Hello Preschool Families!!
We hope that you have a great holiday weekend!
A Week in Review:
· We are in our second week of the last STEM unit. This week, we talked about houses in different places. We looked at huts, igloos, adobe houses and strange shaped houses. We also decided that there were 3 things that we had to have in a building: roof, walls and a door.
· We continued our talk about money. We counted $0.04 and practiced how to write the amount.
· We worked with letters, Ii, Jj, Kk and Ll. We talked about things that started with that letter and how to form that letter. We practiced saying the sound with Baby Echo. We also practiced writing the letters
· We worked with the sight word, go. We practiced writing them, and reading it in a book.
· We looked at cones. We found that a cone is a 3D shape that is made up of a circle with a triangle wrapped around it. We looked for cones in the classroom as well as looked at pictures of cones.
What to Expect:
· Letters: Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp
· Sight Word: do
· The number: starting to talk money – $0.05, Five Cents
· The color: Color Mixing – Purple
· The shape: Rectangular Prism
· STEM Unit #6 – Buildings – Who builds the building? What tools do they use?
Thank you for your support working with your preschooler at home really makes a differences!
Important Dates:
· April 8th– May 17th: STEM Unit 5: Buildings
· April 25th: PJ Day
o Please bring a $1 to support PTO
· April 25th: – Star-Power Reward Party – Obstacle Course
· April 26th: Spark Carnival
o 4:00pm – 5:00pm Soft Start
o 5:00pm – 6:30pm
o We are also looking for Volunteers (More info below)
· April 29th: No School – Teacher Workday
· May 16th: PJ Day
o Please bring a $1 to support PTO
· May 23rd: Last Day of School
A reminder that as, the weather starts to get warmer, Please make sure that your child comes with a coat/ jacket / sweater (please put their name on the inside tag) because we also value getting kids outside to play and it can still be chilly! If you child doesn’t know how to put on their coat or work their zippers, it’s something to start actively teaching and practicing. Now is also the time to check the 2nd set of clothes in your child’s backpack. They also may have grown too.
News from PTO:
We are excited to announce a new program with King Soopers!!! There are no more reloadable gift cards! This new program attaches to your Sooper card.
You register your Sooper Card and attach Spark Discovery Preschool and then every time you use your Sooper card, a percentage comes back to Spark!!!
Here are the instructions to start:
· To Use the King Soopers or City Market Community Rewards Program:
· Simply encourage your participants to visit the appropriate link below..
· For King Soopers Stores – go to http://www.kingsoopers.com
· Once logged into their King Soopers or City Market account they can search for Spark Discovery Preschool PTO either by name or HE297 and then click Enroll. New users will need to create an account which requires some basic information, a valid email address and a rewards card.
*Customers must have a registered King Soopers or City Market rewards card account to link to your organization.
*If a member does not yet have a King Soopers or City Market rewards card, please let them know they are available at the customer service desk at any King Soopers or City Market
REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your organization until after your participants register their rewards card. Participants must swipe their registered King Soopers or City Market rewards card or use the phone number that is related to their registered King Soopers or City Market rewards card when shopping for each purchase to count.
Help Make Our Upcoming Carnival a Success
We have our upcoming annual carnival on Friday, April 26, from 4:00 – 6:30 pm. We are in need of volunteers for the following types of jobs: Carnival Game Operators, Food tables / preparation, artists/painters for play tattoos/face stencils, volunteers to bring in cakes or books for the cake-walk, and set up / clean up.
Please take a look at the outstanding needs for volunteers here on our Sign-Up Genius link >>>
We hope to see you at our carnival. Look for a flyer and pre-carnival prices flyer coming home next week!