Preschool grant in final year
Children in the Kalispell Public Schools preschool program on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at Russell Elementary. The grant-funded program was started three years ago and has served a total of 125 students. At this level in early childhood development, the focus is on teaching social, emotional, motor and vocabulary skills in addition to becoming familiar with school routines such as following directions. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
Paraeducator Johanna Schaeffer sits with Gabby Luke, 4, in the preschool room on Tuesday morning, Oct. 2, at Russell Elementary.
Children in the Kalispell Public Schools preschool program on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at Russell Elementary. This is the last year the program will be funded through the Montana Preschool Development Grant. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)
On Tuesday, the windows into two neighboring preschool classrooms at Russell Elementary provided a peek at contrasting pictures.
In Denice Malley’s classroom preschoolers moved all around the room in the thick of supervised free play. Next door, teacher Beth Lincoln led a circle of preschoolers in a song about dinosaurs, using hand motions to emphasize words.
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