Week of April 25, 2022

HAPPY EASTER!

Our Easter Hats were AMAZING!!!!

Parading in the BIG SCHOOL and outside for our families was so much fun!!

SO ADORABLE!!!

We loved making our bunnies and cutting our grassy patches too!!!

Springtime on our playground is just awesome!!

LOOK!!!!  MORE SIGNS OF SPRING!!

Hope you loved looking at our baby chicks as much as we loved making them!!

Did you hear about our special guest?!?!  

My "Little Girl," Katie, (18 and not so little anymore...) spent the day with us on Wednesday!!!  I'm not sure who had more fun, my little one or yours?!?!?!

My favorite line of the day... "You're pretty tall for a kid, almost as big as an adult." lol

Weekly Recap:   Our Easter Hat Parade and Egg Hunt were SO MUCH FUN!!!  I am so IMPRESSED with how creative all of our PreK families are!!  Your masterpieces were pretty incredible!  WELL DONE EVERYONE!!

A Sneak Peek at Our Upcoming Week:  We will be celebrating Earth Day as well as kicking off our Life Cycle STEAM Unit. We will also be looking UP to the sky for our last two forms of transportation this week.  We will be learning letter Uu with a focus on a very special magical creature!!  

School Trip Updates:  Please refer to the email and notice that went out for important updates and information.  Also, if you have not done so already,  please RSVP as soon as possible so we can plan accordingly.

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week: Letter Uu

Number of the Month: 8

Color of the Month:  Purple

Shape of the Month:  Rectangle

April STEAM Units:  Transportation and  Life Cycle

Themes for the Month:  Counting, Graphing, Name Writing, Scissor Skills, Opposites, Rhyming, Signs of SPRING, Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales, Earth Day 

Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace Before Meals, Praying for someone you care about, Easter, Lent, Good Deeds, "God made the Earth," Protecting God's Creatures, and "Taking Care of Our World"

Show & Tell:  Friday, April 29th - Free Choice Week!  Please bring in one item to show and tell our friends about.

Dates to Remember:

April 25th:  School Reopens

April 29th:  Tag Day - Favorite Character Day

May 18th:  PreK-3, PreK-4 and Kindergarten Combined Class Trip: Please RSVP ASAP THANKS!

May 27th:  NOON DISMISSAL- Memorial Day Weekend - NO AFTER SCHOOL CARE

May 30th:  NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day

June 13th:  PreK-3 Graduation 10:00am (details to follow)

Hope U have a unique week, I know we will!

Paula Dobres

Week of April 11, 2022

Happy Birthday to our sweet friend!!

We are rhyming and scissor wizards!!!

T is for Tiger!

Cutting ovals was a little tricky but will look so cool on our Easter craft this week!

Hooray for OUTSIDE PLAY!!!!

"t" is for tree!  Ask your little arborist to tell you all about trees!!

(Notice any patterns?!?!)

Sponge painting continues to be one of our favorite painting techniques!!

Tt is for TRAINS!!!

Ask your little engineer to tell you all about them!

When the weather doesn't cooperate... it's time for some YOGA !!!

Tt is also for TRUCKS!!!  Ask your little truck driver all about them!

We have the cutest little PreK Munchkins in our class!!!!

School is SOOOO COOOOOOL!!!!

Weekly Recap:   Letter Tt was terrific to learn this week!  We learned about Tigers, tress, trucks and trains as well as rectangles and number 8!! 

A Sneak Peek at Our Upcoming Week:  We will be reviewing our letters as well as working on some of our April Themes this week.  We will also be working on some Easter activities and HAVING OUR EASTER HAT PARADE!!!! 

Easter Hat Parade - April 11th at 11:15am:  Please see the notice that will be came home in your child's folder  for more details. ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND this outdoor celebration!  (Please let me know ahead of time if you will be bringing your all day student home with you after the parade.)

School Trip Updates:  Please refer to the email and notice that went out on Friday for important updates and information.  Also please RSVP as soon as possible so we can plan accordingly.  

This Week's Focus will be on:

Letter of the Week: Letter Review Week

Number of the Month: 8

Color of the Month:  Purple

Shape of the Month:  Rectangle

April STEAM Units:  Transportation and  Life Cycle

Themes for the Month:  Counting, Graphing, Name Writing, Scissor Skills, Opposites, Rhyming, Signs of SPRING, Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales, Earth Day 

Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace Before Meals, Praying for someone you care about, Easter, Lent, Good Deeds, "God made the Earth," Protecting God's Creatures, and "Taking Care of Our World"

Show & Tell:  No Show and Tell this week due to shortened week

Dates to Remember:

April 11th:  11:15 Easter Hat Parade (Please see notice that came home)

April 14th:  Noon Dismissal- No After Care

April 15th- April 22nd:  No School - Easter Break

April 25th:  School Reopens

April 29th:  Tag Day - Favorite Character Day

May 18th:  PreK-3, PreK-4 and Kindergarten Combined Class Trip: Please RSVP ASAP THANKS!

May 27th:  NOON DISMISSAL- Memorial Day Weekend - NO AFTER SCHOOL CARE

May 30th:  NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day

NEW DATE:  June 13th:  PreK-3 Graduation 10:00am (details to follow)

See you at the PARADE!!

Paula Dobres