My name is Nicole Stoutner and I teach 4 year old preschool.
I graduated from UNI in 2001 with a BA in elementary education and a minor in reading and language arts. I am currently working on my endorsement in early childhood education at Iowa Wesleyan.
I had always wanted to be a teacher since my first experience in kindergarten. I loved being in school and learning. For me it was a hard choice what area of education to go into. In high school I thought I wanted to teach Spanish because it was my favorite class. Or English because I loved the reading aspect. But after volunteering to be a Big Sister I knew that elementary was what I wanted to focus on.
After I graduated from UNI the second grade position opened up and I was so lucky to be hired here. Then when my children’s daycare provider left to go back to school I decided to have my own inhome daycare. I had that for ten years and when we decided to move to the country I closed my daycare and started subbing in the schools. I was approached by Beth McBride about teaching preschool the following fall because there was talk of looping. It really interested me and I went for it.
I am married to my husband, Pat, since 2002. We have two children, Charley and Nora. We live on a farm and have goats, sheep, a couple cows, and chickens. We love our quiet corner of the world!
This week... *We began our exploration of apples. We learned what the parts of an apple are and we got to taste test a yellow, green, and red apple. We then charted our favorite apples. Next week...
This week... The last two weeks have been busy! Your kids looked great participating in the Washington Homecoming dress up days! The themes this year were so creative and fun (even if so many of us...
Hello parents! Wednesday's dress up day is Pride Attire. We don't wear pride attire in preschool so we are going to wear green for 4H! It is National 4H week this week amongst Homecoming and...
September 27, 2021 Dear 4-Year-Old Preschool Parents, This note is to inform you that there has been a confirmed case of Covid-19 in your child’s classroom. We will continue the following best...
Preschool news this week - September 20-23, 2021 Check out what we did and what we will be doing next week! This week... *We had a fire drill on Wednesday. We heard what the fire alarm sounds like...
September 22, 2021 Dear 4-Year-Old Preschool Parents, This note is to inform you that there has been a confirmed case of Covid-19 in your child’s classroom. We will continue the following best...
4YO Preschool News This week... We worked on lining up when called. We worked on counting 1-5, identifying the numbers, and counting objects. We listened to a story in the library with Ms. Shelley...
We made it to three days a week! And it was so successful! I think we will be ready for next week with four days. This week we kept working on the rules of our classroom and playground. We talked...