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 […]

Ms. Marie’s update 9-22-17

Dear Preschool Families,                                                        I hope you and your children enjoy the fall weather this weekend!  I wanted to remind you of a few things that will be happening […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 9-15-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying the beautiful weather. Thank you to the families who were able to make it to the McDonald’s Fundraiser as well as the Miner’s Day Festivities. It was great seeing you there and we hope that you had fun. A Week in Review: We talked about the […]

Ms. Marie’s update 9-13-17

Ms. Marie and Ms. Julie’s September 13th 2017 Update:   Dear Preschool Families, This is a reminder that tomorrow, September 14th is Pajama Day.  This is a PTO fundraiser.  If you would like your child to participate, then please send them to school in their pajamas.  A $1.00 donation per child is requested, but not required. Also, […]

Ms. Kiersten’s class update 9-11-17

Classroom Notes:While last week was a short one, it was definitely a fun one.  We explored the many great learning activities in the Makerspace, including creating ramps and seeing how balls roll on the magnet wall.  We also celebrated our STARpower at the parachute party.  In the midst of all the fun we learned about […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 9-10-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying the beautiful weather. A Week in Review: We started our Pets Unit. We talked about different types of pets. We looked at the pictures that were sent in of our pets. We talked about what animals would be good as pets and which ones would […]

Ms. Amy’s update 9-15-17

Dear Parents, We are now one month into the school year and Miss Sarah and I have enjoyed getting to know both you and your children!  We are now on our first STEM unit which is Health and Exercise.  This past week we have focused on Doctors and dental care.  Next week we will be focusing […]

Ms. Marie’s update 9-1-17

Ms. Marie’s September 2017 Newsletter Dear Preschool Families: We began our school year meeting new friends and learning about our classroom activities, routines and expectations.  In addition, our pre-academics focused on our names, the letters of the alphabet, the color yellow, counting correspondingly and more.  We practiced pre-writing with Mat Man. Some new friends joined […]

Ms. Kiersten’s class update 9-5-17

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 Tori’s Update 9-4-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying the beautiful weather and the long weekend. A Week in Review: We explored Makerspace this week. We tinkered with and created toys in there. We worked through the Design Process with our Mat Man Challenge. We created empathy by reading Mat-Man and looking at different […]

Ms. Nicky’s Update 9-1-17

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. Jess’s Update 9-1-17

Hi! We have had a wonderful start to the school year. Today in your folders you will find the newsletter/calendar for September among several other important papers. In the future newsletters and calendars will be sent via email. Please let me know that you were able to open the attachments today, as this will be […]

Ms. Nicky’s update 8-28-17

I hope you have all enjoyed your hot summer weekend!  We are off to a great start to the school year.  It has been so nice to see everyone’s smiling faces each day as they come into class.  I just wanted to remind everyone to please check your child’s Thursday folder.  There is paperwork in there that […]

Ms. Tori’s update 8-28-17

Hello Preschool Families!!     We hope that you are enjoying the beautiful weather. We had a wonderful first week getting to know your students.   A Week in Review: We explored the different areas in our classroom as well as in our building. We learned about how we can use our STAR power in […]

Ms. Kiersten’s class update 8-28-17

Classroom update: What a great week we had in preschool!  We decorated with glitter, learned how to play in the different centers, and used paint to discover a secret message written in crayon (our names).  We also met Twiggle the Turtle and Henrietta Hedgehog who will be teaching us about feelings and friends.  Students also […]