WELCOME TO PRESCHOOL!
(Scroll down for our Calendar)
CLICK ON THE THOUGHT BUBBLE OF THE APPLE TO THE LEFT!
Spring Time
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Last days of School – May 19th & 20th
End of Year Programs! – May 21st & 22nd
Notes will be sent home later with more details (there will not be a full day of school these days)
Dear Parents,
It is finally Spring! This unit includes lessons about seeds, gardens, and how plants grow. The children will be given the opportunity to examine and describe a variety of garden plants and flowers. We will also learn about waking up from hibernation, baby animals and bugs! In addition, there will be discussions of how we humans change for spring; including how our dress changes for the warmer (and wetter) weather, and what we do for “Spring Cleaning”!
BOOKS USED IN THIS UNIT
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. A brilliantly dramatized story of one of nature’s most common, yet loveliest marvels, the metamorphosis of the butterfly. This wonderful book is known and loved the world over.
The Grouchy Lady Bug by Eric Carle. Another great book from Eric Carle, where a bad-tempered ladybug refuses to share aphids, and flies off to challenge progressively larger animals, learning about size, time, and manners along the way.
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson. A beautiful interactive children’s book, where readers help a bare tree change through the seasons by tapping, rubbing and shaking the book, causing magical changes to happen.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s first Spring
Spring Sings for the Grouchy Lady Bug
Don’t touch that Flower!
If you Hold a Seed
Five Tough And Tiny Seeds
How a seed grows
Wonderful Worms
Inch by Inch
Charlie the Caterpillar
The Caterpillar who Roared!
Big Sarah’s Little Boots
What is a Flower
Video: The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow
Thank you so much for trusting us with your children this year, we have all so enjoyed having them and getting to know and love them!
Your Preschool Staff
Please note: We will be starting our end of the year evaluations with the children. This means that, while they will still be doing daily worksheet papers, they will not be bringing them home. Their teachers will be holding on to the finished work in order to complete the evaluations. They will then send them home as a total, comprehensive appraisal of your child’s skills and abilities. Finished evaluations should go home the last week of school, in May.
Thank you,
Your Preschool Staff
A note about snacks:
Snack Time: Children will have snack time at 10:25 each morning. Each child provides their own snack and water bottle. It helps with “picky eaters” and allergy concerns, as well as for any families with specific dietary needs or preferences.
PLEASE, label your child’s water bottles and snack bags, with their first and last names! They get carried room to room and are often accidently left behind and then our staff has trouble getting them back to the right child. We also have several that are similar and that can create confusion.
Even though each child is bringing their own snack, please, do not bring snacks containing any kind of NUT/PEANUT. As careful as we are, the oils can still be spread around and get to any child who may have an allergy. This includes, almond oil, (watch the fruit snacks) and peanut oil. And some cheese crackers have peanut flour in them! Please read ingredient labels! Snacks with labels that say “may contain” or “processed in a facility” are ok.
Snacks should be simple and nutritious.
We suggest:
Vegetable/Fruit (slices), Granola Bars (nut free), Muffins or Sweet breads (watch for nuts & toppings),Crackers, Fruit rollups, Cheese, Fruit Snacks, applesauce cups, yogurt push-ups (like go-gurt). Please: No sweet cookies, cake, candy, or ice cream except for celebrating birthdays.
(stay tuned for updates!)
PRESCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 2025-2026 a work in progress!
(more dates may be added throughout the school year
and changes may be made)
PRESCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 2025-2026
September 2
First Day of school for TTH and 5-day children
September 3
First day of school MWF
September 25/26
Parents music visit
October 16/17
Fall Festival Days -for the preschoolers only
October 30/31
Halloween music program
November 5/6
Picture Day
November 11
NO SCHOOL Veteran's Day
November 26/27/28
NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Holiday
December 18/19
Christmas Music program
December 22 through January 2
NO SCHOOL Christmas/winter break
January 5/6
Back to school
January 19
NO SCHOOL Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 11/12
Valentine Parties
February 13
NO SCHOOL Snow/Wind Storm Make-up day MWF
February 16
NO SCHOOL President's Day
February 17
NO SCHOOL Snow/Wind Storm Make-up day TTH
April 2/3
Spring Music program for parents
April 6th through the 10th
NO SCHOOL Spring Break
April 30/May 1
Class Pictures
May 19/20
Last days of Classes
May 21/22
End of year PROGRAM AND PARTY
DATES WILL BE ADDED OR CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR SPECIAL EVENTS ETC.
509-328-2002
