Pre-School - 3 yr olds - The Teddy Bear Class
Welcome to the Teddy Bear Class. Hi, my name is Mrs. Janet Coombs, I will be your teacher this coming school year. My Aide is Mrs. Deborah Singleton. We look forward to working with you & your child here at St. Dominic School.
Our pre-school program is designed to develop basic concepts, attitudes, and skills, as well as to capitalize on each child's propensity to creat. The development of your child's self-esteem and confidence is most important. We will be focusing upon these skills: socialization, shape and numeral recognition, language development, following directions, eye-hand coordination, listening, small muscle control, color awareness. We will establish school routines and rules. Our readiness activities will mark our entry into the world of colors, and shapes, numbers, and letters. We will also sing, paint, color and play. We look forward to sharing a great year with your child!
Birthday Celebrations
We enjoy celebrating birthdays together; however we would like to have similar birthday celebrations for all the children.
We celebrate birthdays during morning snack time. The children will make muffins in our classroom. You can supply paper plates and napkins. Please do not ask to bring in a cake or party favors, etc. If you would like, you can donate a book to our class. We will put your child's name and the year in the book.
If you are planning a party outside the school, invitations should be mailed unless all children are invited. We do not want to hurt any child's feelings. We hope you will cooperate with this policy.
Each child will be need a red folder. The cost is $1.00.
Supply List
· Small Backpack (No Wheels) – (Needs to be able to fit a regular size folder it in)
· 2 – Boxes of nose tissue
· 1 – Clorox disinfecting wipes (bleach free)
· 1 – Container of baby wipes
· 2 – Current pictures
· 1 – Regular washable watercolors (8 color set only)
· 1 – Large .77oz Elmer’s Glue Stick
· 1 – Plastic pencil box for cubby
· 1 – Regular size crayons (8 in a pack only) (No jumbo)
· 1 – Package of Martha White Muffin Mix (Any flavor your child likes)
Your child should bring his/her backpack everyday for papers being sent home. We also need a clean change of clothes; don't forget socks too in a zip lock big. Put you child's name on bag. It will be left in your child's cubby for the year in case we have any type of accidents.
Our pre-school program is designed to develop basic concepts, attitudes, and skills, as well as to capitalize on each child's propensity to creat. The development of your child's self-esteem and confidence is most important. We will be focusing upon these skills: socialization, shape and numeral recognition, language development, following directions, eye-hand coordination, listening, small muscle control, color awareness. We will establish school routines and rules. Our readiness activities will mark our entry into the world of colors, and shapes, numbers, and letters. We will also sing, paint, color and play. We look forward to sharing a great year with your child!
Birthday Celebrations
We enjoy celebrating birthdays together; however we would like to have similar birthday celebrations for all the children.
We celebrate birthdays during morning snack time. The children will make muffins in our classroom. You can supply paper plates and napkins. Please do not ask to bring in a cake or party favors, etc. If you would like, you can donate a book to our class. We will put your child's name and the year in the book.
If you are planning a party outside the school, invitations should be mailed unless all children are invited. We do not want to hurt any child's feelings. We hope you will cooperate with this policy.
Each child will be need a red folder. The cost is $1.00.
Supply List
· Small Backpack (No Wheels) – (Needs to be able to fit a regular size folder it in)
· 2 – Boxes of nose tissue
· 1 – Clorox disinfecting wipes (bleach free)
· 1 – Container of baby wipes
· 2 – Current pictures
· 1 – Regular washable watercolors (8 color set only)
· 1 – Large .77oz Elmer’s Glue Stick
· 1 – Plastic pencil box for cubby
· 1 – Regular size crayons (8 in a pack only) (No jumbo)
· 1 – Package of Martha White Muffin Mix (Any flavor your child likes)
Your child should bring his/her backpack everyday for papers being sent home. We also need a clean change of clothes; don't forget socks too in a zip lock big. Put you child's name on bag. It will be left in your child's cubby for the year in case we have any type of accidents.
Teacher Bio's
PRE-SCHOOL 3 -YEAR-OLD TEACHER:
MRS. JANET COOMBS
Mrs. Coombs is a native of Watertown, New York. She moved to Rapid City, South Dakota in 1987 where she and her family spent the next 13 years. There she started as a substitute teacher for grades K - 12 and then took a full-time position as a teacher's aide in the alternative classroom for grades 6 - 8. In 2000, Mrs. Coombs moved to Kingsport and began teaching in the Child Development Center for the 3-year-old class. She has completed a Child Development Associate Certification from East Tennessee State University.
Mrs. Coombs and her husband Bob have two daughters, Nicole and Rachael and has two grandsons, Jacob and Jayden, and another one on the way in September. They are parishioners at St. Dominic Church.
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PRE-SCHOOL AIDE - 3 Year Old:
MRS. DEBORAH SINGLETON
Mrs. Singleton has lived in Kingsport for most of her life. She is the second oldest of seven children and attended St. Dominic School from first through sixth grade. She has an A.A.S. degree in Business and worked for First Tennessee Bank. She is also the proud mother of three wonderful children.
MRS. JANET COOMBS
Mrs. Coombs is a native of Watertown, New York. She moved to Rapid City, South Dakota in 1987 where she and her family spent the next 13 years. There she started as a substitute teacher for grades K - 12 and then took a full-time position as a teacher's aide in the alternative classroom for grades 6 - 8. In 2000, Mrs. Coombs moved to Kingsport and began teaching in the Child Development Center for the 3-year-old class. She has completed a Child Development Associate Certification from East Tennessee State University.
Mrs. Coombs and her husband Bob have two daughters, Nicole and Rachael and has two grandsons, Jacob and Jayden, and another one on the way in September. They are parishioners at St. Dominic Church.
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PRE-SCHOOL AIDE - 3 Year Old:
MRS. DEBORAH SINGLETON
Mrs. Singleton has lived in Kingsport for most of her life. She is the second oldest of seven children and attended St. Dominic School from first through sixth grade. She has an A.A.S. degree in Business and worked for First Tennessee Bank. She is also the proud mother of three wonderful children.