Sunday, November 24, 2013

Newsletter - November 25th

Star Class News
Week of November 25th

Thank you to everyone who came to the Take and Make Family Fun Night. It was great to see so many families and the projects that we saw really turned out great. We hope you had as much fun as we did.

Food Drive
Little Acorn is participating in a holiday food drive now to the beginning of Christmas Break. If you would like to bring food to donate, we have a box outside of our class that will be emptied periodically. Tickets will be on sale until December 4th and can NOT be purchased at the door.

Santa Breakfast
Tickets go on sale this week for our Santa Breakfast which will be Saturday, December 7th from 8:00-10:00. Tickets are $5.00 per person and includes pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit, and milk or coffee. Feel free to invite grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins, and friends. We could use volunteers for this event, all volunteer hours will go toward your 2 hours of volunteer time!

February Fieldtrip Sign up
We didn't get this out last week, so we will try again this week! February 12th we are heading to NWCT to see Goodnight Moon. This year we are only going Wednesday, February 12th, so everyone is invited to attend. The cost is $5.00 per person. We need to how many people will be coming before winter break starts, so we will be setting out the sign in sheet this week. After your child's name please let us know how many tickets you will need. Please remember our school policy is that the teachers do not transport or supervise the children during fieldtrips, so you will need at least one adult per family. We will start collecting the money after our Winter Break.

Bake Sale
November 25th and 26th we will have our annual Bake Sale during school hours. We will be taking baked donations to sell both days. If you aren't a baker, then you can come and buys some goodies for your family!

Winter Concert
Mark your calenders for Tuesday, December 10th at 6:00. We will be putting on our Winter Concert with the Butterfly and Rainbow classes. We hope that everyone can come! We will have more details when the concert nears.

This week in the Star Class
We can't believe it is already Thanksgiving week! We only have class on Monday and Tuesday this week. We will be creating Turkey Centerpieces and having a small thanksgiving feast! We will also be graphing our favorite Thanksgiving foods to see what is a favorite in our class.

Word Wall
This week we will not be doing a letter for our word wall, but if your child would like to bring in something we can attempt to find a word that rhymes!

Important dates and events
November 25th – Dec. 4th Santa Breakfast Tickets On Sale
November 25th/26th Bake Sale
November 27th – 29th Thanksgiving Break
December 2nd Tuition Due
December 4th Ticket sales end for Santa Breakfast
December 7th Breakfast with Santa 8:00-10:00
December 7th-13th Book Fair
December 10th Tuition due @ Noon
December 10th Winter Concert @ 6:00
December 18th Kindred 10:15
December 19th/20th Bowling Field Trip 9:30
December 23rd-Jan. 3Rd Winter Break

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Sorry but we will already be singing Christmas songs!! If you hear them at home, we know it is a little early but in order to have at least some of the kids sing at the Winter Concert we need to start singing them now. We won't put them in the newsletter so you can be somewhat surprised at the concert.

Classroom needs
Various Colors of Card Stock
Pictures if not in yet -
Cubby picture

 All About Me books

Monday, November 11, 2013

Newsletter - November 11th

Star Class News
Week of November 11th

Thank you to everyone who came to the parent/teacher conferences. It is always nice to be able to sit down with each family one on one and talk about how wonderful your kids are and our goals for the year. If you were unable to make your scheduled appointment, Teacher Jo would be happy to meet with you one day after school.

New Schedule
This week our schedule is going to change a little, so it may take a few weeks for out kids to get used to the new outside time and snack time. Class time will still begin at 9:00 and end at 11:45, but our day while in class is going to change slightly. We will have the new schedule posted outside of our class.

Like Little Acorn Preschool and Kindergarten on Facebook
Our facebook page is going to become another means of communication for our school. We going to use it to announce school events, fieldtrips, regularly scheduled days off, etc. So if you would like another reminder, this is a great way to stay in touch with what is happening at our school.

February Fieldtrip Sign up
February 12th we are heading to NWCT to see Goodnight Moon. This year we are only going Wednesday, February 12th, so everyone is invited to attend. The cost is $5.00 per person. We need to how many people will be coming before winter break starts, so we will be setting out the sign in sheet this week. After your child's name please let us know how many tickets you will need. Please remember our school policy is that the teachers do not transport or supervise the children during fieldtrips, so you will need at least one adult per family. We will start collecting the money after our Winter Break.

November Family Fun Night
This month our Family Fun night will be a holiday “Make and Take” craft night. It will be on Friday, November 22nd from 5:30-7. This free event will include ornament making, reindeer food, cookie decorating, and photo booth. The whole family is welcome to come get a jump on holidays and spend quality time together creating crafts.

