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Happy Friday! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts: Nineteen (19), square and cube, color combinations; I, J, K, L, it, go, see Please keep the One Gallon Plastic Jugs coming! Thanks for all of the donations this week. I’ll post progress pictures once we start building. If your child wants to bring in […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 04 08 19         April 8, 2019 By Marie Bloch Dear Preschool Families & Friends: Although we are having some very warm weather, please send in jackets for days that are cooler since we go outside regularly.  Our final STEM Unit is Simple Machines.  There are so many ways we use […]

Hello! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts: Eighteen (18), triangle and cone, color combinations; E, F, G, H, am, I, can Looking for your Leftover One Gallon Plastic Jugs (milk, water, juice, etc)! Our next STEM Unit is Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and I thought it would be fun to construct an igloo. You […]

Hello Preschool Families!!   We had a great week back from break! A Week in Review: ·      We had lots of fun with Dr. Seuss this week. We read books and played rhyming games. We also made English muffin pizzas with green milk as a substitute for Green Eggs and Ham. ·      We continued our talk about money. […]

  Ms. Nicky’s and Ms. Julie’s News Happy Spring!  Students really enjoyed our Simple Machines Unit!  There were a lot of opportunities to be scientists and explore how simple machines work in real-life.  Students got to test out pulleys, inclined planes, screws, wedges, levers, and wheels and axles.  We ended the unit by having students […]

Themes:Welcome to spring time and warmer weather!! This month we are learning about the Spring seasonthe first week. The children will create fun spring art such as handprint rainbows and fingerprintflowers. They will also be exploring skittles in water. The second week we will be exploring bugs. Thechildren will be creating a sponge painted butterfly […]

Happy Friday!   Here are this week’s announcements and reminders:   Concepts: Seventeen (17), 3-D shape review, orange; A, B, C, D, a, the, is Spring break is next week! Classes will resume on Monday, April 1st. I hope everyone has a nice break. We’ll miss you! Crazy Hat/Crazy Hair Day, Monday, April 1st! Have […]

March 30, 2019 By Marie Bloch Ms. Marie & Ms. Jessica & Ms. Toni’s News Dear Preschool Families: Spring is coming!  We hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable spring break with family and friends.  We will be learning alongside Dr. Seuss this week.  See the attached flyer for activities.  We will start our final STEM Unit Simple Machines […]

What should my child be able to know and do?   Social / Emotional Development We want to inform parents of what we are assessing across the course of 2 years of preschool (these are expectations for children leaving preschool for kindergarten). Here’s a summary of the skills children need to have mastered by the end […]

Dear Spark! Parents / Families, On behalf of our School Accountability Committee and the Design / Leadership Team I am excited to send this survey to measure key components of quality preschool programming at Spark! Discovery Preschool. In order to increase the quality of our preschool programming, we need your input, ideas, and opinions.    […]