May 26-30

Dear Sunshine Families This week we will take our bus field trip on Thursday and Friday. We will board the bus in front of school on 33rd street. The route takes us down 33rd, south on Grand Blvd, along the riverfront and up Columbia Blvd. we are dropped off right where we started. We will not exit the bus at any point during our trip. If any parents are interested in joining us I would love to have at least one volunteer for each day. Also, if you child doesn't attend on these days you are welcome to join us for the bus trip and snack afterwards. We will board the bus at 10:12 both days. The letter for this week is 'B' for Bus! Art: This week we will catch up on some projects we haven't finished and begin on a classroom canvas that will be hung in the room. Math/Science: Our math and science family fun night is this Friday, May 30th, from 5:30-7:00. We will be playing a life size board game, will test sink or float items, making volcanoes and flying paper airplanes. We will make and eat root beer floats! It is going to be a great night; we are also inviting any preschool age friends you have that might want to check out our school! This is our last family night of the year! I hope everyone will drop in for the fun!! Literacy: This week we will read The Wheels on The Bus and Extras: Playground cleanup is June 7th!!! We will be repainting the playhouse, bridge and toybox. This is a great way to complete volunteer hours. Bring your garden gloves, shovels and rakes and help us spread new gravel, pull weeds and clean up the play structures and house! As the weather gets nicer bikes will be out more often! It can be hard to know if they will be set out until we get to school and determine the weather, but if it looks like dry weather they should be out! Helmets can be brought everyday or left at school if you choose. If you are on Facebook or even if you aren't make sure you check out our Little Acorn page. We keep up to date information regarding events and things happening in the classrooms! Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Acorn-Preschool-and-Kindergarten/111773625573378 Summer camp registration is in full swing. We are offering 2 weeks of camp this year. Camp runs from 9:00-12:00. Each week there will be 2 options, the first week the themes offered are Dinosaurs or Disney and the second week themes are Princess and Pirates or Lego's. Each week will include outside water play (weather permitting), fun snacks and a camp keepsake! Registration form can be found by the sign in sheet and upstairs in the office. Volunteer Hours: -Make die cuts in the office -Laminate in the office -Wash classroom chairs -Take dress-up clothes home to wash -Take stuffed animals home to wash -Playground cleanup Important Dates May 30th Family Fun Night June 1 Tuition Due June 7 Playground cleanup day June 10th Tution Grace period ends at Noon June 19th All school Picnic-Last day of School Teacher Tasha

May 19-23

Dear Sunshine Families The kids had so much fun with transportation that we will continue with it this week. After painting with our cars they are in need of a wash, so we will set up a car wash station. We will also make a couple parking garages to park our vehicles. Summer camp registration is in full swing. We are offering 2 weeks of camp this year. Camp runs from 9:00-12:00. Each week there will be 2 options, the first week the themes offered are Dinosaurs or Disney and the second week themes are Princess and Pirates or Lego's. Each week will include outside water play (weather permitting), fun snacks and a camp keepsake! Registration form can be found by the sign in sheet and upstairs in the office. The letter for this week is 'C' for Car! We are trying to plan a bus trip for next week; I will let you know more when we have worked out the details:) Art: We will make cars and tell stories about where the passengers are going and we will also decorate sailboats to float on the river on the bulletin board Math/Science: The kids have been excited to watch their corn and beans grow. We will send the corn home this week and the beans we will keep for another week to continue our observation and documentation of their growth. Our math and science family fun night is coming up next Friday, May 30th, from 5:30-7:00. We will be playing a life size board game, will test sink or float items, making volcanoes and flying paper airplanes. We will make and eat root beer floats! It is going to be a great night; we are also inviting any preschool age friends you have that might want to check out our school! Literacy: This week we will read My Truck is Stuck and Sheep in a Jeep. Extras: Playground cleanup is June 7th!!! We will be repainting the playhouse, bridge and toybox. This is a great way to complete volunteer hours. Bring your garden gloves, shovels and rakes and help us spread new gravel, pull weeds and clean up the play structures and house! As the weather gets nicer bikes will be out more often! It can be hard to know if they will be set out until we get to school and determine the weather, but if it looks like dry weather they should be out! Helmets can be brought everyday or left at school if you choose. If you are on Facebook or ever if you aren't make sure you check out our Little Acorn page. We keep up to date information regarding events and things happening in the classrooms! Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Little-Acorn-Preschool-and-Kindergarten/111773625573378 Volunteer Hours: -Make die cuts in the office -Playground cleanup Important Dates May 26th Memorial Day-No School May 30th Family Fun Night June 1 Tuition Due June 7 Playground cleanup day June 10th Tution Grace period ends at Noon June 19th All school Picnic-Last day of School Teacher Tasha

