EASTER PARTY AND EGG HUNT
Our Easter party and egg hunt will be Thursday 4/6. 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.
CLOSING EARLY
We will be closing early on Friday June 2nd to prepare for our Pre-K Graduation Ceremony. Please make arrangements to have your child picked up by 1:00pm.
RECEIPTS / 2022 TAX INFO.
Parents requesting monthly receipts can now print their paid invoices from the Brightwheel website. For your 2022 taxes, W-10 forms have been completed for your convenience and can be picked up at the parent information board.
NEW CLASS
At the end of the month we will start our first Jr. Preschool class and welcome 2 year olds into our Willow classroom. Now that the Willow classroom will be in use, please avoid walking through the classroom when the children are present. Enter and exit the backyard through the Maples cubby room to avoid disruption.
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 and continued watching all the cool construction happening right in front of our school.
This month we’ll celebrate Easter, learn about different animals and plant in our garden.
Songs We’ve Been Singing
Michael Finnigan
Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Peanut Butter And Jelly
If You’re Happy And You Know It
Yellow Butter, Purple Jelly
Aikendrum
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
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
HAPPY EASTER!
Miss Shalimar & Miss Ashley