Ms. Mikki’s Class News

March 31, 2017

Spring is in the air!  With that being said, hold on tight.  The next month will fly by!  Please be sure to follow my Facebook page, the PAT FB page and blogs for all kinds of preschool and PAT information.  We have a lot going on and we don’t want you to miss any of it.

We have been reading several books by Eric Carle.  We’ve enjoyed our “Growing” unit.  We have made lists of things that grow.  As your child if they can name one thing that grows.  We also planted seeds last week.  We’ve been watering them daily and are starting to see some sprouts.  We also have beans closed in a baggie with a wet paper towel.  We are watching to see if they are going to sprout too.  We’ve talked about the parts of a plant, made a book about flowers, and shared it with some other classes as well as Mrs. Ramey.  

We continue to work on on letter recognition, specifically those letters in their name.  I hope you are enjoying the milk cap game I sent home.  These are the skills they are working on:

Stating first and last name

Naming the first letter in their name

Spelling their name verbally

Putting the letters in their name in the correct order

Writing the letters in their name

Reminders

Book orders:  Book orders are due on Monday, April 3rd.  You can also place your order online.  

Itty Bitty City-  We will be taking a field trip to Itty Bitty City on April 13th.  Please see fill out the waiver, and permission slip and send $6.00 cash to school next week.  

Spring Pictures:  Spring pictures are Thursday, April 6th.  If you are in the M/W class you may bring your child to school that morning and have their picture made.  Just check in at the office and they will direct you to the right spot.

Penny War:  We are proud to announce that we raised just over $1200.00 for the PTA penny war.  Thanks for sending in your coins.

Dates:

April 3rd:  Book orders due

April 6th:  Spring pictures

April 6th:  Cox Care Mobile

April 7th:   NO PLAYGROUP-  We have a Day in K for incoming Kindergartners

April 13th:  Itty Bitty City preschool field trip (Preschool children only)

April 14th:  NO SCHOOL-  District Wide

April 18th:  Art Night

April 20th:  Cruisin Into Spring-  PAT group connection.  Please be watching the PAT FB page for more info.  

May 2nd:  LAST DAY OF PRESCHOOL

May 5th:  Last PAT playgroup at Rutledge Wilson Farm-  please watch the PAT FB page

May 9th:  A Day in Pre-K:  This is in conjunction with the MANDATORY preschool parent meeting.  While parents are in the meeting, your child will be visiting Ms. Karen’s preschool classroom.  You may come at the 10:00 meeting or the 6:00 meeting.  More details to follow.

Have a GREAT weekend!

MAKE-A-WISH NIGHT 

Our Make-A-Wish Night will be Tuesday, April 25th during the high school baseball and softball games. All profits will go to the Make-A-Wish Missouri organization (we actually will be sponsoring a local child's wish!!). We'll have food, vendor booths, games, and a lantern ceremony. We may possibly have the wish kid there as well!

Shirts are available by clicking the link below. Thanks for helping us Make A Wish come true!!

https://docs.google.com/a/cleverbluejays.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSes3KZLSLEF6LkuO6CEFt57iOnNs2V6yG_ZZ7X01nEOshLdug/formResponse

Please don't forget!!  Preschool enrollment packets are due tomorrow (Thursday, March 23rd).  The only things you need to fill out and return are the Department of Health Enrollment form and the Clever School District enrollment form.  Also due is the first $30 preschool enrollment payment.  The second $30 is due in May.  We will be letting families know tonight or tomorrow which session they will be in.  If your forms and $ are not completed and turned in by tomorrow, you risk being placed on the waiting list.  Please email me "got it" so I know that this has reached everyone.

Parents & Guardians,

It’s time to start thinking about summer school. Below you will find a link that will take you to an electronic registration form for all incoming K-8 grade students. Please take several minutes to complete and submit this form to secure your child’s spot for the upcoming summer school session.You will need to complete multiple forms if you have more than one child wishing to attend. Electronic registration will be open through Monday, May 1st. After this date, online registration will be closed and parents will have to contact the school offices to register their children. Please understand that your child will NOT receive a free t-shirt if registered after the online deadline of May 1st.  Click the following link to access the registration form.  https://goo.gl/forms/ncb5odqnIoxGqDmi2

Thanks,

Clever Schools

***PLEASE NOTE:  Children who will be entering Kindergarten next year are eligible to attend summer school.  Summer school is not available to preschool students entering the 4 year old program next year.

