Hello Preschool Families!!
We hope that you are enjoying long your weekend.
A Week in Review:
· We talked about green and red choices. We learned how green choices can make us and others feel good while red choices can make others feel angry.
· Twiggle came to tell us of the PATH Kid of the Day. Everyday a new student will be the PATH Kid of the Day. They get to be the line leader, wear the cape and the class gives them compliments. This helps to promote being kind to one another.
· We worked with letters, Aa and Bb. We talked about things that started with that letter and how to form that letter. We practiced saying the sound with Baby Echo.
· We talked about the color Orange. We looked who was wearing the color and where we could find it in our classroom and outside. We sang this song about the color Orange:
· ORANGE
(Tune: (Slow) Hurry Hurry Drive the Firetruck)
O-R-A-N-G-E,
O-R-A-N-G-E,
O-R-A-N-G-E
ORANGE IS WHAT THAT SPELLS
JACK-O-LANTERNS ARE ALWAYS ORANGE
CARROTS ARE ALWAYS ORANGE
ORANGES ARE ALWAYS ORANGE
O-R-A-N-G——-E!
What to Expect:
· Letters: Cc, Dd
· The number: One, 1
· The color: Yellow
· The Shape: Squares
· STEM Unit: Life Cycles Starts
Thank you for your support! Working with your preschooler at home really makes a difference.
Important Dates:
· Sept. 3rd: Labor Day- No School
· Sept. 4th– Oct. 5th: STEM Unit 1 Starts: Life Cycles
· Sept 6: Love and Logic: 6pm – 7:30pm
· Sept. 13th: PTO General Meeting: 6pm – 8pm
· Sept.13th: PJ Day: Please bring a $1 for PTO
· Sept. 15th: Miner’s Day Parade: 10am
· Sept. 20th: Love and Logic Class: 6pm – 7:30pm
· Sept. 21st: Volunteer Training: 9:00am to 10:30am
· Sept. 24th: Believe Fundraiser begins
· Sept. 25th McDonald’s Spirit Night: 4pm – 8pm
· Sept. 25th: Picture Day
School News/District News:
Volunteering at Spark!:
We welcome parent, guardian, and grandparent volunteers and want you to be involved. For preschool, it is required by licensing that volunteer training be offered and attended to volunteer in classrooms or the school. This is a session where children over the age of 6 months should not be present. The next session for training, offered by two teachers, will be on Friday, September 21stfrom 9:00 am to 10:30 am. After that, there will be a training in October, January, February, and March offered at various times.
Speaking of volunteering, we are looking for an office squad of volunteers this school year to better assist our teachers in clerical ways (copying, laminating, stapling, sorting, etc). Sometimes, children have a difficult time at this age having a family member volunteer in the classroom, as it can be difficult with separation, anxiety, or behaviors. If you’d like to volunteer but know the classroom will be a difficult space, we are looking for a volunteer in the office for each session of preschool in the AM and PM Monday through Thursday, for a total of eight dependable, reliable volunteers each week. This will help teachers across the school make the best use of their planning time during the week and on Fridays. We already have a volunteer on Monday and Wednesday mornings! Please consider assisting our staff in this manner if the idea of being in the classroom doesn’t appeal to you. The below training is required. If you are interested, please email me at[email protected].
· Monday, August 13, from 4:00 – 5:30 pm -completed
· Friday, September 21 from 9 am – 10:30 am
· Monday, October 22 from 4 – 5:30 pm
· Friday, January 18th from 9 am – 10:30 am
· Tuesday, February 19 from 4:00 – 5:30 pm
· Friday, March 15 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mrs. Tori & Mrs. Claudia