Newsletter - September 30th

Star Class News

Week of September 30th

Thank you to everyone who came to our Laps for LAPS friday night! The kids looked like they were having a lot of fun, and Teacher Jo had fun running around upstairs with them. We hope that they all slept well for you after that, most of the kids lasted at least 30 minutes once they got started. You can bring in the money you collected anytime this week.

 

Due Dates!

Book orders are due Monday, September 30^th.

T-shirt orders and money are due Tuesday October 1^st. They should be ready by our Pumpkin Patch field trip! They are fun to have for field trips and Kindred days!

Carnival

Our Fall Carnival is this Friday, October 4^th. We hope you can all come and join us for this fun family event! Weather permitting we will have all our games and booths outside in the parking lot across from the Art School. Carnival game tickets are on pre0slae until Wednesday at the end of school. Bracelets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. We will only be offering individual food items. We are offering hotdogs/chili dogs, bowl of chili, chips, water/juice, cookies and cotton candy.

All-About Me Books

Please take the time to do your “All About Me” books with your kids. We have had a couple returned and they are a great way for the kids to get to know one another. Once they are shared we will keep them in the class so the kids can view them all year.

This week in the Star Class

This week we are going to be exploring colors with some fun art projects and science experiments. We will be playing with water on our light table and creating with shaving cream this week so please send your child in layers, with short sleeve shirts. If we get to go outside, we will make sure they are wearing their jackets and sweaters.

Word Wall

We are starting our word wall this week! The letter of the week will be Ii for Ice and Igloo. Your child can bring in an item that starts with the letter of the week and we will write the word out and put on our word wall. They can put their item in our pelican on the end of or cubby shelf.

Important dates and events

October 1^st Tuition Due

October 2^nd Carnival Pre-sale tickets end

October 4^th Carnival 5:00-7:00

October 10^th Tuition due @ NOON

October 11^th ASQ's Due back

October 17^th & 18^th Bizi Farm Fieldtrip 10:00

October 24^th Kindred 10:15

October 29^th Halloween Read-in & Costume Contest 5:30-7

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Star Class Song

Shape Song (to the tune of: "The Farmer in the Dell")

You put blue in,
You take blue out.
You put blue in
And you shake it all about.
You do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about!

Continue with each color

If You're Wearing Red (to the tune of: if your happy and you know it)
If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red, Shake your head,
If you are wearing red,
Then please shake your head.
If you are wearing red, shake your head.

Others: Blue, touch your shoe
Black, pat your back
Green, bow like a queen
Yellow, Shake like Jell-O
Brown, Turn around
Pink, give us a wink.

Volunteer opportunities

Carnival booth – Friday October 4^th - sign up outside of our room

Carnival – Ticket sales, set-up and Clean-up as well.

Classroom needs

Various Colors of Card Stock

Pictures if not in yet -

Cubby picture

  Family picture

Newsletter - September 23rd

Star Class News

Week of September 23rd

Remember to check your boxes on a regular basis. We will be sending home some of the kids artwork but also important notices from the school as well. Last week we put our first book orders which are due back September 30^th. You should have received the information on how to order online in one of the packets. This week we will be sending out ASQ's (Ages and Stages Questionnaire). Please return it no later than October 11^th , we will be able to use it during our assessments to get ready for conferences in November.

Picture Day is September 25^th

This year since 11 out of 13 of our friends come on Wednesday, we thought it would be fun to try to do one group picture on the 25^th as well as our individual pictures. We will be starting our day at 9:05 with our class picture so if you don't normally come that day we hope that you will be able to come and get in our class picture!

Laps for Laps

We would love to invite you to participate in our first fundraising event of the year.  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 doesn't cooperate we will hold it upstairs.  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.  Classes will participate at different time slots.  The times are as follows:

Star& Busy Bee 4:45 – 5:30

Rainbow & Butterfly 5:30 – 6:15

Sunshine & Dragonfly 6:15 – 7:00 

We hope your are able to join us for the first event of the year. We will have a sign up sheet outside our classroom so we know who to expect!

All-About Me Books

Please take the time to do your “All About Me” books with your kids. We have had a couple returned and they are a great way for the kids to get to know one another. Once they are shared we will keep them in the class so the kids can view them all year.

This week in the Star Class

This week we are going to be talking about shapes. The children have enjoyed lining up to go out to the playground on our shapes and we thought it would be a great time to talk to them about how shapes are all around us, and they can be used to make different pictures.

Word Wall

We are starting our word wall this week! The letter of the week will be Tt for Triangle and Tiger. Your child can bring in an item that starts with the letter of the week and we will write the word out and put on our word wall. They can put their item in our pelican on the end of or cubby shelf.