Bake Sale
November 25th and 26th we will have our annual Bake Sale during school hours. We will be taking baked donations to sell both days. If you aren't a baker, then you can come and buys some goodies for your family!

New Schedule
This week our schedule is going to change a little, so it may take a few weeks for out kids to get used to the new outside time and snack time. Class time will still begin at 9:00 and end at 11:45, but our day while in class is going to change slightly. We will have the new schedule posted outside of our class.

Winter Concert
Mark your calenders for Tuesday, December 10th at 6:00. We will be putting on our Winter Concert with the Butterfly and Rainbow classes. We hope that everyone can come! We will have more details when the concert nears.

This week in the Star Class
This week we are continuing our fall theme. We are going to sort, explore, and decorate with leaves. We are also going to create fall trees to put in our portfolios. If the weather continues to stay as nice as it was over the weekend, we will also be going on a Fall Scavenger hunt.

Word Wall
This week the letter of the week will be Aa for Apple and August. 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
November 12th Tuition Due @ Noon
November 18th Santa Breakfast Tickets go on Sale
November 20th Kindred 10:15
November 22nd Family Fun Night 5:30-7:00 (Holiday Take and Make)
November 25th/26th Bake Sale
November 27th – 29th Thanksgiving Break
December 2nd Tuition Due
December 4th Ticket sales end for Santa Breakfast
December 7th Breakfast with Santa 8:00-10:00
December 7th-13th Book Fair
December 10th Tuition due @ Noon
December 10th Winter Concert @ 6:00
December 18th Kindred 10:15
December 19th/20th Bowling Field Trip 9:30
December 23rd-Jan. 3rd Winter Break

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Sorry but we will already be singing Christmas songs!! If you hear them at home, we know it is a little early but in order to have at least some of the kids sing at the Winter Concert we need to start singing them now. We won't put them in the newsletter so you can be somewhat surprised at the concert.

Classroom needs
Various Colors of Card Stock
Pictures if not in yet -
Cubby picture

 All About Me books

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Newsletter - November 4th

Star Class News
Week of November 4th


Fall is our favorite time of year with all of the colors of the leaves. We could use some colorful leaves for our projects for next week. If you and your family are out and see some great colors of leaves, please bring them in! We will be doing several different projects and could use as many as possible.

Day Lights Saving Time
We hope that everyone remembered to turn back their clocks for Day Light Savings time November 3rd. Enjoy the extra hour in your day.

Conferences
This is going to be a short week due to Parent Teacher Conferences. Monday we will put a reminder in your cubby for conferences! Teacher Jo is looking forward to meeting with everyone so we can discuss how wonderful your children are.

November Family Fun Night
This month our Family Fun night will be a holiday “Make and Take” craft night. It will be on Friday, November 22nd from 5:30-7. This free event will include ornament making, reindeer food, cookie decorating, and photo booth. The whole family is welcome to come get a jump on holidays and spend quality time together creating crafts.

Bake Sale
November 25th and 26th we will have our annual Bake Sale during school hours. We will be taking baked donations to sell both days. If you aren't a baker, then you can come and buys some goodies for your family!

Winter Concert
Mark your calenders for Tuesday, December 10th at 6:00. We will be putting on our Winter Concert with the Butterfly and Rainbow classes. We hope that everyone can come! We will have more details when the concert nears.

Santa Breakfast
Saturday December 7th, is our annual Santa Breakfast from 8:00-10:00 a.m. Tickets will go on sale the week of November 18th and are $5 per person. We will have more details coming soon.

This week in the Star Class
We will be beginning our Fall unit, talking about what happens to trees and leaves in the winter and what colors we start to see outside as the weather gets colder. We will be creating some fall leaves to decorate our class. We will continue our unit into next week since we only have three days of school!

Word Wall
There will be no letter of the week this week for word wall, instead your child can bring in something from home and we will see if we can make up or find a word that rhymes with it! Remember all sharing should be put in the pelican to keep it safe until sharing time at the end of the day.


Important dates and events
November 3rd Daylight Saving Time Ends (Fall Back)
November 7th No School – Preschool Conferences
November 8th No School – (Church Event)
November 11th No School – Veterans Day
November 18th Santa Breakfast Tickets go on Sale
November 20th Kindred 10:15
November 22nd Family Fun Night 5:30-7:00 (Holiday Take and Make)
November 25th/26th Bake Sale
November 27th – 29th Thanksgiving Break

This weeks songs in the Star Class

Sorry but we will already be singing Christmas songs!! If you hear them at home, we know it is a little early but in order to have at least some of the kids sing at the Winter Concert we need to start singing them now. We won't put them in the newsletter so you can be somewhat surprised at the concert.

Classroom needs
Fall Leaves
Various Colors of Card Stock
Pictures if not in yet -
Cubby picture


 All About Me books