Sept 30- Oct 4

Dear Sunshine families,     

        This week we will jump into fall! We will begin creating projects to decorate our classroom. We will also talk about fall weather; wind, rain and cool days. we have some art projects to go along with weather.

ASQ's are being sent home this week. This is a developmental assessment tool to gage where every child is at. It helps us determine what area's to focus on in class and as a school. Please work with your child to fill it out and send it back in to me or Maria. In the coming weeks we will also begin doing in class assessments in class and will go over them during conferences in November.

Social/Emotional- I sent the" all about me" book home last week. If you did not recieve one please let me know. As the kids return them we will present them at circle time. Also; we need an individual picture of your child. If you have sent one in, thank you; if not we'd love it if you could get it to us soon.

Art- We will do windy art using a blow dryer and rainy art with spray bottles. We will also make fall leaves for the classroom.

Math/Science- Over the next couple weeks we will chart our weather patterns and count how many days we have rain and how many are windy.

Literacy- This week we will read; Fall, What the Wind Blew In, and

Volunteer Time- Carnival is this Friday!!! We still have many spots to fill for the dino dig. Please take a look at the sign up and see if you can help. We need 2 people for each 30 minute time slot. There are also opportunities to help during the day for set up and after carnival for take down. Sign up are on Maria's door. Carnival bracelets will be on presale until Wednesday for $10; after that they will be $15.

Extras: This year we are tie dying purple shirts for the sunshine class. These shirts can be worn to field trips and when we walk over to kindred. There is a sign up sheet if you are interested a shirt; please mark what size you would like. Samples are posted on the large bulletin board so you can get an see what the sizes look like.. We are asking for $5 a shirt to cover the cost of tie dye materials.

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

This week's songs

ABC song

The weather song

What's the weather? What's the weather?

Do you know? Do you Know?
Do you see the sun out? Is there rain all about?

What's the weather? What's the weather?

 

Dates to Remember:

J Oct 4th Carnival 5:00-7:00

J Oct 11th ASQ's Due back

J Oct 17th and 18th Bizi Farms field trip

J Oct 23rd and 24th Kindred

J Oct 29th Halloween Read in 5:30-7:00

week of Spet 23-27

Dear Sunshine families,     

        Things are starting to get busy around the school! This week is picture week. Our class is scheduled on Monday at 9:30 and Tuesday at 9:35. If your child doesn't attend either of these days feel free to bring them by for individual pictures and we will do a class picture as well.

        Friday is our first fund raiser; Laps or LAPS. Laps for LAPS is a mini-walk/trike/ride-athon, the mini-course will be in the parking lot on the 33rd street side of the building. If the weather is not coopaerative we will set up a course upstairs in Jason Lee Hall, Parents are welcome to participate with children.  Children may walk, ride in a wagon or stroller or ride their own trike or scooter (just remember a helmet) each class will have a 45 minute time frame.  Each lap completed will go toward your pledges.  Our class is scheduled from 6:15-7:00.

ASQ's are being sent home this week. This is a developmental assessment tool to gage where every child is at. It helps us determine what area's to focus on in class and as a school. Please work with your child to fill it out and send it back in to me or Maria. In the coming weeks we will also begin doing in class assessments in class and will go over them during conferences in November.

 

Social/Emotional- The "All About Me" books were not quite ready to go out last week. They will go home this week. These are books that you can work on as a family and send back to school; each child will share their book at circle time. These books will stay in the classroom for the school year; the kids enjoy looking through them throughout the year.

Art- The kids will create their own chicka chicka trees and paint palm trees.

Math/Science- The kids will practice forming letter and numbers out of rolled up playdough. I have large letter and number cards they can use as guides for the fun activity.

Literacy- This week we will read; Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Chicka Chicka 123. We will also play a letter game with the Chicka Chicka tree at circle time.

Volunteer Time- Carnival is coming up! This a great night of family fun, but we need your help to make it a success. There are many volunteer opportunity. Our class is in charge of running the dino dig. We need 2 people for each 30 minute time slot. There are also opportunities to help during the day for set up and after carnival for take down. Sign up are on Maria's door.

Extras: We have some space available on Thursdays and Fridays; if you are thinking about adding a day of preschool these days have very small class sizes. These are also the days we do a lot of our cooking projects, special in class activities and field trips. Let me or Maria know if you are interested in adding a day!

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

This week's songs

ABC song

The more we get together
The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together, together, together
The happier will be!
Your friends are my friends and
My friends are your friends
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, together, together
The happier you’ll be!

       

Dates to Remember:

J Sept 23^rd ASQ’s go home

J 23^rd – 26^th Class Pictures

J Sept 27^th laps 4 LAPS 4:00 – 7:00 pm

J Oct 4th Carnival 5:00-7:00

J Oct 11th ASQ's Due back

J Oct 17th and 18th Bizi Farms field trip

J Oct 23rd and 24th Kindred

J Oct 29th Halloween Read in 5:30-7:00

week of Sept 16-20

Dear Sunshine families,

         This week we will talk all about me! We will weigh and measure each child this week to keep in their portfolio's. We will also make handprints and footprints and create self portraits.

