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📬 Special delivery from the BEE Center!
For this week’s Community Helpers theme, we turned our dramatic play area into a post office! Our little mail carriers got busy sorting envelopes and delivering mail as they explored how postal workers help people stay connected.
One of our friends had a special delivery in mind. She wrote a note to her parents and brother, filled it with drawings and hearts, and used letters to show who it was for. 💌
That’s developmental writing in action! Young children use drawings, marks, and the letters they know to share their ideas. Our friend had something to say, knew who she wanted to say it to, and put her message on paper. The classroom post office gave her a place to send it! 🐝
#BEECenter #CommunityHelpers #LearningThroughPlay #EarlyWriting
For this week’s Community Helpers theme, we turned our dramatic play area into a post office! Our little mail carriers got busy sorting envelopes and delivering mail as they explored how postal workers help people stay connected.
One of our friends had a special delivery in mind. She wrote a note to her parents and brother, filled it with drawings and hearts, and used letters to show who it was for. 💌
That’s developmental writing in action! Young children use drawings, marks, and the letters they know to share their ideas. Our friend had something to say, knew who she wanted to say it to, and put her message on paper. The classroom post office gave her a place to send it! 🐝
#BEECenter #CommunityHelpers #LearningThroughPlay #EarlyWriting
We’ve got to hand it to this K4 team… they really have a nose for making learning fun! 👀👂👃🖐️
Ms. Miranda, Ms. Brittany, Ms. Bria, and Ms. Chrystal spent the week helping their class explore the senses with Frog Street. From giant ears and googly eyes to noses and extra hands, they made each sense impossible to miss!
Our K4 friends learned by looking, listening, touching, and laughing along the way. We think these photos speak for themselves! 🐝
#EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
Ms. Miranda, Ms. Brittany, Ms. Bria, and Ms. Chrystal spent the week helping their class explore the senses with Frog Street. From giant ears and googly eyes to noses and extra hands, they made each sense impossible to miss!
Our K4 friends learned by looking, listening, touching, and laughing along the way. We think these photos speak for themselves! 🐝
#EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
🍎🍏 Which apple would you choose?
During K4’s “My Senses” week, Ms. Newby’s class put their sense of taste to work! After tasting apples, students added their preferences to a class graph. They counted each group and compared the results: yellow apples received the most votes!
One tasty activity gave our young learners a chance to explore their senses and practice early numeracy. 🐝
#EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
During K4’s “My Senses” week, Ms. Newby’s class put their sense of taste to work! After tasting apples, students added their preferences to a class graph. They counted each group and compared the results: yellow apples received the most votes!
One tasty activity gave our young learners a chance to explore their senses and practice early numeracy. 🐝
#EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
🐸📦 Special delivery for Ms. Newby’s class!
Fanny the Frog stopped by with a surprise package today. What could be inside? Our curious little learners can’t wait to find out! 💚
#BEECenter #FannyTheFrog #EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
Fanny the Frog stopped by with a surprise package today. What could be inside? Our curious little learners can’t wait to find out! 💚
#BEECenter #FannyTheFrog #EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
Teachers wear their hearts on their sleeves…and sometimes giant ears on their heads! 👂😄
Ms. Miranda and Ms. Brittany’s K4 friends started their Frog Street lesson with deep breathing before tuning in to this week’s sense: hearing. During morning message, students broke “My ears hear” into individual words, explored how print works, and spotted letter shapes. Those giant pretend ears made the lesson even more fun!
#EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity 🐝
Working together + creating patterns = early numeracy in action! 🧩🐝
Our young mathematicians practiced identifying, extending, and creating patterns while sharing materials, exchanging ideas, and problem-solving with their classmates. These playful, hands-on experiences build the strong mathematical thinking skills children will use for years to come!
#EarlyNumeracy #LearningThroughPlay #Patterning #Teamwork #BEECenter #EveryChild.EveryDay.EveryOpportunity
Our young mathematicians practiced identifying, extending, and creating patterns while sharing materials, exchanging ideas, and problem-solving with their classmates. These playful, hands-on experiences build the strong mathematical thinking skills children will use for years to come!
#EarlyNumeracy #LearningThroughPlay #Patterning #Teamwork #BEECenter #EveryChild.EveryDay.EveryOpportunity
🐝 This week in Frog Street, our K4 friends have been learning all about their amazing bodies!