May 12-16

Dear Sunshine Families I want to let everyone know that Katie will not be in our classroom for the rest of the school year. But don't worry she won't be far; she has been hired as the new director of Little Acorn! Beginning this week she will be working in the office but I am sure she will pop down to visit us from time to time! Teacher Sabrina and board member, Shanda will be helping out for the rest of the year. Summer camp registration is in full swing. We are offering 2 weeks of camp this year. Camp runs from 9:00-12:00. Each week there will be 2 options, the first week the themes offered are Dinosaurs or Disney and the second week themes are Princess and Pirates or Lego's. Each week will include outside water play (weather permitting), fun snacks and a camp keepsake! Registration form can be found by the sign in sheet and upstairs in the office. This week we will start our unit on transportation; Trucks, cars, plans and trains! The letter for this week is 'T' for Truck! Art: We will drive cars and trucks through paint and around on paper, we will also drive tractors through puff paint. The kids can make a collage with construction vehicles and we will make a bus out of egg cartons. Math/Science: We will make transportation patterns and continue with our planting unit from last week. The kids make drawings of their seeds and as their beans sprout will document that as well. Literacy: This week we will read Truck! and The Magic School Bus Extras: Playground cleanup is June 7th!!! We will be repainting the playhouse, bridge and toybox. This is a great way to complete volunteer hours. Bring your garden gloves, shovels and rakes and help us spread new gravel, pull weeds and clean up the play structures and house! As the weather gets nicer bikes will be out more often! It can be hard to know if they will be set out until we get to school and determine the weather, but if it looks like dry weather they should be out! Helmets can be brought everyday or left at school if you choose. If you are on Facebook make sure you check out our Little Acorn page. We keep up to date information regarding events and things happening in the classrooms! Important Dates May 9 Tuition Grace period ends at Noon May 26th Memorial Day-No School May 30th Family Fun Night June 1 Tuition Due June 7 Playground cleanup day June 10th Tution Grace period ends at Noon June 19th All school Picnic-Last day of School Teacher Tasha

May 5-9

Dear Sunshine Families Summer camp registration is in full swing. We are offering 2 weeks of camp this year. Camp runs from 9:00-12:00. Each week there will be 2 options, the first week the themes offered are Dinosaurs or Disney and the second week themes are Princess and Pirates or Lego's. Each week will include outside water play (weather permitting), fun snacks and a camp keepsake! This week we will begin planting! We will plant corn in a bag, peas and green beans and sunflowers. We have been talking about what plants need to grow; water, sun, and soil. The letter for this week is 'P' for plants!. Art: Handprint flowers, water color gardens and flower prints Math/Science: As we plant our seeds and watch them grow we will work on creating documentation. The kids will have the opportunity to draw the progress of their plants as they sprout and grow. Literacy: This week we will revisit a story we read in the fall, Pumpkin Jack is a great story about the life cycle of plants. We will also read Grow, Sunflower. Extras: Playground cleanup is June 7th!!! We will be repainting the playhouse, bridge and toybox. This is a great way to complete volunteer hours. Bring your garden gloves, shovels and rakes and help us spread new gravel, pull weeds and clean up the play structures and house! As the weather gets nicer bikes will be out more often! It can be hard to know if they will be set out until we get to school and determine the weather, but if it looks like dry weather they should be out! Helmets can be brought everyday or left at school if you choose. Our in class assessments are almost finished! These will be sent home at the end of next week. We don't have conferences scheduled but if you have any questions about report cards please let me know! Important Dates May 9 Tuition Grace period ends at Noon May 26th Memorial Day-No School June 1 Tuition Due June 7 Playground cleanup day June 10th Tution Grace period ends at Noon June 19th All school Picnic-Last day of School Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

