Hello Preschool Families!!  

We hope that you are enjoying the nice fall weather and the extra hour of sleep that we received. 

A Week in Review:

•     We have been learning about the season of winter. As we were walking to the playground, we talked about the birds that were already flying south as well as what tree do in the winter. We read books about what animals, plants and people do in the winter time.
•   We talked about the number ten, 10. How do we write ten, 10? Can we find 10 objects?
• We worked closely with the letter Rr and Kk. We created them with the wood pieces. We also looked at words that start Rr and Kk.
•  We talked about the color, white. We looked who was wearing the color and where we could find it in our classroom and outside. Here is the song that we sang about the color white.

WHITE

(Tune: LITTLE BROWN JUG)

W-H-I-T-E

THAT SPELLS WHITE, SING WITH ME

MILK IS WHITE, AND SO IS GLUE

GHOSTS ARE WHITE

AND THEY SAY BOO!

W-H-I-T-E

THAT SPELLS WHITE, SING WITH ME

THE CLOUDS ABOVE, THE SNOW BELOW

SANTA’S BEARD, HO, HO, HO!

What to Expect:

• Library: Monday, Nov. 6^th: Please have your child bring their book back to school.
•  Letters: Aa, Vv
• The number: One, 1
•    The color: Rainbow
• STEM Unit: Weather Starts: We will be exploring what we know about weather and the season of spring. 

Thank you for your support working with your preschooler at home really makes a differences!

Important Dates:

•  Oct. 17^th – Nov. 17^th: STEM Unit 1 Starts: Weather
• Nov. 1^st – Nov. 17^th: Spark Can Food Drive
  • If able, please bring nonperishable food items that have not expired.
• Nov. 7^th – Chick-Fil-a Spirit Night
• 5pm – 7pm
• 6:30pm – 7:45pm
• Childcare is provided
• 6:30pm – 7:45pm
• Childcare is provided
• Bring a favorite stuffed animal and a $1 donation for PTO
• Please make sure to label your child’s stuffed animals with their name
• Nov. 9^th: Free Parenting Class
• Nov. 15^th: Free Parenting Class
• Nov. 15^th & 16^th: Stuffy Day

School News/District News:

Canned Food Drive to Benefit Carbon Valley families: We are having a canned food drive from November 1^st through November 17th  to support the Carbon Valley Help Center in Frederick.

If you are able, please send in non-perishable foods that have not expired. Ongoing needs include: Beans, Macaroni & Cheese, Canned Fruit, Pasta & Rice, Canned Meat, Canned Soup & Stews, Canned Vegetables, Peanut Butter, Cereal…etc.

We will be loading this up on the 18^th to take to the Help Center, located at 150 Buchanan Ave, Firestone, CO.  If you are in need, you can call Robin, the program manager at 303-833-6626, or you can email her at info@carbonvalleyhelpcenter.org.  The Carbon Valley Help Center is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 3pm, with appointments recommended.  Walk-ins accepted based on availability.

PARENTING CLASS SCHEDULE CHANGES: We had two parents show up to our 3^rd parenting class on Thursday, Oct 19^th.  Upon reflection, figured we had low turn out due to no school on Friday, Oct 20^th.  Our facilitator, Cheryl Hamilton, the Family Whisper, agreed to reschedule the session, so we have scheduled the last two classes for November on:

·      Nov 9, Thurs, 6:30 – 7:45 pm – class 3 of 4

·       Nov 15, Wed, 6:30 – 7:45 pm – class 4 of 4

As a reminder, the Parenting Class is FREE to all Spark enrolled families.  (sponsored by Spark! Discovery Preschool).   Childcare is also FREE (sponsored by the PTO)!

Community Resources:  We have information to connect families with local agencies regarding mental health, child nutrition, physical fitness, food bank, child find, medical and dental resources, in several locations:

1) In a notebook in the front office,

2) In our parent flyer stand at the front entrance

3) On our school website at http://sdpk.svvsd.org/community-resources.

4) The black table at the front of the school also has activity packets for parents to take in English and Spanish (when possible)

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mrs. Tori & Ms. Shilah