EASTER PARTY AND EGG HUNT
Our Easter party and egg hunt will be Thursday 4/14. If your child does not come to school on Thursdays they’re invited to join us but must be picked up by 11:00am. Please let us know if your child is coming so we can set a spot for them at our party table. Look for our sign up to bring goodies for our egg hunt. Items will need to be at school BEFORE the day of our party.
SPRING PHOTOS
Kathleen Ahern photography will be here next month on Wednesday 5/4 and Thursday 5/5 to take school photos. Kathleen and her staff are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and will wear masks while present.
Photo order forms will be sent home the week prior to our picture days and must be returned by the date indicated on the envelope.
TAX INFO.
If you need a monthly receipt for future tuition payments, please leave a note for Shalimar in the tuition box. W-10 forms have been completed for your convenience and can be picked up at the parent information board. Our Tax I.D. # 82-4676859
TRIKE-A-THON
This month we’ll raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by hosting a Trike-A-Thon. Information will be sent home later in the month. Our Trike-A-Thon will begin at 9:00am on Thursday 4/28. It is suggested that you collect pledges of a flat donation. Please make checks payable to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Please have all donations collected and submitted by Monday 5/2. Donations can also be collected online at stjude.org/trike. Our fundraiser page can be found under Growing Years Pre-School.
PET PHOTOS
The Maples said they would like to learn about cats and dogs, so this month we will be reading books and looking at pictures of different breeds of each. If you have a pet cat or dog at home, please bring in a photo of them that we can display in our classroom. Please write the name(s) of your pet on the back of the photo along with the breed of dog(s)/cat(s) they are. If you have other pets that you would like to share, bring their photo in too!
REMINDERS
**Please call the school by 9:00am if your child will be absent.
**If you’re leaving for the Summer and returning in the Fall, a HOLDING FEE (1/2 your weekly tuition rate X 9 weeks) is Due by May 27th.
LAST MONTH…
Last month the Maples spent lots of time talking about St. Patrick’s day and the Leprechaun. We read stories about Leprechauns and talked about ways we could catch him. We learned that if you catch him he has to grant you a wish and take you to his pot of gold. We made up plans and built some very cool Leprechaun traps. We learned that Leprechauns come from Ireland. We listened to lots of Irish Celtic music and learned how to do a jig. On the day of our St. Patrick’s Day celebration, we set up our trap but the Leprechaun was too smart and tricky. He left us a special letter and some treats.
We spent a lot of time exploring rhyming words and nursery rhymes. We sang songs and read stories with words that rhyme and practiced making up our own rhymes. Learning how to put rhyming sounds together is pre-reading and is getting us ready for the next step!
We shared our Family Banners and talked about our family name(s). We had a lot of fun admiring all the different ways each family created their banner. We hope you enjoyed working on this project together.
We explored with light and reflection and did some cool activities with prisms, sparkle plates and flashlights. We talked about rainbows and the colors of the spectrum.
We learned about cars and construction vehicles. We have new monster truck toys in our classroom and we’ve been having so much fun building tracks, ramps and tunnels to play with them. We also have new dump trucks and construction vehicles to play with outside in the tanbark
This month we’ll conduct more cool science experiments, learn about cats and dogs, and plant flowers and veggies in our garden.
Songs We’ve Been Singing
Michael Finnigan
Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Peanut Butter And Jelly
Who Stole The Cookie?
Slippery Fish
Yellow Butter, Purple Jelly
Buenos Dias
Books We’ve Been Reading
The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman
The Family Book by Todd Parr
Families by Shelley Rotner & Sheila M. Kelly
It’s Spring! by Linda Glaser
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Jack And The Beanstalk by Mara Alperin
The Monster Book Of Monster Trucks by Chris Oxlade
Happy Easter!
Miss Shalimar & Miss Ashley