Through stories, songs, discussions, creative art, and hands-on activities, students explored body parts, facial features, and the many ways our bodies move and help us each day. These playful experiences also strengthened fine-motor skills, vocabulary, creativity, and self-awareness.
Learning is always more meaningful—and more fun—when little hands are actively involved! 💛🐸
#BEECenter #FrogStreetPreK #HandsOnLearning #EarlyLearning #EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
Through stories, songs, discussions, creative art, and hands-on activities, students explored body parts, facial features, and the many ways our bodies move and help us each day. These playful experiences also strengthened fine-motor skills, vocabulary, creativity, and self-awareness.
Learning is always more meaningful—and more fun—when little hands are actively involved! 💛🐸
#BEECenter #FrogStreetPreK #HandsOnLearning #EarlyLearning #EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
There is something special about sharing a good book with a caring adult! 📚🐝
At the BEE Center, reading together helps our young learners build vocabulary, strengthen comprehension, practice communication skills, and develop a lifelong love of books. These quiet, one-on-one moments create meaningful connections while helping children grow into confident readers.
Every child. Every day. Every opportunity. 💛🖤
At the BEE Center, reading together helps our young learners build vocabulary, strengthen comprehension, practice communication skills, and develop a lifelong love of books. These quiet, one-on-one moments create meaningful connections while helping children grow into confident readers.
Every child. Every day. Every opportunity. 💛🖤
📊 Early numeracy is about so much more than counting!
Our young learners created a hair-color graph using real classroom data. Through this hands-on experience, they practiced sorting and classifying, organizing information, comparing quantities, interpreting data, and answering higher-level questions such as:
🐝 Which group has the most or least?
🐝 How many more students have black hair than brown hair?
🐝 What conclusions can we draw from our graph?
When children explain what they notice, make comparisons, and support their thinking with evidence, they are developing mathematical reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills—all essential foundations for future learning!
At the BEE Center, our mathematicians don’t just count—they think, analyze, and make meaning! 💛🖤
#BEECenter #EarlyNumeracy #DataAndGraphing #YoungMathematicians #LearningThroughPlay #Every Child. Every Day. Every Opportunity.
Our young learners created a hair-color graph using real classroom data. Through this hands-on experience, they practiced sorting and classifying, organizing information, comparing quantities, interpreting data, and answering higher-level questions such as:
🐝 Which group has the most or least?
🐝 How many more students have black hair than brown hair?
🐝 What conclusions can we draw from our graph?
When children explain what they notice, make comparisons, and support their thinking with evidence, they are developing mathematical reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills—all essential foundations for future learning!
At the BEE Center, our mathematicians don’t just count—they think, analyze, and make meaning! 💛🖤
#BEECenter #EarlyNumeracy #DataAndGraphing #YoungMathematicians #LearningThroughPlay #Every Child. Every Day. Every Opportunity.
🐝 Our K4 friends in Ms. Nelson’s class are wrapping up Week 1 of our new Frog Street curriculum!
During the “My School” theme, students compared fiction and nonfiction texts—building early literacy skills as they identified how stories and informational books are alike and different. 📚
They also took time to “Count with Confidence” while adding to their classroom Kindness Container—strengthening number sense and showing that kindness counts at the BEE Center! 💛🐝
#BEECenter #FrogStreetPreK #EarlyLiteracy #EarlyNumeracy #KindnessCounts #EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
During the “My School” theme, students compared fiction and nonfiction texts—building early literacy skills as they identified how stories and informational books are alike and different. 📚
They also took time to “Count with Confidence” while adding to their classroom Kindness Container—strengthening number sense and showing that kindness counts at the BEE Center! 💛🐝
#BEECenter #FrogStreetPreK #EarlyLiteracy #EarlyNumeracy #KindnessCounts #EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
Learning is colorful—and fun—at the BEE Center! 🐝🌈
Our young learners in Ms. Petersen's classroom are building important early literacy skills by recognizing color words, connecting printed words to their meanings, and strengthening their vocabulary. At the same time, they are practicing numeracy skills as they sort objects by color, count each group, compare quantities, and explore one-to-one correspondence.
These playful, hands-on experiences help children see that reading and math are all around them! 💛💚💙❤️
#BEECenter #EarlyLiteracy #EarlyNumeracy #LearningThroughPlay #EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
Our young learners in Ms. Petersen's classroom are building important early literacy skills by recognizing color words, connecting printed words to their meanings, and strengthening their vocabulary. At the same time, they are practicing numeracy skills as they sort objects by color, count each group, compare quantities, and explore one-to-one correspondence.
