Nov 24-25

Dear Sunshine Families, Last week: Family Fun Night was a success, thank you to everyone that helped with the prep work and the clean up. Although I wasn't able to be there I heard it was a fun, festive night. It is so great to be a part of such an awesome preschool community! This week: We only have class Monday and Tuesday this week. The rest of the week we are off for the Thanksgiving holiday. I want to wish everyone a great Thanksgiving; I hope you are able to enjoy time with friends and family. In class we will be making potato turkeys and reading T'was the Night Before Thanksgiving. Bake Sale: The bake sale is this Monday and Tuesday. If you have baked goods to donate bring those to school in the morning. The bake sale will run during school hours and before and after class. Winter Concert: We have begun practicing for our winter concert! This week we will practice in the sanctuary with the other classes. The concert is held in the evening on December 8th. The concert starts at 6:00, but kids need to be dropped off in class at 5:45. You can leave them with us and find a spot to sit upstairs in the sanctuary. We will bring the kids up for the concert and then release them to you after the performance. Mark your calendars because it is a great night! Food Drive: Our annual food drive is under way. This is the last week to get in donations before Thanksgiving but we will also collect for Christmas boxes. We have a blue food box in the hallway that donations can be placed in. The church puts together food boxes to benefit those in our local community. Fundraisers: Fred Meyers gives back to schools! Go to https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4 to register your rewards card and give back to Little Acorn Preschool and Kindergarten. Word Wall: We are continuing with the letter "H" this week. Kids can bring anything starting with the letter "H"! Inclement Weather: If the Vancouver School District is closed or has a two hour later start then we will be closed as well. If we are closed for the day I will send out an email as soon as I know and the preschool phone will have a message stating that we are closed. We also use the Remind system, you can get that info from Katie in the office. Teacher Tasha Dates to remember Nov 24/25 Bake Sale Nov 26-28 No School/ Thanksgiving Break Dec 6 Breakfast With Santa Dec 8 Winter Concert at 6:00 Dec 22-Jan 5th No School/Winter Break Songs Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman Once there was a snowman, Tall, Tall, Tall In the Sun he melted, melted, melted Small, Small, Small I'm a candy cane with stripes of red From my toes up to my head When you see me on you Christmas Tree You can take a lick of me

November 17-21

Dear Sunshine Families, Last week: Thank you for being patient with our school closure last week. Our weather is often unpredictable and we want to make sure everyone is home safe if the streets are icy. We make the decision to close based on the Vancouver School District and the latest weather reports. If you haven't signed up for Remind you can do that with Katie in the preschool office. This week: We have a lot to get done this week! We will be busy working on last week's projects; the kids family houses, log cabins and stories about the people living in their home. We will also start on some really cute turkey projects and make thanksgiving cards for the 'grandmas and grandpas' over at Kindred. We will walk over there Wednesday and Thursday to sing and deliver the holiday cards. Family Fun Night: Family Fun Night is the Friday, November 21st! This is a free family event that includes many different holiday craft tables, cookie decorating and face painting. If anyone is interested on getting some volunteer hours we could use some help running our craft table, we will need help making sure there are enough supplies out and assisting families as they come do the craft. Fundraisers: Our next fundraiser is our annual bake sale. The sale will run during class times on Monday November 24 and Tuesday November 25. We are looking for donations of baked goods to be brought in those days. LAPSK Board Meet and Greet: Our meet and greet was canceled due to the weather; we have another one scheduled in January and we are looking to see if we can fit another one in before then. Winter Concert: we have begun practicing for our winter concert! This is held in the evening on December 8th. The concert starts at 6:00, mark your calendars because it is a great night! Food Drive: Our annual food drive is under way. We have a blue food box in the hallway that donations can be placed in. The church puts together food boxes to benefit those in our local community. Fundraisers: Fred Meyers gives back to schools! Go to https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4 to register your rewards card and give back to Little Acorn Preschool and Kindergarten. Word Wall: We are continuing with the letter "H" this week. Kids can bring anything starting with the letter "H"! Inclement Weather: If the Vancouver School District is closed or has a two hour later start then we will be closed as well. If we are closed for the day I will send out an email as soon as I know and the preschool phone will have a message stating that we are closed. We also use the Remind system, you can get that info from Katie in the office. Teacher Tasha Dates to remember Nov 21 Family Fun Night Nov 24/25 Bake Sale Nov 26-28 No School/ Thanksgiving Break Dec 6 Breakfast With Santa Dec 8 Winter Concert at 6:00 Dec 22-Jan 5th No School/Winter Break Songs Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman Once there was a snowman, Tall, Tall, Tall In the Sun he melted, melted, melted Small, Small, Small I'm a candy cane with stripes of red From my toes up to my head When you see me on you Christmas Tree You can take a lick of me