Important dates and events

September 23^rd ASQ's go home

September 27^th Laps for Laps, Family fun night 4:45-5:30

September 25^th Class Pictures

October 1^st Tuition Due

October 4^th Carnival 5:00-7:00

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Star Class Song

Shape Song (to the tune of: "The Farmer in the Dell")

A circle's like a ball,
A circle's like a ball,
Round and round
It never stops.
A circle's like a ball!

A square is like a box,
A square is like a box,
It has four sides,
They are the same.
A square is like a box!

A triangle has 3 sides,
A triangle has 3 sides,
Up the mountain,
Down, and back.
A triangle has 3 sides!

A rectangle has 4 sides,
A rectangle has 4 sides,
Two are long, and
Two are short.
A rectangle has 4 sides!

Volunteer opportunities

(please let us know if you are interested in any of the following and haven't had a chance to sight up)

- $25 donation toward bookshelf being built by one of our families (30 Minutes + tax receipt)

Carnival booth – Friday October 4^th - sign up outside of our room

Carnival – Maria has sign-up sheets outside of her office

Classroom needs

Various Colors of Card Stock

Pictures if not in yet -

Cubby picture

 Family picture

Newsletter - Sept. 16th

Star Class News

Week of September 9th

This week we are going to be doing our first cooking project Thursday and Friday and need your help. We would like to put create a friendship mix where each child contributes a little something from home to add to the mix, We will put out a sign out sheet this week! Remember when bringing in food we do have allergies, so make sure there are no NUTS, CARROTS, or STRAWBERRIES (so if you bring in Cherrios, they can not be Honey nut, M&M's need to be plain, etc).

Pictures

We are going to be doing our projects with the family pictures this week, if your child has not turned one in they won't be able to do that project until they do. We also need some pictures for cubbies!

Picture Day is September 25^th

This year since 11 out of 13 of our friends come on Wednesday, we thought it would be fun to try to do one group picture on the 25^th as well as our individual pictures. This may not work out as hoped but we are giving it a try. We will make sure not to do messy projects that day.

Kindred Visit

Our first visit to Kindred visit is Wednesday. If you do not come on Wednesday, you are welcome to bring your child and come with us! Some children love to visit with them while others are on the reserved side, we encourage all children to smile and say good morning, but they stay with us the entire time. You might want to talk with your child about this upcoming event.

Laps for Laps

Mark your calenders for the first family fun night, and fundraiser for Little Acorn on September 27^th. This year instead of having your child selling books or cookie dough, we thought it would be fun do raise money for our first Laps for Laps, where you can get donations for your child to ride trikes, run or walk around a Lap then earn an ice cream or popsicle! Details will be in your cubby this week!

All-About Me Books

Please take the time to do your “All About Me” books with your kids. We have had a couple returned and they are a great way for the kids to get to know one another. Once they are shared we will keep them in the class so the kids can view them all year.

This week in the Star Class

This week in the Star class we are going to be talking about our families and friends. The first few days we will comparing and creating projects about our families, then moving on to projects that encourage us to work together, make new friends, and learn more about what makes us the same and different as our new friends at school.

Word Wall

We are starting our word wall this week! The letter of the week will be Ll for families and friends. Your child can bring in an item that starts with the letter of the week and we will write the word out and put on our word wall. They can put their item in our pelican that is by the word wall.

Important dates and events

September 18^th First trips to Kindred

September 23^rd ASQ's go home

September 27^th Laps for Laps, Family fun night

September 25^th Class Pictures

October 1^st Tuition Due

October 4^th Carnival 5:00-7:00

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Star Class Song

The More we get together

The more we get together, together, together

the more we get together, the happier we'll be

Cause your friends are my friends

And my friends are your friendship

The more we get together, the happier we'll be

Make New Friends

Make new friends, but keep the old

One is silver and the others gold

A circle is round, it has no end

That's how long I want to be your friend

Volunteer opportunities

(please let us know if you are interested in any of the following and haven't had a chance to sight up)

- $25 donation toward bookshelf being built by one of our families (30 Minutes + tax receipt)

Classroom needs

Various Colors of Card Stock

if you haven't already:

1” white binder

Family photo

Childs photo

Newsletter - Sept 9th

Star Class News

Week of September 9th

Thank you for everyone for helping make the first year such a success! We had a wonderful start to the year and already the children are adjusting well. You may have been told by your children that their friends won't share. One thing we will be working on this year is that just because we want a toy and ask for it doesn't mean that our friends have to give it to us right away. It is a difficult concept that so far the kids are adjusting to fairly well.

Pictures

We still need a couple pictures from several of the kids for our class. Please send copies of the pictures just in case something happens to them. We need one picture for their Cubby (please no larger then 3X5) and one of your family. This year we are also asking each child bring in a 1” white binder for their portfolio. We will give it back at the end of the year full of your child's work and pictures.

