Inclement Weather Information for Spark Families

We would like to share important inclement weather information so that your family can be prepared in the event severe weather, such as a snow-day, results in the closure or delay of our school.  School Cancelation at Spark! Discovery Preschool: When forecasts are definitive, the school district will close or delay school with as much […]

Spark! Discovery Preschool Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO)—Grant Recipients

Ever wonder where the PTO funds go that were raised during our fall fundraiser?  Here’s one project those funds support, totaling about $1350. Thank you to our PTO for their support for these great projects and ideas! ·      Alyssa Rehder:  Ms. Alyssa, preschool teacher, wrote a grant for $150 called “Listen to Me Read” to […]

School Accountability Committee Update for December 2017

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, […]

Positive Behavior/Intervention Supports – STARPOWER December 2017

Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports: S.T.A.R. stands for… WE… S = Stay SAFE T = Use TEAMWORK A = ACT responsibly  R = RESPECT self and others Our Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports (PBIS) aims to recognize and reward children who are showing S.T.A.R. behaviors. In December, we are hosting a dance party for classes earning the positive behavior reward! 

What should my child be able to know & do? Language Development Edition

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 […]

Ms. Kiersten’s class update 11-15-17

What an exciting week we’ve had!  We started off the week reading Humpty Dumpty by Daniel Kirk.  We liked this story, maybe because so many of us like to climb but dislike getting hurt.  We all agreed that Humpty needed a way to stay safe while climbing.  So we talked about things we do to […]

Ms. Marie’s update 11-1-17

Ms. Marie’s November 2017 Newsletter      October 31, 2017 By Marie Bloch Ms. Marie & Ms. Julie’s Monthly News Dear Preschool Families: It was a delight to see some of you and your children at Trick-or-Treat Street!  November is here and we are in the middle of our Nursery Rhyme STEM unit.  In the nursery rhyme, […]

Ms. Nicky’s update 11-13-17

Hi Families! Can you believe that it’s almost Thanksgiving break?!  I just wanted to send a few reminders about things we have going on at Spark! this week.  The Canned Food Drive runs until the end of this week.  Thank you to all of the families who have donated!  We really appreciate it!   We also have […]

Ms. Amy’s update 11-12-17

Dear Parents, This week will be our final week of our STEM unit on Robots.  We will be wrapping up the unit with a STEM project where students build a robot to help our classroom.  If you have some smaller size boxes please continue to send them in.  We will also read the story, Bear Says […]

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 […]