Nov 10-14

Dear Sunshine Families, Last week: Conferences went great! It was so nice to sit with all you of you and chat about your kids and the fun things we are doing in the Sunshine Class. If we were unable to meet last week let's talk and make a plan for after school in the coming weeks. This week: We don't have class on Tuesday in observance of Veteran's Day. In class we will begin talking about friends and families, the holiday season is a time to celebrate the people we care for so we will be talking about those special people in our lives and why we love them. We will also learn about homes; everyone has one but many are different so we will look at all the different kinds of homes in the world. We will read In a People House and The Little House. LAPSK Board Meet and Greet: This week on Thursday you have the opportunity to stop in the Conrad room (the room by the upstairs drinking fountain) to meet our wonderful preschool board members. This is an opportunity to meet them, learn about what they do and share thoughts and ideas with them. Family Fun Night: The date of our family fun night has been changed to Nov 21st. This is a Friday rather than the Thursday it originally was. Our class is helping with a fun turkey project. We already have help prepping the project, now we are in need of some volunteers to help run the table during the event. This is a free event and so much fun, I hope everyone can make it! Fundraisers: Our next fundraiser is our annual bake sale. The sale will run during class times on Monday November 24 and Tuesday November 25. We are looking for donations of baked goods to be brought in those days. Fred Meyers gives back to schools! Go to https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4 to register your rewards card and give back to Little Acorn Preschool and Kindergarten Word Wall: We are continuing with the letter "G" this week. Kids can bring anything starting with the letter "G"! Inclement Weather: The weather is looking a little iffy this week. I just wanted to remind everyone that if the Vancouver School District is closed or has a two hour later start then we will be closed as well. If we are closed for the day I will send out an email as soon as I know, the preschool phone will have a message stating that we are closed. We also use the Remind system, you can get that info from Katie in the office. Teacher Tasha Songs Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman Once there was a snowman, Tall, Tall, Tall In the Sun he melted, melted, melted Small, Small, Small I'm a candy cane with stripes of red From my toes up to my head When you see me on you Christmas Tree You can take a lick of me Dates to remember Nov 10 Tuition Grace period ends Nov 11 No School-Veteran’s Day Nov 13 Board-Parents Meet and Greet Nov 21 Family Fun Night Nov 24/25 Bake Sale Nov 26-28 No School/ Thanksgiving Break Dec 6 Breakfast With Santa Dec 8 Winter Concert at 6:00 Dec 22-Jan 5th No School/Winter Break

