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| Pennsylvania State Representative Joe Brennan with Pre-K Counts |
The Pre-K counts and preschool classes held a "Hop-a-thon" fundraiser for the Muscular Distrophy Association. We enjoyed hopping around and using up lots of energy!
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| PNC Bank representative with Pre-K Counts |
LVCC's Fowler Center on Main Street
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| Bethlehem Fire Lieutenant Mike Rampulla with LVCC's Fowler toddlers |
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| Pennsylvania State Representative Steve Samuelson with LVCC's Fowler Center Pre-K Counts. |
LVCC's Judith Chase Early Learning Center
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| Ellen Kern, Senator Pat Brown's Chief of Staff , with thank you tree. |
Our Pre-K Counts class received a K-Nex construction demonstration. We were able to build structures and received a K-Nex gift to take home.
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| Bernie Krokus of Allentown Health Bureau performs puppet show for preschool. |
The whole center held interactive activities where families could spend time with their children. Some classes had a family breakfast or lunch, while others made family murals and a family quilt.
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| Pre-K Counts performs a "Recycling" play. |
LVCC at Lincoln School
To coincide with the investing theme for the week, our school-age class read "A Chair for My Mother" and discussed saving money for things that we may need.
Our Mad Science program continued. This time the mad scientist brought along stunt planes and gliders, arousing interest in aeronautics.
We were given a special treat by our teachers. We ate lunch at Sweet Memories in Emmaus!
LVCC at Lower Nazareth
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| Pennsylvania State Representative Marcia Hahn with LVCC at Lower Nazareth students. |
LVCC at Muhlenberg
We performed fun and exciting experiments when the Da Vinci Science Center brought their traveling laboratory to our classroom. It gave us the opportunity to "think like scientists" and formulate our problem-solving skills.
A school year photo montage was on display for our families during our special parent/child snack. We gave our parents a gift made with love. Each of our classmates received a piggy bank and a book about how to manage money from our teachers.
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| LVCC at NAIS student cleans up for Earth Week. |
Our Earth Week project was to weed and pick up the garbage in front of our school. Everyone chipped in. By working as a team, we were able to get the job done quickly.
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| LVCC at NAIS students make S.A.D.D. cards for prom. |
We held interactive activities with our parents, including an art project, reading station, and a science touch-and-feel station. We also created a child and parent photo album to take home. Our families had the opportunity to watch the safety videos that we created earlier in the year.
LVCC at Ritter School
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| Pennyslvania State Representative Steve Samuelson with LVCC at Ritter. |
LVCC at Shafer School
We also held interactive activities with our parents, including an art project, reading station, and a science touch-and-feel station. We created a child and parent photo album to take home. Our families had the opportunity to watch the safety videos that we created earlier in the year.
LVCC's South Mountain
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| Pennsylvania State Representative Justin Simmons with Pre-K Counts. |
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| Allentown's Mayor Ed Pawlowski with Pre-K Counts. |
Allentown's Mayor Ed Pawlowski read to both preschool and Pre-K Counts. He brought each of us a pack of crayons and a firetruck coloring book. See more photos...
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| Allentown's Mayor Ed Pawlowski with preschool. |
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| Pennsylvania State Representative Joe Brennan, Ms. Oval, and preschoolers singing "Build a Bridge..." |
LVCC at St. Luke's
Our preschool class kept State Representative Joe Brennan engaged in lots of activities during his visit. He spoke to us about how he once wanted to be a kindergarten teacher and the importance of education. We sang "Build a Bridge, Dig a Tunnel, Build a Road" with Rep. Brennan, which involves a partner and lots of hand motions. Rep. Brennan taught us some math and measuring skills when we asked him his height. We compared Rep. Brennan's height of 6' 5" when he stood next to Ms. Oval who is 5'. Rep. Brennan also brought us each a "Billy & Betsy" coloring book and crayons to keep! See more photos...
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| Toddlers stretching like otters with Bethlehem librarian, Ms. Regina. |
Ms. Regina from the Bethlehem Library read "Stop Snoring Bernard" to our toddlers. She made the book fun by having us participate with questions and answers, and then moving around to get out our wiggles. See more photos...
Our families were invited to join us for breakfast muffins where we gave them a hand-made gift. We also had our picture taken with our parents, which will later be displayed on our family tree in the center's foyer for everyone to see.
We started our children's garden by planting seedlings. The garden will continue to grow as we add painted river rocks.
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| Pennsylvania State Senator Lisa Boscola with LVCC at St. Luke's preschoolers. |
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| Toddlers and preschoolers dancing with Tooth Buddy Tales puppet show. |
Our toddler and preschool classes watched an exciting puppet show by Tooth Buddy Tales. Using comedy and colorful puppets, the father and son acting team taught us the difference between good, healthy snacks (like fruits, vegetables, and milk) and bad, cavity-causing snacks (like candy, chips, cakes, cookies, and pies).We laughed at the funny puppets and actors. We danced to high energy music. The entire audience, including the teachers, participated. We all became tooth buddies because we learned how to fight cavities by brushing our teeth regularly and staying away from sweet and sticky treats! See more photos...
LVCC at Stones Crossing
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| Pennsylvania State Representative Bob Freeman with LVCC at Stones Crossing |
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| Pennsylvania State Representative Joe Emrick with LVCC at Stones Crossing |
Our parents deposited "centamints" into a center piggy bank. On these slips of paper, they wrote us notes of love and how much they value us. Our teachers later read these notes to us, which give us a smile throughout the day! We also had a family fun time, where families could decorate a square for the center's family quilt.
LVCC at Truman
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| Pennsylvania State Representative Justin Simmons with LVCC at Truman |
We constructed cards for senior-citizens at local nursing homes. Some of our messages included jokes and inspirational notes to give the elderly recipients a smile. With this project, we discussed what happens when we age and how we can learn from older adults.
A TD Bank representative came to our center to talk about the importance of saving money. The representative explained some of the best ways to start saving at an early age.
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| Pre-K Counts planting flowers at LVCC on Union Blvd. |
Our Pre-K Counts class instituted "Project Pretty" this week. We cleaned up and beautified the outside of our center by planting flowers in planter boxes. We used teamwork skills to help one another weed and plant. See more photos...
Quiver Traveling Farm came to visit in our play yard. Our classes had the opportunity to pet and feed the various animals which included, a 19 lb rabbit, a calf named Lorelie, ducks, chickens, baby chicks, a goat, a lamb, a turkey and a pig. We LOVED the animals! See more photos...
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| Pre-K Counts family tree project |
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| Walnut Street preschoolers doing "The Otter Hokey-Pokey" with Allentown librarian, Ms. Joan. |
Ms. Joan from the Allentown Library read our preschool class two special books, "Stop Snoring Bernard" and "Otter On His Own". She engaged us with questions about the books and brought along animal toys to bring the books to life. We especially enjoyed dancing and singing to "The Otter Hokey-Pokey" with Ms. Joan. See more photos...
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| Pennsylvania State Representative Bob Freeman with a few LVCC at Ritter students |
