PreK Newsletter 

October 2024

 

My name is Megan Maggio and I have been an early childhood teacher for 16 years and still every day is filled with the excitement and joy of our earliest learners.  Ms. Chloe, the Pre-K paraprofessional, brings her incredible knowledge and experience of singing, drumming, and performing into our room. Together, it is our mission to create a joyful, loving environment for your child.  The relationships that we foster within our classroom, between teachers and students, student to student, and teachers and parents, are the focus to help create our community.  The foundation of our Pre-K program is Learning through Play.  Through play experiences, Ms. Chloe and I focus on the individual strength, needs, interests, and social-emotional learning of each student as well as the cultures of each child’s family and the community.  

We have quickly become a close Pre-K community of friends and we  are learning about our part of a much larger family at PS 194. We use The Creative Curriculum to foster learning through play in ten Interest Areas.    

These areas are   

• Art  

• Blocks  

• Cooking  

• Discovery  

• Dramatic Play  

• Library  

• Sand & Water  

• Music Movement  

• Technology  

• Toys & Games  

We are in The First Six-Weeks of the program and have been learning more about our new school community, school expectations, family, and friends.  Through books, discussions, and play experiences, our students have learned our classroom routines, how to explore and play in the Interest Areas, and share their voice with their friends.