These playful, hands-on experiences help children see that reading and math are all around them! 💛💚💙❤️
#BEECenter #EarlyLiteracy #EarlyNumeracy #LearningThroughPlay #EveryChildEveryDayEveryOpportunity
🐝 Learning comes to life during Greeting Circle in Ms. Pestka’s classroom!
Our young learners were captivated by their special Frog Street friend, Fanny Frog, as they practiced listening, communicating, and participating as a classroom community. Greeting Circle helps children begin their day feeling welcomed, connected, and ready to learn.
Every child. Every day. Every opportunity. 💛🐸🐝
#BEECenter #GreetingCircle #FannyFrog #FrogStreet #LearningThroughPlay #YouBelongHere
Our young learners were captivated by their special Frog Street friend, Fanny Frog, as they practiced listening, communicating, and participating as a classroom community. Greeting Circle helps children begin their day feeling welcomed, connected, and ready to learn.
Every child. Every day. Every opportunity. 💛🐸🐝
#BEECenter #GreetingCircle #FannyFrog #FrogStreet #LearningThroughPlay #YouBelongHere
🐝 Our Path to Success: Every day. Every child. Every opportunity.
At the BEE Center, everything we do is grounded in one shared mission: ensuring every child has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive in a safe, joyful, and nurturing environment.
Our 2026–2027 School Improvement Plan focuses on four essential areas:
📚 Building strong early literacy skills
🔢 Developing confident mathematical thinkers
🏫 Improving attendance through strong family partnerships
💜 Strengthening social-emotional skills
Through intentional teaching, hands-on learning, positive relationships, and consistent support, our dedicated staff will work together to help every child succeed.
We are excited to partner with our families and community as we bring this plan to life—because when our entire hive works together, our students soar! 🐝💛
#BEECenter #OurPathToSuccess #EveryDayEveryChildEveryOpportunity #SchoolImprovement #EarlyLearning #StrongerTogether
At the BEE Center, everything we do is grounded in one shared mission: ensuring every child has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive in a safe, joyful, and nurturing environment.
Our 2026–2027 School Improvement Plan focuses on four essential areas:
📚 Building strong early literacy skills
🔢 Developing confident mathematical thinkers
🏫 Improving attendance through strong family partnerships
💜 Strengthening social-emotional skills
Through intentional teaching, hands-on learning, positive relationships, and consistent support, our dedicated staff will work together to help every child succeed.
We are excited to partner with our families and community as we bring this plan to life—because when our entire hive works together, our students soar! 🐝💛
#BEECenter #OurPathToSuccess #EveryDayEveryChildEveryOpportunity #SchoolImprovement #EarlyLearning #StrongerTogether
🐝 Parent Orientation is Tuesday, September 1!
Families may attend either of our two orientation sessions:
⏰ 9:00–11:00 a.m.
⏰ 1:00–3:00 p.m.
During orientation, we will help families become familiar with the BEE Center, review important school procedures and logistics, and answer questions as we prepare for a wonderful year together!
We will also welcome several community partners:
🦷 Smart Smiles will be onsite to register children for free dental screenings.
🚗 Representatives from the Ascension Hospital Community Health Department and our very own Title I Family Engagement Specialist will share important information about car seat safety.
We cannot wait to welcome our families and help everyone feel confident, connected, and ready for the first day of school! 💛🖤
#BEECenter #ParentOrientation #BackToSchool #YouBelongHere
Families may attend either of our two orientation sessions:
⏰ 9:00–11:00 a.m.
⏰ 1:00–3:00 p.m.
During orientation, we will help families become familiar with the BEE Center, review important school procedures and logistics, and answer questions as we prepare for a wonderful year together!
We will also welcome several community partners:
🦷 Smart Smiles will be onsite to register children for free dental screenings.
🚗 Representatives from the Ascension Hospital Community Health Department and our very own Title I Family Engagement Specialist will share important information about car seat safety.
We cannot wait to welcome our families and help everyone feel confident, connected, and ready for the first day of school! 💛🖤
#BEECenter #ParentOrientation #BackToSchool #YouBelongHere
🍎✏️ The joy of a new school year is in the air at BEE Center! 🐝
This week, our teachers worked incredibly hard to create warm, welcoming, and engaging spaces for our new friends. Along the way, we also took a little time to remember the excitement we felt as children—the fresh school supplies, new classrooms, smiling faces, and endless possibilities!