This week is our first trip to Kindred. Kindred is the assisted living facility across 33rd street. We walk across as a school and join the people living there (we call them the Grandma's and Grandpa's) to sing song with them. We leave at 10:15 and it takes about 20 mins.

Social/Emotional- We will be sending "All About Me" books home this week. These are books that you can work on as a family and send back to school; each child will share their book at circle time. These books will stay in the classroom for the school year; the kids enjoy looking through them throughout the year.

Art- Using a mirror to look in the kids will have an opportunity to create self portraits. We will also create handprints and do some finger painting! On Thursday and Friday we will trace and decorate each child's body.

Math/Science- In class this week the kids will help me make a couple new batches of play-dough.

Literacy- This week we will read;

Volunteer Time- Anytime you are looking for volunteer opportunities check Maria's door. She posts current and upcoming volunteer activities and sign ups. We are accepting donations of school supplies in exchange for some of the volunteer time. I will have put 2 lists of supplies that can be donated in exchange for 15 minutes of volunteer time and 30 of volunteer time. If you have any questions let me know :) Thank you in advance for making our school great!

Extras: We have some space available on Thursdays and Fridays; if you are thinking about adding a day of preschool these days have very small class sizes. These are also the days we do a lot of our cooking projects special in class activities and field trips. Let me or Maria know if you are interested in adding a day!

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

This week's songs

The more we get together
The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together, together, together
The happier will be!
Your friends are my friends and
My friends are your friends
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, together, together
The happier you’ll be!

       

Dates to Remember:

J  Sept 18^th Kindred @ 10:15

J  Sept 19^th Kindred @ 10:15 & 2:00

J  Sept 23^rd ASQ’s go home

J  23^rd – 26^th Class Pictures

J  Sept 27^th laps 4 LAPS 4:00 – 7:00 pm

J  Oct 4th Carnival 5:00-7:00

Week of Sept 9-13

Dear Sunshine families,

        We spend last week getting familiar with our schedule and routine, everyone did great! This week we will begin talking about friendship and how to be a good friend. We will do projects in pairs and

Social/Emotional- During table time this week the kids will pair up and do a 'you and me' comparative sheet. Each group will do two so each child can take on home.

Art- We will paint book bags on Monday and Tuesday and begin taking them home Thursday and Friday. We will also make friendship handprints.

Math/Science- On Thursday and Friday we will do our first cooking project of the year. We will be making chocolate chip cookies! We will make the cookie dough in class together and bake it in the kitchen. Each child will get one cookie to eat in class for snack and will take one home to share.

Literacy- This week we will read; Who took the cookie from the cookie jar, When the doorbell rang and Just me and my friend.

Volunteer Time- Each year we ask that families donate 2 hours of their time per child. we have many opportunities available to do this. 1 hour can be done for the classroom and 1 hour for the school. This year we are accepting donations of school supplies in exchange for some of the volunteer time. I will be putting a 2 lists of supplies that can be donated in exchange for 15 minutes of volunteer time and 30 of volunteer time. If you have any questions let me know :) Thank you in advance for making our school great!

        The weather looks nice for the week which means we will be outside for playtime. The bikes will be out; children need to bring a helmet from home in order to ride bikes at school. Also; we cannot apply sun block at school so it's a good idea to do so before class starts.

 

       

                                Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

       

 

 

 

Dates to Remember:

J  Sept  10^th Tuition due @ NOON

J  Sept 18^th Kindred @ 10:15

J  Sept 19^th Kindred @ 10:15 & 2:00

J  Sept 23^rd ASQ’s go home

J  23^rd – 26^th Class Pictures

J  Sept 27^th laps 4 LAPS 4:00 – 7:00 pm

 

June 10-14

Dear Sunshine Families,

Our last week of school is here and I can hardly believe it! We have had a great year together, the kids have grown and developed so much during the year. Katie and I would like to thank everyone for the chance to get to know you and your children; it's been amazing!

 

This week we will complete some projects we weren't able to fit in last week including the upside down painting. We will also do shaving cream on the tables and fill the sensory table with soapy water to wash the toys. Playdough will be available as well as cutting and coloring sheets.

 

On Monday and Tuesday the kids will help mix up Jell-O for snack and on Thursday and Friday we will have an ice cream sundae party!

 

Next Monday, June 17th is our Dizzy Castle field trip. Katie will meet everyone there at 9:30. I will be a few minutes late; my daughter has an appt. This will be a fun way for the kids to finish out the year together. If you haven't signed up but do want to join us please let me know.

 

Tuesday, June 18th is the All School Picnic at Felida Park. We will grill hotdogs, play on the playground and say our goodbyes. Kids can bring bikes or other things to play with in the fields.

 

We have some busy and fun days ahead! I look forward to our time together!

 

Tasha

 

Dates to Remember

June 13-14     Last days in the Sunshine Class

June 17         Dizzy Castle-9:30

June 18       Felida Park- 10:30-12:30