March/April '16 Newsletter

Hello, Everyone! Spring is in the air and it makes it hard to believe how quickly the school year is flying by! The preschoolers will be moving on from their Outerspace & Weather units into more exciting themes: "Dr. Seuss", "Creative Me, Recying/Love our Earth", and "Nature Play"! The teachers have so many fun things planned, it is sure to be a blast!

We will swing right into the month of March by starting our "Dr. Seuss" Unit. We love to study Dr. Seuss here at preschool because not only is he responsible for writing so many famous books, but his books are so much fun that they really inspire children to develop a love for reading! During the end of March, we will dive into a unit called “Creative Me” in which the children will explore the many ways they can be creative through visual arts. We usually schedule some fun field trips for this particular unit, as well as have fun guests come to the school. If you or someone you know is an artist of any kind, contact the school and we would love to bring them in! We will focus on letters S-V, the number 100, circles, the color green, and positional words ‘near’ and ‘far’ for this month. The last week of March will be a "Wacky Week" where we have the children participate in daily themes. Also, please remember that preschool will be closed for Easter on Friday, March 25^th and Monday, March 28^th, so please prepare your schedules accordingly!

April will come to us with all of our fun springtime units: "Recycling/Love our Earth", and "Nature Play". We will focus a lot on our precious planet and the importance of taking good care of it. By the end of the unit we hope that all the children will be able to recognize that everyone contributes to the amount of trash created each day and learn simple ways that they themselves can divert the amount of trash that is sent to landfills. We will also do a lot of work with seeds and plants, and focus our attention towards everything that nature has to offer in terms of learning, working, and playing! We will focus on letters W-Y, the number zero, diamonds, colors black and white, and positional word ‘around’ for the month of April.

As the weather switches from snowy to wet (and a little bit of both), please continue to send appropriate outdoor gear: waterproof boots & gloves, snowpants, and hats. It’s also a good idea to keep sending those extra sets of clothes as children tend to get wet pants and tops from all the rolling around they do outside.

Snack Duty is almost all the way through. If your last name begins with R-Z you are assigned to donate snacks any time for the month of March and April.

Important Dates:

Tues. March 15^th: Conferences

Wed. March 16^th: Conferences

Fri. March 25^th: No School

Mon. March 28^th: No School

Tue. March 29^th- Fri.1^st: Wacky Week -

                                                                                             Tues 3/29: Beach Day

                                                             Wed 3/30: Favorite Sports Team Day

                                                             Thurs 3/31: What I Want to Be When I Grow Up Day 

                                                                     Fri 4/1: Pajama Day

Please don't hesitate to call or email with any questions!

Warmest regards, 

CCP Staff

February Photos

Greetings Families!

We've had a fun and busy past couple of months. We've been learning, playing, celebrating, and working. Here are some fun snap shots to share with you so you can take a peek inside your little ones preschool life. Check it out!:

The beautiful winter has equaled a lot of playtime outside!:

...and of course playtime outside means warm-up time inside!:

The children have really been enjoying our Outerspace unit! They could go on learning about space forever! Here are two cuties experimenting with a little "moon dough":

Robert did everything in this jet-pack for a couple of days:

And what fun is an outerspace unit with out space-themed snacks?:

Here is astronaut Tui:

Our trip to the planetarium was totally awesome!:

During February we of course celebrated Valentine's Day!:

 And during February we also celebrated "I Love to Read" month. We got a generous response from volunteer readers. The kids just loved having guests surprise us by dropping in to read. Each time a new visitor came, Mariska would say "This is my lucky day!"

Sam W.'s grandma, Grandma Ellie read to us Curious George.

 Sophia, a Lester Park first grader read a fun kitty book:

Ian's mom, Stephanie read to us a Froggy book.

Elsie's mom, Carrie read There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. The kids loved it so much, they made her read it to them twice!

Sam O.'s mom, Angela, read the kids an adorable book called, Ella.

 And Andrea, Mylo's mom, read the children some of Mylo's favorite books!:

A huge thank you to everyone who came in to read! We are looking forward to having a couple more readers scheduled to finish out February.

This month we've also been talking about weather. The kids have been having a blast with our meteorologist news weather station:

 And of course we had a big 100th day of school celebration! The kids absolutely loved sharing their 100 item collections!!:

To celebrate the 100th day we also ate 100 snack items, did 100 different reps of exercises, colored 100 things, and put together 100 piece puzzles!!:

We will finish out the month by continuing talking about weather, and letters O, P, Q, & R. Spring will be upon us soon along with many, many more fun activities!

See you soon!

CCP teachers