Ms. Kiersten’s class update 11-6-17

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 […]

Ms. Piper’s update 10-31-17

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 […]

Ms. Piper’s Update 10-18-17

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 […]

Ms. Piper’s Update 10-9-17

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, […]

Ms. Tori’s update 11-5-17

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 […]

Ms. Amy’s update 11-5-17

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 […]

Ms. Tori’s update 11-12-17

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’s update 10-30-17

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 […]

Ms. Amy’s Update 10-30-17

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 […]

Ms. Jess’s Update 10-30-17

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 […]

Ms. Amy’s update 10-23-17

Hi Parents, This week we begin our robotics unit.  We have some new and neat manipulatives, puzzles and books in the room and are making the dramatic play area into a robot workshop.   Today, the Monday classes went to Makerspace, where we create and play with different toys and materials.  Friday is our Trick or Treat Street at […]

Ms. Tori’s update 10-17-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your long weekend. A Week in Review:     We creating our pet carriers as well as tested them. After we tested our carriers, some of us went back to the drawing board to improve our ideas.   We had a great time learning about fire safety with the […]

Ms. Marie’s update 10-15-17

Dear Preschool Families,                                                                                    Last week, your children showed their curiosity as they quietly listened to the firefighters from the Frederick Fire Department give a presentation about fire safety.  They also got the opportunity to sit on a (parked) school bus and learn ways to be safe in and around these large vehicles.  We will […]

Ms. Kiersten’s class update 10-9-17

Hello Families, The weather has changed just in time for our 2 week unit on autumn.  In the classroom we will talk about how the weather changes, the differences we see in the outside world, and how animals behave in fall.  Then we will be going outside to see these changes in person.  Please be sure […]

Ms. Jess’s Update 10-1-17

NewsWhat a great September we have had! We have started our first STEM unit on Nursery Rhymes and the kids are loving it! Some of our favorites include Itsy Bitsy Spider, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. We are finishing our unit with Humpty Dumpty and Muffin Man. As a culminating activity […]

Ms. Nicky’s Update 10-1-17

Happy Fall! It has been a busy month for us. We have started working on letteridentification, formation, and the sounds that letters make. We have also talkedabout numbers, and have been working a lot on counting objects and numbersense-having a sense of what numbers really mean. We are well into our STEM uniton Transportation. We […]

Ms. Tori’s update 10-10-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your weekend. I wanted to thank everyone for attending Parent-Teacher Conferences this week. It was great getting to meet and talk with you about your child. I have also attached the snack calendar for October. A Week in Review: ·      We started working on our design challenge. […]

Ms. Amy’s update 10-9-17

Goodmorning Parents, Hope you had a lovey weekend and enjoyed our beautiful Colorado weather.   First,  thank-you for attending conferences.  There are some parents who we are scheduling phone or after school conferences.  E-mail is the best way to reach me at school.   We have a very full week ahead.  The children completed the Health […]

Ms. Piper’s Update 9-27-17

Ms. Piper’s Class Newsletter 9-27-16   Hello, preschool families! We hope this message finds you well. This is the classroom update for the month of September. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at conferences next week!   What We’re Learning From Sep. 5-Oct. 12, our STEM Unit is Pets. The children have enjoyed telling about […]

Ms. Tori’s update 10-2-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your weekend. Don’t forget that Parent-Teacher Conferences start on Monday, October 2nd. I excited to meet with you. A Week in Review:    We talked about how our pets can help us. They can help us to feel calmer and help in emergencies.    We talked about the […]

Ms. Kiersten’s class update 9-26-17

Our room has been buzzing (and vrooming!) with activity these last two weeks as we’ve explored air and water transportation.  Students played pilot in our own mini airplane complete with in-flight magazines, tiny windows, and a flight attendant bringing snack.  Last week we learned about boats and then tried to build our own out of […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 9-22-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your weekend with the new fall weather. Thank you to the families who were able to make it to the Family Fun Night. A Week in Review: We talked about how to care of our pets and what they need. We helped Ms. Tori and Ms. Shilah […]

Ms. Nicky’s Update 9-25-17

Hi, Families! I just wanted to send out a few reminders for our upcoming week.   Tuesday is Picture Day.   Order forms were sent home in Thursday folders, but if you need another one, you can stop by the office and pick one up. On Wednesday, we get to go to the library again.  Please send your child’s library […]