April 28-May 2

Dear Sunshine Families Last week we started talking about bugs, this week we will continue with bugs and begin talking about gardens and the things people plant in their gardens. Next week we will begin planting flowers and vegetables in class. Donations of peat pots and potting soil are greatly appreciated! The letter for this week is 'I' for insect!. We will get creative to make letter I out of paper scraps. Art: We will make and label the parts of a flower and paint geometric butterflies. We will also make flower prints with mums and daisies! Math/Science: Izzy Inchworm books, The kids will plant corn in a bag. Literacy: This week we will read A Garden for Miss Mouse and Planting a Rainbow. The kids will work on a mini book about plants. Extras: Last week I had playground cleanup day written on May 17, the actual day for playground cleanup is June 7th. This is a great way to complete volunteer hours. Bring your garden gloves, shovels and rakes and help us spread new gravel, pull weeds and clean up the play structures and house! Important Dates May 1 Tuition Due May 9 Tuition Grace period ends at Noon May 26th Memorial Day-No School June 1 Tuition Due June 7 Playground cleanup day June 10th Tution Grace period ends at Noon June 19th All school Picnic-Last day of School Wish List • Scotch tape • Baby wipes Thank you all for sharing your kids with us and for helping make our classroom so great! We appreciate you all:) Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

April 21-25

Dear Sunshine Families Last week was so much fun with all our great guests, yummy snacks and fun projects! This week will be back to our normal schedule and we will spend more time working on our spring assessments. The pancake breakfast was great! It was awesome to see everyone enjoying breakfast and chat while checking out the art show. The auction was a great success also! Thank you everyone for your donations!!! If you put a bid in on any items you can stop by the preschool office anytime this week to check if you won and to pick up your items. Caroline will be in the office the rest of the year. This week we will begin talking about Bugs! Spring is the time of year when bugs are out and about doing their thing. We will talk about what bugs do and why they are helpful to us. The letter for this week is 'B' for bug!. We will practice making letter 'B' in shaving cream and stamp with letter 'B'. Art: We will make paper plate lady bugs, coffee filter butterflies and busy bees. Math/Science: Bug patterns Literacy: This week we will read The Very Grouchy Lady Bug and The Very Busy Spider. Important Dates April 23 & 24th Kindred 10:15 May 1 Tuition Due May 9 Tuition Grace period ends at Noon May 17 Tentative Playground Clean up Day May 26th Memorial Day-No School June 1 Tuition Due June 10th Tution Grace period ends at Noon June 19th All school Picnic-Last day of School Wish List • Scotch tape • Baby wipes Thank you all for sharing your kids with us and for helping make our classroom so great! We appreciate you all:) Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie

April 14-18

Dear Sunshine Families Welcome back. I hope everyone had a great spring break and were able to enjoy the sunny weather! This week is a busy one. It is The Week of The Young Child; a week were we celebrate the children in our lives. We will have fun visitors, yummy snacks and spirit days all week. Here's a list of all the events planned for the week Monday – No Guest(ease into the week) Super Hero Day Oreos & Milk Tuesday – Jabba the Dog & Mark Silly Sock Day Chicken Nuggets Wednesday – Officer Johnson Class Color Day Mac-n-Cheese Thursday – Concrete Truck Day Silly Hat Day Hot Dogs Friday - TBA Wild & Crazy Hair Day Cheese Pizza We will also begin our spring assessments this week. We will practice letter and number recognition, explore shapes and colors b and make patterns. Report cards will go home May 15th. The letter for this week is 'S'. We will practice making letter 'S' in shaving cream! Art: We will stamp with letter 'S', finger paint S and finish our art show pieces. Literacy: This week we will read City Mouse and Country Mouse and Ain't Gonna Paint No More Extras: Next Saturday, April 19th is our Family Pancake Breakfast and Art Show. Come enjoy a breakfast made by your teachers and enjoy some awesome art pieces creates by your kids! There is a signup sheet so we can get an idea of how many will be attending. Important Dates April 14th – 18th Week of the Young Child April 14th – 19th Book Fair April 19th Family Breakfast & Art Show April 24th Kindred 10:15 Wish List • Ream of white printer paper • fine point crayola markers • Scotch tape • Baby wipes Thank you all for sharing your kids with us and for helping make our classroom so great! We appreciate you all:) Teacher Tasha and Teacher Katie