Category: Technology

We are off to a great start to the school year! The students are getting used tothe schedule and routines, and seem to be enjoying preschool. Hopefully you arehearing good things at home! We have started our social-emotional curriculum,PATHS, and students loved meeting the puppets we will be using throughout theyear to teach the lessons […]

How do you inspire creativity at home with your preschooler?  Here are some ideas from The Whole You:  A Guide to Life Creativity USE YOUR SENSES: Pick a place you and your child find interesting.  It could be a busy street corner, a park bench, a view of a snowy yard, etc.  Spend 10 minutes […]

Spark! Discovery Preschool hosts a School Accountability Committee, and the primary purpose is to monitor and support the development of children. The team is guided by St. Vrain Valley Schools Board of Education policies, includes a diverse membership: ·      Jaslyn Dobrahner, Parent Representative ·      Diane Duneske, Parent Representative ·      Paige Gordon, Administration ·      Ray Johnson, […]

Spark! Discovery Preschool, a St. Vrain Valley School District preschool-only facility, serves families from Centennial, Frederick, Legacy, and Prairie Ridge Elementary schools. We offer safe, nurturing, and comprehensive preschool programming while integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). TOUR DATES so far with the principal, Paige Gordon: Mon, Dec. 4, 2017 from 8:30 – 9:30 amThurs, Dec. […]

Individual classrooms will be hosting classroom parties on Thursday and Friday, December 14 – 15, 2017, using the schedule below.  Each class will conduct their own celebration – contact the teacher for more details.  Date Time Classes Thursday, Dec. 14 10:30 – 11:10 am   Mon – Thurs AM class Tues / Thurs AM class […]

Spark! Discovery Preschool hosts a School Accountability Committee, and the primary purpose is to monitor and support the development of children. The team is guided by St. Vrain Valley Schools Board of Education policies, includes a diverse membership: ·       Jaslyn Dobrahner, Parent Representative ·       Diane Duneske, Parent Representative ·       Paige Gordon, Administration ·       Ray Johnson, […]

We want to inform parents of what we are assessing across the course of 2 years of preschool (these are expectations for typically developing children leaving preschool for kindergarten). Here’s a summary of the skills children need to have mastered by the end of preschool in Language.  Sharing these expectations with parents, a child’s first […]

Classroom Notes:Last week in preschool we focused on recognizing and writing names.  Twiggle taught us about the feelings of happy and sad.  Then Twiggle told us about the day he became friends with Henrietta, Duke, and Daphne.  That is when he learned the three important things friends do:  friends play, friends help, and friends share.  […]

Ms. Nicky’s News We are off to a great start to the school year!  The students are getting used to the schedule and routines, and seem to be enjoying preschool.   Hopefully you are hearing good things at home!  We have started our social-emotional curriculum, PATHS, and students loved meeting the puppets we will be using […]

  Ms. Amy, Ms. Hilary & Ms. Sam’s Monthly News          Happy Spring!! It was so nice having a warm end to winter. The kids loved being able to be outside on those very warm days, without their jackets. We are sending out our newsletter before Spring Break so that we can prepare you for […]