Musician Visit

The Jones Trio came to our school and taught each classroom all out their instruments.  They showed the students how they are different in size and sound.  The kids absolutely loved it! Thank you so much to the Jones Trio for your time and energy at our school.

The trombone can be loud!  :)

Order your T-Shirts!

Our new FCCNS t-shirts are here. Support our school and order today! Send orders to beckywendt@gmail.com by tomorrow!

Dinosaur Dig with the Natural History Museum

As you can see the kids were completely absorbed in dinosaurs when the
Natural History Museum spent the day with them.

Apple Picking

Thanks to one of our awesome parents (RACHEL) for organizing a trip to Eddy's Fruit farm on one of our days off from school.  It was a chilly morning but we all had a great time learning about the farm, picking apples and eating apples.  Thank you Sarah Roberts for all the great photos!

NEW FCCNS T-SHIRTS!

Front of Shirt

Back of Shirt

It's been a long road to get to this point, but we finally have t-shirts printed! We will be selling them at our social event on Friday.  Each shirt is $15 and will all proceeds will go back into our school!  We are really excited about this and hope you will consider buying one for a friend or family member for the holidays! If you are not a current member of the school and are interested in buying one please contact us at fairmountcooperativepreschool@gmail.com.  Thank you!

Trick or Treating!

Halloween!  What an exciting day with lots of crafts, candy and play!

Extended Day Enrichment

For the last four weeks students got to participate in Extended Day Enrichment (EDE). This is a extra program offered to our students from 11:30 -2:00pm each Thursday if they would like to join.  Students have done so many amazing things it is hard to fit everything in!
One week they talked about trees and what they need and how chlorophyll works.  Then this lead to a nature walk with collecting leaves and sorting them and and making patterns.  Another week was dedicated to monsters and counting their eyes and using shapes to create their own monsters.  The students also got to create a "fizzy monster head" by inflating balloons with a chemical reaction between vinegar and baking soda.  They also sorted skittles and painted with them. They carved pumpkins and made Halloween slime which is always a favorite by all.  Thank you so much to our two amazing EDE teachers Miss Carrie and Miss Simone.  The time and energy they put into this class is so evident by the kids faces when they coming running out of class to share all their new experiences with their parents. 

Sorting skittles by color and then later using them to create skittle paint!

Creating Halloween Slime!

No School Today Tuesday, October 30th

Due to the weather conditions school will be closed today, October 30th.  Have a safe and dry day.

Pumpkin Carving

Hope everyone had a great time at pumpkin carving despite the lovely cold rainy weather.  Thanks hospitality for organizing a fun event!

Naturalist Visits

All three classes got to learn about reptiles and see and touch two turtles!

Scholastic Book Sale

Our first Scholastic book drive of the year is open! Let's get our little ones some Halloween themed books for home and earn some free books for our school!  Orders can be placed at Scholastic.com with our class code K29Y8. If you have any questions please contact Mara in the 3/4s class.

Remember to bring your registration forms to school on Wednesday and turn into Shlana or Eden.

Welcome Back to School!

We had a great first week back at school! 

FCCNS Returning and New Member Coffee/Playdate

Welcome to the Fairmount Cooperative Nursery School!  Every year we like to hold a coffee playdate prior to the start of the school year so families can begin to get acquainted with each other.  We would love to see your family there.  The details are below:

Date:  August 24th, 2012

Time:  9:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.

Location:  The pre-school playground at the Fairmount Presbyterian Church
(located in the back of the parking lot). 

If it is raining, we will hold the coffee in the large muscle room located in the
basement of the church.   

 Please contact Jessica McCabe at jessicapmccabe@hotmail.com with any questions!

End of the School Year Picnic

We had a beautiful day to enjoy our last day of school together at Cumberland Park. Thanks to the Hospitality Committee for holding such a great event! Have a great summer everyone! 

Happy Mother's Day!

Each student got to enjoy painting their own ceramic bowl for the mother's day present.  As you can see everyone was working really hard on it! Happy Mother's Day!

Summer Camp

Whole Foods Visits with a Rainbow of Food

All of our students got to learn about and taste this rainbow of food from Whole Foods! Thank you Whole Foods for all the great fruits and vegetables!

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/

Visit to the Rainforest

After learning all about the rainforest,
the Pre-K class got to take a field trip
to the RainForest at the Cleveland Zoo.

Learning about Safety

Each class got to talk to a police officer and learn all about safety as well as check out the 

inside of her police car!

FCCNS Students are Seeing Stars!

You know you are at a great school with great parents and teachers when you walk in and see this giant planetarium blown up! (top left corner picture)  The students got to enjoy watching and learning about stars in this portable planetarium from the Natural History Museum.  After looking at the stars they got to  go camping & cook over a "fire", make smores, and create their own outer space masterpiece.  To say it was a fun day is an understatement.  Thank you to our WONDERFUL enrichment committee for putting all of this together!

Spring Newsletter

The latest addition of our Turtle Talk Newsletter is out!

Happy Valentine's Day!

All of our classes got to celebrate and enjoy the fun that comes along with Valentine's Day!

New Toys!

Who doesn't love new toys?! We recently got to purchase several new things for each of our classrooms thanks to all the money raised through fundraising.  Here are just some of the new items to look for in the classrooms!  We also purchased a Cricut paper cutter.  I personally didn't know much about these before hand but they create some of the coolest things.  We have dies to cut letters, numbers, dolls, clothing, animals, cars and trucks, and much more.

T-Shirts Design Options

ABC Shirt

Kid Pulling Turtle Shirt

Rocket Shirt

Red Wagon Shirt

Alright so we have a few options in the works here.  These are not necessarily going to be printed in the above colors or on the style of shirt shown.  We are still working out the details on whether we will do kid shirts, adults, or both.  So keep this in mind when voting.  Leave a comment with your favorite pick.

OPEN HOUSE!

Stop by our Open House from 3-5pm January 22nd! We will also be at the Cleveland Heights Library Preschool Fair from 2-4pm (the same day, at Lee Rd library!). Join us for refreshments, take a tour of our facility and meet all our wonderful teachers.  We hope to see you there!

For information, tours, and forms call/email our Membership Chairs 

Missy Wiggins at 216-470-4116/missy.w.rn@gmail.com or 

Jen Gross at (216) 751-5872/gross.jenniferlynn@gmail.com