Allergies/Medical Forms

If you are sending medication to school, please hand it to Teacher Jo and Teacher Jaylene. All medication needs to be prescribed to the children. We have a secure box that it needs to be placed in, along with the medical release forms needed for us to administer the medicine. If you need to take any prescriptions back and forth from school, we ask that you still give them to the teachers each day instead of leaving them in their backpack. That way we can get to it quickly if we need it.

Supplies

Thank you for all of the supplies we have gotten so far. It has been a wonderful start to the year knowing we have so many new markers, sharpies, and crayons. We still have a few friends that need to bring in their 1” white binder but other that that we are set for now.

All-About Me Books

We did not get the All About Me Books out last week, so look for them coming home this week in your child's cubby. Once they are complete, your child can bring them back to school to share with their friends, and we will hang it so they can look through it all year long.

This week in the Star Class

This week we will be getting to know each other a little more while we talk about what makes us special, what we like, and what we look like. We will also be exploring different emotions this week and talking about how the emotions make us feel and what we can do when we have these feelings. We will also be trying to make our own emotions chart.

Word Wall

We will be starting our word next week. We will not be going in alphabetical order, but I will let you know each week what the upcoming letter will be. We may stick with the letters for more than a week to make sure everyone gets a chance to bring items in that begin with that letter. This week I am inviting the children to bring in an item that can help us learn more about who they are. They can bring in something to share during our final circle that is special to them. Encourage them to put it in the pelican outside of our door so that it can be safe while we’re in class.

Important dates and events

September 10th Tuition Due

September 18^th & 19th First trips to Kindred

September 23^rd ASQ's go home

September 23-26th Class Pictures

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Star Class Song

I am Special

I am Special
I am Special
I’m a star, there’s no one like me
Near or far

I’m a Sta

I’m a Star, I’m a Star

Big and Bright, Big and Bright

Ready to Shine, Ready to Shine

Day or Night, Day or Night

Volunteer opportunities

(please let us know if you are interested in any of the following and haven't had a chance to sight up)

- Clean toys (especially during cold season) (30 Minutes)

- Make Playdoh (30 minutes) – I am setting up my list of volunteers so far and will get a schedule next week.

- Recycling (15 minutes)

- $25 donation toward bookshelf being built by one of our families (30 Minutes + tax receipt)

Classroom needs

if you haven't already:

1” white binder

Family photo

 Childs photo

Newsletter - Sept 3rd

Star Class News

Week of September 3rd

Welcome to the Star Class! We are so excited about the year ahead and look forward to getting to know your family. This will be the only newsletter we print out for your cubby. If you did not get an e-mailed copy or need a hard copy each week, please let Teacher Jo know.

Pictures

We need a couple pictures of your child for our class. Please send copies of the pictures just in case something happens to them. We need one picture for their Cubby (please no larger then 3X5) and one of your family. This year we are also asking each child bring in a 1” white binder for their portfolio. We will give it back at the end of the year full of your child's work and pictures.

Allergies/Medical Forms

If your child has any allergies, please provide us with a list of what they are allergic to and what kind of reactions you have seen in the past. We also need to have a medical release on file for any medication that needs to be left in the building. You can get a copy from Teacher Jo or in the preschool office from Teacher Maria.

All-About Me Books

This week we will be sending home a book that you and your child can fill out and decorate together. It’s a book about your child & family that we would like to keep in the classroom. After the children have had a chance to share their books, we will have them out in the class for them to look at and show their friends.

Good-Byes

The first few days of school can be hard (on the parents I mean). So I encourage you to have positive energy when you bring your child to school and say a short good bye at the door. You need to convey to your child that this is a safe fun place and you know that they are going to be fine. They need to know that you have confidence in them and their ability to go school and make new friends.

We look forward to building a positive partnership with you, so if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to talk with me after school or you can always reach me at

(360)771-1833 or e-mail me at Joanna@threepaw.com.

This week in the Star Class

This week we will be getting to know each other and the classroom. Starting something

new can be intimidating so we will be easing into our year with some simple projects and games that will help us make new friends and get to know the classroom. Since we are the Star class, we are going to be creating different types of Stars to decorate our classroom.

Important dates and events

September 3rd First day of School

September 10th Tuition Due

September 18^th & 19th First trips to Kindred

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Star Class Song

I’m a Star

I’m a Star, I’m a Star

Big and Bright, Big and Bright

Ready to Shine, Ready to Shine

Day or Night, Day or Night

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

How I wonder what you are

Up Above the world so high

Like a Diamond in the sky

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

How I wonder what you are

Volunteer opportunities

(please let us know if you are interested in any of the following and haven't had a chance to sight up)

- Clean toys (especially during cold season) (30 Minutes)

- Make Playdoh (30 minutes)

- Recycling (15 minutes)

- $25 donation toward bookshelf being built by one of our families (30 Minutes + tax receipt)

Classroom needs

Skinny black Sharpies

Markers

Crayons