We are ready to welcome our students and families next week and begin a year filled with learning, laughter, friendship, and joy. Let the adventure begin! 💛🖤
#BackToSchool #BEECenter #EveryDayEveryChildEveryOpportunity #YouBelongHere
This week, our teachers worked incredibly hard to create warm, welcoming, and engaging spaces for our new friends. Along the way, we also took a little time to remember the excitement we felt as children—the fresh school supplies, new classrooms, smiling faces, and endless possibilities!
We are ready to welcome our students and families next week and begin a year filled with learning, laughter, friendship, and joy. Let the adventure begin! 💛🖤
#BackToSchool #BEECenter #EveryDayEveryChildEveryOpportunity #YouBelongHere
School starts September 1 - make sure you're ready! Check out this important Back-to-School information.
Starting school doesn't have to be scary. From A to Z and everything in between, we have everything you need to know about sending your child to kindergarten all in one place!
☀️🎉 BEE Center Field Day Fun! 🎉☀️
What an amazing day of laughter, movement, learning, and connection at our BEE Center Field Day! Our students enjoyed a variety of engaging activities that brought our school community together and celebrated the joy of learning through play.
From parachute games that encouraged teamwork and cooperation, to bean bag toss challenges that built coordination and confidence, students were actively engaged and having a blast. Children also enjoyed our outdoor literacy station, where children curled up with books and shared stories in the shade—a perfect reminder that learning can happen anywhere!
Events like Field Day help strengthen relationships, create lasting memories, and foster the sense of belonging that makes the BEE Center such a special place. Thank you to our incredible staff and volunteers who helped make today a success. As special thank you to our Physical Education teacher, Mr. Johnson, for coordinating this year's activities.
💛🐝 At the BEE Center, we believe that fun, family engagement, and learning go hand in hand!
#BEECenter #FieldDayFun #LearningThroughPlay #FamilyEngagement #FunAndBelonging #EarlyLearning #BEECommunity
What an amazing day of laughter, movement, learning, and connection at our BEE Center Field Day! Our students enjoyed a variety of engaging activities that brought our school community together and celebrated the joy of learning through play.
From parachute games that encouraged teamwork and cooperation, to bean bag toss challenges that built coordination and confidence, students were actively engaged and having a blast. Children also enjoyed our outdoor literacy station, where children curled up with books and shared stories in the shade—a perfect reminder that learning can happen anywhere!
Events like Field Day help strengthen relationships, create lasting memories, and foster the sense of belonging that makes the BEE Center such a special place. Thank you to our incredible staff and volunteers who helped make today a success. As special thank you to our Physical Education teacher, Mr. Johnson, for coordinating this year's activities.
💛🐝 At the BEE Center, we believe that fun, family engagement, and learning go hand in hand!
#BEECenter #FieldDayFun #LearningThroughPlay #FamilyEngagement #FunAndBelonging #EarlyLearning #BEECommunity
Today, our students gathered together to release butterflies they had watched grow from tiny caterpillars into beautiful butterflies. 🦋
As we watched them flutter away, it felt like the perfect symbol for this school year.
Our students arrived as curious little learners, and over the months they have grown in so many ways. They have learned to be kind friends, problem-solvers, readers, artists, scientists, and leaders. They have built confidence, discovered their voices, and spread their wings a little more each day.
Now, just like the butterflies they helped nurture, they are ready for their next adventure.
While it is hard to say goodbye, we know they are prepared to soar into Kindergarten with the skills, courage, and curiosity they need to be successful. We have been honored to be a small part of their transformation.
Fly high, little butterflies. We can't wait to see where your wings take you next. ❤️🦋
#BEEProud #ReadyToSoar #FutureKindergarteners #GrowingTogether #ButterflyRelease
As we watched them flutter away, it felt like the perfect symbol for this school year.
Our students arrived as curious little learners, and over the months they have grown in so many ways. They have learned to be kind friends, problem-solvers, readers, artists, scientists, and leaders. They have built confidence, discovered their voices, and spread their wings a little more each day.
Now, just like the butterflies they helped nurture, they are ready for their next adventure.
While it is hard to say goodbye, we know they are prepared to soar into Kindergarten with the skills, courage, and curiosity they need to be successful. We have been honored to be a small part of their transformation.
Fly high, little butterflies. We can't wait to see where your wings take you next. ❤️🦋
#BEEProud #ReadyToSoar #FutureKindergarteners #GrowingTogether #ButterflyRelease