Nov 3-7

Dear Sunshine Families, I am sending out this week's newsletter early because I will be out of town this weekend. I hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween! Don't forget this weekend is daylight savings, set your clocks back an hour and take advantage of the extra time. Last Week: The week was so busy, we worked very hard on assessments. The kids did great and were so excited to work on tracing, cutting and shapes recognition. I am so excited to share all of this and other great work we are doing in class during conferences. Our class parties were great! It was so fun to see everyone dressed up. They had a great time parading through the school. This week: We will finish up our pumpkin print paintings and create spiders! We will also do our marble paint project since we did not get to it last week. Since we only have 3 days in class we will focus on finishing up our October/Fall Units. The following weeks we will start talking about Being Thankful, Friends and Families. Conferences: Conferences are being held this week; I am able to do some after class Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday we will not have class and will spend the day doing conferences. If you haven't had a chance to sign up the sheet is still out in the hall. Friday we will not have class as the church has an event in the church. Family Fun Night: Our fist family fun night is coming up on November 20th. We will host a make and take holiday craft night. This was so much fun last year and a great way to get in the holiday spirit. This is also a great opportunity to get some volunteer hours. We may have some prep work that can be done at home so If you are interested in helping out that way, let me know. They will also be help needed to set up and take down the night of the event. Word Wall: The letter this week is "G". Kids can bring anything starting with the letter "G"! Teacher Tasha Dates to remember Nov 3 Tuition Due Nov 6 Conferences- No School Nov 7 No school Nov 10 Tuition Grace period ends Nov 11 No School-Veteran’s Day Nov 20 Family fun Night Nov 24/25 Bake Sale Nov 26-28 No School/Thanksgiving Break Dec 6 Santa Breakfast Dec 8 Winter Concert Dec 22-Jan 5 Winter Break/No School Tuition Prices 2 Days a week: $190 a month 3 Days a week: $245 a month 4 Days a week: $300 a month 5 Days a week: $355 a month Kindergarten: $405 a month

Oct 20-24

Dear Sunshine Families, Last Week: I hope everyone that made it out the Velvet Acres enjoyed it! We lucked out with the rain; even if we got a little muddy! This was a new farm for us and we'd love to hear feedback from you to help us plan for next year's trip! This week: We will talk about farms and farm animals in class this week. Velvet Acres is a working farm with dairy cows and acres of fresh vegetables. We will talk about what we saw there and create our own red barns with farm animals. We will read Click, Clack, Moo and Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm. Social/emotional: This week we will work one on one with each child doing number and letter assessments, writing practice and cutting practice. We are getting ready or conferences in November. This is a great time for Vanessa and I to work individually with the kids; once assessments are done we will have a better understanding of where the kids are and what things we will focus on for the rest of the year! Halloween Parties: Next week will celebrate the season with class parties Thursday and Friday. We will make mini pizzas for snack; I will have a sign up sheet out for donations of pizza ingredients. Kids are welcome to dress up but please keep weapons at home. We will parade around the school and walk over to Kindred to parade for the 'grandmas and grandpas'! Fundraisers: Little Acorn is a non profit preschool and fundraisers are vital to keep our program strong. we currently have Kiggins Theatre, Usborne book efair, scholastic books, box tops and Scentsy running. The scensty orders need to be turned in the week; 100 percent of sales from scensty will go directly towards the school. We also have a parent photographer that has offering family portraits to the first 4 or 5 families that sign up. Pictures will be $150 for a 30 minute session on 11/8 from 9:00-11:00. Fliers will be in cubbies this week. Trunk Or Treat: Trunk or Treat is this coming Sunday. It is a fun, community event hosted by the church. Little Acorn teachers will be there with a decorated trunk! Fliers were put in cubbies last week. Word Wall: The letter this week is "E". Kids can bring anything starting with the letter "E"! Teacher Tasha

