Hello Preschool Families,
We hope that you enjoyed your weekend!
A Week in Review:
· We participated in a Design Challenge about making lemonade. We worked together in small groups to create our own lemonade using the flavors of strawberry, lime, orange and grapefruit. The students had fun getting to juice the fruit in different ways.
· Some of our students worked with letter, p and j. We practiced writing the letter, p and j with dry erase boards and markers. Baby Echo also came and helped us practice saying all the letters and their sounds at circle time.
· While some of our students worked by drawing the letters in gel in a bag and .
· Others worked with the sight word, in. We were “in” explorers looking for the word in books and in the hallways. We also practiced writing the word, in.
What to Expect:
· We are going to explore the world of Dinosaurs.
· Our letters of the week are h and k.
· Our shape of the week is trapezoid.
· Our sight word is a.
Thank you for your support! Working with your preschooler at home really makes a difference.
A reminder that as, the weather starts to get warmer, Please make sure that your child still 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.
School News/District News:
Please register Spark as your designated school for the King Sooper’s/City Market Rewards Program! You can do so by logging in and then registering at https://www.kingsoopers.com/. Search for “Spark Discovery Preschool PTO” or by entering the code “HE297” and enroll. It’s as simple as that! Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about this.
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. 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 26th – completed
· Friday, Sept 20th – completed
· Tuesday, Oct 22nd, 4:00 – 5:30 pm – completed
· Friday, November 15th, 9:30 – 11 am – completed
· Friday, January 10th, 9:30-11:00 am – completed
· Friday, Feb 28th, 9:30 – 11 am – completed
· Tuesday, March 10th, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Important Dates:
· January 27 – March 13 – STEM Unit #4: Wellness
· Month of March STEM Profiles: Open-Minded and Empathy
· Month of March Math Focus: Data-Analysis
· Mar. 10, 10:00 – 11:00 am – Tour with Principal, Paige Gordon
· Mar. 10, 11:35 am – Pottery Perfection Enrichment Class
· Mar. 10, 4:00 – 5:30 pm – Volunteer Training (required prior to volunteering at our preschool per licensing)
· Mar. 11, 11:35 am – Soccer Shots Enrichment Class
· Mar. 11, 1:45 pm – Ms. Nicky’s Full day preschool music class
· Mar. 11, 3:05 pm – Soccer Shots Enrichment Class
· Mar. 12, 3:05 pm – Robotics Club Enrichment Class with Ms. Tori
· Mar. 12, 6:00 – 7:30 pm – PTO Board Meeting in cafeteria
· Monday, March 16 – Thursday, March 20 – Dr. Seuss Week at Spark – school-wide, week long focus (look for a flyer of information from the school about each day’s special activities! )
· Monday, March 16: It’s a chance to wear your craziest hat or hair! Students can become Thing 1, Thing 2, Cindy Lou Who, Sam-I-Am, The Lorax, Grinch, JoJo McDodd, or anything they like! The teacher will read a Dr. Seuss book of choice!
· Mar. 16, 4:00 – 6:00 pm – School Accountability Committee meeting
· Mar. 17 – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
· TUESDAY, Mar.17: Wear your favorite color on this day! We’ll read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
· Wednesday, March 18 – Wednesday, April 1 – PTO ButterBraid Spring Fundraiser – more information for parents will come home in Thursday / Friday folders.
· WEDNESDAY Mar. 18: It’s Green Eggs and Ham day! We’ll read Green Eggs and Ham, and we’ll try some at snack!
· Thursday, Mar. 19, ROCK YOUR SOCKS for National World Down Syndrome day. WEAR CRAZY SOCKS LIKE…(this is the link)
· THURSDAY Mar. 19: We will celebrate by reading Fox in Socks. Wear crazy socks! It’s also World Down Syndrome Day, so we’ll Rock-Our-Socks for this reason too!
· Mar. 19, 1:30 – 2:30 pm – Tour with Principal, Paige Gordon
· Friday, March 20: Non-student contact day – No preschool and no childcare at Spark!
· Saturday, March 21 – Sunday, March 29 – Spring Break in St. Vrain Valley Schools
· Mar. 30 – Return to school from Spring Break.
· Mar. 30, 10:00 am – Tour with Principal, Paige Gordon
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mrs. Tori & Ms. JJ