Author: ford_aaron

Hello Families, I can’t believe November is here already!  October went by in a blur with visits from the fire department, the school bus, building a new vehicle for traveling, fall explorations and then Halloween.  I hope you all got a chance to view your child’s group creation for the Transportation design challenge while they […]

Hello Preschool Parents, We hope you are all having a wonderful Halloween! We can’t wait to hear the kids’ trick-or-treating stories tomorrow. Tomorrow, we will be going to the Spark library. Children whose parents have given permission for them to check out books will be coming home with library books tomorrow. These are due back the […]

Hello, Preschool parents!  Over the last two weeks, our class participated in the Design Challenge Process. Design Challenges are open-ended, creative projects where students work together to solve a real-world problem. In this case, we read a book called A Home for Dixie, then challenged the children to create some kind of carrier that would help us […]

Hello Preschool Parents, Tomorrow afternoon, we will be having hearing and vision screenings here at Spark. All children are screened, and there will be information about it in your child’s Thursday folder this week. Additionally, we will be attending a Fire Prevention Presentation here at the school. Firefighters will talk to the children about fire safety, […]

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying the nice fall weather and the extra hour of sleep that we received.  A Week in Review:     We have been learning about the season of winter. As we were walking to the playground, we talked about the birds that were already flying south as well as […]

Greetings, Last week the children enjoyed the obstacle course, which is a party they earned for all their wonderful, positive behavior.  We will continue to talk about robots this week.  In class, we will be playing a shape memory game and send the book home with children to read and practice shapes with you.  We […]

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your weekend. A Week in Review:  We have been learning about the seasons of spring and summer. We talked about our favorite activities to do in the spring and summer. We read books about what animals, plants and people do in the spring and summer time. […]

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Sydney’s News Thank you to all of you who attended conferences!  I appreciate that you took time out of your busy day to talk with me about your child’s progress.  It was nice to have the opportunity to get to know everyone a little better! We have started our STEM Unit […]

Hi Parents, I hope you are all having a wonderful relaxing weekend and enjoying the beautiful fall weather.  It was wonderful seeing many of you and your children At the Trick or Treat Street Friday night.  There were some amazing costumes! We continue to talk about robots this week and are focusing taking machines apart in the classroom […]

October has flown by and winter will soon be upon us. We try to go outside every day when the temperature is warm enough. As the weather gets colder please send a warm coat, hats, gloves, and snow boots daily. This month we have learned the letters T, I, U, C, and O. We are continuing our […]