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STEM: It’s hard to believe 2015 is almost over! The students have really been enjoying our STEM unit of study on Pets. So far, we have explored what a pet is, what is involved in caring for a pet, and who takes care of pets. When we discussed goldfish, students had the opportunity to use prototyping […]
December’s Learning: This month our focus was on the letters Dd, Pp, and Bb. Our math focus was numbers 1-5 and number operations including sets, how many, and more/less. When we return from break we will be finishing up our STEM unit Pets. Winter Break:December 18-January 1, and School Resumes: January 4, 2016 Curriculum Focus: After […]
News: We have had a wonderful October learning about Fall and health/exercise. Miss Denise will be bringing in some gymnastic equipment next week to help us learn and practice different types of exercise. We focused on the letters U, C, O, and Q in the month of October. You can help your student at home by discussing the sounds […]
Hi Families! We have had such a great time with our unit on our bodies, health, exercise, and nutrition. Hopefully, your child has come home and shared some of the information they learned with you! This is my favorite unit to do because there are so many fun hands-on activities to help them learn. Our […]
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 had a fun month with a lot of learning […]
Hello Preschool Parents! We are off to a great start to the school year! We are going to be spending some time learning about all of the fun and interesting things we have in our classroom and also in our school before moving on to our first unit of study, which will be Roads and […]
What should my child be able to know & do? Language Development 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 […]
We define cooperation with early learners as, “I work with others, as a team, and I am willing to lead or follow as needed.” As we think about preschool as a way to prepare early learners for the K-12 experience, we plan and implment purposeful cooperative learning experiences. We want students to be prepared […]
We had a busy November!This month we focused on the letters Gg, Ss, and Jj. We also have been working on writing numbers 1-3 and counting groups of items from 1-3. We have wrapped up our unit on Health and Exercise. Our next unit of focus will be Pets. We will be focusing on concepts […]
We offer many tours for parents who are interested in enrolling their child at Spark! Discovery Preschool during the months of December and January. With registration beginning on Monday, January 4th, and continuing in through the spring, we’d like to invite you to one of the following tours with Paige Gordon, Administrator: Wednesday, Dec 2, […]
