, Preslie, to give her today as she rings the bell at 3:45 to celebrate the completion of her Chemo. ❤ We feel so blessed & thankful for this precious little girl & her strength & the strength of her family over the last few years. 💕 Come & join us this afternoon to celebrate this happy day & the blessing of prayers answered!!! XO 🎉🎈🎊

Please join us tomorrow afternoon to celebrate our Precious Princess Preslie & her family!! XO 👸✨️ 👑🎊 🔔🎀