April 30-May 4

Can you believe it is May?? This school year is flying by! Our official "end of school year" day is June 1st, with the rest of the school, and our summer session will start on June 4th. Preschool is open all summer, with the exception of a couple of days (July 4th being one). We look forward to having fun with everyone this summer! TPAAK's annual silent auction will be taking place in May. Each classroom puts together a basket that is auctioned off throughout the month, ending on May 31st with our Art in the Parking Lot Celebration. Our classrooms' theme is books! So, anything to do with reading/books. Books, book lights, gift cards, book marks, etc. would be perfect. If you can bring anything in, please just give it to your teacher or to Mrs. S for our basket. Here is what we are up to this week: Theme: Mexico, Cinco de Mayo Science: Textures Math: Shapes, patterns, numbers and arithmetic Literacy: Letter Review: I A O Shape of the month: Octagon Color of the month: Black and White Spanish: Cinco de Mayo, Fiesta Show and Tell: Something that starts with I,A, or O Just as a reminder, there is no set start time to preschool, but we do try to start our circle time at 8:45. This gives us more time for fun activities with the class. Our Centers for this week: Technology: Letter books on computer/StarFall Dramatic Play: Fiesta Play! Math: Shapes and patterns, individual work Science: Textures Literacy: Letter review Fine Motor: Writing, gluing, cutting

Water Days are Coming!

As the weather continues to get warmer, we are anticipating some fun water days.  We have a water table, some water balls and toys, and some spray bottles for our preschoolers to play with. 

Usually, the children do not get wet enough to need a change of clothing, but now would be a great time to update your child’s cubby, to make sure the clothes are weather-appropriate and the right size!  Each child should have a full change of clothes, including underwear and socks.  It’s not a bad idea to leave a hat and/or sunglasses. 

Also, please remember to apply sunscreen each day before dropping your child off.  If you forget, we have a bottle here in the classroom that you may apply to your child. 

Finally, don’t forget a water bottle!  We remind the children to drink lots of water to stay hydrated.  Thanks!

April 23-27

FRIDAY is our performance in the cafeteria for the whole school. We will be singing 2 songs at 8:15 and would love to have everyone there that we can. If you can have your child at school by 8:10 that day so we can line up and be ready, that would be great!

Here is what else we are up to:

Theme: Recycling/Earth Day
Science: Magnets
Math: Shapes, patterns, numbers and arithmetic
Literacy: Letter I
Shape of the month: Oval
Color of the month: Purple
Spanish:
Show and Tell: Free Choice

Just as a reminder, there is no set start time to preschool, but we do try to start our circle time at 8:45. This gives us more time for fun activities with the class.

Our Centers for this week:

Technology: Letter books on computer/StarFall
Dramatic Play: Garbage and Recycling play
Math: Shapes and patterns
Science: Magnets
Literacy: Letter I activities
Fine Motor: Writing I, gluing, cutting

April 16-20

We had a lot of fun celebrating our Olympic champions last week! The students seemed to enjoy making their flags and getting their gold medals.

Here is what we are up to this week:
Theme: Plants/Trees
Science: Plants and trees
Math: Money, Ovals, Numbers 1-20
Literacy: Letter 0
Shape of the month: Oval
Color of the month: Purple
Spanish: Insects
Show and Tell: My favorite plant

Our Centers for this week:

Technology: Letter books on computer/StarFall
Book On tape: Over on the Farm
Dramatic Play: Flower Shop
Math: Coins, numbers through 20
Science: Seeds and growing plants
Literacy: Letter A
Fine Motor: Writing Os, Journal writing, cutting

As our weather changes hourly right now in Colorado, please send your child to school prepared. Light jacket, hat, sunscreen, or anything else that will help them to feel more comfortable outside. Also, please remember to have good shoes on your child. Shoes that come off easily, or have open toes or heels, tend to cause more falls on our playground.

April 9-13

We had a lot of fun last week learning about Greece, trying some new Greek food, and attending our first assembly, a Dr. Suess play. Some of our preschool friends even got to help out with the play!

Here is what we are up to this week:
Theme: Olympics
Science: All 5 senses
Math: Money, Numbers 1-20
Literacy: Letter A
Shape of the month: Oval
Color of the month: Purple
Spanish: Insects
Show and Tell: Favorite Sport

Our Centers for this week:

Technology: Letter books on computer/StarFall and Millie's Math house
Dramatic Play: Olympic Games, Planting and Dirt
Math: Coins, numbers through 20
Science: Our 5 senses, changes of spring
Art: Marble Art
Literacy: Letter A
Fine Motor: writing names, letters, numbers, cutting

So that's why our preschoolers are so smart!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-benefits-of-bilingualism.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

April 2-6

April is here!!! And the weather has been wonderful! The students are really enjoying all of our outdoor time. Please remember to apply sunscreen in the morning before your child comes to school. Also, since our students run so much outside, we would like to request that they wear close-toed, closed-heel shoes. This prevents a lot of our playground injuries! If you have a specific question about shoes, please just ask a teacher!

Here is what we are up to this week:
Theme: Greece
Science: All 5 senses
Math: Number 20
Literacy: Review G,C, and Q
Shape of the month: Oval
Color of the month: Purple
Spanish: Insects
Show and Tell: Something that starts with G, C, or Q

Our Centers for this week:

Technology: Letter books on computer/StarFall and Millie's Math house
Dramatic Play: Dress up for Spring, Farming
Math: Counting to 20, numbers to 20, simple adding, patterning, shape review
Science: Our 5 senses, changes of spring
Art: Painting spring
Literacy: Review Activities
Fine Motor: writing names, letters, numbers, cutting

Testing is almost complete! Just a couple more days and I will have it finished. Please let me know if you would like to look at or talk about your child's tests.

Don't forget about our Buy One, Get one Free book fair going on this week! This is a great way to build your library for summer!