Happy Spring!  This week we'll be starting a unit on "Growing things".  If your child has a small hand spade or have rake we would love to borrow them for a week or so.  Please put your child's name in it.

Also, don't forget to send in your spare change...especially pennies for the PTA penny drive.

Preschool enrollment packets are also due this Thursday.

We also hope to see you all on Thursday night from 6-7 for our All Star group connection.  Dad's this will be right up your alley!

Ms. Mikki’s Classroom News

March 3, 2017

What a fun week we had celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday!  We started off the week by reading Green Eggs and Ham.  We practiced listening for rhyming words.   As promised we made green eggs and ham.  They each had a turn cracking an egg open.  We talked about the part of an egg (shell, egg whites, and yolk,), mixed the eggs up, turned them green and watched them change consistency as they cooked.  Then of course we ate them!  Well most of us did.  Just like in the story we all tried them.  Some of us LOVED them, and some of us….not so much.  Nonetheless they had fun taking part in making them.  We also created a list of “yummy yummy in my tummy” foods (some of our favorite things to eat), and a list of “yucky yuck” foods (not our favorites).  Cake, corn dogs and cheeseburgers topped the “yummy” list, whereas mashed potatoes (What?!!), and broccoli topped our “yuck” list.  

We also read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.  We learned a new song:

All the fish are swimming in the water,

Swimming in the water,

Swimming in the water.

All the fish are swimming in the water,

Bubbles (whisper)

Bubbles (a little louder
Bubbles (loud)

POP!!!! (clapped our hands)

We also practiced matching up fish according to the # on their belly and the number of dots on their friend fish.  We worked on 1-5.  

We are working on saying our first AND last name, telling the first letter of our name, spelling our name, identifying the letters in our name, and putting them in order both with a model and by memory.  

Dates and Reminders:

Story time:  We had a packed house on Friday for story time.  Thank you for taking time out of your hectic schedules to make time for special events like this.  Attending group connections with your child sends positive messages to your child that not only is school important, but they are too!  

Tuition:  Thank you for staying on top of paying tuition.  Including the upcoming week (3/6), and excluding Spring Break (next week), we only have 7 weeks of preschool left.  Hard to believe!

Spring Break:  NO SCHOOL March 13-17.  Enjoy your week!

Spring Conference:  I will be available on March 28th for parent/teacher conferences.  Please send me a message or email me if you’d like to set up an appointment.  I’d love to meet with your to share your child’s progress.

ALL STAR NIGHT:  Dads clear your calendars!  Mom’s plan your “happy hour”.  We have a fun filled night of activities on March 23rd from 6-7.  We will have several sports related parent/child interaction stations set up in the cafeteria.  We hope you will join us.  Wear your favorite team jersey!  Moms you are more than welcome to attend if dad can’t make it!  Don’t forget….PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT packets are also due this evening along with the first $30.00 payment.  

We are still looking for snack donations:  Any parents who would like to donate snacks for our snack time, we would greatly appreciate it!  Some ideas of things to donate: cereal, Cheez-Its, peanut butter crackers, cheese crackers, applesauce cups, peanut butter, bread, cheese sticks, crackers and animal crackers.

Dates to Remember:

March 13-17 - Spring Break

March 23rd - All-Star Night from 6-7 p.m.- PK enrollment packets due

April 13th -- Field Trip to Itty Bitty City in Springfield - 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

April 20th -- Cruisin’ into Spring 6-7 p.m.

April 27-28th -- Kindergarten Screening-   Please help us spread the word to your neighbors who have children planning to attend K next year.

May 2nd:  Last day of preschool (say it isn’t so)

May 9th:  Mandatory preschool parent meeting for those attending preschool next fall