Oct 13-17

Dear Sunshine Families, Last Week: We began our all unit. We went on a nature walk and collected twigs, pinecones and leaves. Check out our facebook page for pictures of the art we created last week with our found fall things. We were unable to complete all the projects I had planned last week so we will continue this week. This week: We will finishing up the leaf prints we started last week. These look so neat and the kids are having a great time painting the leaves and seeing the print the leave on the paper. We will also use clear contact paper to create fall collages to hang on the window. Social/emotional: We have a been really working hard in class on following directions during clean up time and our transition times; such as lining up and walking outside and in the restrooms when we are washing up for snack. We really stress the importance of safety during these times; it is my job to keep everyone safe and it is the kids job to keep themselves and their friends safe. We want to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable at school. We will continue stressing the importance of keeping hands to ourselves, talking to our friends and asking for teachers help if a conflict arises. For many kids this is their first time in a classroom setting, it will take time to settle in and we are working each day to help the kids learn how to share, use their words and get along with each other. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we will have a third teacher joining us from 9:45-11:45 to help support us. Teacher Sabrina has worked as a support in the classrooms for the last couple years and we are excited to have her! It would be helpful if you could have a conversation at home about cleaning up when its clean up time, staying with the group when we are in the hall or outside and being kind to friends at school. Let them know that Vanessa, Sabrina and I are always there to help and support them! Pumpkin Patch: Our first field trip of the year is here! We will not be in class on Thursday and Friday; we will meet at the farm at 9:15 so we can start our trip at 9:30. Field trips require parent transportation and supervision. Fundraisers: Little Acorn is a non profit preschool and fundraisers are vital to keep our program strong. we currently have Kiggins Theatre, Usborne book efair, scholastic books, box tops and Scentsy running. The scensty orders need to be turned in the week; 100 percent of sales from scensty will go directly towards the school. We also have a parent photographer that has offering family portraits to the first 4 or 5 families that sign up. Pictures will be $150 for a 30 minute session on 11/8 from 9:00-11:00. Fliers will be in cubbies this week. Trunk Or Treat: The church is hosting the annual "Trunk or Treat" this year on Sunday October 26th. This is a free community event. Church members will decorate their trunks and pass out treats. Little Acorn teachers will have a trunk decorated as well! More info will be put in cubbies soon! Word Wall: Because this is a short week in class instead of a letter kids can bring in something related to fall. This could be something they have found outside or something they have at home. We will pick up next week with the letter "E". Teacher Tasha

Oct 6-10

Dear Sunshine Families, Last Week: We had a lot of fun learning about the alphabet with Chicka Chicka Boom, Boom. We made chicka chicka trees with the letters o the kids names on them. We also wrote out names and counted the letters in them. As we make our way through the alphabet for word wall we will continue to develop our learning of letters. This week: We will begin talking about Fall! The weather is still warm but signs of fall are everywhere; the mornings are chilly, the leaves are changing colors and falling and the squirrels are busy collecting food. We will collect leaves from around the school and make leaf rubbings. We will also make a fall collage to hang on our classroom windows. We will read Fletcher and The Falling Leaves, Let it Fall and A is for Autumn. Carnival: Carnival was a huge success! Thank you to everyone that came and supported our school and everyone that volunteered to run booths, help set up and clean up. We couldn't have done it without your help! Picture Day: Class pictures are this week! Our scheduled day is Tuesday, for those that Tuesday isn't a normal school day would you be able to come in at 9:30 to get individual pictures done and then we can do one class photos that will include everyone. If this doesn't work for people than I will add Monday as a picture day as well. Picture packets were put in cubbies last week. These will need to be returned by Oct 7th. Pumpkin Patch: Our annual Farm trip is planned for Oct 16 and 17 at 9:30. This year we will be going to The Vancouver Pumpkin Patch at Velvet Acres. The cost is $5 per child and that includes a pumpkin! We will visit farm animal in the petting zoo, play in hay tunnels and take a hay ride out to the patch! If you'd like to pack a picnic lunch we can plan to eat lunch together after we are done at the farm. Please sign up on the sheet posted on the bulletin board to the left of the sign in sheets. We need an idea of how many are attending this fun trip! Work Wall: The letter of the week is 'D'. Kids can bring in items that start with the letter 'D'. These can be toys, objects found around the home or pictures. We will look around our classroom for objects starting with the letter 'D'. Teacher Tasha Tuition Prices 2 Days a week: $190 a month 3 Days a week: $245 a month 4 Days a week: $300 a month 5 Days a week: $355 a month Kindergarten: $405 a month