Camp North Branch: “Under the Big Top”
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Campers enjoyed a special visit from the performers from The Circus Place! They watched a balancing act, juggling, spinning plates, and a hula hoop act. At the end [...]
Camp North Branch: “Super Hero Academy”
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Our campers arrived in their very best Super Hero shirts, dresses, and bathing suits and learned all about how they could be a SUPER HERO! They made masks, [...]
Camp North Branch: “God Bless America”
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director God Bless America, Land that I Love... Patriotic music flowed through our classrooms, our students wore red, white, and blue, and rode on ponies! What a great way [...]
Camp North Branch: “Fairy Tales”
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Crowns, wands, and a special visit from The Little Mermaid herself, made this week especially magical! Movement Monday included a long visit to the playground where in addition [...]
An Attitude of Gratitude
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Jesus Christ. - 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; [...]
Fall Enrichment Classes
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Have you heard about our amazing Enrichment Classes? Preschoolers can stay for lunch and a special activity after their regular morning hours. Our 5-Day and MWF 4’s classes [...]
Halloween Happenings at the Preschool
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Princesses, Firemen, Superheroes, and all sorts of other costumed kiddos will have the opportunity to participate in several Halloween events this October! The 3rd Annual Trunk or Treat [...]
Camp Week #5 – Skylights Star and Laser Show
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director “Stellar Space” campers boarded a big, yellow school bus and headed to the Planetarium at Raritan Valley Community College this week! Everyone took a photo as an astronaut, [...]
Camp Week #4 – Kids’ Music Round with Miss Beth
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director During Creative Campers week, Miss Beth of Kids’ Music Round, led our campers in two music classes. She started each class with the “Hello Song” she played on [...]
Camp North Branch Week #2 “Natural Wonders”
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director When the Cloverland Farm pony truck arrived, our campers jumped for joy! Strawberry and Cocoa gave TWO rides to each of our campers on the grass outside the [...]
Camp North Branch Week #1 “Mix It Up”
By Mrs. Landrieu Our campers had a blast “mixing up” colors this week! Mrs. Sodano helped everyone make homemade sidewalk chalk using plaster of paris, water, and powdered tempera paint. Campers used [...]
2014-2015 Parent Survey Results
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director Every spring, we ask our parents to fill out a survey to let us know how their year went. Here’s a sample of what they shared with us. [...]
Farm Field Trip
By Jennifer Landrieu In preparation for their trip to Norz Hill Farm, our three-year-old preschoolers have been learning all about farm animals! We hatched chicks, read stories, and sang songs. Now they [...]
Welcome to Our 3-Year-Old Room!
By Mrs. Kiser and Mrs. Halligan Wow! Where did the time go? There are only four more weeks left to our school year. What fun we’ve had watching our three year olds [...]
The Story of the Wide Mouthed Frog: A Musical Presented by Ext. Day Class
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director We are so proud of the children in our Extended Day Class. They presented two performances ofThe Story of the Wide Mouthed Frog. They performed for the entire [...]
Take a peek through the door… here is what happens in room 204!
Lisa Vidal What a fantastic year we have had so far! Each day starts with our Morning Meeting which is full of learning. We have our leader of the day start by [...]
Happenings from the MWF 203 class!
by Janice Davenhall Our class greeted 2015, by singing goodbye to December 2014 and hello to January 2015. As we read the book Calendar, we talked about what occurs in each of [...]
The Christmas Story
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director And there were, in the same country, shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon [...]
Greetings from 5-Day in Room 202
Kim Sodano & Dotty Mooney For the month of November, Mrs. Sodano and Mrs. Mooney's 4 year old 5 day class has been focusing on Thanksgiving and its true meaning "Giving Thanks". [...]
Science Explorers
Science is all around us. Science is a part of who we are and what we do. Young children have a natural curiosity for all things scientific and it is amazing to [...]
2nd Annual Trunk or Treat
By Jennifer Landrieu, Director The North Branch Reformed Church Preschool welcomed over 200 participants to our 2nd Trunk or Treat sponsored by our PTO! Preschool families wowed us with their creativity, decorating [...]
Welcome to our 4 year olds in the Green Room!
It is hard to believe that we have been in school for two months. Our 4 year olds are an energetic and social group who keep Mrs. Kiser and Mrs. Halligan on [...]
5-Day Happenings
by Gerianne McGowan We are experiencing the Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly in the 5-Day Class right now. Right before school started a female Monarch flew through Mrs. McGowan’s backyard and [...]
Christian Curriculum
By Jennifer Landrieu But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. - Galatians [...]
2014-2015 School Year Welcome!
By Jennifer Landrieu The leaves are beginning to fall and that means it’s almost time for our teachers and children to return to the Preschool. All enrolled children will receive a postcard [...]